Joshua Borsky
Dynamic Stiffening of Flexible Microswimmers
This project seeks to develop a fluid-dynamical model of microswimmers (self-propulsive microscopic particles) that grants them the capacity to bend or deform when subject to external flow, extending recent research that suggests these active particles behave qualitatively differently from their rigid counterparts. Research will include the construction of models with (varying) non-rigid geometries, numerical simulations, and interpretation of results using analytical techniques from fluid dynamics and nonlinear dynamical analysis.
Joshua Borsky
The University of Melbourne
Josh Borsky is a final-year undergraduate student of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne, anticipating entry to an MSc.
Josh came into his degree with a de-localised passion for learning; he considered majoring in each of chemistry, computer science and physics in his earlier years, but found that mathematics was the one field he couldn’t help but come back to. He particular appreciates the power of math to simplify by generalising—he often finds himself ‘wasting’ days re-proving results to make them slightly more elegant, and never fails to learn something in the process.
Though his major-specialisation in pure mathematics is reflective of his general focus, Josh’s recent interest has shifted to more applied problems. He is particularly captivated by dynamical systems, and the insights gained by assigning an abstract geometry to a real-world problem.
Outside of mathematics, Josh is a bassist and music-lover. He intends to pursue a career in research mathematics.
