Lyubima B. Simeonova

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

Tel:(801) 585-6036 · E-mail: simeonov@math.utah.edu · WWW: http://www.math.utah.edu/~simeonov

Research Interests

• Effective Properties of Composites

• Electromagnetic Scattering and Diffraction

• Optimal Design Problems    
  

• Metamaterials

• Plasmonics

• Photonic device modelling    

Education

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Ph.D., Mathematics (expected May 2009)

• Focus: The Applied Mathematics of Composite Materials

• Advisor: David Dobson

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

M.S., Applied Mathematics (May 2005)

• Focus: Composite Materials

• Advisor: David Dobson

Lyon College, Batesville, AR

B.A., Mathematics and Computer Science (May 2003)

• summa cum laude

Honors, Awards, and Scholarships

• University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship, 2008-2009

• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Mathematics, 2006

• Teaching Assistant Scholar, The Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence, 2005

• Teaching and Research Assistantships, Department of Mathematics, 2003-present

• The Mosley Fellowship, Lyon College, 2003

• Lyon Fellowship, Lyon College, 1999-2003

• Dean's List, 2000-2003

• Mathematics Book Award, Lyon College, 2002

• George Maxfield Evans Award , Lyon College, 2000

Teaching Experience

Facilitator of Graduate Student Teaching Workshop, University of Utah, 2008

• Facilitated the annual teaching workshop for incoming mathematics graduate students
  

Instructor, University of Utah, 2003-2007

• MATH 3150 Partial Differential Equations for Engineers

• MATH 1100 Quantitative Analysis

• MATH 2250 Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra – Problem Sessions

• MATH 1030 Quantitative Thinking

Publications

D. Dobson and L. Simeonova, Spatial bounds on an effective complex permittivity for time-harmonic waves in random media, (preprint)

L. Simeonova, O. Eso, D. Dobson and K. M. Golden, An effective complex permittivity for waves in random media with finite wavelength, (in preparation).

D. Dobson and L. Simeonova, Optimization of periodic composite structures for sub-wavelength focusing, (to appear in J Appl. Math. & Opt.),
                   arXiv:0803.1474v1 [math.OC].        

    S. Haley and L. Simeonova, Manage with a Behavioral Contract, Lessons, 2005, 6(2), p. 9-11.

Presentations

Spatial Bounds on the Effective Permittivity for Time-Harmonic Waves in Random Media (pdf)

AMS Session on Mathematical Physics

Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, DC, January, 2009

Design of Composite Structures with Optimal Focusing Properties

SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering

Costa Mesa, CA, February, 2007

Bounds on the Effective Dielectric Coefficient of Random Two-Phase Composite

Electromagnetic Waves Student Seminar

University of Utah, April, 2007

Electromagnetic Waves in Random Medium

Electromagnetic Waves Student Seminar

University of Utah, March, 2007

Localization of Electromagnetic Waves

Applied Mathematics Graduate Student Seminar

University of Utah, October, 2006

Optimization of Micro-Composite Lenses

Applied Mathematics Graduate Student Seminar

University of Utah, September, 2005

Optimal Mode Coupling in Simple Planar Waveguides

Applied Mathematics Graduate Student Seminar

University of Utah, September, 2005

Classroom Management

University of Utah Teaching Assistants Workshop

University of Utah, August, 2005

Conference Participation

Fifth Symposium on Photonics, Networking and Computing

Negative Index Materials

Salt Lake City, UT, July 2007

SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering

Costa Mesa, CA, February, 2007

IMA "Hot Topics" Workshop on Negative Index Materials

Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications

University of Minnesota, October, 2006

Mathematical Modelling of Novel Optical Materials and Devices

AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Conference

Snowbird, UT, July 2005

Services

Graduate Student Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, 2004-2007