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Lecture Series given by Jerrold E. Marsden
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CDS 205 -- Spring 2005
Third Term

Geometric Mechanics

Prerequisites: CDS 202, CDS 140

Student Presentations
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
Watson 104

  • 9:30-9:45 AM, Philip Du Toit, "Astrojax Pendulum: A study in Variational Integration, Pattern Evocation, and Reduction"
  • 9:45-10:00 AM, Andy Lamperski, "Examining Duality in the Contexts of Mechanics and Optimization"
  • 10:00-10:15 AM, John Carson, "Examining Geometric Integration for Propagating Orbit Trajectories with Non-Conservative Forcing"
  • 10:15-10:30 AM, Nicolas Hudson, "Mobility of Coupled Rigid Bodies in an Ideal Fluid"
  • 10:30-10:45 AM, Ari Stern, "Discrete Electromagnetism with DEC"
  • 10:45-11:00 AM, Farshid Roumi, "Geometric Mechanics and Elasticity"
  • 11:00-11:15 AM, Dennice Gayme, "Stabilization of Free Rigid Body Dynamics using a Single Internal Rotor"
  • 11:15-11:30 AM, Lei Zhang, "On Whitham's Averaging Method"
  • 11:30-11:45 AM, Artan Sheshmani, "Derivation of Geometric Phase for a Planar Closed Four-link Mechanism with Internal Actuator"