On Friday 3 Oct 11am, PMMH will host Antoine Sanner, ETH Zürich, who will talk about How random roughness arrests cracks in the contact of soft solids and the fracture of spring networks Abstract follows. Zoom link upon request.

Our seminar will be given by Antoine Deblais of the University of Amsterdam, who will talk about the locomotion and particle collection by active, polymer-like worms on 26/9 at 11am. Title: Locomotion and Particle Collection by Active Polymerlike Worms Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.

On Friday 19 Sept at 11am, PMMH will host Anaïs Gauthier (IPR Rennes & CNRS) who will talk about Capillary choreographies at low-Friction interfaces From Leidenfrost baths to soap films Abstract below. Zoom link upon request

PMMH will resume its general seminar on Friday 5 Sept at 11:00 with Irène Nagle of TU Delft, Netherlands, who will speak about Mechanics of collagen networks with active cellular inclusions. Abstract follows, Zoom link on request.

Friday's seminar (11 July) is the last of the season, and it will be given by Vincent Craig, professor at Department of Materials Physics at the Australian National University on Underscreening Stable colloidal systems at very high electrolyte concentrations Abstract below. Zoom link on request.

The PMMH seminar on Friday 27 June will be given by Daegyoum Kim, professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on Fluid-dynamic barrier for porosity-based propulsion and transport Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.

The PMMH seminar on Fri 20 June will be given at 11am by Bojan Guzina, Dept of Civil, Environmental & Geo-Engineering, Univ of Minnesota Modified error-in-constitutive-relation (MECR) framework for the characterization of linear viscoelastic solids Abstract below, Zoom link on request.

Benoît Roman – CNRS Silver Medal Research director at @pmmh-lab.bsky.social , Benoît Roman is recognized for his work in experimental mechanics, focusing on shape-force interactions and adaptive thin materials.

Benoit Roman (right), CNRS research scientist at PMMH and a member of the MecaWet team, has just been awarded the #CNRS Silver Medal. As a specialist in experimental mechanics involving large geometric deformations, he is recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field. Congratulations!

Félicitations à Chloé GRAZON (124e), Grégoire LEMOULT (125e), Nicolas MARTIN (126e) et Guillaume GINES (Chargé de recherche CNRS au Laboratoire @gulliver-lab.bsky.social @espciparispsl.bsky.social), lauréats de la Médaille de bronze 2025 du @cnrs.fr . www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite...

Félicitations également à Benoît ROMAN (Directeur de recherche CNRS au laboratoire @pmmh-lab.bsky.social @espciparispsl.bsky.social), lauréat de la Médaille d'argent 2025 du @cnrs.fr. www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite...

lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/le-... by Camille Rambert, Philippe Claudin (PMMH) and co-authors.

PMMH seminar www.pmmh.espci.fr/Seminaires. Daniel Tam of TU Delft  Fluid mechanics at biological interfaces : from membranes to motile organisms Zoom on demand

This week's PMMH seminar will be given on Friday 6 June at 11am by Vincent Bertin of IUSTI, Université d’Aix-Marseille, on Lubrication Transition and Viscous Adhesion Abstract follows. Zoom link upon request.

Comment naissent les dunes : un modèle pour comprendre les formes sableuses de taille métrique https://www.espci.psl.eu/fr/actualites/2025/comment-naissent-les-dunes-un-modele-pour Photo : J.M. Nield (Univ. Southampton)

Jishen's Tête de Moine #onthecover of #PRL ! 🙌 a PMMH-SIMM collaboration @espciparispsl.bsky.social‬ 👉 doi.org/10.1103/Phys...

Jishen's Tête de Moine #onthecover of #PRL ! 🙌 a PMMH-SIMM collaboration @espciparispsl.bsky.social‬ 👉 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.208201#scrapethecheese

The PMMH seminar at 11:00 on May 23 will be given by José Halloy (LIED, Univ. Paris Cité) Energy Transition and Earth System Dynamics: Quantifying Long-Term Sustainability Trajectories for Human Societies Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.

The PMMH seminar on 18 April at 11am will be given by Olga Dudko from the University of California San Diego on the specificity and universality in neuronal communication. Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.

🧊 A team of researchers, including Virgile Thiévenaz from the @pmmh-lab.bsky.social at ESPCI and @cnrs.fr, has just uncovered the mystery behind the shape of bubbles trapped in ice. Their work is published in the journal PNAS.

On Friday 11 April at 11am, Nagy Máté will speak about Physics of animal collective behavior: interactions with one another and their environment Abstract below and Zoom link upon request.

The PMMH seminar on March 21 at 11am will be given by Charlotte de Blois from FAST (Université Paris-Saclay), on From Individual Polymers to Collective Behavior: Exploring Polymer Interactions Abstract below. Zoom link upon request. Polymers in solution exhibit complex behavior that arises

Dear colleagues, On Friday 21 March at 11am, the PMMH seminar will be given by Charlotte de Blois from FAST (Université Paris-Saclay) on From Individual Polymers to Collective Behavior: Exploring Polymer Interactions Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.

Our article on the junction of slender objects under tension has been published @pmmh-lab.bsky.social! We discuss a cool phenomenon found in numerous systems, from kirigamis, kuttsukigami from @abcroll.bsky.social, and inflatables to more traditional tearing/peeling www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

This Friday at 11am, PMMH will host Anand U. Oza from NJIT (USA). He will talk about Coarse-grained models for schooling swimmers in fast flows. Abstract below. Zoom link upon request. The beautiful displays exhibited by fish schools and bird flocks have long fascinated scientists, but the role

On Friday 14 March at 11am, PMMH will host Anand U. Oza from NJIT (USA). He will talk about Coarse-grained models for schooling swimmers in fast flows Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.

@pmmh-lab.bsky.social Friday at 11am Anand U. Oza from NJIT (USA) Coarse-grained models for schooling swimmers in fast flows

@valmasdel.bsky.social dans un @collegedefrance.bsky.social bondé ce matin. #StandUpForScience @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social

This Friday at 11am, PMMH will have the pleasure to host Irmgard Bischofberger from MIT, who is doing a sabbatical in our lab this year (until mid June). She will talk about Flowing through a world of patterns Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.

The next PMMH seminar will be given by Christophe Denoual on Feb 14 at 11am. Title : A path to model complex displacive transitions C. Denoual, N. Bruzy CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France Univ Paris-Saclay, LMCE, F-91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.

The next PMMH seminar will be given on Friday 7 Feb at 11am by Chandan Bose (Univ. Birmingham). “From Nature to Simulation : Vortex-Dominated Flows and Bioinspired Fluid-Structure Interaction Systems” Zoom link upon request. I survey the research in my group at the Univ. Birmingham on the

The next PMMH seminar will be given on Friday 7 Feb at 11am by Chandan Bose (Univ. Birmingham). Title: “From Nature to Simulation : Vortex-Dominated Flows and Bioinspired Fluid-Structure Interaction Systems” Abstract below. Zoom link upon request.

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