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Conference Program

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DAY 0 – May 31, 2008 (Saturday)
6:00-8:00 pm Welcoming Reception & Early Registration
Garden Café, G/F, Academic Exchange Building
(Free of charge & open to all conference attendess)


DAY 1 – June 1, 2008 (Sunday)
8:00-9:00 am Registration
Registration desk located at entrance of Lecture Theatre 1
9:00-9:15 am Opening Ceremony
Chairman: Gang Bao
Lecture Theatre 1
9:00-9:05 am Opening Remarks ▪ Hui-Hui Dai
9:05-9:15 am Welcoming Speech ▪ Roderick S. C. Wong
9:15-10:15 am Plenary Lecture
Chairman: Gang Bao
Lecture Theatre 1

▪ Gunther Uhlmann
University of Washington
Cloaking Devices and Transformation Optics
10:15-10:25 am Conference Group Photo
Stage at 4/F between Academic Building and Amenities Building
10:25-10:50 am Coffee Break
10:50-11:50 am Parallel Sessions for Invited Talks
SESSION I

Chairman: Hung-chun Chang
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Alexander B. Freidin
Room Y5-206
 SESSION III

Chairman: Lian-Ping Wang
Room Y5-204
10:50-11:20 am
▪ David C. Dobson
Electromagnetic Transmission Spectra in Periodic Hole Arrays
 ▪ Arkadi Berezovski
Macroscopic Dynamics of Phase-Transition Front and Straight Brittle Crack
 ▪ Yalchin Efendiev
Multiscale Numerical Methods for Flow and Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media and Their Applications
11:20-11:50 am
▪ Faouzi Triki
Diffractive Optical Properties of Metallic Micro-Structures
 ▪ Yongzhong Huo
One Dimensional Modeling of the Initiation and Growth of Microstructures in Martensitic Transformation
 ▪ Xiao-Ping Wang
Energy Dissipation for Moving Contact Line on Patterned Surfaces
11:50-1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30-2:30 pm Plenary Lecture
Chairman: Qiang Zhang
Lecture Theatre 1

▪ Fanghua Lin
New York University
Flow of Incompressible Viscoelastic Fluids
2:35-3:35 pm Parallel Sessions for Invited Talks
SESSION I

Chairman: Zhimin Zhang
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Jeyabal Sivaloganathan
Room Y5-206
 SESSION III

Chairman: Huaxiong Huang
Room Y5-204
2:35-3:05 pm
▪ Haomin Zhou
Efficients Numerical Simulations Based on Wiener Chaos Expansions for Stochastic Maxwell Equations and Applications in Photonic Crystal Spectrometer Design
 ▪ Alexander B. Freidin
Transformation Surfaces and Post-Nuclei Stages of Two-Phase Deformations
 ▪ Yang Wang
The Golden Ratio Encoders
3:05-3:35 pm
▪ Xiaonan Wu
Numerical Solution of Burgers’ Equation on Unbounded Domains
 ▪ Zongxi Cai
Normal Form Equations for Phase Transitions in a Thin Strip
 ▪ Kening Lu
Lyapunov Exponents for Infinite Dimensional Random Dynamical Systems
3:35-4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00-5:20 pm Parallel Contributed Talks
SESSION I
COMPETITION FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD

Chairman: Ya Yan Lu
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Jeong-Mi Yoon
Room Y5-206
 SESSION III

Chairman: Yunxin Zhang
Room Y5-204
4:00-4:20 pm
▪ Bangti Jin
Stochastic Numerical Methods for Inverse Problems
 ▪ Zhouwang Yang
Reconstruction of Point Clouds with an Adaptive Implicit Surface Model
 ▪ Salvatore Federico
Representation of the Elasticity Tensor for Isochoric Motions
4:20-4:40 pm
▪ Yuhui Deng
Deflection of Granular Jets
 ▪ Huan Xie
Band Structure Analysis of Photonic Crystals Involving Liquid Crystals by Dirichlet-to-Neumann Maps
 ▪ Yanhong Hao
On Constructing the Analytical Solutions for Localizations in a Slender Cylinder Composed of an Incompressible Hyperelastic Material
4:40-5:00 pm
▪ Fanfan Wang
On Bifurcations of a Nonlinearly Elastic Two-Dimensional Column
 ▪ Jianli Xie
Numerical Solution of an Inverse Wave Equation with a Single Measurement
 ▪ Yun Li
Live and Dead States in Driven Particle Systems with Drag
5:00-5:20 pm
▪ Satish Kumar
Strip-Saturation Model for a Piezoelectric Strip with a Vertical Crack
    


