Department of Mathematical Sciences
REU: Research experience for undergraduates

Summer 2009 REU

Final written reports (one per group):

1. Coleen Ackerman (VA Tech), William Hardesty (UMBC)
   Mentors: Tom Wanner, Evelyn Sander
   "Nucleation and Spinodal Decomposition in Ternary-component Alloys": [pdf]
   
   
2. Courtney Chancellor (Southern Methodist U.)
   Mentor: Padmanabhan Seshaiyer
   "Applying Numerical Methods to Fluid Structure Interactions in Biological Systems": [pdf]
   
   
3. Charles Cook (Alma College)
   Mentor: Maria Emeliaenko
   "Numerical Study of a Quantum Memory Model": [pdf]
   
   
4. Angela Dapolite (Clarkson University)
   Mentor: Maria Emelianenko
   "Ordinary Differential Equations in Green Oxidation Processes": [pdf]
   
   
5. Kyle Pounder (St. Mary's College of CA)
   Mentor: Tim Sauer
   "Synchronization and Coherence of Dynamical Systems": Networks of Coupled Rossler Attractors [pdf]
   
   
6. Andy Wilson (Washington U. St. Louis)
   Mentor: Domenico Napoletani
   "A Mathematical Approach for the Reconstruction of Neural Networks": [pdf]
   
   
7. Syeda Zaidi (U. Maryland)
   Mentor: Padmanabhan Seshaiyer
   "A Computational Model for Batten Behavior in Micro Air Vehicles": [pdf]
   
   
8. Kris Kappmeyer (K-12 teacher)
   Mentor: Padmanabhan Seshaiyer
   "Viscoelastic Modeling of Biological Tissue in an Idealized Cerebral Aneurysm": [doc]
   
   

Presentations at GMU (July 31, 2009)
Final presentation schedule: [doc]


Presentations at JMM, San Fransisco, CA Jan 2010:
1. Charles Cook: "Numerical Study of a Quantum Memory Model"
2. Coleen Ackerman, William Hardesty: "Nucleation and Spinodal Decomposition in Ternary-Component Alloys"


Awards:
Kyle Pounder is honored with a medal at the Sigma Xi conference in Houston, TX for his work: "Synchronization and Coherence of Dynamical Systems: Networks of Coupled Rossler Attractors".


Honors thesis completion:
March 3, 2010 - Angela Dapolite defended her Honors thesis at Clarkson University based on her Summer project started at GMU.


Trips and other extracurricular activities:
Hiking - Old Rag, Stric Knob, Great Falls
Tours - DC Mall, Smithsonian, NIH, Mount Vernon, Six Flags Amusement Park