Seminars, Workshops and Promotion of Science
Seminars
¿Qué nos dicen las arrugas de una superficie?”, Dr. Enrique Cerda, Salón de Honor, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile. November 28, 2007.
“Flujos granulares y minería subterránea”, Dr. Francisco Vivanco, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. September 7, 2007.
"El rol de la Física en la Biología Contemporánea", Dr. Francisco Melo, Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Andrés Bello. August 9, 2007, Santiago, Chile
"Granular Jets & Slurries-Droplets Cocktel under Vertical Vibrations", Javier Contreras, Laboratorio de Física Nolineal, FCFM, Universidad de Chile, August 7, 2007.
“Granular flows applied to underground mining”, Dr. Francisco Vivanco, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon. July 2, 2007. Lyon, France.
“Underground mining and kinematic model”, Dr. Francisco Vivanco University of Liège, July 6, 2007. Liège, Belgium.
"Ripping Thin Sheets", Dr. Eugenio Hamm, Laboratorio de Física Nolineal, FCFM, Universidad de Chile, May 22, 2007.
"Flujos Granulares : Aplicaciones a la minería subterránea" Dr. Francisco Melo, Centro de Modelamiento Matemático, Depto. de
Ingeniería Matemática, Universidad de Chile, April 13, 2007 
"Jugando con membranas delgadas: Aplicacion a la medicion de Fuerzas", Chantal Tassius, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, December 21, 2006
"La neurita: Una cuerda entretenida", Chantal Tassius, Universidad de Chile, December 15, 2006.
"Modelo Cinematico aplicado a la mineria subterranea" , Francisco Vivanco. Universidad de Chile. October, 27, 2006 .
Conferences in workshops
"Dégazage intermittent a travers une colonne de fluide complexe",
Thibaut Divoux, Valérie Vidal, Francisco Melo & Jean-Christophe
Géminard. Rencontre du Non-linéaire 2008, March 25-27, 2008, Paris,
France.
"NonLinear waves in dry and wet Hertzian granular chains", Francisco Santibañez, XI Instabilities and NonEquilibrium Structures. December 17-21, 2007. Viña del Mar, Chile.
"Underground mining flows: an application of Kinematic and Plasticity models", Francisco Vivanco, XI Instabilities and NonEquilibrium Structures. December 17-21, 2007. Viña del Mar, Chile.
"Tearing and peeling of elastic surfaces", Eugenio Hamm, XI Instabilities and NonEquilibrium Structures. December 17-21, 2007. Viña del Mar, Chile.
"Kinematic model and drawbody in underground mining process", Francisco Vivanco. Southern Workshop on Granular Materials 2006, September 13-16. Reñaca, Chile.
Posters in workshops
“Nanorods and spherical nanoparticles functionalized with peptides for therapeutic applications in Alzheimer´s disease”, C. Adura, A. Guerrero, L. Caballero, F. Melo, M.J. Kogan, V Latin American Symposium on Scanning Probe Microscopy, Viña del Mar, Chile, May 27-29, 2009.
“Electrostatic and mechanical properties of amino surface attached dermatan sulfate”, R. González, L. Caballero, F. Melo, V Latin American Symposium on Scanning Probe Microscopy, Viña del Mar, Chile, May 27-29, 2009.
