This is the NCSU-based home of researcher and mathematician Lucus Van Blaircum.
Advisor: Ralph Smith
Funding: NSF Grant, RTG Initiative
Research: Mathematical Modeling of Lignocellulosic Biofuel Synthesis
Immediate Interests: Finite Differences on Time Varying Domains, Modeling Conservation Laws, Parameter Optimization, Computational Fluid Dynamics
AMGSS Talk given on 31 October. A copy of the presentation is available here.
MA784 Presentation given on 28 April. A copy of the presentation is available here.
AMGSS Talk given on 11 April. A copy of the presentation is available here.
AMGSS Talk given on 30 August 2010. A copy of the presentation is available here.
NCSU REU Talk given June 2010. A copy of the presentation is available here. (It has no math.)
Information on this year's REU can be found here
Many things recent and research related can now be found on the Research page.
A calendar containing my work-related activities.
Work being defined as school and research.
A special thanks to Jim Rohal for showing me how to upload department events.
A list of all-time favorite quotes, sayings and all other things spoken.
And, yes, Sam Ivy does deserve his own, ever expanding, section.
Download Sun Tzu's The Art Of War here.
Download Lau Tsu's Tao Te Ching here.