Ph.D. 1985 (applied mathematics), M.S. 1984 (applied mathematics), Arizona; B.A. 1981 (mathematics), Colorado.
Michael Shelley
Lilian and George Lyttle Professor of Applied Mathematics
Applied mathematics and modeling, fluid dynamics, computational physics and methods, numerical analysis, visual and computational neuroscience, biophysics, biophysical fluid dynamics.
Board of Editors, Journal of Nonlinear Science; Defense Science Study Group, Institute for Defense Analysis.
National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1991-1996; National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1989-1991; NASA Computational Fluid Dynamics Fellowship, 1983-1984.
On the stability of time-harmonic localized states in a disordered medium, with J. Bronski, and D. McLaughlin.
J. Statistical Physics. Forthcoming 1996.
Long-time evolution of vortex sheets with surface tension, with T. Hou, and J. Lowengrub. Physics of Fluids A. Forthcoming 1996.
On models of non-Newtonian Hele-Shaw flow, with L. Kondic and P. Palffy-Muhoray. Physical Review E, 54. 1996.
A paraxial model for optical self-focusing in a nematic liquid crystal, with D. McLaughlin, D. Muraki and X. Wang. Physica D, 88. 1995. 55.
An attracting manifold for a viscous topology transition, with R. Goldstein and A. Pesci. Physical Review Letters, 75. 1995. 3665.
Long-time evolution of vortex sheets with surface tension, with T. Hou, and J. Lowengrub. Physics of Fluids A. Forthcoming 1996.
On models of non-Newtonian Hele-Shaw flow, with L. Kondic and P. Palffy-Muhoray. Physical Review E, 54. 1996.
A paraxial model for optical self-focusing in a nematic liquid crystal, with D. McLaughlin, D. Muraki and X. Wang. Physica D, 88. 1995. 55.
An attracting manifold for a viscous topology transition, with R. Goldstein and A. Pesci. Physical Review Letters, 75. 1995. 3665.
Michael Shelley
Lilian and George Lyttle Professor of Applied Mathematics shelley@cims.nyu.edu 251 Mercer Street New York City, NY 10012Phone: (212) 998-3284