Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Georgia Southern University
Harvey Mudd College
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Modelling Walleye Population And Its Cannibalism Effect,
2017
The University of Western Ontario
Modelling Walleye Population And Its Cannibalism Effect, Quan Zhou
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Walleye is a very common recreational fish in Canada with a strong cannibalism tendency, such that walleyes with larger sizes will consume their smaller counterparts when food sources are limited or a surplus of adults is present. Cannibalism may be a factor promoting population oscillation. As fish reach a certain age or biological stage (i.e. biological maturity), the number of fish achieving that stage is known as fish recruitment. The objective of this thesis is to model the walleye population with its recruitment and cannibalism effect. A matrix population model has been introduced to characterize the walleye population into ...
Designing A Finite-Time Mixer: Optimizing Stirring For Two-Dimensional Maps,
2017
University of Colorado Boulder
Designing A Finite-Time Mixer: Optimizing Stirring For Two-Dimensional Maps, James Meiss, Rebecca Mitchell
Applied Mathematics Faculty Contributions
Mixing of a passive scalar in a fluid flow results from a two part process in which large gradients are first created by advection and then smoothed by diffusion. We investigate methods of designing efficient stirrers to optimize mixing of a passive scalar in a two-dimensional, nonautonomous, incom- pressible flow over a finite-time interval. The flow is modeled by a sequence of area-preserving maps whose parameters change in time, defining a mixing protocol. Stirring efficiency is measured by a negative Sobolev seminorm; its decrease implies creation of fine-scale structure. A Perron–Frobenius operator is used to numerically advect the scalar ...
On The Ramberg-Osgood Stress-Strain Model And Large Deformations Of Cantilever Beams,
2017
University of New Orleans
On The Ramberg-Osgood Stress-Strain Model And Large Deformations Of Cantilever Beams, Ronald J. Giardina Jr
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In this thesis the Ramberg-Osgood nonlinear model for describing the behavior of many different materials is investigated. A brief overview of the model as it is currently used in the literature is undertaken and several misunderstandings and possible pitfalls in its application is pointed out, especially as it pertains to more recent approaches to finding solutions involving the model. There is an investigation of the displacement of a cantilever beam under a combined loading consisting of a distributed load across the entire length of the beam and a point load at its end and new solutions to this problem are ...
On Honey Bee Colony Dynamics And Disease Transmission,
2017
The University of Western Ontario
On Honey Bee Colony Dynamics And Disease Transmission, Matthew I. Betti
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
The work herein falls under the umbrella of mathematical modeling of disease transmission. The majority of this document focuses on the extent to which infection undermines the strength of a honey bee colony. These studies extend from simple mass-action ordinary differential equations models, to continuous age-structured partial differential equation models and finally a detailed agent-based model which accounts for vector transmission of infection between bees as well as a host of other influences and stressors on honey bee colony dynamics. These models offer a series of predictions relevant to the fate of honey bee colonies in the presence of disease ...
Parts Of The Whole: Why I Teach This Subject This Way,
2017
Dartmouth College
Parts Of The Whole: Why I Teach This Subject This Way, Dorothy Wallace
Numeracy
The importance of mathematics to biology is illustrated by search data from Google Scholar. I argue that a pedagogical approach based on student research projects is likely to improve retention and foster critical thinking about mathematical modeling, as well as reinforce quantitative reasoning and the appreciation of calculus as a tool. The usual features of a course (e.g., the instructor, assessment, text, etc.) are shown to have very different purposes in a research-based course.
Design Of Orbital Maneuvers With Aeroassisted Cubesatellites,
2017
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Design Of Orbital Maneuvers With Aeroassisted Cubesatellites, Stephanie Clark
Stephanie Clark
Recent advances within the field of cube satellite technology has allowed for the possible development of a maneuver that utilizes a satellite's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and increased atmospheric density to effectively use lift and drag to implement a noncoplanar orbital maneuver. Noncoplanar maneuvers typically require large quantities of propellant due to the large delta-v that is required. However, similar maneuvers using perturbing forces require little or no propellant to create the delta-v required. This research reported here studied on the effects of lift on orbital changes, those of noncoplanar types in particular, for small satellites without orbital maneuvering ...
Modeling For Ut Inspection Of Anisotropic Materials,
2017
Iowa State University
Modeling For Ut Inspection Of Anisotropic Materials, Robert A. Roberts, Robert Grandin, Andrew Downs
Robert Grandin
This presentation reports on the extension of an established CNDE ultrasound beam transmission model to accommodate transmission in generally anisotropic materials. Using principles of elastodynamic reciprocity, the model expresses the internal wave field as a surface integral over the radiating transducer, employing the full Green function (point force response function) for the combined body under inspection and the coupling medium. The model evaluates the Green function asymptotically for short wavelength, and is therefore referred to as an asymptotic Green function model (AGF). The integrand of the transducer integral is projected on to a discretely orthogonal Gaussian basis, leading to a ...
