Kellen Petersen
Curriculum Vitae
Contact
Information
Department of Mathematics
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
New York, NY 10012
phone: (801) 230-3617
email: kellen@cims.nyu.edu
http://math.nyu.edu/∼kellen/
Research
Interests
Phae Field Modeling, Numerical Analysis, Shape Optimization, and Complex Fluids
Education
New York University, New York, New York, 4.0 GPA
Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Mathematics.
New York University, New York, New York, 4.0 GPA
M.S., Applied Mathematics, May 2009
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 3.952 GPA
B.S., Mathematics (University and Departmental Honors), Math GPA: 3.955
Honors Thesis: Fluid Connectivity, Percolation Theory, and the Southern Alps of New Zealand
Advisor : Kenneth M. Golden, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
B.S., Physics, Physics GPA: 4.0
Cum Laude, May 2007
Publications
J. Vry, R. Powell, K.M. Golden, and K. Petersen, “The role of exhumation in metamorphic dehydration
and fluid production,” Nature Geoscience, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 31-35, doi:10.1038/ngeo699, January
2010.
K. Petersen, “Bunch Compression in the International Linear Collider,” published online:
http://www-project.slac.stanford.edu/ilc/acceldev/LET/G3BC_Petersen.pdf
Talks and
Presentations
Invited Talk, Computational Statistical Mechanics Group, Courant Institute of Mathematical Science,
New York University, New York, New York, USA, December 10, 2012
Invited Talk, Materials Working Group, Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University, New York, New York, USA, November 28, 2012
Contributed Talk, American Physical Society Annual Meeting: Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego,
California, USA, November 18-20, 2011
Invited Talk, Colloquium at New Jersey Insitute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA, September
2012
Invited Poster, IMA Special Workshop: Mathematics and the Materials Genome Initiative, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September 12-15, 2012
Invited Junior Talk, Bridging Scales in Computational Polymer Chemistry, Providence, Rhode Island,
USA, August 6-10, 2012
Invited Talk, Applied and Computational Mathematics Division (ACMD) Seminar Series at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, July 30, 2012
Poster Presentation, 18th Symposiums on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, Colorado, June 24-29,
2012
Presentation, 86th Colloids and Surfaces Symposium of the American Chemical Society, Baltimore,
Maryland, June 10-13, 2012
Contributed Talk, Ninth Annual Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathemetics
2012, Newark, New Jersey, May 18-20, 2012
Contributed Talk, Midwest Numerical Analysis Days 2012, South Bend, Indiana, May 12-13, 2012
“Transition Between Metastable States of Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces.” Mid-Atlantic
Regional Student Conference, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, April 7, 2012
(20 minutes)
“Positioning and Alignment of Vanadium Oxide Nanoribbons by AC Dielectrophoresis.” REU Participants’ Colloquium, Columbia University, New York, New York, August 4, 2006 (20 minutes)
“Bunch Compression in the International Linear Collider.” REU Participants’ Colloquium, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, August 9, 2005 (20 minutes)
“Composite Materials.” REU Participants’ Colloquium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah,
March 9, 2005 (50 minutes)
Conferences and American Physical Society Annual Meeting: Division of Fluid Dynamics
Summer Schools
Note: Contributed Talk
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Dates: November 18-20, 2011
IMA Special Workshop: Mathematics and the Materials Genome Initiative
Note: Invited Visit and Poster
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Dates: September 12-15, 2012
Bridging Scales in Computational Polymer Chemistry
Note: Invited Junior Talk
Location: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Dates: August 6-10, 2012
18th Symposiums on Thermophysical Properties
Note: Poster Presentation
Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dates: June 24-29, 2012
86th Colloids and Surfaces Symposium of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Note: Presentation
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dates: June 10-13, 2012
Ninth Annual Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathemetics 2012
Note: Contributed Talk
Location: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Dates: May 18-20, 2012
Midwest Numerical Analysis Days 2012
Note: Contributed Talk
Location: South Bend, Indiana, USA
Dates: May 12-13, 2012
Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference
Note: Presentation and chaired a conference session
Location: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Dates: April 6-7, 2012
NYU-Tulane 2012 FRG Workshop
Location: New York, New York, USA
Dates: February 10-11, 2012
American Physical Society Annual Meeting: Division of Fluid Dynamics
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dates: November 20-22, 2011
von Neumann Symposium: Multimodel and Multialgorithm Coupling for Multiscale Problems
Location: Snowbird, Utah, USA
Dates: July 4-7, 2011
24th Biennial Conference on Numerical Analysis
Location: University of Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dates: June 28 - July 1, 2011
Warwick/ Numerical Algorithms and Intelligent Software DUNE Summer School 2011
Location: University of Warwick, England, United Kingdom
Dates: June 20-24, 2011
Teaching
I have taught and assisant taught classes from undergraduate to graduate level:
