Gram-negative bacteria, as well as some Gram-positive bacteria, possess hair-like
appendages known as fimbriae, which play an important role in adhesion of the bacteria to …

Sperm–often considered the most diverse cell type known–present unique challenges for
modeling frameworks. Responsible for fertilizing the egg, sperm are not only necessary for …

In many physiological settings, microorganisms must swim through viscous fluids with
suspended polymeric networks whose length scales are comparable to that of the organism …

Filamentous networks and elastic polymers immersed in a viscous fluid are central to many
processes in biology. Here, we present a model of a discrete viscoelastic network coupled to …

The hydrodynamic behaviors of sperms in confined spaces (eg Poiseuille flow and
quiescent flow between two parallel walls) are studied with a two-dimensional self-propelled …

The goal of this work is to develop a numerical simulation that accurately captures the
biomechanical response of bacterial biofilms and their associated extracellular matrix …

The overall goal of this work is to develop a numerical simulation which correctly describes a
bacterial biofilm fluid-structure interaction and separation process. In this, the first of a two …

We present a new method for the geometric reconstruction of elastic surfaces simulated by
the immersed boundary method with the goal of simulating the motion and interactions of …

In this work, we describe a simulation framework for fluid movement in a corrugated
sawtooth channel whose walls are undergoing periodic repeated oscillations. The sawtooth …

This thesis, taking place in the context of the Mivana project, is devoted to the modeling and
to the numerical simulation of implantable cardiovascular devices. This project is led by the …