Modeling Hiv Dynamics Following 3bnc117 Antibody Infusion,
2017
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Modeling Hiv Dynamics Following 3bnc117 Antibody Infusion, Samantha Erwin
Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference
No abstract provided.
Oscillations In Epidemic Models With Spread Of Awareness,
2017
Ohio University - Main Campus
Oscillations In Epidemic Models With Spread Of Awareness, Ying Xin
Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference
No abstract provided.
The Role Of E-Antigen In Hepatitiv B Virus Infection,
2017
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The Role Of E-Antigen In Hepatitiv B Virus Infection, Mirjam Sarah Kadelka
Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference
No abstract provided.
A Model For A Parameter Related To Free Virus Production From Infected Target Cells,
2017
Nova Southeastern University
A Model For A Parameter Related To Free Virus Production From Infected Target Cells, Evan C. Haskell
Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference
No abstract provided.
Mathematical Modeling Of Normal And Abnormal Responses To The Valsalva Maneuver,
2017
North Carolina State University
Mathematical Modeling Of Normal And Abnormal Responses To The Valsalva Maneuver, Eric Benjamin Randall
Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference
No abstract provided.
The Kinetics Of Type I Interferons During Influenza Virus Infection,
2017
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Rhodes College
The Kinetics Of Type I Interferons During Influenza Virus Infection, Margaret A. Myers
Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference
No abstract provided.
Control Policies And Sensitivity Analysis In A Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Model: A Case Study In Cusco Region, Peru., Rocio M. Caja-Rivera, Ignacio Barradas
Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference
No abstract provided.
Accuracy And Stability Of Integration Methods For Neutrino Transport In Core Collapse Supernovae,
2017
kgrego12
Accuracy And Stability Of Integration Methods For Neutrino Transport In Core Collapse Supernovae, Kyle A. Gregory
University of Tennessee Honors Thesis Projects
No abstract provided.
Hawking Radiation And Classical Tunneling: A Numerical Study,
2017
College of William and Mary
Hawking Radiation And Classical Tunneling: A Numerical Study, Dmitriy Zhigunov
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Unruh [1] demonstrated that black holes have an analogy in acoustics. Under this analogy the acoustic event horizon is defined by the set of points in which the local background flow exceeds the local sound speed. In past work [2], we demonstrated that under a white noise source, the acoustic event horizon will radiate at a thermal spectrum via a classical tunneling process. In this work, I summarize the theory presented in [2] and nondimensionalize it in order to reduce the dynamical equations to one parameter, the coupling coefficient η2. Since η2 is the sole parameter of the system, we ...
Plateau Potential Fluctuations And Intrinsic Membrane Noise,
2017
College of William and Mary
Plateau Potential Fluctuations And Intrinsic Membrane Noise, Daniel Scott Borrus
Undergraduate Honors Theses
This thesis focuses on subthreshold membrane potential fluctuations in the plateau potentials of bistable neurons. Research involved with plateau potentials typically finds one of the resting membrane potentials to be more susceptible to voltage fluctuations. This difference in the amplitude of the membrane potential fluctuations is most often attributed to the voltage-dependent membrane conductance. Occasionally, however, the typically quieter resting membrane potential exhibits larger voltage fluctuations than the expected one. It has been proposed that this increased membrane potential noise is the result of the stochastic gating of the voltage-gated ion channels. In this thesis, we use a simple bistable ...
Application Of Symplectic Integration On A Dynamical System,
2017
East Tennessee State University
Application Of Symplectic Integration On A Dynamical System, William Frazier
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Molecular Dynamics (MD) is the numerical simulation of a large system of interacting molecules, and one of the key components of a MD simulation is the numerical estimation of the solutions to a system of nonlinear differential equations. Such systems are very sensitive to discretization and round-off error, and correspondingly, standard techniques such as Runge-Kutta methods can lead to poor results. However, MD systems are conservative, which means that we can use Hamiltonian mechanics and symplectic transformations (also known as canonical transformations) in analyzing and approximating solutions. This is standard in MD applications, leading to numerical techniques known as symplectic ...
Models Of Nation-Building Via Systems Of Differential Equations,
2017
Cedarville University
Models Of Nation-Building Via Systems Of Differential Equations, Carissa F. Slone, Darryl K. Ahner, Mark E. Oxley, William P. Baker
The Research and Scholarship Symposium
Nation-building modeling is an important field of research given the increasing number of candidate nations and the limited resources available. A modeling methodology and a system of differential equations model are presented to investigate the dynamics of nation-building. The methodology is based upon parameter identification techniques applied to a system of differential equations, to evaluate nation-building operations. Data from Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Afghanistan are used to demonstrate the validity of different models as well as the comparison of models.
Comparing Methods Of Measuring Chaos In The Symbolic Dynamics Of Strange Attractors,
2017
Georgia State University
Comparing Methods Of Measuring Chaos In The Symbolic Dynamics Of Strange Attractors, James J. Scully
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
