As faculty members at academic institutions, we are expected to excel in the three main areas called research, teaching, and outreach (or service), each of which with a different emphasis at different types of academic institutions. By and large, most academic institutions allow faculty the flexibility to pursue research or scholarly activities ...
Creator:
Ng, Peh H. (University of Minnesota, Morris)
Created:
2010-03-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Working at a national laboratory, such as one of the NASA research centers, offers many exciting research opportunities to a mathematician. Some disciplines are traditionally mathematically intensive, such as computational fluid dynamics, structural analysis, multidisciplinary design optimization, formal methods for algorithm verification, to na...
Creator:
Alexandrov, Natalia (NASA Langley Research Center)
Created:
2010-03-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
The use of integrodifference equations in the study of the roleof dispersal on populations with discrete generations hasgenerated interesting mathematical problems and expanded ourunderstanding of their spatio-temporal dynamics. Here, we usediscrete-time epidemic models that can be reduced to a singlemap for the infectious class, It+1 =g(It), wh...
Creator:
Ràos-Soto, Karen Raquel (University of Puerto Rico)
Created:
2010-03-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
In recent research on the Riemann zeta function and the Riemann Hypothesis, it is important to calculate certain integrals involving the characteristic functions of N × N unitary matrices and to develop asymptotic expansions of these integrals as N †’ ˆž. In this talk, I will derive exact formulas for several of these integrals, verify that the...
Creator:
Richards, Donald (The Pennsylvania State University)
Created:
2010-03-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Vortical structures, which align in groups or packets, were proposed as a fundamental structure of turbulent boundary layers more than 50 years ago in the literature. Recently, planar and volumetric velocity measurements obtained by PIV provide direct information on three-dimensional spatial velocity variations which can be used to identify cohe...
Creator:
Ortiz-Duenas, Cecilia
Created:
2010-03-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Although it is well known that nonholonomic mechanical systemsare not Hamiltonian, recent research has uncovered a variety oftechniques which allow one to express the reduced,constrained dynamics of certain classes of nonholonomic systemsas Hamiltonian. In this talk I will discuss the application ofthese methods to develop alternative geometric ...
Creator:
Fernandez, Oscar E. (University of Michigan)
Created:
2010-03-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
The speaker will discuss the National Institute of Standards and Technology, its mission and the role of mathematicians in supporting it. The speaker will present a couple of examples from her career that illustrate these points.
Creator:
Hunt, Fern Yvette (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Created:
2010-03-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Controlling mass transit systems, identifying proteins, and stocking shelves, what is the common thread? Mathematics is the foundation for these diverse application domains. In this talk, we will examine the different types of mathematics that are needed to tackle these problems. In addition, we will discuss ways to weave together seemingly unre...
Creator:
Williams, Pamela J. (LMI Government Consulting)
Created:
2010-03-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
