Spring 1998 Seminar Schedule in

Waves, Applied Math, Inverse problems

and Electromagnetic Scattering (WAMIES)


Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will be in Ewing 436 at 3:30pm.

Speakers

2/12/98 -- 11:15am Note Date and Time!
Dr. Shari Moskow
Department of Mathematics
University of Minnesota
A Finite Difference Scheme for Elliptic Equations with Rough Coefficients Using a Cartesian Grid Non-Conforming to Interfaces

2/17/98 -- 11:15am Note Date and Time!
Dr. Ivan Yotov
Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics
The University of Texas at Austin
Discretizations and Domain Decompositions for Modeling Flows in Permeable Media

2/19/98 -- 11:15am Note Date and Time!
Dr. Hongkai Zhao
Department of Mathematics
Stanford University
Dynamic Interpolation of Curves and Surfaces

2/23/98 -- 12:30pm Note Date and Time!
Dr. Suzanne Weekes
Department of Mathematics
Texas A&M University
Godunov-Type Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics

2/27/98 -- 12:30pm Note Date and Time!
Dr. Petr Plechac
Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory
Central Lab of Research Control
Oxford, United Kingdom
Computational Methods for Modelling of Microstructure in Solids

3/6/98
*Colloquium* -- Kirkbride 006 Note Room Change
Dr. Roy Nicolaides
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
Computing scattered fields by interior source methods

3/13/98
Dr. Ralf Hiptmair
Lehrstuhl fur Angewandte Analysis mit Schwerpunkt Numerik
Universitaet Augsburg
A--posteriori Error Estimation for Edge Elements

3/19/98 11:15am -- Note Date and Time Change!
Dr. Klaus Giebermann
Universitaet Bonn
"Matrix Compression Techniques and the Radiosity Equation"

3/26/98 11:15am -- Note Date and Time Change!
Dr. Leszek Demkowicz
Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics
The University of Texas at Austin
Adaptive hp-FE Modeling for Maxwell's Equations

3/27/98
Dr. Michele Piana
Physics Department
University of Genoa
"Regularized Inversion of Multiple Images"

4/17/98
Dr. Dawn A. Lott-Crumpler
Department of Mathematical Sciences
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Numerical Methods for the Quasilinear Wave Equation

4/20/98 3:30 pm -- Note Date and Time Change!
Dr. Don French
Department of Mathematics
University of Cincinnati
A Posteriori Error Estimates for Adaptive Finite Element Approximations of the Obstacle Problem

4/24/98
Professor Henryk Gzyl
Escula de Fisica y Matematicas
University Central de Venezuela
Caracas,Venezuela
Department of Mathematics
"Probabilistic Methods for Scattering by Obstacles: Preliminary Results"

4/30/98 11:15am -- Note Date and Time Change!
Dr. Donald S. Cohen
Professor of Applied Mathematics
California Institute of Technology
New asymptotic scales for moving boundary diffusion problems and their application to pharmaceutical design

5/1/98
*Colloquium* -- Note Room Change
Dr. Herta Freitag
"A Pair of Rabbits and a Beauty Contest: Fibonacci at the University of Delaware"

5/8/98
Dr. Andrew Roosen
Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science and Ceramics Division
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The crystalline method of computing interface motions with an application to Silicon Nitride Growth and Coarsening

5/15/98 11:15am Ewing 436-- Note Time and it's a Double Header!
Dr. Arturo Vargas
Department of Mathematical Sciences
New Jersey Institute of Technology (sabbatical)
FENOMEC Programe, UNAM
Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, IIMAS, UNAM
A viscoelastic model for a cytogel model

5/15/98 3:30pm Ewing 436-- Note the second talk!
Dr. Catherine Garcia-Reimbert
Department of Mathematical Sciences
New Jersey Institute of Technology (sabbatical)
FENOMEC Programe, UNAM
Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, IIMAS, UNAM
A travelling temperature front in a cylindrical rod heated by microwaves

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