Biology and Mechanics: Applications of Mathematics and Computation
May 25-27, 2006

Lecture room:....


Thursday,  May 25, 2005

Morning Session
8:30-9:05       Charles Steele   (Stanford University)       
                         "Some micro mechanics of hearing"
9:05-9:40        Simon Levin   (Princeton  University)
                          "Animal traffic"
9:40-10:15      Arthur Lander (University of California, Irvine)
                           "Title-TBA"
10:15-10:50    Break
10:50-11:25     Robert Miura (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
                           "Formation of Glass Microelectrodes "
11:25-12:00     Pin Tong (University of California, San Diego)
                            "Title-TBA"

12:00-1:30       Lunch  break
Afternoon Session
 
1:30-2:05         James Knowles (Caltech)
                           "On Shock Waves in Solids"
2:05-2:40         Doug Gregory (University of Manchester)
                           "The method of projection in scattering problems"
2:40-3:15         David Parker (University of Edinburgh)
                            "Shallow water waves and the Camassa-Holm equation"
3:15-3:50         Break
3:50-4:25         Brian Seymour (University of British Columbia)
                            "A review of acoustic resonance in closed tubes"
4:25-5:00         Michael Mortell (University College, Cork, Ireland)
                            "Resonant oscillations in a closed tube containing an inhomogeneous gas"
Friday,  May 26, 2005

Morning Session

8:30-9:05         Ka-Kit Tung (University of Washington)
                            "Title-TBA"
9:05-9:40         William  O Criminale (University of Washington)
                            "Use of Multiscales, multitimes in shear flow stability analysis"
9:40-10:15       Byant Moodie (University of Alberta)
                            "Gravity Currents Arising from Variable Inflow"
10:15-10:50     Break
10:50-11:25     Inez Fung (University of California, Berkeley)
                             "Title-TBA"
11:25-12:00    
                              "Title-TBA"
 
12:00-1:30       Lunch  break
Afternoon Session
1:30-2:05         Gilbert Strang (Massachusetts  Institute of  Technology)
                            "Minimum Cuts and Maximum Area with New Measures of Perimeter"
2:05-2:40         Tony Chan (University of California,  Los Angels)
                            "Conformal mapping and image processing for brain research"
2:40-3:15         Bob O'Malley   ( (University of Washington)
                            "Title-TBA"
3:15-3:30         Break
3:30-5:30         Conference Event (TBA)
                      "Title-TBA"


6:30-                 Receptions, Dinner (Conference banquet)
Saturday,  May 27, 2005

Morning Session

8:30-9:05         Jerry Bona ( U. of Illinois at Chicago )
                            "Title-TBA"
9:05-9:40         Hui-Hui Dai (City University of Hong Kong)
                       "Phase Transitions in a Slender Elastic Cylinder: A Derived Regularized Theory"
9:40-10:15       Julius Kaplunov (Brunel University)
                             "Decay and radiation conditions for vibrating plates"
10:15-10:50     Break
10:50-11:25     Ellis Cumberbatch (Claremont Graduate University)

                             "Transistor modeling including quantum effects"
11:25-12:00     Yau Shu Wong(University of Albert)
                             "Title-TBA"