E-mail: chen.yanjiungmail.com

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One of my primary interests is the dynamics of jammed, frustrated systems. My current research focuses on colloidal glasses, systems which mimic the behavior of atomic glasses in many ways, but are experimentally accessible because of the micron-scale size of their constituent particles. I shear glassy colloidal suspensions and use confocal microscopy to directly image the 3D structure of the suspension, particle-by-particle, in time. This technique enables me to study the dynamics of the particles as the glass is perturbed.

E-mail: sjg53 cornell.edu

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Broadly, I am interested in the application of mathematical methods to engineering problems. In the past, I have specifically explored problems from fluid dynamics. Recent projects include using numerics to look at instability development in a free shear flow, and from a more experimental perspective, working on one camera flow imaging. In the future, I plan to use a mathematical perspective to continue to explore problems deriving from natural systems.

E-mail: smi6cornell.edu

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E-mail: nathankarst gmail.com

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I am interested a number of problems regarding how humans make behavioral decisions based on their environments.  For example, I want to understand how experimentalists should determine causal and correlational relationships, how information would be best organized on the Internet, and how vehicular traffic flow should be maximized.  I am also involved in physics-based research involving dielectrophoretic separation of nanoparticles, dielectric measurement theory, and chromatographic techniques.  An understanding of electrical engineering and computer science is critical for the design of realistic, scalable solutions to many of these problems.

E-mail: sam255cornell.edu

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Previously I have worked with pattern formation inside of Optical Parametric Oscillators, a nonlinear optical device governed by a fourth order PDE with quintic nonlinearity.  I now look forward to discovering more about the mathematics that govern physical and biological systems.

E-mail: jdn48 cornell.edu

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E-mail: tnovikoffgmail.com

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My broad research interests include wireless ad hoc networks, game theory, social networks and public policy on privacy. My current focus is on the mitigation of misbehavior in wireless sensor networks using trust and reputation mechanisms. I am also interested in the impacts of security and public policy decisions on privacy issues in these networks.

E-mail: skp27 cornell.edu

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RResearch interests not available yet.

E-mail: jmr249 cornell.edu

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My past research has been on fluid dynamic instabilities in fluid/fluid interfaces, a phenomenon called viscous fingering. It is a beautiful paradigm of complex pattern formation in a relatively simple experimental set-up. I am interested in joining a lab that works with
experimental complex systems, perhaps involving fluids, granular media, or colloidal suspensions. I am also interested in pattern formation in general, how simple "rules" can lead to complex patterns.

E-mail: lgr24 cornell.edu

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Daniel Romero...Applied Mathematics

Research interests not yet available.

E-mail: dmr239 cornell.edu

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Michael Schmidt...Computational Biology

I am interested in reverse-engineering analytical models of dynamical systems - in particular, biological systems at the cellular and cellular-network level. Currently, I am working on computer algorithms that construct nonlinear mathematical models from experimental data to identify symbolic physical or chemical relationships that may drive a dynamical system. In the future, I want to scale the work I have done to systems with high noise and systems that may have only partially observable states.

E-mail: mds47 cornell.edu

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I am primarily interested in developing software that will bridge the gap between medical practice and engineering. Currently, I am working on program that will allow doctors to apply computational fluid dynamics on reconstructed coronary arteries from CT-angiography. Specifically, the program will noninvasively measure the vulnerability of a plaque to rupture and thereby quantify the risk of a heart attack. I am also interested in developing software using computational electrical dynamics. I intend to develop a program that will allow doctors to accurately identify anomalous regions in the heart that need to be treated in order to prevent or eliminate arrhythmias. 

E-mail: rs398 cornell.edu

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E-mail: sull0294gmail.com

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It is my long term objective to extend the relevance of computational
biology and to develop novel techniques for knowledge discovery in hopes of attaining a better understanding of cellular function and functional failures related to various disease states. Specific projects include mechanistic mathematical modeling and fragility screening of signaling and G1-S restriction of LNCaP prostate cancer epithelial cells; development of a detailed interaction network for regulation of cell cycle and differentiation in HL-60 leukemia cells; and extension of computational modeling and knowledge discovery techniques to ultrascale or whole cell interaction networks.

E-mail: rat44 cornell.edu

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My research interest involves relating the breaking of surfaces to the
movement of a fluid/fluid/solid contact line. When a liquid bridge is
stretched too far it becomes unstable and very rapidly switches its
equilibrium state to two droplets. The topological change from one to two surfaces results in a singularity. It is my objective to relate this
singularity with the tangential stress singularity that occurs at a moving contact line; where fluid/fluid interface is continuously being destroyed.

E-mail: hbv3 cornell.edu

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