Research Activities ( Yong Jung Kim )

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applied Mathematics, Nonlinear PDE, Convection-Diffusion Equations, Numerical Analysis, Similarity Variables and Asymptotics in Diffusion Equations, Transport in Porous Media

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Mathematics, August, 1999, University. of Wisconsin-Madison

Minor: Computer Science (Numerical Analysis)
Advisor:Athanasios E. Tzavaras, Professor, Mathematics

B. S., Mathematics

February, 1988, Seoul National University(Korea)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Visiting Assistant Professor,

2001-Present, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota

Post-doctoral Associate

1999-2001, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Minnesota

RESEARCH TALKS

1999.2.22, a self-similar viscosity approach for the Riemann problem in isentropic gas dynamics, AMS Computational Math Seminars, Stony Brook
2000.2.29, Meta-Stability of the Burgers Equation, IMA
2001.2.15, Piecewise Self-similar Solutions and a Numerical Scheme based on it, Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis Seminar, U of MN-Minneapolis
2001.4.4, Asymptotic Behavior of Scalar Conservation Laws through Piecewise Self-Similarity Solutions,IMA
2001.10.12, meta-stability in Burgers equation and a numerical scheme, The Applied Math - PDE seminar at UW, Madison
2002.10.12-13, participation talk scheduled on similarity scheme, AMS Sectional Meeting, Madison, WI.

RESEARCH TRIPS

2000.4.1-4.14, To visit Professor Shi Jin, Georgia Tech.
2001.4.24-4.29, To visit Professor Dafermos, Brown University
2001.10.10-14.29, To visit Professor Tzavaras, UW-Madison
2002.10., To visit Professor McCann, University of Toronto

WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATED

1999.9-2000.6, Reactive Flow and Transport Phenomena, IMA
2000.9-2001.6, Mathematics in Multimedia, IMA
2001.4.27-4.29, Conference in continuum mechanics and conservation laws, Brown University