Richard F. Barry Mathematics & Statistics Colloquium

• 30 November 2007 - Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University
  A Tick-Borne Disease Model - Spread and Control of Ehrlichiosis
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• 16 November 2007 - Qi Wang, Florida State University
  Phase Field Models for Biofilms
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• 15 November 2007 - Qi Wang, Florida State University
  Nematic Liquid Crystal Phases Under External Fields
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• 26 October 2007 - Sonke Johnsen, Duke University
  Hiding in the Light, the Color of Night, Cataracts, and Invisible Fish: The Relevance of Optics to Biology
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• 28 September 2007 - Roy Sabo, Old Dominion University
  Modeling and Efficient Estimation of Intra-Family Correlations
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• 14 September 2007 - Harry Joe, University of British Columbia
  Generating Random Correlation Matrices Based on Partial Correlation Vines and the Onion Method
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• 30 March 2007 - Antony N. Beris, University of Delaware
  Multiscale Analysis of Strong Extensional Flows of Polymer Solutions and Melts
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• 29 March 2007 - Antony N. Beris, University of Delaware
  Recent Advances in Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Viscoelastic Channel Flows: Towards a better Understanding of Polymer-Induced Drag Reduction
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• 21 March 2007 - David A. Weitz, Harvard University
  Dripping, Jetting, Drops and Wetting: the Magic of Microfluidics
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• 20 March 2007 - David A. Weitz, Harvard University
  New Insights into Hard Problems with Soft Materials
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• 2 March 2007 - Wei Liao, Old Dominion University
  Kinetic Schemes for Non-Equilibrium Hypersonic Flows
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• 27 February 2007 - Jim Wang, Duke University
  Viscous Effects on Interfacial Motion
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• 23 February 2007 - Yan Peng, Old Dominion University
  The Lattice-Boltzmann Equation: A Kinetic Method for CFD
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• 20 February 2007 - Iordanka Panayotova,
  Basic Mechanisms for Jet-Stream Horizontal Shear-Induced High-Altitude Turbulence
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• 20 February 2007 - Alejandro D. Rey, McGill University
  Computational Materials Science of Liquid Crystals
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• 19 February 2007 - Alejandro D. Rey, McGill University
  Modeling Liquid Crystal Materials and Processes in Biological Systems
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• 16 February 2007 - Jianjun Paul Tian, Ohio State University
  Mathematical Study of Brain Tumor Therapies and Initiation of Brain Tumor Stem Cells
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• 9 February 2007 - Jing-Mei Qiu, Brown University
  A WENO Algorithm for Radiative Transfer: The Temperature and Ionization Profile around a Point Source
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• 8 February 2007 - M. Gregory Forest, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Modeling the Nano-Materials Pipeline: Some Successes and the Challenges Ahead
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• 7 February 2007 - M. Gregory Forest, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Nano-Materials: What's Really Different and What's Math Got To Do With It?
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