Past OCCAM Visitors
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OVS Feb - May 2012 |
University of Cambridge UK |
Till's research is concerned with the mechanics of thin plates. He's particularly interested in how sheets deform under stresses and how these deformations occur when the sheet is resting on solid or liquid substrates. Applications of these considerations range from nanoscale graphene sheets to macroscale materials like sea ice. |
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Pierre-Thomas Brun OVS Apr - May 2012 |
Université Pierre et Marie Curie France |
Pierre-Thomas is interested in various aspects of the mechanics of slender objects, be it viscous threads or elastic rods.Pierre-Thomas’ research is primarily focused on the so called fluid mechanical sewing machine meaning when a viscous thread is poured onto a moving conveyor belt, and is curious about pluridisciplinary problems involving natural sciences or engineering. |
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STV Apr - May 2012 |
Ohio State University USA |
Hye-Won is interested in mathematical modeling of biochemical networks using stochastic processes and analysis. This involves time-scale separation and reduction of biochemical networks and their diffusion approximations using multiscale nature, compartmentalized models for reaction-diffusion systems, and effects of functional modules in biochemical networks on robustness or sensitivity. Her other interest is modeling signaling pathways in cancer. |
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STV May 2012 |
Ecole Polytechnique France |
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OVF Jan - May 2012 |
Arizona State University USA |
Rosemary's current research interests involve solutions of inverse problems, particularly using statistical regularization techniques and including appropriate numerical linear algebra approaches. She has a many year interest in any problems associated with reconstructing information from and/or restoring images from medical imaging modalities such as MRI and PET. |
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STV Apr - May 2012 |
Simon Fraser University Canada |
Parousia’s interests are in the fields of geometric PDE, classical PDE, applied and computational mathematics, and differential geometry. The subject of his research lies at the intersection of these fields. He is working with Dr. Colin Macdonald on the Closest Point Method, which is a numerical technique for approximating the solution to geometric PDEs involving in-surface gradients and divergence operators for various complex geometries. While at Oxford, he will be developing and extending some of my results regarding the Closest Point Method on irregular geometries such as manifolds with singularities. |
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STV Apr - May 2012
STV Oct 2010
OVS Nov - Dec 2009
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Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium |
Cécile is interested in numerical techniques to solve PDE’s to high orders of accuracy. In particular, she focuses her research on the radial basis functions (RBF) method. |
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STV Apr 2012 |
Texas A&M USA |
Dr. Moore’s research interests include Cardiovascular Biomechanics, Stents, Implantable Devices, Atherosclerosis, and the Lymphatic System. His research focuses on the role of biomechanics in the formation and treatment of diseases. Along with his research funding from the USA National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and industry sources, Dr. Moore has received multiple patents for medical devices and testing equipment. Dr. Moore has also co-founded two startup companies. |
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OVS Mar - Apr 2012 |
Princeton USA |
Mihai's recent work focused on several distance geometry problems with applications to sensor network localization and three-dimensional structuring of molecules. His other interests include applications of graph theory and combinatorics, analysis of complex networks, spectral algorithms and applications, error-correction and completion of low rank matrices, dimensionality reduction and applications, and algorithmic game theory. |
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STV Apr 2012
STV May - June 2011
STV Oct - Nov 2010
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Université Pierre et Marie Curie France |
Sebastien studies elasticity problems, especially equilibrium and dynamics of twisted rods with application to fibrous proteins structure, DNA super-coiling and engineering systems. |
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STV Apr 2012 |
University of the Witswatersrand South Africa |
Charis is interested in the solution of differential equations using numerical methods, currently focussed towards the implementation of finite-difference schemes. Their efficiency, accuracy and stability are also of primary interest and as suchways of conductingnumerical analyses of themethods is also considered.At present Charis'research is focussed towards differential equations modelling the heat transfer in extended surfaces, thermalexplosions or the density distribution isothermal gas spheres within various geometries. |
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STV Mar - Apr 2012
STV Apr 2010
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Karadeniz Technical University Turkey |
Erhan is interested in modelling and numerical analysis of diverse phenomena of interest arising in industrial applications ranging from quantum mechanics to sports. He is currently interested in differential algebraic-constrained optimization problems and their applications in tubular reactors. He is also interested in parallel programming with MPICH, an interface to MPI, developed at Argonne National Laboratory, where he got his first hands-on experience. |
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Armin Iske STV Apr 2012 |
University of Hamburg Germany |
Armin is presenting the OCCAM Wednesday Seminar "On the Stability of Kernel-based Scattered Data Approximation." |
| STV Mar 2012 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute USA |
Don is interested in mathematical modeling and scientific computing. General areas of interest include parallel adaptive methods for high-speed reactive and nonreactive flow, and adaptive methods for multi-material and multi-phase flow. Recent work has focused on numerical methods for models of solid mechanics and fluid-structure problems. Don is also active in math-in-industry workshops and has organized or co-organized the past twenty MPI Workshops in the U.S., and the past nine graduate modeling camps at RPI. |
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STV Mar 2012 |
University of Rome, Sapienza Italy |
Adriano is mainly interested in Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, with application to problems in Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics. Recent topics include phase transition approach to the evolution of interfaces by mean curvature on manifolds and localization properties of Wannier functions for crystalline solids. He is also interested in properties of solutions of harmonic maps and Ginzburg-Landau equations, possibly in connection with models for liquid crystals. |
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STV Mar 2012
STV Sept 2011
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Czech Academy of Science Czech Republic |
Tomas is interested in numerical methods for pde, hp-adaptive finite element methods, a posteriori error estimates, and discrete maximum principles. |
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Alexandr Lukyanov STV Mar 2012 |
Schlumberger UK |
Alexandr is presenting the OCCAM Wednesday Seminar "Meshless methods: from carbon nano-tubes to carbonate reservoir." |
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STV Feb 2012
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Simon Fraser University Canada |