"NonLinear waves in hertzian granular chains", Romina Muñoz, Francisco Santibañez, Stephane Job, Francisco Melo. Frontiers in Materials Research IV, Reñaca May 21-24, 2008
"Pollen tubes growth as a turgor-driven engine ", Roberto Bernal, D. Cuvelier, J. Dumais, L. Mahadevan. Frontiers in Materials Research IV, Reñaca May 21-24, 2008
"Drag force as a tool to test the active mechanical response of PC12 neurites ", Roberto Bernal, Francisco Melo, P. Pullarkat, Nathalie Casanova, Victor Duarte, Aylinne Roman, Desiree Salas. Frontiers in Materials Research IV, Reñaca May 21-24, 2008
"Tearing as a test for mechanical characterization of thin adhesive films ", Eugenio Hamm, Pedro Reis, Michael Leblanc, Benoit Roman, Enrique Cerda. Frontiers in Materials Research IV, Reñaca May 21-24, 2008
"Study of the interaction between amyloid beta aggregates and the LPFFD disruptor peptide by using atomic force microscopy technics and gold nanoparticles", Aurora Morales, Leonardo Caballero, Francisco Melo, Marcelo Kogan. Frontiers in Materials Research IV, Reñaca May 21-24, 2008
"Force spectroscopy as a tool to determine charge exposition of peptide-functionalized gold nanoparticles ", Ariel Guerrero, Leonardo Caballero, Francisco Melo, Ricardo Aroca, Marcelo Kogan. Frontiers in Materials Research IV, Reñaca May 21-24, 2008
"Mechanical properties of a two dimensional sheared granular system", Nelson Sepulveda, Francisco Vivanco, Francisco Melo. Frontiers in Materials Research IV, Reñaca May 21-24, 2008
"Efecto de la secuencia sobre la estructura de conjugados del péptido CLPFFD con nanopartículas de oro", Ariel R. Guerrero, Ivonne Olmedo,
Leonardo Caballero, Francisco Melo, Marcelo J. Kogan. XXVIII Jornadas Chilenas de Químicas, November 20-23, 2007, Chillán, Chile.
"Estudio de la interacción entre agregados de beta amiloide y CLPFFD por técnicas de microscopía de efecto fuerza", Aurora Morales Alvarez, Leonardo Caballero, Ariel
Guerrero, Francisco Melo, Marcelo J. Kogan. XXVIII Jornadas Chilenas de Químicas, November 20-23, 2007, Chillán, Chile.
"NonLinear waves in hertzian granular chains: effects of inertial and stiffness heterogeneities", Stephane Job, Francisco Melo, Francisco Santibañez, Franco Tapia. ICU 2007, April 9-12, 2007. Viena
"Droplets of fine powders runing uphill by vertical vibration", Javier Contreras, Leonardo Caballero, Francisco Melo. PASI 2006, December 10 - 20, 2006, Mar del Plata, Argentina. 
"Pulse propagation in heterogeneous granular media" , Francisco Santibañez and Franco Tapia, Stephane Job, Francisco Melo. PASI 2006, December 10 - 20, 2006, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
"Pulse propagation in heterogeneous granular media" , Francisco Santibañez and Franco Tapia, Stephane Job, Francisco Melo. International Workshop, Frontiers in Materials Research 2006, Reñaca October 10-14, 2006.
"Measuring the surface charge density in dermatan sulfate substrates and observations of its influence in growth of calcite crystals" , Rodrigo Gonzalez, Leonardo Caballero, Francisco Melo. International Workshop, Frontiers in Materials Research 2006, Reñaca October 10-14, 2006.
"What happens when you pull on an axon?", Chantal Tassius, Roberto Bernal, Francisco Melo, P. Pullarkat. IV Jornadas de Trabajo CIMAT. Reñaca, October 9-10, 2006.
"Mechanical caracterization of thin elastic membranes: cell mechanics applications ", Chantal Tassius, Roberto Bernal, Francisco Melo, P. Pullarkat. IV Jornadas de Trabajo CIMAT. Reñaca, October 9-10, 2006.
Promotion of Science
"Caracterizacion de sustratos de Dermatan Sulfato 'DS' para la precipitacion de CaCO3", Rodrigo Gonzalez. "Feria de los Materiales", XII Semana de la Ciencia y Tecnologia, Programa Explora-Conicyt. October,2006 (poster)
"Algunas propiedades mecanicas de las neuronas ", Chantal Tassius. "Feria de los Materiales", XII Semana de la Ciencia y Tecnologia, Programa Explora-Conicyt. October,2006 (poster)
"Caracterizacion de membranas de PDMS para el estudio de fuerzas de adhesion celular", Roberto Bernal, Rodrigo Gonzalez, Francisco Melo. Revista electronica "Ciencia Abierta" , Universidad de Chile.