Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Fall 2006

(listings for other semesters)

The Applied Mathematics Colloquium combines lectures by our faculty, visiting scholars from other institutions, and scholars from other science departments at UNC. The latter contributions are particularly important as we develop collaborations on our own research interests, on shared applied science curricula, and on the developments of our graduate program. These seminar lectures allow faculty and graduate students to view applied science with a mathematical flavor, to meet a diverse group of applied scientists, and for graduate students in particular to get a sense of potential career opportunities. All are welcome!

Refreshments prior to the talk will be served in Phillips Hall, Room 330, at 3:30pm. The seminars will be held in Phillips Hall, Room 383, unless otherwise noted.

Friday September 8, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 367

Anita Layton, Department of Mathematics, Duke University
"Feedback dynamics of coupled nephrons"

Friday September 15, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 383

Peter D. Miller, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan
"Integrable Nonlinear Waves and Singular Asymptotics"

Monday September 18, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 332

Tom Manteuffel, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder
''Iterative Methods for Transport Problems"

Friday September 22, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 383

Oscar Bruno, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Callifornia Institute of Technology
"High-order scattering solvers and surface representation algorithms"

Friday September 29, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 383

Jie Shen, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University
Fast Spectral-Galerkin Method: Algorithms, Analysis and Applications"

Friday October 13, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 383

Peko Hosoi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Building a Better Snail: Rheology and Gastropod Locomotion"

Friday October 27, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 383

Paul Milewski, Mathematics Department, University of Wisconsin
"Stability, Breaking Waves, and Mixing in Stratified Flows"

Friday November 3, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 383

Geoff Vallis, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
A Comparative Anatomy of the Atmosphere and Ocean: Waves, Turbulence and Thermodynamics"

Thursday November 9, 2006, 1pm, Chapman 125

Randall LeVeque, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington
Algorithms for shock wave propagation in tissue, bones and kidney stones"

Friday November 10, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 383

Tamara G. Kolda, Computational Sciences and Mathematics Research, Sandia National Laboratories
Tensor Decompositions, the MATLAB Tensor Toolbox, and Applications to Data Analysis

Friday November 17, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 383

Donald Estep, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University
"Model Sensitivity Analysis, Uncertainty Quantification, and Error Control in a Complex World"

Friday December 1, 2006, 4pm, Phillips 383

Jianguo Liu, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland
"A new approach for analysis and computation of Navier-Stokes Equation in bounded domains"