{"467731":{"#nid":"467731","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Breakfast Club Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Chaos in the Heart; Understanding Cardiac Arrhythmias using Optical Mapping Experiments, Computer Simulations and Math\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFlavio Fenton, Ph.D.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAssociate Professor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy work is on excitable media, complex systems, and pattern formation, using a combined approach of theory, experiments, and computer simulations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch areas of interest\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHigh performance computing: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Development and implementation of novel algorithms to solve partial differential equations in two- and three-dimensional regular and irregular domains.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Computer modeling of complex systems using supercomputers, as well as graphics cards (GPUs).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Simulations and large data visualization of complex systems in or near-real time locally or over the web.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Experiments in complex systems:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Cardiac dynamics. Study the voltage and calcium dynamics of cardiac tissue using heart sections or whole hearts from fish and mice to large mammals horses. Using voltage- and calcium-sensitive dyes and ultrafast cameras, we record the dynamics of voltage and calcium waves and study their instabilities associated with arrhythmias.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Dynamics of spiral and scroll waves.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Mechanisms of bifurcation and period-doublings in time and in space.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Methods for chaos control and synchronization.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Chemical, physical, and other biophysical oscillators with complex dynamics and instabilities. Examples: spiral and scroll waves in the Belousov\u2013Zhabotinsky reaction, saline oscillator.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EMathematical modeling of complex systems:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Development and analysis of mathematical models that describe generic or detailed dynamics of excitable and oscillatory media (heart, neurons, chemical reactions, calcium signaling, physical and biological oscillators, etc.).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Study of bifurcations and chaotic (organized and disorganized) dynamics of excitable and oscillatory systems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Develop and apply control methods for suppressing or synchronizing complex dynamics.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00b7 Study of stability and instabilities of spiral waves and three-dimensional scroll waves in idealized and realistic domains of excitable media.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EIn most projects there is crossover between theory, simulations and experiments, where experiments (simulations) are used to guide theory and simulations (experiments).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, an internationally recognized hub of multidisciplinary research at the Georgia Institute of Technology, brings engineers, scientists, and clinicians together to solve some of the world\u2019s most complex health challenges. With 17 research centers, more than 170 faculty members, and $24 million in state-of-the-art facilities, the Petit Institute is translating scientific discoveries into game-changing solutions to solve real-world problems.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Petit Institute Breakfast Club seminar series was started with the spirit of the Institute\u0027s interdisciplinary mission in mind and started to feature local Petit Institute faculty member\u0027s research in a seminar format. Faculty are often asked to speak at other universities and conferences, but rarely present at their home institution, this seminar series is an attempt to close that gap. The Petit Institute Breakfast Club is open to anyone in the bio-community.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Chaos in the Heart; Understanding Cardiac Arrhythmias using Optical Mapping Experiments, Computer Simulations and Math\u0022 - Flavio Fenton, Ph.D. - Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2015-11-09 15:50:20","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:17:41","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-03-08T12:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-03-08T13:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-03-08T13:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-03-08 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-03-08 18:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-03-08 18:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70917":{"id":"70917","type":"image","title":"Breakfast Club Seminar Series","body":null,"created":"1449177328","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:28","changed":"1475894625","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:45","alt":"Breakfast Club Seminar Series","file":{"fid":"193471","name":"logobldg_graphic.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logobldg_graphic_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logobldg_graphic_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":241588,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/logobldg_graphic_0.png?itok=x84xf3Mz"}}},"media_ids":["70917"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/thevirtualheart.org\/","title":"Fenton lab website"},{"url":"http:\/\/petitinstitute.gatech.edu\/breakfast-club","title":"Breakfast Club Seminar schedule"}],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"139161","name":"graduates students"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}