Adam works in the area of nonlinear partial differential equations and numerical analysis, and is also interested in the calculus of variations and optimization. Applications include mathematical finance and mathematical economics, optimal transportatation problems, fluid dynamics, combustion, atmospheric flows, and image processing. Adam's recent work has focused on numerical methods for the Monge-Ampere equation and for convex envelope. |
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STV Feb 2012
STV May 2010
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute USA |
The primary focus of Joseph’s current research is mathematical issues pertaining to porous electrodes, particularly those in fuel cells. Joseph’s recent work includes studying the connections between Kirchhoff graphs (defined from chemical reaction networks) and linear algebra. Other research interests include computational PDE (particular free and moving boundary problems), hyperbolic systems (elastic string equations), interface instabilities (dendrites in crystal growth, Mullin-Sereka instabilities), and continuation methods. |
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STV Feb 2012
OVS Apr - Jul 2011
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TU Bergakademie Freiberg Germany
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Andreas is interested in liquid film flow modelling with Lattice Boltzmann methods. |
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STV Feb - Mar 2012 |
Ohio State University USA |
Chuan is interested in mathematical biology. She develops mathematical models to understand collective cell movement and pattern formation, axonal transport and morphology, wound healing, and melanoma invasion and treatments. She is also interested in deriving macroscopic equations from individual-based models, and free boundary problems arising from biological problems. |
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STV Jan - Mar 2012 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology USA |
Jeff's research involves attempting to model cell proliferation in a porous scaffold. This involves a coupled system of equations for the cell growth and the nutrient-filled fluid flow. At this time the model is only over the cell proliferation timescale, and it only is interested in cell growth and fluid flow within the scaffold itself. In the hopefully near future we will be expanding the model to two dimensions as well as introducing the fast time-scale (fluid flow) thus necessitating a two time-scale analysis. |
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STV Jan 2012
STV Feb 2011
STV Mar 2010
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University of Delaware USA |
Richard’s research includes Viscous Fluid Dynamics, Thin Films, Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Perturbation Methods, Applications from Physiology (the Tear Film) and Engineering. |
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RICAM Austria |
Jan is interested in mathematical and numerical modelling of biological phenomena like collective behaviour, chemotaxis, using stochastic and partial differential equations. His other interests are: particle methods, kinetic equations, and image processing. |
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STV Jan 2012
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Yale USA |
Rob works on a variety of applied mathematics, generally involving fluid mechanics or elasticity. His background is in modelling geophysical processes such as frost heave, desiccation cracking and sea ice growth. However he is also interested in smaller-scale problems, and is currently investigating several fundamental problems involving droplet interactions with soft substrates. |
| STV Jan 2012 |
Princeton USA |
Phil is working in a variety of fields, all unified by his interest in developing asymptotic and numerical methodologies for problems in applied mathematics. He highlights three key areas: (i) with Jon Chapman, he has continued his previous investigations into problems which require the use of special techniques in asymptotics (exponential asymptotics); (ii) with Weinan E at Princeton, he is delving into some issues related to the well known singularity at a moving contact line; and (iii) with Howard Stone at Princeton, he is studying a range of problems which involve viscous fluids interacting with rigid or elastic structures. |
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STV Dec 2011 |
University of Minnesota USA |
Fadil's research interests are in inverse problems, optics, photonics, and optimal design. |
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STV Dec 2011
STV Oct 2011
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Tufts University USA |
Ana’s research interests include the mechanisms of steroid hormone action, control of cell proliferation, breast and prostate neoplasias, and endocrine disruptors. She is currently studying the mechanisms by which fetal exposure to xenoestrogens induce neoplastic development in the mammary gland and carcinogenesis in 3-dimensional tissue culture. Ana also works on the clarification of epistemological issues arising from the study of complex biological phenomena (modeling, simulation, etc). |
| STV Dec 2011 |
University of Ulster UK |
Kurt is interested in biological self-organization and how it relates to tissue morphogenesis and the emergence of cancer. He is therefore engaging in multi-disciplinary research efforts that bring together experts in biology, microscopy, computer science and mathematics who try to tightly couple experimentally accessible biological systems with sophisticated mathematical models. He sees himself operating at the interface between biologists and mathematicians extracting quantifiable measures and 3D morphologies from underlying imaging data. As part of his research he develops complex software that ranges from digital image processing algorithms and applying computational geometry to problems in biology and medicine to using computer graphics and visualization techniques to engage with biologists. |
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STV Nov 2011 OVF Aug - Sept 2011 |
Florida State University USA |
Max's current interests include climate modelling, nonlocal models for diffusion and mechanics, subsurface flows, and numerical methods for PDEs with random inputs. |
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STV Oct - Nov 2011 |
Uppsala University Sweden |
Per is interested in computational models and their analysis in molecular biology, in particular stochastic models, multiscale models and models based on partial differential equations and efficient and accurate computer implementation of them. |
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STV Oct 2011 |
Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble France |
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| STV Oct 2011 |
Heriot-Watt UK |
Kevin's research involves formulating, analysing and applying mathematical and computational models to a range of biological problems, including the mechanisms responsible for organising cells of the embryo into tissues and organs, the maintenance and repair of these structures, and the processes leading to pathologies such as cancers. Specific projects include the role of cell adhesion and migration on tissue patterning and cell invasion and the generation of periodic structures in the skin, including feather buds, hair follicles and animal coat markings. |
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STV Oct 2011 |
Seoul National University South Korea |
Ho-Young's interests span a range of topics that revolve around classical mechanics with applications to biology and nanosystems. He is currently working on a variety of problems in the areas of poro-elasto-capillarity, electrowetting, and flutter and flapping of hydrofoils and flags. |
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Jeb Collins STV Oct 2011 |
Colorado State University USA |
Jeb's research interests are in adjoint methods for a posteriori error estimation. In particular he looks at error estimation of nonlinear hyperbolic partial differential equations. |
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STV Sept - Oct 2011 |
