{"id":6,"date":"2021-04-19T15:11:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T13:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simongsell.wordpress.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:50:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SFP-Congres_mod-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" style=\"width:200px;height:446px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SFP-Congres_mod-1.png 369w, https:\/\/simongsell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SFP-Congres_mod-1-134x300.png 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research focuses on the development of <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">theoretical and computational models<\/mark> for the emergent dynamics of <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">complex active fluid systems<\/mark>. With a scholar background in fluid mechanics, I like to work in close interactions with other disciplines, especially at the interface between <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">engineering, bio-physics and biology<\/mark>. I use various approaches from <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">computational fluid dynamics<\/mark> (lattice-Boltzmann method, immersed-boundary method, phase-field model) to <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">machine learning<\/mark> (physics-informed neural networks) to simulate large flow systems driven by local sources of mechanical energy. Those systems generally involve additional complexity due to <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">flow-structure interactions<\/mark> or <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">complex mechanical properties<\/mark> (non-Newtonian rheology, heterogeneous properties, etc.). Specifically, my recent projects have been focusing on<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> <\/mark>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Cilia-driven <\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">biological flows<\/mark>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cellular flows driving <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">tissue morphogenesis<\/mark> during development,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emergent behaviors in <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">bio-inspired active flow networks<\/mark>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Pilot-wave dynamics<\/mark> of active particles in density-stratified fluids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My research focuses on the development of theoretical and computational models for the emergent dynamics of complex active fluid systems. With a scholar background in fluid mechanics, I like to work in close interactions with other disciplines, especially at the interface between engineering, bio-physics and biology. I use various approaches from computational fluid dynamics (lattice-Boltzmann &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Research&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simongsell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}