· Recitation Instructor: Undergraduate-Level Introduction to Numerical Analysis (Twice)
· Recitation Instructor: Calculus I
· Course Instructor: Calculus III
· Grader: Scientific Computing (Masters Level)
· Recitation Instructor: Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I (Masters Level)
Honors and
Awards
New York University, New York, New York
· Travel Support to attend Materials Genome Initiative Workshop (2012)
· Travel Support to attend Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics:
Bridging Scales in Computational Polymer Chemistry (2012)
· Summer Support Awarded from the Courant Institute (2012)
· Honorarium to visit the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and deliver talk
at the Applied and Computational Mathematics Division (ACMD) (2012)
· Travel Support to Ninth Annual Conference on Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathemetics (2012)
· Travel Support to Midwest Numerical Analysis Days (2012)
· Travel Support to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference (2012)
· American Mathematical Society Travel Support (2011)
· 24th Biennial Conference on Numerical Analysis Conference Support (2011)
· Summer Support Awarded from the Courant Institute (2011)
· MacCracken Ph.D. Fellowship, Department of Mathematics, NYU (2009-2012)
· RTG Ph.D. Fellowship: Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing, NSF (2007-2009)
· Summer Funding in the Applied Mathematics Laboratory (AML) at the Courant Institute (Summer
2009)
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
· College of Science Research Scholar Award (2007)
· College of Science Dean’s Scholarship (2006)
· Honors at Entrance Scholarship
· Barry S. Goldwater Honorable Mention (2006)
· Kennecott Scholarship (2006)
· Lloyd E. Malm Chemistry Award (Chemistry Department, 2004)
· Dean’s List of Distinguished Students (every semester)
· Farmer’s Insurance Scholarship (2004-2005)
· James B. and Betty Debenham Scholarship (2006)
· Undergraduate Representative fot the Mathematics Department at the NWCCU Accreditation
Luncheon (2006)
· Undergraduate Representative fot the Physics Department at the NWCCU Accreditation Luncheon
(2006)
· Delta Epsilon Chi, Internaional Leadership Organization
· Pi Mu Epsilon, National Mathematics Honor Society
· Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honor Society
· Founded student SIAM chapter at the University of Utah (2006)
Experience
Research Assistant, Summer 2009
I studied the relation between virtual mass and self-propulsion of objects in a fluid. In particular,
I studied the theory of inertial swimming, and built various small models, some of which shoe this
phenomenon. We also plan to carry out numerical experiments to compare data obtain from our
physical experiments in the lab.
Advisor: Steve Childress
Applied Mathematics Laboratory, Department of Mathematics, Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York
Assistant, Summer 2007
I assisted in editing and preparing for English publication the Russian text “Towards a Unified
Geometrical Theory of Control”
Advisor: Anatoliy Butkovskiy (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Control Sciences)
Department of Mathematics, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
Research Assistant, 2006-2007
Worked in collaboration with Dr. Julie Vry from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
on applying percolation theory from statistical physics to studying mountain formation and water
generation in the South Island of New Zealand by showing the connectivity of fluid during the
formation period produces anomalies in the fluid conductivity
Advisor: Kenneth M. Golden
Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
REU Research Assistant, Spring 2006
Created electric simulations for various electrode geometries, performed numerical calculations
to determine the AC dielectrophoresis dependence on various parameters, aligned and positions
vanadium oxide nanoribbons onto electrodes and optimized this process
Advisor: Irving Herman
Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New
York
REU Research Assistant, Summer 2005
Simulated the bunch compression process for potential designs of the Bunch Compressor for the
International Linear Collider in an effort to optimize it and understand its limitations
Advisor: Gerald Dugan
Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Research Assistant, 2004-2005
Studied conduction in composite materials that have interesting microgeometries, in particular,
solved the problem of coated cylinder assemblages with a core of on material and a shell of another
which has applications to Hall coefficients of composite materials
Advisor: Graeme W. Milton
Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Laboratory Assistant, 2004-2005
Developed methods to reliably produce platinum wire tips of sub-10 nanomater radii by a chemical
etching process to use in Scanning Electron Microscopes
Advisor: Clayton Williams
Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Equipment
Experience
· Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
· Tunneling Electron Microscope (TEM)
· TA Q50 Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) with dual range microbalance and a furnace that
heats samples to 1000 degrees C
· Malvern Zetasizer Nano-ZS Test Measurement System used to measure zetapotential and particle
sizes
· Edwards/BOC Thermal Evaporator used for thin film deposition of metals
· Oxford PlasmaLab 80 Plus ICP 65 (Inductively Coupled Etching) used for anisotropic etching of
Si, SiO2 , SiN , and dielectric materials
· UV Ozone Cleaner used fot substrate surface cleaning
Skills
Familiar with MATLAB, Maple, LATEX, and Fortran
References
Available upon request.