New York University USA |
Matt is interested in the design and analysis of algorithms for the simulation of interfacial motions. He is working on the reinitialization of closest point functions and signed distance functions, as well as on problems of multiphase curvature motion arising from applications in materials science. |
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Qixuan Wang OVS Sept - Nov 2011 |
University of Minnesota USA |
Qixuan is interested in modelling and theory of self-propeled cell motion in viscous flow, and plasma membrane dynamics. |
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Ulrika Schaegel STV Sept 2011 |
University of Alberta Canada |
Ulrika is studying models for animal movement and in particular how to incorporate memory use into them. Also, she is applying these models to wolf GPS location data from South-Western Alberta, Canada. |
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Maria Auger-Methe STV Sept 2011 |
University of Alberta Canada |
Maria’s research focuses on the movement strategies polar bears use to find food and cope with the dynamic movement of the sea ice they live on. In general, she is interested in arrival movement models and the use of state-space models to differentiate between different sources of stochasticity. |
| OVF Sept - Nov 2011 |
University of Minnesota USA |
Hans’ research involves development and analysis of mathematical models in three major areas -- cell motility, pattern formation in development, and stochastic models of signal transduction and gene control networks. Integration of the reaction, transport and mechanical processes involved in cell motility and development at the cell, tissue and organ level is necessary, and this in turn requires mathematical modeling and computational analysis. Signal transduction and complex networks are major topics in current biology, and whatever can be learned concerning their modularity and robustness will be valuable for understanding other systems. My past work has focused on understanding complex networks, how they interact with transport processes, and how one can abstract manageable models that contain the essential features from complex systems. |
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University of Calgary Canada |
Marcelo’s current research interests are the applications of differential geometry to continuum mechanics. Biomechanics of growth and remodelling, and configurational forces. |
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STV Sept 2011 |
Humboldt University Germany |
Sten is working on pattern formation and stochasticity in biological systems. His main interest is in the dynamics of intracellular calcium and ion channels. |
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OVF Sept 2011 |
Weierstrass Institute Germany |
Barbara is involved in analysis of PDEs and Dynamics of Polymer Films. |
| OVF Sept - Dec 2011 |
University of Alberta Canada |
Mark is interested in Mathematical biology, with a focus in spatial ecology. Biological problems include modeling the process of territorial pattern formation in wolves, predicting population spread in biological invasions, calculating optimal strategies for biocontrol, and assessing the effect of habitat fragmentation on species survival. A significant part of his research involves the formulation and verification of quantitative models. Mathematical approaches include methods for dynamical systems, perturbation theory, and computational methods. |
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University of Girona Spain |
Maria's research is based on Partial Differential equations. In particular in reaction-diffusion equations, interaction and dynamics of topological singularities like vortices or spiral waves in oscillatory and excitable systems, and asymptotic methods for partial differential equations. She is also interested in mathematical modelling in physics and industry. |
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| STV Aug - Sept 2011 |
Florida State University USA |
Janet is interested in computational and theoretical issues related to the numerical solution of PDEs, reduced order modelling and wavelets. |
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OVF Aug - Dec 2011 OVF Oct - Dec 2010 OVF Jan - May 2010 |
Colorado State University USA |
Simon is interested in error estimation, sensitivity analysis, and adaptive computational techniques, particularly for multi-physics problems. |
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Yiannis Hadjimichael STV July - Aug 2011 STV Oct - Dec 2010 MSc May - Sept 2010 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Yiannis is interested in numerical solution of pdes and especially in the developping of time integration methods that are strong-stability-preserving (SSP). He is currently working on Effective Order SSP Runge-Kutta methods. |
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STV July 2011 |
Humboldt-University Germany |
Sten is working on pattern formation and stochasticity in biological systems. His main interest is in the dynamics of intracellular calcium and ion channels. |
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Alexander Evans OCCAM Summer Intern July - Sept 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
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STV July 2011 |
Northwestern University USA |
Peter's research focuses on the dynamics and stability of multi-physics systems, where fluid flow is interacting with an elastic boundary or a liquid-gas free surface. He is currently modelling the formation of a porous metal solid by directional solidification of the corresponding molten gas-liquid foam. |
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STV July 2011 |
Princeton USA |
Douglas’ research focuses on elasto-fluid interactions, including the swelling induced deformations of thin films including bending, twisting, and snap-buckling. |
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STV July 2011 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Tamer is involved in the multi-scale constitutive modeling of biological tissues and nano-crystalline FCC metals with applications in traumatic brain injuries and failure/damage, respectively. |
| STV July 2011 |
Technische Universitaet Muenchen Germany |
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Matthew Saxton OCCAM Summer Intern July- Sept 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
Matthew is working on one drop measurement: Surface wettability characterisation using picolitre liquid drops. |
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Liam Dempsey OCCAM Summer Intern July- Sept 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
Liam is working on a mechanical study of flagellar function in Trypanosomatid promastigotes. |
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KAUST Summer Intern July - Aug 2011 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Yasser studies light-matter interaction for applications in optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, Lasers, and LEDs. At OCCAM, Yasser will be working on "Enhancing Light Scattering and Absorption in Active Layer of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells." |
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OVF July - Aug 2011 STV Dec 2008 |
University of Utah USA |
Paul's research area is mathematical neuroscience. He uses applied mathematics and non-equilibrium statistical physics to understand how the brain functions as a complex dynamical system at multiple spatial and temporal scales, both in healthy and diseased brains. |
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STV July 2011 |
Technische Universitaet Muenchen Germany |
Stefan’s research interests are in interactive visualization and computational steering. |
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Kathryn Atwell OCCAM Summer Intern June - Sept 2011 |
University of Cambridge UK |
Kathryn is working on mathematical modellign of diabetic wound healing. |
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Darren Davis STV June - Sept 2011 |
University of California, Irvine USA |
