Department of Mathematics

63rd Midwest PDE Seminar

The 63rd Fall 2009 Midwest Partial Differential Equations Seminar will be hosted by the Mathematics Department of Purdue University, Saturday through Sunday morning November 7-8.

Speakers:

  • Lia Bronsard, McMaster University. Title: On the mixed state in anisotropic superconductors.
  • Bruce Driver, University of California, San Diego. Title: Integrated Harnack Inequalities.
  • Bo Guan, Ohio State University. Title: Complex Monge-Ampère equation and totally real submanifolds
  • Marta Lewicka, University of Minnesota. Title: Morphogenesis of elastic tissues: scaling laws and limiting theories.
  • Panagiotis Souganidis, University of Chicago. Title: Molecular motors and asymmetric potentials: A homogenization approach
  • Ian Tice, Brown University. Title: Ginzburg-Landau vortex dynamics driven by an applied boundary current.
  • Changyou Wang, University of Kentucky. Title: On two dimensional hydrodynamic flow of liquid crystals.
  • Michael Westdickenberg, Georgia Tech. Title: Optimal Transport for the System of Isentropic Euler Equation.

Seminar Organizers:

  • Patricia Bauman, Purdue University
  • Daniel Phillips, Purdue University
  • Monica Torres, Purdue University

Seminar Coordinator:

  • Julie Morris (Math Department)