EAS621, MTH599/499 and PHY495
Scientific Computing, Mathematics, and Physics Research Seminar
Professional Preparation Program
Fall 2016, UMass Dartmouth
This course will satisfy University Study 5-B (Learning through Engagement)
List of Students and Their Project Titles:
Graduate Students:
- Shakti Bhattarai .
Project title: The interaction of three bacteria strains; comparison of mathematical modelling and experiment.
- Jared Buckley.
Project title: An investigation of the interaction of resolution scales for the efficient computation of upper-ocean conditions.
- Tiffany Ferreira.
Project title: Improved computational approaches to the modeling of the agglomeration of Alzheimer's-related amyloid plaques.
- Wen Jin.
Project title: Numerical studies of the impact of millimeter scale molten droplets on mirror-polished steel substrates.
- Rahul Kashyap.
Project title: Computational investigation of detonation in type Ia supernovae.
- Jacob Sousa.
Project title: Multistep methods for time-dependent partial differential equations: beyond polynomial interpolation.
- Alec Yonika.
Project title: A numerical implementation of a model of the Schwarzschild interior inspired by loop quantization.
- Sarah Seva
Project title: Detection of gravitational waves and existence of black holes.
Undergraduate Team:
Project title: A questionnaire-based digital tool for making a college choice.
- Ben Fleming.
- Gustavo Franco-Reynoso.
- Meaghan Shurtleff.
List of interesting topics that might be possible for projects
Topics for projects can be selected from (but not limited to) the following: multidisciplinary projects solicited from
various research groups at UMass Dartmouth, from local and national industries/universities/labs,
and from crowdsourcing websites.