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Fall 2007

September

09/21-22

Growth in the Desert: Tucson Workshop

On September 21-22, The research groups of Mechanics and BioMathematics in the Department of Mathematics will host a workshop on the problem of Growth in Biological Systems. All University Faculty, Students, and Tucson Residents are welcome to participate free of charge. The sponsors for this event are The Department of Mathematics, the Program in Applied Mathematics, and the Quantitative Biology Consortium (through the BIO5 Institute).

October

10/05-07

Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems Conference

The conference will be dedicated to Professor Jim Cushing to honor his many important contributions to Mathematical Biology on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

December

12/06
Darin Comeau, Kevin LaTourette, John Pate, Stuart Kent, Chris Rainey, Bole Yang, David Love, David Lyttle, Rebecca Stockbridge

Math 586 End of Semester Mini Conference

10:00<br/> Darin Comeau, Kevin LaTourette, John Pate<br/> The effect of Weber number and spread factor of a water droplet impinging on a super-hydrophobic substrate <br/><br/> 10:30<br/> Stuart Kent, Chris Rainey, Bole Yang<br/> The effects of high viscosity on drop impacts with deep liquid pools <br/><br/> 11:00<br/> David Love, David Lyttle, Rebecca Stockbridge<br/> On the motion of a single bead of viscous fluid down a vertical wire

12/06
Carlos Chiquete, Kelly Smith, Hui "Alex" Xiong, Suz Tolwinski, Sairam Rayaprolu, John Gemmer

2nd Year Graduate Research Conference

1:00<br/> Carlos Chiquete<br/> Linear stability and receptivity of planar idealized one-reaction detonation to three-dimensional perturbations<br/> Advisor: Anatoli Tumin (AME)<br/> <br/> 1:20<br/> Kelly Smith<br/> Investigating the effectiveness of an existing model to steer a vehicle<br/> Advisor: Larry Head (SIE)<br/> <br/> 1:40<br/> Hui &quot;Alex&quot; Xiong<br/> The scaling limit of near critical percolation<br/> Advisor: Tom Kennedy (Math)<br/> <br/> 2:00 15-minute break<br/> <br/> 2:15<br/> Suz Tolwinski<br/> Statistical methods for the geosciences and beyond<br/> Advisor: Xubin Zeng (Atmos Sci)<br/> <br/> 2:35<br/> Sairam Rayaprolu<br/> Redistribution of electric cars: an integer programming approach<br/> Advisor: Moshe Dror (MIS)<<br/> <br/> 2:55<br/> John Gemmer<br/> Dynamics of coupled nanosprings subject to light induced forces<br/> Advisor: Ildar Gabitov (Math)