Materials Science RIT

Focus of the RIT in Spring 2004


Meeting schedule in Spring 2004
The RIT meets on Mondays from 4-5 PM in MATH B0427.
February 2: organizational meeting
February 25: Coarsening rates for a phase field model of mushy zones I, Shibin Dai
Coarsening rates for a phase field model of mushy zones II, Shibin Dai
March 10: Coarsening rates for a phase field model of mushy zones III, Shibin Dai
March 17: A Theorem on Geometric Rigidity and the Derivation of Nonlinear Plate Theory from Three-Dimensional Elasticity I, Soeren Bartels
March 31: A Theorem on Geometric Rigidity and the Derivation of Nonlinear Plate Theory from Three-Dimensional Elasticity II, Soeren Bartels
April 7: A Theorem on Geometric Rigidity and the Derivation of Nonlinear Plate Theory from Three-Dimensional Elasticity III, Soeren Bartels
April 14: A Theorem on Geometric Rigidity and the Derivation of Nonlinear Plate Theory from Three-Dimensional Elasticity IV, Soeren Bartels
April 21: Existence of solitary waves in particle systems, following Friesecke and Wattis I, Dongming Wei
April 28: Existence of solitary waves in particle systems, following Friesecke and Wattis II, Dongming Wei
May 5: Existence of solitary waves in particle systems, following Friesecke and Wattis III, Dongming Wei


Participants in Spring 2004
Faculty: Georg Dolzmann (Mathematics), Jian-Guo Liu (Mathematics), Ricardo Nochetto (Mathematics), Bob Pego (Mathematics),
Postdocs: Sören Bartels (Mathematics, DAAD fellow),
Graduate students: Dongming Wei (Mathematics),

Graduate prerequisites
Introductory PDEs (MATH 462) and numerical computation (AMSC 460 or 466).

Undergraduate prerequisites
Several variable calculus (MATH 241) and differential equations (MATH 246). Concurrent enrollment in scientific computing (AMSC 460) or numerical analysis (AMSC/MATH 466).

What we did in past terms
Fall 2003

Georg K Dolzmann
Last modified: Tue May 4 14:02:06 EDT 2004