Nonlinear Differential Equations, Mechanics and Bifurcation
A conference in honor of David G. Schaeffer
Monday May 20th to Wednesday May 22nd, 2002
Duke University
Searle Conference Center
The central theme of the conference is the role of nonlinearity in physical
systems, especially elasticity, granular materials and fluid flow. The conference
will honor the contributions of Professor David G. Schaeffer to the fields
of ordinary and partial differential equations, mechanics and bifurcation,
and to industrial mathematics.
Download Conference Announcement
Deadlines: Pre-registration - April 15.
Deadline for posters and travel grants April 1.
Deadline for hotel reservations - May 3!
banquet photos
Invited Speakers
Organizing
committee
- Robert P. Behringer,
Dept of Physics, Duke University.
- Andrea L. Bertozzi, Dept
of Mathematics and Physics, Duke University.
- M. Gregory Forest, Dept
of Mathematics, UNC-Chapel Hill.
- Martin Golubitsky, Dept of Mathematics,
University of Houston.
- Michael Shearer
(Chair), Dept of Mathematics, North Carolina State University.
- Lawrence N. Virgin,
Dept of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University.
- Thomas P. Witelski,
Dept of Mathematics, Duke University.
Sponsors
- Departments
of Mathematics (Duke, NCSU, UNC)
- Center
for Nonlinear and Complex Systems (Duke-CNCS)
- Center
for Research in Scientific Computation (NCSU-CRSC)
- Applied
Mathematics Group (UNC)
- Support
is pending from the NSF and the US Army Research Office.
- Support from the NSF, 0138923
Preliminary
schedule
- There will
be three full days of presentations, May 20-22.
- On the
evening of Monday, May 20, there will be a poster-presentation session and
reception.
- On the
evening of Tuesday, May 21, there will be a banquet dinner.
- (More
details to come)
Directions
and accomodations
Dept of Mathematics, Duke University,
Program in Applied Mathematics
