Program

January 17 (Tuesday)

10:15 – 10:30

Opening

10:30 – 11:30

Masao Doi (University of Tokyo)
“Onsager's variational principle in soft matter physics”

13:30 – 14:30

Akira Onuki (Kyoto University)
“Dynamic van der Waals theory: Evaporation and condensation”

15:00 – 16:00

Ping Sheng (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
“Electrorheological fluids: Mechanism and its theoretical description”

16:00 – 16:30

Discussion

January 18 (Wednesday)

10:30 – 11:30

Tiezheng Qian (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
“Derivation of hydrodynamic boundary conditions for complex fluids
1. Introduction to thermodynamics and Onsager's variational principle”

13:30 – 15:00

Discussion

January 19 (Thursday)

10:30 – 11:30

Tiezheng Qian (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
“Derivation of hydrodynamic boundary conditions for complex fluids
2. The moving contact line problem”

13:30 – 15:00

Discussion

January 20 (Friday)

10:30 – 11:30

Tiezheng Qian (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
“Derivation of hydrodynamic boundary conditions for complex fluids
3. One-component liquid-gas flows on non-isothermal solid substrates”

13:30 – 15:00

Discussion