Center for Computational & Applied Mathematics News

Quantitative Physiology 2008 Conference
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Purdue University is hosting a conference on Dynamical systems in physiological modeling from October 11-13, with an associated Student Tutorial from October 8-10.

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Using techniques from microlocal analysis and statistics, Maarten de Hoop, professor of mathematics and earth and atmospheric sciences, has produced stunning new images of one of the least-understood parts of Earth, the region where the molten outer core interfaces with the solid lower mantle. Full Story.

Professor Jie Shen receives fellowship, will collaborate with Mechanical Engineering
Friday, October 12, 2007

Professor Jie Shen of the Mathematics Department was recently awarded a Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline, and will spend the Fall 2007 term in the School of Mechanical Engineering working with Professor Steven Frankel and others. During this collaboration Professor Shen will be lending his applied mathematics expertise in the area of advanced numerical methods for modeling fluid flows as well as learning about and working on new application areas in the mechanical engineering field.

Melvin Leok receives New Talent Prize at SciCADE 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007

Melvin Leok, assistant professor of mathematics, received the New Talent Prize at SciCADE 2007 for his work on “Lie group variational integrations and their applications to optimal control.” This prize is awarded in recognition of the best paper submitted in scientific computing and numerical differential equations by a candidate under the age of 35 and within four years of receiving his/her PhD. The prize includes an invitation to present a plenary talk at the conference. SciCADE is a biennial event on scientific computing involving the numerical solution of differential equations.

Visiting Scientist Series Spring 2008
Friday, October 12, 2007

Watch for the upcoming announcement regarding the theme, featured speakers, and dates of the spring Visiting Scientist Program. CCAM hosts scientists from all over the world to come and share their expertise here at Purdue. The program is free and is open to any interested faculty, staff, and students at the university. During their visit, invited speakers give a formal presentation on the topic of their choice and are also available for individual meetings with faculty, staff, and students who desire additional information. Check back for more details.

CCAM Announces Spring 2007 Visiting Scientist Series Research Theme
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

CCAM will be hosting talks related to its Spring 2007 research theme, “Mathematics and Numerics of Fluid Dynamics (with an emphasis on complex fluids)”. This semester’s organizer of the series is Jie Shen, Professor of Mathematics. More information on the Visiting Scientist page.

Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Materials Seminar
Tuesday, September 5, 2006

The fall 2006 Society for Natural Philosophy Meeting (Conference) will be hosted by the Mathematics Department of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, during the weekend of November 11-12. The meeting will feature the second Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III Lecture delivered by James Serrin.

See www.math.purdue.edu/conferences/SNP/ for more information.

CCAM Announces Fall 2006 Visiting Scientist Series Research Theme
Tuesday, September 5, 2006

CCAM will be hosting talks related to its Fall 2006 research theme, “Analysis and Computation of Materials”. This semester’s organizers of the series are Patricia Bauman, Professor of Mathematics; Daniel Phillips, Professor of Mathematics; and Jie Shen, Professor of Mathematics.

Request for Information
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

We are interested in the news and accomplishments of our applied mathematics alumni. If you have information regarding an award you have won, news of a recent publication or presentation, information regarding a recent promotion or a change in employers, etc., please let us know so we can post it to our Web site.

Send your news items and any updated contact information to:
ccam-questions@math.purdue.edu

We look forward to hearing from you.

MIT's Howard Brenner to Present at Purdue
Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Purdue University’s Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM) welcomes Howard Brenner, Willard H. Dow Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as a part of its Thematic Visiting Scientist Program.

Brenner will be giving a presentation entitled “Measuring Darcy Permeability Without Flow” on Wednesday, April 19th, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. in Matthews Hall 304. Faculty and students are welcome to attend. No reservations are necessary.

His talk will summarize his recent work on the subject of (gravity-free) fluid motion in continua generated by the presence of “slip” occurring at solid-fluid surfaces arising from an externally-imposed temperature gradient along the surface. An application of the general concept to porous media will show that it is possible, in principle, to experimentally measure the Darcy permeability of a porous medium without requiring that fluid flow through its pores; the notions apply equally to gases and liquids.

Half hour time slots are also available for faculty and/or students to meet with Brenner on April 19th. Those interested in scheduling time with Brenner should contact Heather Connell in the CCAM office via phone at 496-7678 or via e-mail at connellh@math.purdue.edu.

Brenner received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Pratt Institute in 1950 and Ph.D. from New York University in 1957. His 46-year career as a chemical engineering faculty member includes New York University (1955-1966), Carnegie-Mellon University (1966-1977), the University of Rochester — as Departmental Chair (1977-1981) and, since 1981, MIT, where he is currently W.H. Dow Professor. Brenner has co-authored three fluid dynamics books, namely “Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics (1965),” “Interfacial Transport Processes and Rheology (1991), ” and “Macrotransport Processes (1993).” Honors include the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Lewis, Walker, and Alpha Chi Sigma Awards, the American Society for Engineering Education’s Senior Research Gold Medal Award, the American Chemical Society’s Kendall Award in Colloid Science, and the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology. Brenner holds membership in the National Academies of Science and Engineering, and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Lifelong research interests focus on modeling chromatographic bio-particle separation processes in microfluidic devices and, more fundamentally, quantifying the molecular and convective transport of volume, viewed as a transportable, non-material entity.

The Thematic Visiting Scientist Program is made available through the Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics. The Center designates a research theme every semester. Experts in the subject are invited to speak at speak at Purdue University. The theme for the Spring 2006 semester is “Porous Media”, and the organizer is Dr. John Cushman.

The Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM) is based in the Department of Mathematics in the College of Science. It offers a comprehensive graduate educational and research program in applied and computational mathematics. CCAM promotes both fundamental research and scientific and engineering applications. The center’s director is Professor Maarten V. de Hoop.