Doctoral Dissertations

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Jonathan L. Mitchell

	Synchronous and Asynchronous Oscillations in a Model for Antigenically Varying Malaria, Including the Effects of Constant and State-Dependent Delay
	May 15, 2010 (Advisor: T. Carr )

Iranga Nagasinghe

	Computing Principal Eigenvectors of Large Web Graphs: Algorithms and Accelerations Related to Pagerank and Hits
	May 15, 2010 (Advisor: Y. Zhou )

Jennifer A. Tarin

	Analysis of Shell Models in Relation to a New Self-Similarity Theory of the Inertial Range in Isotropic Homogeneous Turbulence
	August 4, 2009 (Advisor: M. Melander)

Jill Klentzman

	Viscous Flow, Evaporation, and Phase Explosion in Thin Liquid Films
	August 4, 2009 (Advisor: V. Ajaev )

Christina Dekany

	Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Reaction-Diffusion Equations in Two Space Dimensions
	August 4, 2009 (Advisor: P. Moore )

Michael Taylor

	Epidemic Models for Partial-Temporary Immunity with Delay
	May 16, 2009 (Advisor: T. Carr )

Md. Ziaul Haque

	An Adaptive Finite Element Method for Systems of Second-Order Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations in One Space Dimension
	August 1, 2008 (Advisor: P. Moore )

Praveen Chaturvedi

	Single Phase Flow Multicomponent Simulation in Porous Media
	May 17, 2008 (Advisor: Z. Chen )

Guanghua Cao

	Pricing and Risk Management of Variable Annuities and Equity-indexed Annuities
	December 15, 2007 (Advisor: Z. Chen )

Woon-Kwan Lam

	Pattern Formation in Non-Linear Chemical Systems
	December 15, 2007 (Advisor: P. Moore )

Juan Peng

	Transport of Multicomponents in a Fluid and Numerical Solution
	August 1, 2007 (Advisor: Z. Chen )

Youqian Zhang

	Development, Analysis and Numerical Methods For Multicomponent, Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
	August 1, 2007 (Advisor: Z. Chen )

Marina Rangelova

	Error Estimation for Fourth-Order Partial Differential Equations
	May 19, 2007 (Advisor: P. Moore )

Mulugeta Markos

	Steady Liquid Flow and Liquid-Vapor Interface Shapes in Different Groove Structures in Micro Heat Pipes
	May 19, 2007 (Advisor: V. Ajaev )

Tatyana Savchuk

	The Multiscale Finite Element Method for Elliptic Problems
	December 9, 2006 (Advisor: Z. Chen )

Hilary Risser

	Computational Methods for Singularly Perturbed Two-Point Boundary Value Problems
	December 10, 2005 (Advisor: I. Gladwell )

David Wang

	Parallel Computation for Reservoir Thermal Simulation: An Overlapping Domain Decomposition Approach
	August 10, 2005 (Advisor: Z. Chen )

Baoyan Li

	A Control Volume Function Approximation Method and Reservoir Simulation with Flexible Grids
	August 6, 2003 (Advisor: Z. Chen )

Bentley Garrett

	Wavelets and Boundary Value Problems
	May 17, 2003 (Advisor: I. Gladwell )

Qiaoyuan  Jiang

	Characteristic Finite Element Methods for Degenerate Parabolic Problems and Their Application to two-Phase Flow in Porous Media
	May 19, 2001 (Advisor: Z. Chen )

Valeria Antohe

	Computational Algorithms for Hamiltonian Systems
	May 19, 2001 (Advisor: I. Gladwell )

David Diminnie

	Slow Passage Through Homoclinic Orbits Associated with the Unfolding of a Saddle-Center Bifurcation
	August 4, 2000 (Advisor: R. Haberman )

Todd Fortenberry

	A Coating Flow Problem
	May 15, 1999 (Advisor: D. Reinelt )

Natalia Khlopina

	Finite Element Methods for Degenerate Two-Phase Incompressible Flow Problems
	May 15, 1999 (Advisor: Z. Chen )

Jacek Kierzenka

	Studies in the Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations
	December 12, 1998 (Advisor: L. Shampine )

J. German Gonzalez Santos

	A Numerical Study of Simple Shearing Foams
	May 16, 1998 (Advisor: D. Reinelt )

Julie L. Kamm

	Singular Value Decomposition-Based Methods for Signal and Image Processing
	May 16, 1998 (Advisor: J. Nagy)

Malgorzata Napierala

	Univariate and Multivariate, Sequentila and Parallel Integration on Finite Ranges
	December 14, 1996 (Advisor: I. Gladwell )

Jerry Dean Brothers

	Sequence of Subharmonic Resonances and Slow Separatrix Crossing
	December 16, 1995 (Advisor: R. Haberman )

Kenneth Mack Woodson Jr.

	Projected Implicit Runge-Kutta Methods for Solving Differential-Algebraic Equations
	May 20, 1995 (Advisor: I. Gladwell )

Nandini Mitra

	Extension of Properties of Compartmental Matrices to M-Matrices
	May 21, 1994 (Advisors: J. Eisenfeld and I. Gladwell)

Analee Witt

	Studies in the Numerical Solution of Initital Value Problems in Ordinary Diefferential Equations
	May 21, 1994 (Advisor: L. Shampine )

Jing Wang

	Numerical Methods for Hamiltonian Systems
	December 18, 1993 (Advisor: I. Gladwell )

Gertrud L. Kraut

	Parallel Direct and Iterative Methods for Boundary Value Problems
	August 13, 1993 (Advisor: I. Gladwell )

Ka-Ho (Eric) Ho

	Hamiltonian Systems with Dissipation: Basins of Attraction and Nearly Homoclinic Orbits
	May 22, 1993 (Advisor: R. Haberman )

Michael E. Hosea

	Studies in the Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations
	May 22, 1993 (Advisor: L. Shampine )

Andrew Victor Barrett

	The Numerical Solution of Boundary Value Problems for Differential Algebraic Equations
	May 16, 1992 (Advisor: G. Reddien )

Wen Zhang

	Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications
	December 15, 1990 (Advisor: I. Gladwell )

Marcin Paprzycki

	Parallelization of Boundary Value Problem Software
	May 19, 1990 (Advisor: I. Gladwell )

Przemyslaw Bogacki

	Efficient Runge-Kutta Pairs and Their Interpolants
	May 19, 1990 (Advisor: L. Shampine )