Darren is interested in the automatic quantification of spiral galaxy structure via analysis of sky survey images. |
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STV June 2011 |
University of Utah USA |
Graeme’s research is on composite materials, inverse problems for computing the volume of an inclusion is a body, variational principles, cloaking, and characterizing the response of networks. |
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STV June - July 2011 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Jens' research focuses on interactive and GPU-based visualization of large-scale, scientific data. This includes GPU-based data compression and level of detail algorithms. Further research interests evolve around procedural modelling methods, especially the interactive modelling of terrain. |
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STV June 2011 |
Université Claude Bernard Lyon France |
Régis focuses his research on mollusk shell morphogenesis and evolution. |
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STV June - July 2011 |
University of Arizona USA |
Michael’s current research interests are focused on continuum mechanics and nonlinear elasticity with an emphasis on applications to biomedical and biomechanical problems, including the growth of micro-organisms. He also works on problems in stem cell biology combining mathematical modelling and experimental work. |
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Philip Walker KAUST Summer Intern June - Aug 2011 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Phillip's research interests are in fluid dynamics, numerical methods for solving PDEs, and dynamic systems within a flow field. |
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Adam Pan OCCAM Summer Intern June - Aug 2011 |
University of Toronto Canada |
Adam is working on mathematical modelling of capillary splitting in angiogenesis. |
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STV June - Aug 2011 STV July - Aug 2010 STV June - Aug 2009 |
KFUPM Saudi Arabia |
Faisal’s research interests lie primarily in the field of Numerical Analysis and computational mathematics. He studies numerical methods for partial differential equations and in particular, finite element methods. His current and major research interest: Finite Element Methods for the Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous flow, Preconditioning Techniques for Saddle Point Problem, Radial Basis Functions, Ladyzhenskaya Model, Two-level finite element, The alternating group explicit (AGE) iterative method. |
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STV June 2011 |
University of Michigan USA |
Krishna’s research draws from nonlinear mechanics, materials physics, applied mathematics and numerical methods. He is particularly interested in problems of mathematical biology, biophysics and the mechanics of biology. |
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STV June - July 2011 STV July - Aug 2009 |
KFUPM Saudi Arabia |
Khaled is interested in fractional differential equations and flow in porous media. |
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STV June 2011 |
Harvard USA |
Luca's research efforts focus on the geometry and the mechanics of soft materials, with emphasis to biological systems, including the dynamics of living microorganisms and the cell cytoskeleton. |
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STV May 2011 |
University College of London UK |
James is a civil/structural engineer whose past research has focused on the non-linear behaviour (and especially buckling) of thin-walled structures such as shells. His interest in the mechanics of periglacial and glacial phenomena is recent and in drawing upon his past research is challenging some of the orthodoxies in these areas. |
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STV May 2011 STV Nov 2010 |
University of Alberta Canada |
Janet focuses her research on theoretical and experimental surface and colloidal thermodynamics, along with collaborative research on thermodynamics in cryobiology and cryopreservation of many cell and tissue types. |
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OVF May - Aug 2011 OVF June - July 2010 |
Georgia Institute of Technology USA |
Arash's research interests include solid mechanics in small scales; ferroelectrics; lattice theories of solids; geometric mechanics; configurational forces; and fracture mechanics. |
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Natalie Keating MSc May - Sept 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
Natalie is working on Dynamic Response of a disc with and off-centre hole(s). |
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Harry Biddle MSc May - Sept 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
Harry is working on Non-linear diffusion filtering on surfaces. |
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Agnes Wen MSc May - Sept 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
Agnes is working on Pattern Formation on Growing Domains. |
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James Herterich MSc May - Sept 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
James is working on Modelling the erosion-corrosion process in pipe flow. |
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STV May 2011 |
NCSU USA |
Michael's research on nonlinear partial differential equations is motivated by applications in continuum mechanics. Current topics include thin liquid films and granular materials. |
| STV May 2011 |
Carnegie Mellon University USA |
Ellen’s research is focused on the fluid dynamics of this liquid films. Currently the main focus of her research is the modelling of a droplet of fluid spreading on a different fluid. |
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STV May 2011 |
Princeton USA |
Scott’s work focuses on the separation of paramagnetic particles in microfluidic devices and the interplay of magnetic and capillary forces acting on paramagnetic particles at fluid-fluid interfaces. |
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OVP May - June 2011 OVP July - Oct 2010 |
Czech Technical University Czech Republic |
Vaclav’s research involves tissue remodelling, mathematical modelling, non-equilibrium thermodynamics. |
| STV May 2011 |
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Germany |
Dirk focuses his research on the future evolution of sea ice and, more generally, polar climate change. Through a combination of mushy-layer theory, lab experiments and field work, he particularly aims at better understanding the processes that govern the interior structure of sea ice. |
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Paul Roberts DTC May - July 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
Paul is working on modelling retinitia pigmentoa. |
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Stephen O'Keeffe DTC May - July 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
Stephen is working on modelling deformation and buckling of airways and arteries. |
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Georgina Lang DTC May - July 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
Georgina is working on brain mechanics, cortex folding, and pattern formation in growing tissues. |
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Yulin Lin STV May - June 2011 |
Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica Taiwan |
Yulin works on fluid dynamics, particularly on Hele-Shaw flows and Stokes flows. |
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Matthew Phinney MSc Apr - Sept 2011 |
Oxford University UK |
Matthew is working on multiscale methods for stochastic simulations of chemical systems. |
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Emmanuel du Pontavice OCCAM Summer Intern Apr - June 2011 |
Ecole Polytecnique to Palaiseau France |
Emmanuel is working on material properties of neocube sheets. |
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STV April 2011 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Siggi’s work is in experimental fluid mechanics, using high-speed imagining to study drop and bubble dynamics. For example, splashing and microjetting relevant to ink jet printing. He is also interested in rapid granular flows. |