DAY 2 – June 2, 2008 (Monday)
8:30-9:00 am Registration
Registration desk located at entrance of Lecture Theatre 1
9:00-10:00 am Plenary Lecture
Chairman: James M. Hill
Lecture Theatre 1

▪ Raymond W. Ogden
University of Glasgow
Non-Uniqueness and Non-Smooth Solutions in the Nonlinear Elasticity of Fibre-Reinforced Solids
10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 nn Parallel Sessions for Invited Talks
SESSION I

Chairman: David C. Dobson
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Zongxi Cai
Room Y5-206
 SESSION III

Chairman: Yalchin Efendiev
Room Y5-204
10:30-11:00 am
▪ Steven G. Johnson
Why Does a Waveguide Guide?
 ▪ Julius Kaplunov
A Rational Approach to Formulating Dynamic Analogues of Saint-Venant Principle
 ▪ Junping Wang
On Interface Conditions and Numerical Methods for a Coupled Fluid Flow System
11:00-11:30 am
▪ Hung-chun Chang
Solution of Optical Waveguide Full-Vector Eigenmodes Using Different Numerical Formulations
 ▪ Liliana Gratie
Generalizations of Donati’s and Saint Venant’s Theorems with Applications to Linearized Elasticity
 ▪ Zhiming Chen
The Adaptive PML Method for Acoustic Wave Scattering Problems
11:30-12:00 nn
▪ Lindsay C. Botten
Semi-Analytic Approaches to Photonic Crystal Device Modelling
 ▪ James M. Hill
Geometry and Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes and Gigahertz Nano-Oscillators
 ▪ Michael H. Du
Application of LBE Method in Fiber-in-Liquid Flows for Downhole Pumpable Fiber Optic DTS Technology
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30-2:30 pm Plenary Lecture
Chairman: Junping Wang
Lecture Theatre 1

▪ Thomas Y. Hou
California Institute of Technology
Dynamic Depletion of Vortex Stretching and Nonlinear Stability of 3D Incompressible Flows
2:35-3:35 pm Parallel Sessions for Invited Talks
SESSION I

Chairman: Kening Lu
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Michael H. Du
Room Y5-206
 SESSION III

Chairman: Julius Kaplunov
Room Y5-204
2:35-3:05 pm
▪ I-Liang Chern
Augmented Coupling Interface Method for Computing Frequency Band of Nanostructure
 ▪ Kun Xu
Gas Dynamic Equations with Multiple Translational Temperature
 ▪ Graham A. Rogerson
Long Wave Dispersion Phenomena in Compressible, Pre-Stressed Elastic Plates
3:05-3:35 pm
▪ Jianliang Qian
Level-Set Based Eulerian Gaussian Beams for High Frequency Waves beyond Caustics
 ▪ Lian-Ping Wang
Direct Numerical Simulation of Particle-Laden Flows
 ▪ Yue-Sheng Wang
Application of Wavelets in Band Structure Calculation for Phononic Crystals
3:35-4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00-5:20 pm Parallel Contributed Talks
SESSION I
COMPETITION FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD

Chairman: Kun Xu
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Jianxin Zhu
Room Y5-206
 SESSION III

