DAVID A. YUEN
Professor
PhD, 1978, University of California-Los Angeles
Research Group Web Page: Dr. Yuen's Research Group
Office: 23 Pillsbury Hall
Phone: (612) 624-9801
Fax: (612) 625-3819
Email: davey@msi.umn.edu
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Research Interests
I work on a variety of problems in numerical
modelling of geophysical and geological phenomena. We focus
on leading edge problems of computational nature, always trying
to push the envelope out further. We are also heavily involved
in state-of-the-art visualization of very large data sets in
the Laboratory for Computational Science and Engineering and
the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute. We work on problems
involving all scales ranging from the angstrom level, using
molecular dynamics, to convection in the EarthÕs mantle and
other planetary mantles. Our approach is very eclectic, embracing
all disciplines. I am interested in applied mathematics, physics,
physical chemistry, earth and planetary sciences, and computers.
We aim for modern approaches in all endeavors. We strive to
apply modern techniques to all of our endeavors. Often this
calls for a period of intense learning and retooling new topics,
such as self-organized criticality, multifractals and wavelets.
Professional Society Memberships
- American Geophysical Union
- American Chemical Society
- American Physical Society
- Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Honors and Awards
- 2005, Fellow, American Geophysics Union
- 1997, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (Fellow)
- 1996, Humboldt Fellow award
Courses Taught
- Solid Earth Geophysics I and II
- Planets of the Solar System
- Time Series Analysis of Geologic Phenomena
- Geological Thermal-Mechanical Modeling
Supervised Graduate Theses
- Tine B. Larsen, PhD, 1996, Numerical modeling of thermal
convection applied to geological systems: influences of rheology
and viscous heating.
- Joy M. Branlund, M.S. , 2000, Modelling of Shear Deformation
Zones with Thermal and Rheological Feedbacks
Selected Publications
Recent Research Support
- NSF-EAR, Role of Shear Heating in the Generation and Ascent
of Granitic, Basaltic and Komatiitic magma.
- NSF-EAR, the use of Wavelets in Geophysical Flows,
- DOE-geosciences, Sedimentary Basin, rheological flows and
magma dynamics
- S.G.I.-CRAY, Mixing Dynamics and Visualization
- Corning Glass, The modelling of Glass dynamics
- NATO, Large-Scale Numerical Simulation and Scientific Visualization
( with Canada and Czech Republic)
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