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STV April 2011 |
Simon Fraser University Canada |
Steve’s research is in numerical methods for partial differential equations. He focuses on numerical methods for PDEs on surfaces, time-stepping methods for PDEs, and methods for interfacial dynamics. |
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OVF April - Oct 2011 |
University of California USA |
Wayne’s research interests include complex and dynamical systems network analysis and numerical methods for ODEs. |
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Jana Lipkova STV Mar - Apr 2011 OCCAM Summer Intern June - Sept 2009 |
Charles University, Prague Czech Republic |
Jana focuses her research on stochastic modelling of reaction-diffusion processes in biology. |
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STV March 2011 |
UCM, Madrid Spain |
Angel Manuel is interested in epidemics modelling, oil spots, and environment. |
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STV Mar 2011 STV Feb 2010 |
Michigan State USA |
Ben is interested in designing and analysing numerical methods for solving PDE’s. His active areas of research include mesh adaptively, parallel time integrators, and boundary integral methods. |
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Nadia Smith OVS Feb - May 2011 |
UCM, Madrid Spain |
Nadia is interested in mathematical analysis and numerical simulation of several problems that arise in the Food Industry. In particular, enzymatic and microbial inactivation in food that is processed via thermal methods combined with high-pressure. Also, processes such as high-pressure assisted freezing and thawing. |
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Anthony Anderson STV Feb 2011 |
DAMTP UK |
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STV Feb 2011 |
McGill Canada |
Michael is interested in biological and physical systems whose dynamics are described by delay- differential or functional differential equations. His current biological research includes: dynamic hematological diseases, dynamic chemotherapy effects on hematopoiesis, and dynamics in gene regulatory systems. His physically motivated research includes: ergodic properties of infinite dimensional dynamical systems, deterministic generation of "random" processes, and the effects of "noise" in driving non-equilibrium processes. |
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Yossi Cohen STV Feb - Mar 2011 |
Weizmann Institute of Science Isreal |
Yossi is interested in problems in fracture mechanics, and path selection of cracks in thin sheets. Also, his current research is on various aspects of amorphous solids, such as the understanding of metallic glasses in response to oscillatory shear stress. |
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STV Feb 2011 |
University of Saskatchewan Canada |
Ray is interested in the analysis, design, and implementation of numerical methods for the efficient time integration of differential equations, in particular large systems derived from the methods-of-lines discretization of partial differential equations. He is also interested in the development of problem-solving environments for numerical analysis as well as the numerical solution of differential algebraic equations and optimal control problems. |
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OVF Jan - July 2011 |
EPFL Switzerland
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John's research is focused on the mechanics of DNA. |
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OVS Jan - Feb 2011 |
University of Minnesota USA |
Likun is interested in stochastic simulation algorithms, multiscale modeling analysis, and their application in pattern formations and gene control networks. |
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OVS Jan - Apr 2011 |
Technische Universität Chemnitz Germany |
Heiko is interested in Optimal Control-Based Feedback Stabilization in Multi-Field Flow Problems. He wants to find analytically and numerical solutions for Riccati-Based Optimal Control approaches in the field of Fluid-mechanics which are computed with finite element methods. Therefore he is interested in solving large scaled saddle-point systems with different structures. |
| STV Jan 2011 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology USA |
Oscar is interested in the mechanics and physics of heterogeneous materials with a particular emphasis on soft-matter systems. He focuses on the development of mathematical theories to describe, explain, and predict the macroscopic behavior and stability of these materials directly in terms of their microscopic behavior. Specific areas of recent interest include the development of mathematical models for the mechanical/physical response and failure of reinforced elastomers, foams, block copolymers, and electrostrictive dielectrics. Other areas of recent focus include the analysis of instabilities in finitely deformed solids such as cavitation and geometric instabilities in rubbery material systems. |
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STV Jan 2011 STV May 2010 OVS Jan - Apr 2010 |
ANSTO Australia |
Roman is interested in mathematical and numerical modelling of defects in solids, kinetics of phase transformations in materials under extreme conditions, and silicon-based optoelectronics. |
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STV Dec 2010 STV Dec 2009 |
University of Cambridge UK |
The broad areas of Grae Worster's research encompass buoyancy-driven fluid flows, solidification and interactions between the two. He is particularly interested in the evolution of reactive porous media called mushy layers that commonly form during solidification of multi-component melts. Examples include the partially solidified regions formed during alloy production, solidification of magmas and the freezing of sea water to produce sea ice. Latterly, his research has been particularly focused on ice in our natural environment: sea ice, permafrost and glacial ice sheets. |
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OVS Dec 2010 |
University of California, Berkeley USA |
Marcus is interested in using math to probe how cooperation enables microbes to thrive in physically challenging environment. At OCCAM, he will be modelling the dynamics of spreading and mixing of genomes within the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa. |
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STV Dec 2010 |
Northwestern University USA |
Sandip is interested in fluid mechanics or small scale systems and its applications in the life sciences. |
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Kamil Kulesza STV Dec 2010 |
Polish Academy of Science Poland |
Kamil is interested in applied mathematics, especially industrial and financial. He is also interested in information security (cryptography, systems' analysis, econometrics of security), graph theory, computability theory, popularization of mathematical sciences, and high-tech entrepreneurship. |
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STV Nov 2010 |
International Research Institute of Stavanger Norway |
Andreas is interested in filter theory, Monte Carlo methods, and inverse problems. |
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OVP Nov 2010 - Jan 2011 |
ITWM Fraunhofer Germany |
Zahra’s research is focussed on mathematical modelling and numerical simulation of flow in porous or in plain and porous media. She is also interested in the development of numerical methods for PDE’s and software development using C++. |
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Elena Surovyatkina STV Oct - Nov 2010 STV June 2010 |
Russian Academy of Science Russia
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Elena's research expertise is in an analysis of nonlinear processes in forced, multiscale, multistable and noisy systems with bifurcations. Current work includes analysis of nonlinear processes in large systems described by coupled ODEs (i.e. advanced cardiac ionic models) using the combination of methods of the control theory, the systems analysis and the bifurcation analysis. |
