Professor Ken Golden

Kenneth M. Golden

Professor of Mathematics Adjunct Professor of
Bioengineering

Office: LCB 328
Office Phone: (801) 581-6176
Dept. Phone: (801) 581-6851
Dept. Fax: (801) 581-4148
Email: golden@math.utah.edu

University of Utah
Department of Mathematics
155 S. 1400 E. JWB 233
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0090 USA

Recent REU Students and Projects




  • Troy Finlayson (Physics Major), 2001-2004, Thermal conductivity of sea ice
  • Amy Heaton (Chemistry Major), 2002-2005, Fluid permeability of sea ice
  • Ali Jabini (Electrical and Computer Engineering Major, Mathematics Minor), 2002-2005, Network model for fluid flow through sea ice
  • Ben Murphy (Mathematics and Physics Majors), 2002-2004, Statistical mechanics of phase transitions
  • Rhett Hadley (Biology Major), 2002-2003, Enzymatic foraging of sea ice bacteria
  • Adam Gully (Mathematics Major), 2004-2006,  Fluid and electrical transport in sea ice
  • Olakunle Eso (Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering Majors), 2004-2007, Numerical solutions of the Helmholtz equation
  • Megan Morris (Mathematics and Bioengineering Majors), 2004-2007,  Network model for fluid flow through sea ice and air flow through lungs
  • Kellen Petersen (Mathematics and Physics Majors), 2006-2007,  Fluid connectivity in rocks
  • Dave Arcilesi (Mathematics and Physics Majors), 2006-2007, Lee-Yang theory in lattice statistical mechanics
  • Peter Sommerkorn (Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics Majors), 2007-2009, Experiments on the microstructures and bulk properties of electrorheological (ER) fluids
  • Christian Sampson (Mathematics and Physics Majors), 2007-2010, Electrical conductivity of sea ice
  • Stephen Greene (Mathematics Major), 2008-2010, Diffusion limited aggregation models for ER fluid microstructures
  • Ginger Dobie (Mathematics Major), 2009, Modeling ice-albedo feedback in the Arctic ocean
  • Jonathan Ng (Mathematics and Physics Majors), 2009, Modeling melt pond evolution and sea ice albedo
  • Kevin Hammonds (Atmospheric Sciences Major), 2010-, Melt pond evolution
  • Kyle Steffen (Mathematics Major), 2010-, Multiscale structure of sea ice using image processing and wavelet methods

Publications with REU students

See publication numbers 42, 43, 44, 45, 49, 50, 52, and 53.

 

REU Program in the Mathematics Department

Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Mathematics