Poster presentations by Wave Lab students

A. Dussaliyev and N. Manz
“The Tilt Effect on Fire Pulse Speed in an Annular Channel“
Fall 2026 Meeting of the APS Eastern Great Lakes Section, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 2026 October 23

Y. Ren, J. Lindner, and N. Manz
“1D flame pluses in narrow channels“
Fall 2025 Meeting of the APS Eastern Great Lakes Section, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 2025 October 24

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T. Lansing, V. Stanek, D. Cohen-Cobos, A. Thomas, and N. Manz
“Using a Light-Sensitive Reaction-Diffusion System to Visualize the Black Hole Horizon Effect“
Spring 2024 Meeting of the APS Eastern Great Lakes Section, Kettering University, Flint, MI, 2024 April 12

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V. Stanek, T. Lansing, and N. Manz
“Visualizing a Black Hole Event Horizon using a Light-Sensitive Reaction-Diffusion System“
APS March Meeting 2024, Minneapolis, MN, 2024 March 6

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A. Thomas, M. Wanner, D. Cohen-Cobos, and N. Manz
“Using Reaction-Diffusion Waves to Visualize Electron Drift Velocity”
APS March Meeting 2024, Minneapolis, MN, 2024 March


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A. Thomas, M. Wanner, and N. Manz
“One-Dimensional Belousov-Zhabotinsky Chemical Wave System as an Electron Drift Analog“
Fall 2023 Meeting of the APS Eastern Great Lakes Section, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 2023 October 20


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D. Cohen-Cobos, N. Manz, and H. Guarnera
“Simulating Reaction-Diffusion Waves as an Analog for Gravitational Lensing“
Spring 2023 Meeting of the APS Eastern Great Lakes Section, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 2023 April 1

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M. Scarberry, N. Manz, and S. Sobeck
“Belousov–Zhabotinsky Reaction and its Metal Complex Catalysts“
Spring 2023 Meeting of the APS Eastern Great Lakes Section, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 2023 April 1

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K. Sanders and N. Manz
“Table-top Analogues Using Chemical Waves: Gravitational Lensing Effect“
Annual meeting of the Far West Section, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 2022 October 7-8

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M. Wiles and N. Manz
“Angular frequency of rotating spiral waves in a chemical reaction-diffusion system“
APS March Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, USA (virtual), 2022 March 16

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M.K. McGuire, C.A. Fuller, J.F. Lindner, and N. Manz
“Geographic Tongue as a Reaction-Diffusion System“
2) Spring 2021 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, John Carroll University (virtual), 2021 April 9 (graduate student poster award)
1) 37th Annual Research Day, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry, 2021 March 17

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F. Yu, J.F. Lindner, and N. Manz
“Reaction-diffusion around concave, spiral, fractal, and soft obstacles“
Fall 2019 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Flint, MI, USA, 2019 October 11-12

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J. Theiss and N. Manz
“Discrete Tree Based Fire Simulation“
Spring 2019 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Wooster, OH, USA, 2019 March 29-30

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A. Ambrose and N. Manz
“Effect of match types on the fire propagation speeds in a match stick array“
Spring 2019 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Wooster, OH, USA, 2019 March 29-30

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R. Glaser, N. Smith, V.W.H. Hui, J. Lindner, and N. Manz
“Disruption and Recovery of Reaction-Diffusion Wavefronts Colliding with Obstacles“
2) Spring 2019 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Wooster, OH, USA, 2019 March 29-30
1) APS March Meeting 2019, Boston, MA, USA, 2019 March 6

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D. Blaikie, S. Kirn, and N. Manz
“Propagation of light-sensitive reaction-diffusion waves in inhomogeneously illuminated systems“
2) Spring 2019 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Wooster, OH, USA, 2019 March 29-30
1) APS March Meeting 2019, Boston, MA, USA, 2019 March 6

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N. Smith, R. Glaser, V.W.H. Hui, J. Lindner, and N. Manz
“Reaction-diffusion wavefronts colliding with obstacles“
Fall 2018 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Toledo, OH, USA, 2018 September 28

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N. Smith, J. Lindner, and N. Manz
“A Computational Simulation of Belousov-Zhabotinsky Wave Behavior around Obstacles“
Spring 2018 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, East Lansing, MI, USA, 2018 March 23/24

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C. Fuller, J. Mershon, and N. Manz
“Effects of Fluid Flow on Chemical Excitation Waves with Normal and Anomalous Dispersion Relations“
APS March Meeting 2018, Los Angeles, LA, USA, 2018 March 7

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A. Ambrose and N. Manz
“Using Matches to Investigate Forest Fire Propagation Along a Slope“
Fall 2017 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Oxford, OH, USA, 2017 October 13-14

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C. Fuller and N. Manz
“Effects of advection on the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction: standing excitation waves in a quasi-1D system“
Fall 2017 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Oxford, OH, USA, 2017 October 13-14

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V.W.H. Hui, J. Lindner, and N. Manz
“The effect of obstacles on the propagation speed of reaction-diffusion waves“
Fall 2017 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Oxford, OH, USA, 2017 October 13-14

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A. Gould and N. Manz
“BZ-Reaction diffusion wave speed around obstacles“
Spring 2017 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Ypsilanti, MI, USA, 2017 May 5-6

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R.M.P. Morillo and N. Manz
“A Hill on fire: Using matches, 3D printing, and code as a forest fire analog“
21st Annual Posters on the Hill, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, USA, 2017 April 26
See Robin’s report in the Fall 2017 CUR Physics & Astronomy newsletter.

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R.M.P. Morillo and N. Manz
“The Ring of Fire: The Effects of Slope upon Pattern Formation in Simulated Forest Fire Systems“
APS March Meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2017 March 13-17

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M.E. Manheim, J.F. Lindner, and N. Manz
“Experimentally modeling black and white hole event horizons via fluid flow“
APS March Meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2017 March 13-17

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R.M.P. Morillo and N. Manz
“Burning up: The effect of slope upon forest fire propagation“
Dynamics Days 2017, Silver Spring, MD, USA, 2017 January 4-7

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R.M.P. Morillo and N. Manz
“Matchstick Forests: Studying Fire Spread On Hills Using a Scaled Model“
Fall 2016 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Bowling Green, OH, USA, 2016 October 7-8

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J. Pachar and N. Manz
“Effects of Advection on Reaction-Diffusion Waves“
Fall 2016 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Bowling Green, OH, USA, 2016 October 7-8

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S. L. Kirn and N. Manz
“Light-sensitive reaction-diffusion waves in a checkerboard-like illumination system“
2) 47th Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Covington, KY, USA, 2016 May 18-21
1) Spring 2016 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section, Dayton, OH, USA, 2016 April 8-9

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