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STV Oct - Nov 2010 |
University of Mentouri-Constantine Algeria |
Alima is interested in imcompressible fluid flow. In particualr in solving generalised Stokes problem by finite element methods. |
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STV Oct 2010 OVS Nov - Dec 2009 |
Louvain-La-Neuve Begium |
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STV Oct 2010 STV July 2010 |
University of Arizona USA
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Bojan’s research interests are in dynamics of elastic rods, helices and waves on rods in particular. |
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STV Sept - Oct 2010 |
Claremont Graduate University USA |
Ellis’ research interests include: applied mathematics, industrial modelling, differential equations, fluid mechanics, and semi-conductors. |
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OVS Sept - Dec 2010 |
University of Arizona USA-- |
Aalok's research interests are in modelling with an application of differential geometry to mathematical biology. Of special interest is its useon understanding protein structure and folding. |
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STV Sept - Oct 2010 OVS May - July 2010 |
University of Cambridge UK |
Alexander is interested in mathematical analysis of PDE models in mathematical biology, chemotaxis-fluid coupling, collective behaviour of swimming micro-organisms. |
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STV Sept 2010 |
Texas A & M USA |
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STV Sept - Nov 2010 STV Feb - May 2010 |
INRIA France |
Mathieu is a PRD student in applied mathematics to neuroscience. His research deals with modelling the cortex at a large scale, which involves studying unsupervised learning. His general interests are: functional analysis, functional ODE, biological vision, python programming. |
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STV Sept 2010 STV Sept 2009 |
University of Chicago USA |
Jack's interests are Computer simulations of the brain, Financial mathematics, Mathematics of the brain, and Mathematics of the stock market. |
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OVF Sept - Oct 2010 OVF May - July 2009 |
National Centre for Atmospheric Research USA |
Natasha is interested in Radial Basis Functions (RBFs) for the Geosciences, Initial Boundary Value Problems and Force-free fields in the Solar Corona. |
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OVF Sept - Dec 2010 OVF May - July 2009 |
University of Colorado USA |
Bengt's main research interests are in developing, analyzing, and implementing numerical methods, in particular for solving PDEs to high orders of accuracy. Such methods include pseudospectral and high accuracy finite difference methods and, in particular, methods based on radial basis functions. The main application areas include computational fluid dynamics, geophysical and astrophysical flows, and different types of wave phenomena. |
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Indian Institute of Science India |
Soumyendu is interested in Computational Study of Stochastic Differential-Algebraic and stiff Stochastic Differential Equations, Math. Software for Control and Direct Optimization of High Index Differential-Algebraic Equations, application to VLSI and MEMS CAD Physical Design and Simulation Problems, Trajectory Optimization / Multibody Dynamics, Biochemical Pathway Systems, Protein Plasticity and Mathematical Libraries and Middleware: Performance, Tuning and Algorithm-Level Fault Tolerance. |
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STV Aug - Sept 2010 |
University of East Anglia UK |
Sasha's interests are in unsteady problems in hydrodynamics and hydroelasticity, Interaction between fluids with a free surface and rigid or elastic bodies, Asymptotic analysis, Theory of analytical functions, Mixed boundary-value problems, and Numerical analysis. |
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STV Aug - 2010 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
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Tobias Huxol OCCAM Summer Intern Aug - Sept 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
Tobias is working on the project "PDE models for Liquid Crystals" with Apala Majumdar. |
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Francesco Di Giambattista OCCAM Summer Intern July - Oct 2010 |
University of Padova Italy |
Francesco is working on the project "Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations of Liquid Crystals" with Apala Majumdar. |
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DTC July - Oct 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
Struan is working on comparative analysis of DNA sequences: an application to identification of polyA sites in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. |
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STV July 2010 |
University of Arizona USA |
Tim is interested in theoretical studies of the microcirculation. |
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STV July 2010 |
Ohio State University USA |
Chiu-Yen is interested in numerical methods and their applications in physical and biological sciences. |
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STV July 2010 |
University of Canterbury New Zealand |
Mathieu is interested in fluid mechanics, numerical methods, optimization methods and material forming. |
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DTC July - Oct 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
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STV July 2010 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Georgiy’s research interests are in multi-scale modeling of environmental processes and numerical methods; global climate change, climate downscaling, atmospheric convection; assessment of anthropogenic impacts and geoengineering; air-sea interaction, evaluating environmental consequences of catastrophic events like volcanic eruptions, nuclear explosions, forest and urban fires; and air pollution, transport of aerosols, chemically and optically active atmospheric tracers, their radiative forcing and effect on climate. |
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OVF July - Oct 2010 |
Auckland Bioengineering Institute New Zealand |
Poul has research interests in modeling soft tissue mechanics (skin, breast, childbirth, brain trauma, perfusion stiffening), bioinstrumentation (micorcalorimetery, multi-axis force-sensitive microrobotics), and representation of biomodels (CellML, FieldML). He uses model-based approaches to interpret experimental data in order to identify parameters of soft tissue constitutive descriptions. |
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Abdulrahman Alshuhail KAUST Summer Intern June - Aug 2010 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Abdulrahman worked on the Desert Landforms and Coastal Geomorphology project [REE3] |
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OVP June - Aug 2010 |
Northwestern University |
Michael works on models for small-scale fluid dynamics. He studies the coarsening of droplets in very thin dewetting films, where drops aggregate into larger drops through mass scavenging or through collisions. Currently, he works on the microflows in metallic foams. Both problems make heavy use of asymptotics and involve multiple scales and numerics. He is also an active study group participant. |
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STV June 2010 |
University of Glasgow UK |
Steven’s research interests are in solidification, fluid driven fracture and nanowire growth. |
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Krishna Kanhaiya OCCAM Summer Intern June - Aug 2010 |
India Institute of Technology India |
Krishna worked on "mathematical modeling of ion channels", under Dr.Radek Erban and Dr.Wan Chen. His interests include optimization techniques and scientific computing. |
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Thomas Lessinnes STV June 2010 |
