PhD Courses in Denmark

To provide the participants with knowledge about classical and recent research within biofluids, microfluidics, acoustofluidics, or other key areas in the physics of fluids. You will learn to critically analyze scientific papers and to practice scientific discussion and presentation.

A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

• Critically analyze and discuss scientific paper.
• Discuss central concepts related to biofluids, microfluidics, and acoustofluidics.
• Describe methods for calculating velocity fields and flow interactions with particles, cells or other objects.
• Perform an independent literature search.
• Perform a well-defined delimitation of a larger research area, with the purpose to enable a comprehensible presentation of a topic within fluid mechanics.
• Present methods and results orally in a clear and comprehensible fashion.
• Critically evaluate the usefulness of theoretical, computational, or experimental methods within fluid mechanical problems.
• Recognize and use concepts and abbreviations that are often employed in classical and modern fluid dynamic theory.

The course consists of presentations and discussions of scientific articles within the physics of fluids. In particular, the papers will be selected in key areas of biofluids, microfluidics, and acoustofluidics. The papers will be either classical/seminal papers or recent/breakthrough papers in the field, and will be chosen in agreement with the course responsible. Every two weeks, one research paper is presented followed by a discussion with all the participants. The presenter can be a student or an invited speaker, however each student is required to prepare and present at least four papers within the course. The paper and presenter are announced one week in advance to allow the presenter to prepare the presentation, and the listeners to study the paper and prepare questions for the discussion