Chairman: Shripad Markande
Room Y5-204
4:00-4:20 pm
▪ Yumao Wu
Analyzing Diffraction Gratings by Neumann-to-Dirichlet Maps and Boundary Integral Equations
 ▪ Rencheng Song
A Large Range Step Method for the Waveguides with Loss
 ▪ Zhenlu Cui
Rheological Behavior of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Polymers
4:20-4:40 pm
▪ Jiong Wang
Phase Transitions Induced by Extension in a Slender SMA Cylinder: Analytical Solution for the Hysteresis Loop based on a Quasi-3D Continuum Model
 ▪ Li Zhao
Analysis of Periodic Structure and Its Application in Near-Field Optics Modeling
 ▪ Juan Olives
Singularities and Equilibrium Equations at Solid-Fluid Interfaces and Solid-Fluid-Fluid Triple Contact Lines, for an Elastic Solid
4:40-5:00 pm
▪ Hui Liu
Identification of General complex Dynamical Network with Time Delay
 ▪ Shaojie Li
Dirichlet-to-Neumann Map Method for Computing Leaky Cavity Modes in Photonic Crystals
 ▪ Yunxin Zhang
The Mean Velocity and Effective Diffusion Coefficient of the Molecular Motors
5:00-5:20 pm
▪ Guoliang He
Some New Integrable Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Darboux Transformation
    


DAY 3 – June 3, 2008 (Tuesday)
9:00-10:00 am Plenary Lecture
Chairman: David J. Steigmann
Lecture Theatre 1

▪ Rohan Abeyaratne
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modeling the Motion of Material Interfaces
10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30-11:50 am Parallel Contributed Talks
SESSION I
COMPETITION FOR BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD

Chairman: Xiaonan Wu
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Zhenlu Cui
Room Y5-206
 SESSION III

Chairman: Salvatore Federico
Room Y5-204
10:30-10:50 am
▪ Yumei Huang
A New Total Variation Method for Multiplicative Noise Removal
 ▪ Yan Xu
Local Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for the Camassa-Holm and Hunter-Saxton Equations
 ▪ Shripad Markande
An Exact Analysis of Unsteady Convective Diffusion of Solute in a Micropolar Fluid Flow through an Annular Region
10:50-11:10 am
▪ Yuan Fang
Anomalous Behavior of Granular Particles Falling through a Funnel
 ▪ Jianxin Zhu
Construction of Adjoint Eigenoperator for a Class of Acoustic Waveguides
 ▪ Yingyan Wu
Numerical Simulation of Plane Turbulent Mixing Layers
11:10-11:30 am
▪ Jie Sun
Invariant Manifold of Generalized Synchronization
 ▪ Bongsoo Jang
Homogenization in Irregular Shaped Periodic Materials
 ▪ Ming Gao
Dynamics of Objects in a Granular Flow
11:30-11:50 am
▪ Haili Yuan
Absolute Ruin in the Compound Poisson Risk Model with Constant Dividend Barrier
  
 
  
 
11:50-1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30-6:30 pm Half-day Tour (Optional)
Depart at University Circle near Sports Complex


DAY 4 – June 4, 2008 (Wednesday)
9:00-10:30 am Parallel Sessions for Invited Talks
SESSION I

Chairman: Zhiming Chen
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Graham A. Rogerson
Room Y5-206
 SESSION III

Chairman: Yang Wang
Room Y5-204
9:00-9:30 am
▪ Michael K. P. Ng
A Fast Total Variation Minimization Method for Image Restoration
 ▪ Yi-chao Chen
A Unified Theory for Surface and Volumetric Growths of Biological Tissues
 ▪ De-Xing Kong
Hyperbolic Geometric Flow
9:30-10:00 am
▪ Yanzhao Cao
Sparse Collocation Method for Integral Equations with Stochastic Loading
 ▪ Michel Destrade
Instabilities in Elastomers and in Soft Tissues
 ▪ Zhaoyang Yin
Wave-Breaking and Global Solutions for the Degasperis-Procesi Equation
10:00-10:30 am
▪ Zhimin Zhang
Eigenvalue Approximation Enhancement based on Gradient Recovery
 ▪ Leah L. Sharipova
Modelling the Influence of Mechanical Factors on the Growth Plate
 ▪ Yongji Tan
Identification of the Intensity of the Pollution Source
10:30-11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 nn Plenary Lecture
Chairman: Ding-Xuan Zhou
Lecture Theatre 1

▪ Roderick S.C. Wong
City University of Hong Kong
Boundary Layer Theory and Exponential Asymptotics
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30-2:30 pm Plenary Lecture
Chairman: Jonathan Wylie
Lecture Theatre 1

