AWM Workshop:
Focus on Research & Career Experiences

Held in conjunction with the 2002 SIAM Annual Meeting (July 8 - 12, 2002),
Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia.

The sessions focus on showcasing the research of women graduate students and recent Ph.D. mathematicians and helping individuals to prepare for careers in the mathematical sciences. Our Tuesday morning session is a minisymposium which focuses on career planning and experiences. The workshop also has two research minisymposia presented by recent Ph.D. mathematicians and a poster session presented by graduate students. In addition, on Monday AWM kicks off its events with a luncheon followed at 3:00 p.m. by a special AWM-SIAM Invited Plenary talk presented by Cathleen Morawetz (CIMS) in honor of SIAM's 50th Anniversary.

There is no registration fee for this AWM workshop. The invited plenary talk, minisymposia and poster session are open to all SIAM meeting attendees. Pre-registration for the AWM luncheon is required (see below). Last updated June 4, 2002.

Monday, July 8, 2002, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
AWM Luncheon
See AWM staff on-site for ticket availability or email awm@math.umd.edu prior to the meeting.
Monday, July 8, 2002, 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
IP0: AWM-SIAM Invited Plenary Talk
Existence Theorems: We Need Some More in Fluid Dynamics
Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Abstract: The focus is on Euler's equations for compressible flow, its special difficulties and the need for theorems on existence and uniqueness of weak solutions, that is flows with discontinuities, and their behavior for large times.
Monday, July 8, 2002, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
MS22: AWM Minisymposium Dynamical Systems - Partial Differential Equations and Stochastic Processes
Session is open to all SIAM attendees. This minisymposium will feature talks by female post-docs working with partial differential equations and stochastic models. The PDE applications include shallow water equations and nonlinearly dispersive waves. The stochastics models involve Markov chains and Brownian motion for prices of stocks.
- 4:00 p.m.
  Stability of Hybrid Dynamic Systems Modulated by Singularly Perturbed Markov Chains
  Grazyna Badowski, University of Maryland, College Park
- 4:30 p.m.
  Numerical Solution of the Shallow Water Equations in Lagrangian Coordinates
  Jodi Mead, Boise State University
- 5:00 p.m.
  Pricing Equity Linked Endowments via the Principle of Equivalent Utility
  Kristen Moore, University of Michigan
- 5:30 p.m.
  Time Smoothing Techniques and Applications to the Camassa-Holm Equation
  Milena Stanislavova, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Organizer: Elsa Schaefer, Marymount University.
Monday, July 8, 2002, 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
PP1: Poster and Dessert Reception
AWM Poster Presentations by Women Graduate Students will be part of the SIAM Poster and Dessert Reception on Monday evening, from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. AWM invites all SIAM attendees to join us.
The AWM Women Graduate Student Presenters in this session are:
- Dependence of Eigenvalues on Problem Data for Self-Adjoint Boundary Value Problems
  Laurie Battle, University of Tennessee
- Optimal Control of Treatment in an HIV Immunology Model
  Angela Cheng Mejeur, University of Tennessee
- Bayesian Inference for Cluster Analysis of Microarray Data
  Vera Cherepinsky, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- Topology of Spiral Waves in Excitable Media
  Irma Cruz-Rodriguez, Florida State University
- A Variational Study of the Electrical Impedance Tomography Problem
  Genetha A. Gray, Rice University
- Dynamics of the Optical Parametric Oscillator
  Sarah E. Hewitt, University of Washington
- Topology of Type II Topoisomerases
  Jennifer Mann, Florida State University
- Mathematical Properties of Time Windowing in Neural Systems
  Colleen C. Mitchell, Duke University
- Mechanics of yeast growth: a model system for tissue growth and development
  Baochi Nguyen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Determining the Infectiousness of HIV
  Brandy Rapatski, University of Maryland, College Park
- Determining and Evaluating the Repeat Structure in a Genome
  Suzanne Sindi, University of Maryland, College Park
- A model for Pseudo-Nitzschia multiseries, a toxic algae species
  Maria Siopsis, University of Tennessee
Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MS33: AWM Minisymposium on Career Opportunities and Perspectives
Session is open to all SIAM attendees. This minisymposium will feature four mathematicians with a variety of careers and experience levels. The speakers will discuss their career perspectives and give some advice. Academic and industrial careers will be included.
- 10:30 a.m.
  Career Opportunities in Mathematical Bioscience
  Avner Friedman, Ohio State University
- 11:00 a.m.
  Mathematician as Manager
  Rosemary Chang, Coastcom
- 11:30 a.m.
  A Career as an Industrial Mathematician: What to Expect and How to Prepare
  Grace E. Cho, The Boeing Company
- 12:00 p.m.
  Some Suggestions for Obtaining and Retaining the Cherished Academic position
  Rosemary A. Renaut, Arizona State University
Organizers: Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Elsa Schaefer, Marymount University
Tuesday, July 9, 2001, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
MS47: AWM Minisymposium on Applications of Mathematical Biology
Session is open to all SIAM attendees. This minisymposium will feature talks by female post-docs on modeling applications of mathematics in biology. The models include benzene interaction with bone marrow, the male reproductive endocrine system, intercellular calcium waves, and the human nasal passages.
- 4:00 p.m.
  Benzene's Effect on Erythropoiesis
  Cammey Cole, Meredith College
- 4:30 p.m.
  A Mathematical Model for the Kinetics of the Male Reproductive Endocrine System
  Laura K. Potter, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- 5:00 p.m.
  Stability of Intracellular Calcium Pulses
  Monica M. Romeo, Duke University
- 5:30 p.m.
  Effect of Boundary Conditions on Particle Deposition Predictions in Human Nasal Passages
  Rebecca Segal, CIIT Centers for Health Research
Organizer: Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

AWM is grateful to SIAM and their Meetings Department for all their efforts on behalf of the workshop and all AWM activities. AWM also wishes to thank all the AWM members who volunteered their time and expertise for these activities. A special thank you is extended to Professors Suzanne Lenhart (University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and Elsa Schaefer (Marymount University) who kindly served as the 2002 Workshop co-organizers. AWM also wishes to express its gratitude to the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) for support of the AWM workshop.

AWM Workshop: Focus on Research & Career Experiences

AWM Workshop:
Focus on Research & Career Experiences