Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
On-Campus Interdisciplinary Interactions
- Kidney Modeling:
Reginald Tewarson with Department of Physiology.
Mathematical models of kidney function are being developed and
numerically simulated.
- Photonic crystals and semiconductor power devices:
- Geology and Groundwater:
Brent Lindquist with Ron Peierls of Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
Computation of groundwater motion at the BNL site using the
Partnership in Computational Science (PICS) GCT code.
- Geostatistics and Groundwater Modeling:
James Glimm, Brent Lindquist, Qiang Zhang, Ari Kaufman and the PICS consortium (which includes petroleum
engineers, hydrologists, geoscientists, mathematicians and computer
scientists). In this project computational models for geologies
are developed based on fractal and self similar fields. In addition graphical tools
are developed for rendering the results.
- Fast Graphics Rendering:
Estie Arkin, Joe Mitchell with Ari Kaufman (CS).
- Health Psychology:
Nancy Mendell and Weidner (Psychology).
Impact of gender, stress and family
environment on cardiovascular risk factors .
- Psychological Therapy:
Nancy Mendell and Goldfried (Psychology).
Taxonomy of Therapy Strategies.
- Neuro Psychology:
Nancy Mendell and Bolton (Neurology).
Impact on neurological disorders on
cognitive development.
- Clinical Psychology:
Nancy Mendell and O'Leary (Clinical Psychology).
Evaluation of the impact of marital
stress on depression.
- Social Psychology:
Nancy Mendell and Friend (Social Psychology).
Evaluation of the impact of social support
on compliance and survival.
- Statistical Genetics:
Nancy Mendell and Leske and Hyman (Preventive Medicine).
Population Genetics of Barbados Blacks and Genetics of glaucoma.
- Neurobiology and Behavior:
Nancy Mendell and Cabot (Neurobiology).
Statistical Methodology for characterizing GABA+
Cells.
- Statistical Consulting Unit:
Steven Finch, Nancy Mendell.
This unit has had numerous short
term collaborations and consultations with all of the natural and
physical sciences on campus ie astronomy, marine science, ecology
and evolution.
- Electronic Devices:
James Glimm, Folkert Tangerman with Materials Science and
Mechanical Engineering.
The goal is to model
the manufacturing process for the fabrication of actual
electronic devices.
- Protein DNA:
Yuefan Deng, James Glimm, and Department of Pharmacology.
Parallel computing is involved in trying to
understand how long molecules fold, in three dimensions.
- Skin Deformation (Initiative):
Michael Taksar and Qiang Zhang with physician Dr. Siegel.
In order to ensure that plastic surgery be successful
it is necessary to understand how the skin stretches.
The objective is to replace the paper models currently used
by a mathematical model of the stretching of skin tissue.
- Models of Blood Clotting:
Edward Beltrami and the Hematology Department (Health Sciences Center).
- Plankton Blooms:
Edward Beltrami with Marine Sciences Research Center and Suffolk County Dept. of Public Health
The objective is to develop models for plankton blooms in Peconic Bay.
- Long Island Consortium
for Interconnected Learning in Quantitative Disciplines
Alan Tucker with Dept. of Technology \& Society, and many other
organizations.
- Mathematical Sciences and Its Application Across the Curriculum (Initiative):
Alan Tucker and Ron Douglas (Math).
This project involves faculty in all quantitatively oriented
departments across West Campus as well as faculty at 10 other
institutions on Long Island. The effort seeks to change the culture in
quantitative instruction to make students more
actively engaged in the learning process, through
use of technology, pedagogical techniques (such as group learning)
greater coordination of material among departments
- Neurology:
AMS graduate student Steve Rosenthal and Ted Carnevalle (neurology,
currently at Yale).
The objective is to design mathematical methods for realistic neuron
modeling.
- Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science:
Alan Tucker and Peter Henderson.
The objective is to develop an innovative approach to
the first course in computer science that stresses problem-
solving strategies rather than computer programming.
- Manufacture of Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials:
James Glimm, Folkert Tangerman, Peter Jardine (Materials Science) and
Nortrop-Grumman Advanced Technology Developement Center.
The goal of this project is to develop procedures for the manufacture
of void-free product by resin transfer molding.
- Biomedical Imaging (Initiative
James Glimm, Gene Gindi (HSC Radiology), Theo Pavilidis (CS) etc.
The goal of this initiative is to establish a department of
biomedical engineering at Stony Brook with a focus on imaging technology.
- Turbulence:
AMS Intel Paragon use by Foluso Ladeinde (Mechanical Engineering) for
turbulence studies.
- Thin Film Deposition:
AMS Intel Paragon use by Vish Prasad (Mechanical Engineering) for
thin film deposition simulations.
- VLSI:
AMS iPSC/860 use by Dali Tao (EE) for testing very large scale integrated
circuit design packages.
- Computer Science:
AMS Intel Paragon use by Bruce McMillan (CS) for a parallel computing
course.