University of Brussels Belgium |
Thomas is interested in low dimensional models for magnetohydrodynamics, and in particular the dynamo effect. |
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Gustavo Chavez KAUST Summer Intern June - Aug 2010 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Gustavo's interests are in PDE on surfaces via the closest point method. |
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Manuel Quezada de Luna KAUST Summer Intern June - Aug 2010 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
Manuel's interests are on nonlinear waves in solid mechanics. |
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Jeff Springer OCCAM Summer Intern June - Aug 2010 |
University of Arizona USA |
Jeff is interested in numerical/iterative methods for computing eigenvalues on surfaces as well as iterative methods for computing eigenvalues of symmetric matrices viewed as fixed point theorems. In addition he has spent substantial time studying preconditioning techniques for matrices arising from application of the finite element method to Maxwell's Equations. |
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OVF June - July 2010 |
Yale USA |
John is a leading researcher in ice physics who has worked on problems from the micro scale up to sea ice impact on climate modelling. He has also worked in a very diverse range of physical fields from drying problems (contact line wetting etc) to insect flight. |
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OVS June - Aug 2010 |
Northwestern University |
Swami is interested in both mechanical and nonequilibrium processes in biological systems. His primary research centers on motor-mediated self-organization of the cytoskeleton. Modeling formalisms extensively used in his work include asymptotics of deterministic and stochastic partial differential equations and molecular dynamics-type simulations of protein-filament systems. |
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OVS June - Aug 2010 |
Berkeley |
Jakub works on variety of topics, mainly involving different aspects of solving partial differential equations (i.e., solution algorithms, meshing, etc.) and stochastic sampling of Markov fields. Current work includes solving PDE with finite differences on point clouds and arbitrary meshes, developing discontinuous Galerkin methods for elasticity problems, and sampling Markov fields with sparse graphs. |
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MSc June - Sept 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
Savina is interested in silicon photovoltaic cells' electronics. |
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Sahil Agarwal OCCAM Summer Intern June - July 2010 |
India Institute of Technology India |
Sahil's interests include bifurcations in low dimensional dynamo models. |
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Amiya Pani OVF Aug - Nov 2009 |
India Institute of Technology, Mumbai India |
Amiya's research interest is primarily in the area of numerical approximations of partial differential equations. His expertise includes construction, stability and convergence analysis of finite element methods, finite difference schemes, orthogonal spline collocation methods for free boundary problems, partial integro differential equations, coupled equations in Oil Reservior Studies, evolutionary variational inequalities and scientific computations for industrial applications. |
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MSc May - Sept 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
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MSc May - Sept 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
Matt is interested in nonlinear generalisations of Darcy's law. |
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STV May 2010 |
UCLA USA |
Tom is interested in a wide range of problems in mathematical and computational biology, stochastic processes, mathematical modeling, and inverse problems. |
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MSc May - Sept 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
Matt is interested in liquid snowflake formation in superheated ice. |
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DTC May - July 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
Jessica is interested in a stochastic model of the motor-driven transport and delivery of mRNA to synaptic targets. |
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DTC May - July 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
Philip is interested in Hodgkin-Huxley and Integrate-and-Fire models of short-term synaptic plasticity. |
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Francisco Bernal OVS May - Aug 2010 |
Technical University of Dresden |
Francisco is interested in numerical methods for the solution of partial differential equations. Specifically, he is working on collocation meshless methods for nonlinear elliptic PDE’s and differential equations with delay, as well as identifying problems for with meshless schemes are advantageous over finite elements. |
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DTC May - July 2010 |
University of Oxford UK |
Margarita is interested in mathematical modelling and experimental verification of interactions between the RNA polymerase and cohesin complex in transcription. |
| STV May 2010 |
University of California, San Diego USA |
Xanthippi is interested in “driving” forces on dislocations and boundaries with transformation strains. I am also working with Cameron Hall on interaction of dipoles with interfaces and triple junctions. |
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Seirin Lee |
Okayama University |
Seirin mainly worked on the influence of gene expression time delays on pattern formations in developmental biology, with Dr. Eamonn Gaffney. She is also interested in the invasion theory of alien species in ecology. |
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Jay Newby STV Apr 2010 OVS Sept - Dec 2009 |
University of Utah USA |
Jay is interested in intracellular transport in neurons. Using stochastic methods he and Paul Bressloff have developed several models of mRNA transport in dendrites, an important process in long-term memory formation. |
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STV Mar - Apr 2010 |
Lousiana State University USA |
Qingxia's research interest is optimization, control theory and mathematical/biological modelling. |
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STV Mar - Apr 2010 |
University of Witswatersrand South Africa |
Montaz' research interests are global optimization, operations research and optimal control theory. |
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STV Mar 2010 |
FOM Institute AMOLF Netherlands |
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STV Mar 2010 |
FOM Institute AMOLF Netherlands |
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Timothy Swales STV Mar 2010 |
KAUST Saudi Arabia |
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Wei Yang STV Mar - Apr 2010 |
Fudan University China |
Wei's interests are in mathematical modelling on infectious diseases, and is also interested in PDEs, ODEs, dynamic systems and numerical simulations. |
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STV Mar 2010 |
UCLA USA |
Tom's interest is in numerical optimisation, with an emphasis on non-differentiable problems related to compressed sensing. |
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Mark Robertson-Tessi STV Mar 2010 |
University of Arizona USA |
Mark is interested in mathematical models of tumour growth and treatment, cellular metabolism and the immune system. |
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STV Feb 2010 |
IIT, Roorkee India |
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Rikke Roge OVS Feb - May 2010 |
Technical University of Denmark Denmark |
Rikke is interested in dynamical systems and functional analysis. She also has an interest in physics, especially quantum mechanics and statistical physics. |
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STV Feb 2010 |
University of Cambridge UK |
