Mechanica is an interactive mesh-free, chemistry and biology simulation environment, with an emphasis towards enabling users to model and simulate complex sub-cellular and cellular biological physics problems. 

Mechanica is designed first and foremost to enable users to work interactively with simulations – they can build, run and interact with simulation using standard Python in real-time. Our  goal in the workshop is to demonstrate to participants how to create and explore interactive models and simulations of active matter. 

We will cover:

• Overview of the Mechanica package

• Installation via pip / pypi. 

• Agent based modeling with active agents

• Fluids using dissipative particle dynamics 

• Visco-elastic solids with breakable bonds

• Chemical transport between agents 

• Solid-fluid and solid-particle interaction

• Event driven programming

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Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Somogyi, Andy T (2021), "Agent Based Active Matter Simulations with Mechanica," https://nanohub.org/resources/35629.

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1. agent-based models
2. biology
3. cells
4. nano/bio
5. NanoBio Node at Indiana
6. nano-bio workshop
7. Nanomechanical
8. python
9. Simulation
10. simulation and modeling