Herve Nganguia, Towson University: Drug delivery systems (DDS) are revolutionizing modern medicine and present the most promising therapeutic alternatives to treat illnesses while minimizing side effects. In experiments and clinical trials, they have been proven particularly useful in the management of effective cancers medications and therapies that are also highly toxic for healthy cells. Beyond their biomedical potential, the design, deployment and control of DDS represent an interesting (and indeed fascinating) multi-scale mathematical modeling problem. I will start my presentation with a brief survey of laboratory experiments illustrating the range of drug delivery machines design, followed by a discussion of the various components involved in this practical application of mathematical and physical methods. The rest of the talk will be devoted to a couple of recent modeling efforts related to DDS' design and propulsion in biologically relevant flows.