Sarah Williams

Dr. Sarah Williams (CV)
Applied Mathematics, UNC Chapel Hill
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Numerical Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics

"Algorithm refinement for fluctuating hydrodynamics,"
with John B. Bell and Alejandro L. Garcia; in submission

"Numerical methods for the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz Navier-Stokes equations,"
with John B. Bell and Alejandro L. Garcia; Phys. Rev. E 76, 016708 (2007)

"A Multiscale Hybrid Method for Compressible Fluids, with Fluctuations" (slides).

Mathematical Modeling for Students

UC Davis Math Modeling Experience (founding director)

Math Modeling Competitions

Math Career Info

Q: What kinds jobs do math majors get? A: here

"It pays to be a math geek"

Occupational Outlook for PhD mathematicians

Misc.

Coffee cup of the future, available today.

Dog wheel of the future, available in the future.

What's shakin'?

What I did last summer.

Student Modeling Hall of Fame

Hotel Cleaning Scheduling,
Anna Chen, Cynthia He, Rossy Tzankova, Serena Yeung (Davis High School).
HiMCM National Outstanding, 2004.

"Single Beam Sonar Topographic Generation Model,"
Michael Graves, Cynthia He, David Liu, Serena Yeung (Davis High School).
HiMCM Regional Outstanding, 2005.

"Optimization of Irrigation,"
Bryan Bell, Yaroslav Gelfand, Simpson Wong (UC Davis).
Outstanding MCM paper, 2006.
Published in the UMAP Journal 27(3), Fall 2006.

"Probability Modeling of Tsunami Warning Systems,"
Luis de la Torre, David Karapetyan, Mattea Ning (UC Davis).
Fall 2006.

"Methods of Redistricting with an Application to New York,"
Matthew Reed, Seth Herve, Yun Rui Cai (UC Davis).
Meritorious MCM Paper, 2007.

A Carbon Emissions Analysis,
Kate Alexander, Ian Brown, and Daisy Zhou (Davis High School).
Fall 2006.



Updated 7/3/2007