Summer REU 2013: Mathematics for
Biology & Material Science
The aim of this Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in the Department of Mathematics at Penn state University is to engage undergraduate students in research projects in Applied Mathematics, specifically mathematical modeling in Biology and Material Science.
For more information, please contact Xiantao Li.
Participants
Student
Project Title
Adviser
Lilith Antinori
Chris Grigas
Ari Perlin
Margo Schwartz
Evolutionary Game Models in Neurobiology
Impact of a Liquid Droplet
Population Models for Cooperation and Migration
Modeling Cell Adhesion
A. Belmonte
John Miller, Eva Mei Shouse, Ke Yang
John Miller, Eva Mei Shouse
Modeling and Simulation of Molecular Surfaces
Modeling and Experiments for Ion Channels (Poster)
C. Liu
C. Liu and S. Majd
Scheduled events
- Tuesday, October 18th- 3:30pm Final Presentations and Poster Session – 114 McAllister. Some Pictures.
- Friday, August 16th- 12:30pm Pizza Lunch – 102 McAllister.
- Friday, August 9 – 12:30pm Pizza Lunch – 102 McAllister.
- Friday, August 2nd – 12:30pm Pizza Lunch – 102 McAllister.
- Friday, July 26th – 12:30pm Pizza Lunch – 102 McAllister.
- Tuesday, July 23rd – 10:30am Project Show and Tell – 106 McAllister. Some Pictures.
- Friday, July 19th – 12:30pm Pizza Lunch – 102 McAllister.
- Friday, July 12th – 12:30pm Pizza Lunch – 102 McAllister.
- Friday, July 5th – 12:30pm Pizza Lunch – 102 McAllister.
- Wednesday, July 3rd – 3:30pm Status Meeting – 106 McAllister.
- Monday, May 20th – 1:15 to 2:45 pm `Introduction to Experiments in Mathematics’, by Prof Andrew Belmonte – 106 McAllister / 24 McAllister.
- Monday, May 20th – 9:30 to 10:45 am `Introduction to Modeling and Analysis’, by Prof Chun Liu – 106 McAllister.
- Wednesday, May 8th – 1:00 to 2:15 pm `Numerical Methods for Hamiltonian Systems of ODEs’, by Prof Xiantao Li – 106 McAllister. (slides from the talk)
- Wednesday, May 8th – 9:30 to 10:45 am `Introduction to Conservation Laws’, by Prof Wen Shen – 106 McAllister. (slides from the talk)
- Wednesday, April 24th – 4:30pm Organizational Meeting – 113 McAllister.
Associated Faculty
Andrew Belmonte (Professor of Mathematics) – see also his page for Undergraduate Research
Xiantao Li (Associate Professor of Mathematics) – see also his page for Undergraduate Research
Chun Liu (Professor of Mathematics) – see also his page for Undergraduate Research (assisted by postdoc Minxin Chen).
Sheereen Majd (Assistant Professor of Bioengineering)
Anna Mazzucato (Professor of Mathematics) – see also her page for students.
Wen Shen (Associate Professor of Mathematics)