AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:59

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Saturday April 24, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Thin Films: Solid and Liquid, I
Room 148, Diefendorf Hall
Organizers:
E. Bruce Pitman, SUNY at Buffalo pitman@math.buffalo.edu
Brian Spencer, State University of New York at Buffalo spencerb@math.buffalo.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  The Dynamics of a Spreading and Melting Drop on a Heated Substrate.
  Daniel M Anderson*, University of North Carolina
  M G Forest, University of North Carolina
  D D Glick, University of North Carolina
  R Superfine, University of North Carolina
  (943-76-130)
- 9:40 a.m.
  Undercompressive shocks in thin film flow.
  Andrea L Bertozzi*, Duke University
  Andreas M\"unch, Duke University
  Michael Shearer, North Carolina State University
  (943-35-28)
- 10:20 a.m.
  Long-wave instabilities in thin film equations -- blow-up, saturation, and steady-states.
  Mary Pugh*, University of Pennsylvania
  (943-76-83)

Saturday April 24, 1999, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Thin Films: Solid and Liquid, II
Room 148, Diefendorf Hall
Organizers:
E. Bruce Pitman, SUNY at Buffalo pitman@math.buffalo.edu
Brian Spencer, State University of New York at Buffalo spencerb@math.buffalo.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Morphological Stability of Rods in the Presence of Surface Energy and Elastic Stress.
  Dimitri J Kirill, Northwestern University
  Harris Wong, Louisiana State University
  Stephen H. Davis, Northwestern University
  Michael J Miksis*, Northwestern University
  Peter W Voorhees, Northwestern University
  (943-73-40)
- 3:10 p.m.
  A continuum model for the growth of thin solid films.
  Tim P Schulze*, New York University
  Weinan E, New York University
  (943-73-99)
- 3:50 p.m.
  Discussion.

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