In my room, the world is beyond my understanding / But when I walk, I see that it consists of three or four hills and a cloud. - WALLACE STEVENS

e-mail: websterj@umbc.edu

Phone (Office): 410/455-2183

Office: MP430

Mailing Address:

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Univ. Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250

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Google Scholar , Research Gate

UMBC Department of Mathematics and Statistics:

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Current NSF funding.

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Discussion of 2019-2022 NSF work on energy harvesting.

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Survey article in The Conversation about my work on flutter.

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2018 book on Mathematical Aeroelasticity

Mathematical Theory of Flow/Fluid-Structure Interactions in Oberwolfach Seminars.

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General Interest:

mathematical modeling, applied pde, nonlinear evolutions, dynamical systems, semigroups and monotone operator theory, coupled systems of PDE, control of PDE, numerical simulation of PDE

Specific Research Topics:

nonlinear elasticity, von Karman evolutions, fluid and flow-structure interactions, long-time behavior of fluid-structure interactions, axial flow, nonlinear/degenerate equations, evolutions in L^1, poro and visco elasticity, periodic solutions

Applications:

flutter suppression and control, aeroelasticity, snoring and sleep apnea, piezoelectric energy harvesting, methane hydrate formation, dynamics of the human tissue, flows in geoscience, hydrology, biological organ systems