MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2006

TOPOLOGY SEMINAR

TIME: 10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
ROOM: Ayres Hall 309B
SPEAKER: Dr. Atish Mitra
TITLE: Asymptotic cones : basic properties and further examples


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2006

GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR
Website: http://www.math.utk.edu/~eaton/Math598.htm (for handouts and updated schedule of events)

TIME: 3:35 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.
ROOM: Ayres Hall 314
TITLE: Writing and delivering lesson plans: What to think about before class.
What does it take to be a great teacher in front of the classroom? We are visited by praised GTAs as they share how they prepare for class and what makes them a favorite among their students.

ANALYSIS SEMINAR

TIME: 3:35 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.
ROOM: Ayres Hall 320
SPEAKER: Professor Mike Frazier
TITLE: Introduction to Wavelets 5


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006

TOPOLOGY SEMINAR

TIME: 10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
ROOM: Ayres Hall 309B
SPEAKER: Paul Lewis
TITLE: Elementary hyperbolic geometry II

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006

COLLOQUIUM -- CANCELLED


TIME: 3:35 – 4:35 p.m.
ROOM: 214 Ayres Hall
SPEAKER: Professor Stephen H. Davis
Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Northwestern University
TITLE: Self-Organization of Quantum Dots
ABSTRACT: When an anisotropic material is deposited layer-by-layer on a substrate, the thin, solid film produced can become unstable due to elastic or thermodynamic effects leading to corrugations that coarsen in scale over time. The 'final state' is a set of pyramidal hills separated by wetting layers. These hills are small enough that they display quantum electrical properties suitable for new-age computing. This lecture concerns the mathematical description of this evolution using asymptotic and numerical analysis. In addition to accurate predictions of coarsening processes, new PDE's are derived that display interesting phenomena such as transitions from coarsening to roughening.

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED IN AYRES HALL ROOM 119 AT 3:00 P.M.