MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006

TOPOLOGY SEMINAR

TIME: 10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
ROOM: Ayres Hall 309B
SPEAKER: Brendon LaBuz
TITLE: Ultralimits of asymptotic cones


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 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: Help each other, help your students, and have your students help you
We talk about some of the common themes developing in what makes good teachers so good after having heard people share experiences in seminar and after having exchanged classroom visits with our mentor. We also talk about how that can be carried outside of the classroom into office hours during one-on-one student interactions.


ANALYSIS SEMINAR

TIME: 3:35 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.
ROOM: Ayres Hall 320
SPEAKER: Gerald Orick
TITLE: Aleksandrov's Characterization of Cauchy Transforms.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 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, NOVEMBER 3, 2006

COLLOQUIUM

TIME: 3:35 – 4:35 p.m.
ROOM: 214 Ayres Hall
SPEAKER: Professor Terry L. Herdman,
Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Mathematics, Virginia Tech
TITLE: Mathematical Models for a Class of Large Space Systems
ABSTRACT: Lightweight, inflatable technologies offer the potential for developing and deploying extremely large antennas in space and will enable the revolutionary performance required to conduct high fidelity tactical sensing from space. We will discuss the development of physics based mathematical models for a class of ultra-lightweight, large spacecraft. The continuum-based mathematical models are described by partial-functional differential equations. The development of such models requires detailed modeling of the material response and internal damping. The task is to assess and produce feasible and affordable candidate designs of extremely large space-based radar antennas capable of performing tactical-grade ground moving target indications (GMTI) radar from space. The project includes the validation of the mathematical models for this class of structures and the development of approximation schemes for visualizations, simulation and control synthesis.

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