Detailed Schedule of Contributed Talks

1. Ravi Agarwal (agarwal@fit.edu), Mathematical Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
   Invited Talk: Recent Trends in Singular Boundary Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations
   


2. Vasilios Alexiades, Math, University of Tennessee
   Talk: Cascade of Biochemical Reactions Instigating Phototransduction
   


3. John Baxley (baxley@wfu.edu), Mathematics, Wake Forest University
   Talk: Computation of Multiple Solutions of Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems
   


4. Boris Belinskiy (Boris-Belinskiy@utc.edu), Mathematics, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga
   Talk: Two independent controls are required to control a ring
   


5. Chiu Yeung Chan (chan@louisiana.edu), Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
   Talk: Single-point and complete quenching
   


6. Maya Chhetri (maya@uncg.edu), Mathematical Sciences, UNC Greensboro
   Talk: An existence result for a class of quasilinear semipositone problems
   


7. Mary Cunningham (cunnme3@wfu.edu), Mathematics, Wake Forest University
   Talk: Positive Solutions of a Nonlinear Boundary Value Problem
   


8. Jeffrey J. DaCunha (Jeffrey.Dacunha@usma.edu), Mathematical Sciences, United States Military Academy
   Talk: Generalized Matrix Exponentials and Transition Matrices via Peano-Baker Series
   


9. Wandi Ding (ding@math.utk.edu), Mathematics, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
   Talk: Optimal Control of Hybrid Systems involving ODEs
   


10. Martin Eggensperger (Meggensperger@seark.edu), General Studies, Southeast Arkansas College
    Talk: An elastic beam problem with nonlocal response
    


11. Richard Fabiano (fabiano@uncg.edu), Mathematical Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Talk: A stability result for a retarded delay equation with multiple delays
    


12. John Graef (john-graef@utc.edu), Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Talk: Nonlinear Limit-Point/Limit-Circle Results for Second Order Equations with p-Laplacian
    


13. Noureddine Hannoun (hannoun@math.utk.edu), Mathematics, University of Tennessee
    Talk: A Reference Solution for Phase Change with Convection
    


14. Betty Jean Harmsen (bettyjeanharmsen@cs.com)
    Talk: Discrete Sturm-Liouville Problems with Parameter in the Boundary Condition
    


15. Johnny Henderson (Johnny_Henderson@baylor.edu), Department of Mathematics, Baylor University
    Invited Talk: Uniqueness Implies Existence and Uniqueness Criterion for Certain Nonlocal Boundary Value Problems for Third Order Ordinary Differential Equations
    


16. Selwyn Hollis (hollisse@mail.armstrong.edu), Mathematics, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    Talk: Modeling Bark Beetle Infestations in Pine Forest Ecosystems
    


17. Volodymyr Hrynkiv (hrynkiv@math.utk.edu), Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
    Talk: Optimal control of convective boundary condition in a thermistor problem
    


18. Muhammad Islam (muhammad.islam@notes.udayton.edu), Mathematics, University of Dayton
    Talk: Periodic solutions of nonlinear neutral differential equations with functional delay
    


19. Billy Jackson (B_Jackson@baylor.edu), Mathematics, Baylor University
    Talk: Exact Equations on Time Scales
    


20. Yulia Karpeshina (karpeshi@math.uab.edu), Mathematics, UAB
    Talk: Spectral properties of a polyharmonic operator
    


21. Eric R Kaufmann (erkaufmann@ualr.edu), Mathematics & Statistics, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    Talk: A Singular Three-point Boundary Value Problem
    


22. Billur Kaymakcalan (billur@georgiasouthern.edu), Mathematical Sciences, Georgia Southern University
    Talk: Langenhop's Inequality on Time Scales and some applications.
    


23. Jeff Knisley (knisleyj@etsu.edu), Mathematics, East Tennessee State University
    Talk: Neuroscience and Quantum Graph Theory
    


24. Nickolai Kosmatov (nxkosmatov@ualr.edu), Mathematics and Statistics, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    Talk: A symmetric multi-point boundary value problems at resonance
    


25. Peter Kuchment (kuchment@math.tamu.edu), Math Department, Texas A&M University
    Invited Talk: Differential Operators on Graphs and Their Applications
    


26. Suzanne Lenhart (lenhart@math.utk.edu), Math, University of Tennessee
    Talk: Optimal Control of a CPR Model
    


27. Jin-Guo Lian (lian@math.uab.edu), Math Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Talk: Periodic Pattern formation in the Gray-Scott model
    


28. Hyeona Lim (hlim@math.msstate.edu), Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University
    Talk: High-Order Schemes for Acoustic Waveform
    


29. John Matthews (Matt-Matthews@utc.edu), Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Talk: Granular Flows Through Nonaxisymmetric Converging Hoppers
    


30. Maeve L. McCarthy (maeve.mccarthy@murraystate.edu), Mathematics & Statistics, Murray State University
    Talk: Isospectral membranes: a connection between shape and density
    