Poul is researching glacier and permafrost dynamics, interactions of ice-sheets with oceans and the cryosphere's response to climate change, using numerical models, satellite remote sensing and data acquired by geophysical fieldwork. |
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Derek Moulton STV Jan - Feb 2010 |
University of Arizona USA |
Derek is interested in mathematical modelling of systems in the physical sciences; in particular he has been studying the mechanics of elastic growth, sand morphology, and magnetic thin films. |
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Ilaria Brazzoli STV Dec 2009 |
Politecnico di Torino Italy |
Ilaria is interested in methods of the discrete kinetic theory for active particles with application to complex systems in applied sciences. |
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Lavinia Sarbu STV Nov 2009 |
University of Sussex UK |
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STV Nov 2009 |
University of Liverpool UK |
Vladimir’s interests include linear and non-linear PDEs, asymptotic and numerical methods for PDEs (including homogenization and boundary elements), spectral theory, harmonic analysis and approximation theory. |
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STV Nov - Dec 2009 |
Auckland Bioengineering Institute New Zealand |
Daniel’s research interests are in gene regulatory networks, microarray technology, melanoma, endothelial cell biology and bioinformatics, and pharmacogenetics. |
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STV Nov 2009 |
Saint Gorbain France |
Sylvain's field of work is in materials science, mostly in the area of technical and porous ceramics. His current research interest is focussing on using ice crystals as a templating agent to process porous materials. |
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STV Nov 2009 |
Polytech Marseille France |
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Antonio de Simone STV Oct 2009 |
International School for advanced Sciences Italy |
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OVF Oct - Mar 2009 |
University of Cambridge UK |
John has worked on a broad spectrum of problems in fluid mechanics, including elastic liquids, granular media and suspensions. John has worked on a variety of problems ranging from inkjet printing, glass and oil industries, and employs modelling, asymptotic and numerical approaches, and works closely with experimental groups in France. |
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Chris Cawthorn OVS Sept - Dec 2009
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University of Cambridge UK |
Chris is interested in primarily in the flow of granular materials. He is particularly interested in the formulation of full constitutive models for grains, putting them on the same footing as a non-Newtonian fluid. Ultimately, he would like to see such models applied to geophysical or industrial problems, ranging from avalanches to grain silo drainage. |
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STV Sept 2009 |
Clarkson University USA |
Erik research interests are in Chaos Theory and Control of Chaos, Time-Series Embedding Analysis, Frobenius-Perron Operators, Stochastic Dynamical Systems and Noise induced transport mechanism, Hamiltonian Dynamics, Symbol Dynamics, Celestial Mechanics, and Communicating with Chaos. He has been particularly interested in problems related to the fundamental issue in dynamical systems connected to model theory, regarding what constitutes a good model, leading to develop mostly conjugacy. |
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STV Sept - Nov 2009 |
Tunisia Polytechnic School Tunisia |
Mokhles' primary research interests are investigating the application of the Lattice Boltzmann Equation (LBE) to multi-phase flow problems. In particular, he is interested in the properties of a so-called colour-gradient type LBE for two immersable liquids. |
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Zachery Kilpatrick OVS Sept - Dec 2009 |
University of Utah USA |
Zachary is interested in the spatiotemporal dynamics of large-scale neuronal networks. Using intergro differential equations, he studies the existence and stability of waves, bumps, and patterns using both analytic and numerical techniques. This gives insight as to how cellular mechanisms like short term synaptic plasticity can influence large-scale activity. |
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OVS Sept - Dec 2009 |
University of Cambridge UK |
Hayder's primary research interests are in nonlinear waves, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and turbulence with applications to Bose-Einstein condensates and superfluids. His other research interests include chaotic advection with applications to transport and mixing, and stochastic dynamic prediction. |
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OVF Aug 2009 - Jan 2010 |
Auckland Bioengineering Institute New Zealand |
Edmund is interested in modelling in biology and physiology; with specific interests in heart disease, metabolism and bioenergetics, signalling pathways involving calcium, gene regulation in cancer, and systems biology. |
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Lloyd Chapman OCCAM Summer Intern July - Oct 2009 |
University of Oxford UK |
Lloyd is working on shallow water modelling of radiative transfer in the Jovian atmosphere. |
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Kamel Nafa STV July 2009 |
Sultan Qaboos University Oman |
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Joseph Parker OCCAM Summer Intern July - Sept 2009 |
University of Oxford UK |
Joseph is working on oxygen transport. |
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Witold Sadowski STV June - July 2009 |
Warsaw University Poland |
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Viet Ha Hoang STV June 2009 |
University of Cambridge UK |
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Emma Warneford OCCAM Summer Intern June - Sept 2009 |
University of Oxford UK |
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Natalie Pearson OCCAM Summer Intern June - Oct 2009 |
University of Oxford UK |
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OVF June - July 2009 |
Massey University New Zealand |
Graeme's research interests include Industrial Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, Maths in Agriculture, & Spontaneous Ignition. |
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Stan Lazic OVS May - Aug 2009 |
University of Cambridge UK |
Stan's background is in psychology, biology, clinical neuroscience, and Computational Biology. Current interests include visualising and analysing high dimensional clinical data, optimal design and analysis of experiments, and generally applying mathematical and statistical methods to biological questions and data. |
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Vladimir Zubkov STV Apr - May 2009 |
University of Limerick Ireland |
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STV Mar 2009 |
University of Denmark Denmark |
Poul's research interests include Dynamical Systems, Classical Mechanics, Finite Metric Spaces, Global Analysis, Differential Geometry as well as a healthy interest in AA Milne and Lewis Carroll. |
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STV Feb 2009 |
VU University Amsterdam Netherlands |
Jan Bouwe works on nonlinear partial differential equations and dynamical systems, often leading to pattern formation. He is interested in developing mathematical methods for such problems, with an open mind for applications. Subjects include (formal) asymptotic techniques, (rigorous) computational methods, the harmonic map heat flow (and other geometric flows), Hamiltonian systems, fourth order differential equations, biomathematics, periodically modulated travelling waves, Conley index and Floer homology. He especially enjoys topological and variational methods. |
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OVP Feb - Mar 2009 |
Iowa State University USA |
Tasos' research interests include Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, and Stochastic Chemical Kinetics. |