Penn State University: 1993–94 Session
Time: 4:30 PM, Room: 104 McAllister
FALL SEMESTER 1993
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past_seminars/cam_colloquium/fall93.dvi(DVI) — 19 talks.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 27 Aug | J. Lopez | Dept. of Mathematics, Penn State University | Some aspects of axisymmetric vortex breakdown |
| Fri 3 Sep | K. Promislow | Dept. of Mathematics, Penn State University | Effective elastic moduli of hard-soft composites |
| Fri 10 Sep | C.-A. Pillet | Dept. of Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Geneva | Return to equilibrium in classical mechanics |
| Fri 17 Sep | W. Zimmerman | Applied Mathematics, Sheffield University | Propagation of nonlinear waves in stably stratified dissipative media –solitary waves and turbulent bursts |
| Fri 17 Sep | M. Efendiev | Dept. of Mathematics, University of Stuttgart | A new mathematical method for problems of hydromechanics |
| Fri 24 Sep | J.L. Bona | Dept. of Mathematics, Penn State University | Decay of solutions of nonlinear wave equations |
| Tue 28 Sep | A. Spence | Dept of Mathematics, University of Bath | Numerical detection of Hopf Bifurcations in large systems arising in Fluid Mechanics |
| Fri 1 Oct | F. Wan | Washington State Univ. and National Science Foundation | Outer asymptotic solutions without matching |
| To be held in 116 Osmond at 2 | 30 p.m. | — | — |
| Fri 1 Oct | G.-Q. Chen | Dept. of Mathematics, University of Chicago | Hyperbolic conservation laws with resonance and relaxation |
| Wed 6 Oct | R.G. Larson | Plastics Engrg & Res. Dept, ATT & Bell Laboratories, N.J. | Molecular dynamics of flowing liquid crystalline polymers |
| Fri 15 Oct | W.R. McKinney | Depts of Math., N.C. State Univ. and Penn State Univ. | An efficient implicit numerical method for the GKdVB equation |
| Fri 22 Oct | D.N. Arnold | Dept. of Mathematics, Penn State University | Locking-free finite elements for plates and shells |
| Wed 27 – Sat 30 Oct | — | — | Seventh International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods |
| Fri 5 Nov | J.M. Ball | Dept of Math., Heriot-Watt Univ. and Inst. for Adv. Studies, Princeton | Young measures and metastability |
| Fri 12 Nov | — | — | The seminar this week has been cancelled |
| Fri 19 Nov | J. Wyngaard | Dept of Meteorology, Penn State University | A meteorological view of turbulence modeling |
| Fri 3 Dec | T. Hou | Department of Applied Mathematics, Caltech | Fluid free surfaces and their numerical approximations |
| Fri 10 Dec | J.H. Maddocks | Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland | Elastic-rod models for supercoiling of DNA N.B. To be held in 115 McAllister |