31. Ronald E. Mickens (Rohrs@math.gatech.edu), Physics, Clark Atlanta University
    Talk: The Discrete Linear Harmonic Oscillator
    


32. Serguei Naboko (naboko@catbert.math.uab.edu), Mathematical Physics, St. Petersburg State University
    Talk: On the spectral analysis of the selfadjoint Jacobi Matrices
    


33. Hoan Nguyen (hknguyen@ncsu.edu), SAMSI/CRSC, NCSU
    Talk: Volterra Systems with Realizable Kernels
    


34. Seth Oppenheimer (seth@math.msstate.edu), Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University
    Talk: A model for parathion desulfuration in a liver sinusoid
    


35. 'Kale Oyedeji (koyedeji@morehouse.edu), Physics, Morehouse College
    Talk: Examination of Numerical and Approximate Analytical Solutions for the Non-linear Oscillator Equation d²x/dt² + x³ = -ε(dx/dt)³.
    


36. Kanishka Perera (kperera@fit.edu), Department of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
    Talk: p-Laplacian problems where the nonlinearity crosses an eigenvalue
    


37. Mark Pierson (mapiers2@math.vt.edu), Dept of Mathematics (0123), Virginia Tech
    Talk: Introduction to Abstract Differential-Algebraic Equations
    


38. Youssef Raffoul (youssef.raffoul@notes.udayton.edu), Mathematics, University of Dayton
    Talk: Boundedness In NonLinear Functional Differential Equations With applications To Volterra Integrodifferential Equations
    


39. Sarah Raynor (raynorsg@wfu.edu), Mathematics, Wake Forest University
    Talk: Blowup Solutions of the Semilinear Schrodinger Equation
    


40. John Paul Roop (jroop@vt.edu), Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech
    Talk: The Fractional Advection Dispersion Equation in R^d
    


41. David Russell (russell@math.vt.edu), Mathematics, Virginia Tech
    Invited Talk: Forward Stabilized Spline Interpolation
    


42. Oleg Safronov (oleg@math.uab.edu), Mathematics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Talk: Some results on the absolutely continuous spectrum of multi-dimensional Schroedinger operators
    


43. Greg Spradlin (spradlig@erau.edu), Mathematics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    Talk: Interacting Solutions of a Hamiltonian System
    


44. Greg Spradlin (spradlig@erau.edu), Mathematics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    Talk: Extending Lanchester's Equations to the Time-Space Domain
    


45. Gunter Stölz (stolz@math.uab.edu), Mathematics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Talk: Lower transport bounds for random Schrodinger operators
    


46. Yijun Sun (ys101@msstate.edu), Math and Statistics, Mississippi State University
    Talk: Global Attractivity of Solutions of Nonlinear Delay Differential Equations with Forcing Term
    


47. Haiyan Tian (tianh@uwstout.edu), Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Stout
    Talk: Multi-dimensional blow-up due to a concentrated nonlinear source
    


48. Fatma Serap Topal (fatma.topal@wku.edu), Department of Mathematics, Western Kentucky University
    Talk: Calculus of Variations on Time Scales
    


49. William Trench (wtrench@trinity.edu), Mathematics, Trinity University
    Talk: Functional Perturbations of Nonoscillatory Second Order Difference Equations
    


50. Haiyan Wang (hwang@uca.edu), Department of Mathematics, University of Central Arkansas
    Talk: Positive Solutions of Systems of Nonlinear Differential Equations
    


51. Xubo Wang (xbw0554@louisiana.edu), Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Talk: Existence and uniqueness for a Quasilinear Size-Structured Population Model
    


52. Andrew Whittle (whittle@math.utk.edu), Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Talk: An optimal control problem for a discrete time gypsy moth model.
    


53. Pat Wilber (pwilber@math.uakron.edu), Mathematics, University of Akron
    Talk: Invariant Manifolds Describing the Dynamics
    


54. Yongzhi Xu (ysxu0001@louisville.edu), Mathematics, University of Louisville
    Talk: A free boundary problem of parabolic equation with integral condition
    


55. Bo Yang (byang@kennesaw.edu), Mathematics, Kennesaw State University
    Talk: Positive Solutions to a Multi-point Higher Order Boundary Value Problem
    


56. Ernest Yankson (yanksoez@notes.udayton.edu), Mathematics, University of Dayton
    Talk: Stability In Neutral Nonlinear Differential Equations With Functional Delays Using Fixed Point Theory
    


57. Karen Yokley (kayokley@unity.ncsu.edu), CRSC/Mathematics, North Carolina State University
    Talk: Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Benzene in Humans: A Bayesian Approach
    


58. Hong-Kun Zhang (zhang@math.uab.edu), Mathematics, UAB
    Talk: Differential operators and the smoothness of the local stable manifold for dispersing billiards