Evelyn's Web Page

Evelyn Sander
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences
George Mason University, MS 3F2
4400 University Drive
Fairfax VA 22030

Office: Science & Technology Building I, Room 251
Phone: (703) 993-1490
Fax: (703) 993-1491
E-mail:esander (followed by @gmu.edu)

Credits:
Photo by L.M. Sander.
Icon by Thomas Wanner.

Research

I do research on numerical and theoretical methods of dynamical systems. I have done work studying global bifurcations for one-, two, and three-dimensional diffeomorphisms, and finite dimensional noninvertible maps and relations. I also study differential equations modeling pattern formation in materials science, chemistry, and biology. This includes the process of spinodal decomposition in metal alloys modeled by the Cahn-Hilliard equation and animal coat pattern formation modeled by reaction-diffusion equations with Turing instabilities. It also includes modeling and analysis in computational neuroscience.

For more information, see my Curriculum Vitae.

DSWeb

I am Secretary/Treasurer of SIAM Dynamical Systems Activity Group and Editor-in-Chief of DSWeb Magazine.

Department Seminars/Colloquia

Teaching

Partial Differential Equations, Summer 2009 Course for URCM and REU

Movies

A Three-Dimensional Explosion Watch as the movie's attractive star undergoes an drastic unstable event leading to new depth of character.
Synchronization Sets in Drive-Response Systems, In which a loop of synchrony turns into a zigzag, available from the SIAM DSWeb Picture Gallery.
Spinodal Decomposition Binary alloys forming in glorious color.
The Arnold Cat Map Movie starring Marlowe the Cat (see glamour shot below). Watch the star become very mixed up.
The Arnold Clown Map Movie (sequel to the above) the same map, different main actor, different embedding.
New Tangencies Form From Old Intersections A quick dynamical flick also known as The Lambda Lemma in Action. A narcissistic tale of a manifold becoming attracted to itself as a result of crossing the path of another manifold. (PG-13)
Creation of the Homoclinic Tangle This movie is quite chaotic in parts, but there is some subtle character development.

URCM

The Undergraduate Research in Computational Mathematics program is an NSF-funded CSUMS programs. This is the first year of the program. If you are a GMU math major interested in computation, consider applying for the program.

REU

The Department of Mathematical Sciences at GMU runs a Research Experience for Undergraduates program. There is close interaction between URCM students and REU students.

Other

Perhaps not Guiness-worthy, but I was the world's first paid electronic-only journalist. As a graduate student, I was hired by the NSF-funded Geometry Forum (now The Math Forum), under the direction of Eugene Klotz. (They paid my full salary with tuition and benefits.) This is my first interview.
Evelyn Sander, grand prix winner.
Group photo from BIRS conference August, 2006.
My photos from Methods in Computational Neuroscience, 2004, MBL, Woods Hole, MA.
The GMU Center for Neural Dynamics, GMU Nonlinear Science Group, the Washington area chaos group and their names,
Evelyn's Iteration Applet (disclaimer: it probably doesn't work anymore: Actually it might crash your browser. But it is my only applet, so I can't bear to remove the link... Maybe I'll write another one someday!),
math on the big screen,
World Mathematics Year stamps,
World Mathematics Year poster competition: First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize, and a poster that for some reason didn't win the World Mathematics Year poster competition,
cool math toys.
Goodbye Marlowe
All my previous web page photos