Volume 7

DOI: 10.1137/13S01256X

Authors: Shamuel Auyeung (Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI), Eric Yu (Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI)
Project Advisors: Todd Kapitula (Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI)

Abstract: Consider the linear general eigenvalue problem Ay = λBy, where A and B are both invertible and Hermitian N × N matrices. In this paper we construct...

DOI: 10.1137/12S011994

Authors: Ankit Dwivedi, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Pune (IISER- Pune)
Project Advisors: Pranay Goel, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Pune (IISER- Pune)

Abstract: Pedersen and Sherman have recently developed a multi-pool model of insulin vesicle secretion from pancreatic beta-cells [12]. In the Pedersen-Sherm...

DOI: 10.1137/14S012786

Authors: Nathan D Heavner (Clemson University)
Project Advisors: Leo G Rebholz (Clemson University)

Abstract: Grad-div stabilization has recently been found to be an important tool for finite element method simulations of incompressible flow problems, actin...

DOI: 10.1137/13S012637

Authors: Justin Dong (Rice University)
Project Advisors: Beatrice Riviere (Rice University)

Abstract: The modeling of three-phase fluid flow has many important applications in reservoir simulation. In this paper, we introduce a high order method for...

DOI: 10.1137/13S012698

Authors: Eric Jones (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO), Peter Roemer (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO)
Project Advisors: Stephen Pankavich (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO), Mrinal Raghupathi (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO)

Abstract: Mathematical modeling of biological systems is crucial to effectively and efficiently developing treatments for medical conditions that plague huma...

DOI: 10.1137/13S012595

Authors: Louis Joslyn (Simpson College), Casey Croson (Simpson College), Sara Reed (Simpson College)
Project Advisors: Debra Czarneski (Simpson College)

Abstract: Critical locations in infrastructure are roads that, if damaged, would cause a large disruption in the ability of vehicles to navigate a city. In t...

DOI: 10.1137/13S012510

Authors: Jeremy J. Minton (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Project Advisors: Rosalind Archer (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Abstract: The well placement problem is challenging due to the non-linear, discrete and often multi-modal objective function. This is complicated by computat...

DOI: 10.1137/13S012716

Authors: Rafael M. Frongillo (University of California at Berkeley)
Project Advisors: John Smillie (Cornell University)

Abstract: Combining two existing rigorous computational methods, for verifying hyperbolicity (due to Arai) and for computing topological entropy bounds (due...

DOI: 10.1137/13S012376

Authors: Celeste Vallejo (University of Florida)
Project Advisors: James Keesling (University of Florida)

Abstract: Musca domestica salivary gland hypertrophy virus (MdSGHV) is a disease that enlarges the salivary glands of Musca domestica (the common house fly),...

DOI: 10.1137/14S012798

Authors: Qian Chen (The George Washington University)
Project Advisors: Tatiyana Apanasovich (The George Washington University)

Abstract: The objective of this study is to provide the methodology to model and estimate spatial-temporal variation in the active layer thickness (ALT) at t...