GRASP
The Group of Research and Applications in Statistical Physics (GRASP) at the University of Liège was founded in 1999.
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Défense de thèse
Soutenance de thèse de Megan Delens
La thèse est intitulée : « Multipolar capillary interactions: Self-assembly and Manipulation ».
Liège Sart Tilman
Advanced Physics Seminars
Introduction to wave-driven motion at fluid interfaces: From capillary waves to active matter
Prof. Daniel M. Harris
During the Advanced Physics Seminars, Prof. Daniel M. Harris (Brown University, USA) will give a seminar entitled "Introduction to wave-driven motion at fluid interfaces: From capillary waves to active matter" from March 23 to March 25, 2026.
Abstract:
Fluid interfaces host a rich variety of physical phenomena where surface tension, gravity, and hydrodynamics interact to produce complex motion. This advanced physics seminar introduces the physics of wave-driven dynamics at liquid interfaces, starting from the fundamentals of capillary statics and progressing toward modern topics in active matter.
First announcement
Workshop— Small Machines for Active Matter
A two-day workshop will be held at the University of Liège on 19–20 May 2026, bringing together young scientists and students working on small robotic systems as models of active matter, with a particular focus on collective effects, swarming, and emergent phenomena in minimal robotic entities.
The workshop aims to foster exchanges between researchers studying robotic active particles and those developing experimental platforms to explore non-equilibrium physics using small autonomous robots.
Scientific scope
The workshop covers experimental, theoretical, and numerical approaches to active matter based on smart robots, including: collective dynamics and phase behaviour, minimal interaction rules and emergence, non-reciprocity physics, stigmery, active elasticity, robotic realizations of active particles, reproducibility and open-science practices.