▪ Robert M. Miura
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Stretching of Heated Threads: Glass Microelectrodes
2:35-3:35 pm Parallel Sessions for Invited Talks
SESSION I

Chairman: I-Liang Chern
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Yibin Fu
Room Y5-206
2:35-3:05 pm
▪ Yang Xiang
A Continuum Model for the Long-Range Elastic Effect on Epitaxial Surfaces
 ▪ David M. Haughton
Exact Solutions in Nonlinear Elasticity
3:05-3:35 pm
▪ Huaxiong Huang
Moisture Transport and Diffusive Instability during Bread Baking
 ▪ David J. Steigmann
Perforation of Thin Elastic Sheets by a Transverse Indenter
3:35-4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00-5:30 pm Parallel Sessions for Invited Talks
SESSION I

Chairman: Yongji Tan
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Yi-chao Chen
Room Y5-206
4:00-4:30 pm
▪ Graeme Fairweather
Alternating Direction Implicit Orthogonal Spline Collocation Methods for Time Dependent Problems
 ▪ Yibin Fu
Post-Bifurcation Analysis of a Thin-Walled Hyperelastic Tube under Inflation
4:30-5:00 pm
▪ Shunlong Luo
Matrix Inequalities Motivated by Quantum Information
 ▪ Giuseppe Saccomandi
Secondary Deformations in Nonlinear Elasticity: The Stress Field in a Pulled Cork
5:00-5:30 pm
 
 
 ▪ Jeyabal Sivaloganathan
On the Symmetry of Energy Minimising Deformations in Nonlinear Elasticity
from 6:30 pm Conference Banquet
City Chinese Restaurant, 8/F, Amenities Building
(To get there, please take Lift 19 or 20 near the Swimming Pool at Amenities Building from 3/F to 8/F)


DAY 5 – June 5, 2008 (Thursday)
9:00-10:00 am Plenary Lecture
Chairman: Ya Yan Lu
Lecture Theatre 1

▪ Vladimir Rokhlin
Yale University
Accurate Randomized Algorithms of Numerical Analysis
10:00-11:00 am Plenary Lecture
Chairman: Wei Wei Sun
Lecture Theatre 1

▪ Graeme W. Milton
University of Utah
Variational Principles for Acoustics, Elastodynamics and Electromagnetism
11:00-11:30 am Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 pm Parallel Contributed Talks
SESSION I

Chairman: Jianli Xie
Lecture Theatre 1
 SESSION II

Chairman: Hui-Hui Dai
Room Y5-206
 SESSION III

Chairman: Juan Olives
Room Y5-204
11:30-11:50 am
▪ Zhiwei Pan
Least Square Regularized Regression with Dependent and Not Identical Sampling
 ▪ Jingzhi Li
Blending Finite Elements for Elliptic Interface Problems with Optimal Convergence
 ▪ Jeong-Mi Yoon
An Adomian Decomposition Method for Solving Predator-Prey Model
11:50-12:10 pm
▪ Junyi Zhu
Perturbations of Davey-Stewarston (DS) Equation and their Solutions
 ▪ Dawei Song
Fourth-Order Finite Difference Methods for Diffraction Gratings
 ▪ Zeng-Qi Wang
On Accelerated SOR-Like Methods for Augmented Linear Systems
12:10-12:30 pm
▪ Douglas Kei Shing Ng
Knowledge Discovery and Management in Biomedical Information Systems
 ▪ Hongyu Liu
Recovery of Inhomogeneities and Buried Obstacles
 ▪ Buyang Li
Newton-Cotes Rule and its Superconvergence for Hadamard Finite-Part Integrals on a Curve
 
Last Update: May 30, 2008
Remarks:
▪ Lecture Theatre 1 is located at Academic Building 4/F and Rooms Y5-### are located at Academic Building 5/F.
▪ For presentation, all rooms are equipped with a desktop computer, a cable for connecting a notebook computer, an overhead projector and whiteboards.
▪ Participants can use Rooms Y5-202, Y5-203 and Y5-205 as study rooms.
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