Professor Ken Golden

Kenneth M. Golden

Professor of Mathematics Adjunct Professor of
Bioengineering

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

Assistant: Eleen Collins
Phone: (801) 581-6896
Email: collins@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  Critical behavior of complex permittivity near the percolation threshold
  • Adam Gully (Mathematics Major) 2004-2006  Effective complex permittivity of 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

Publications with REU students

  • K. M. Golden, A. L. Heaton, H. Eicken and V. I. Lytle, Void bounds for fluid transport in sea ice, Mechanics of Materials, 38, pp. 801-817, 2006.
  • J. Zhu, A. Jabini, K. M. Golden, H. Eicken and M. Morris, A network model for fluid transport in sea ice, Annals of Glaciology, 44, pp. 129-133, 2006.
  • A. Gully, L. G. E. Backstrom, H. Eicken, and K. M. Golden, Complex bounds and microstructural recovery from measurements of sea ice permittivity, Physica B, 394, pp. 357-362, 2007.
  • K. M. Golden, H. Eicken, A. L. Heaton, J. Miner, D. Pringle, and J. Zhu, Thermal evolution of permeability and microstructure in sea ice, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L16501, doi:10.1029/2007GL030447, 6 pages and issue cover, 2007.
  • K. M. Golden, T. Finlayson, J. Zhu, H. Eicken, and D. Pringle, Bounds on the thermal conductivity of sea ice, in preparation.
  • J. Vry, K. Petersen, and K. M. Golden, Fluid connectivity transition in rocks at depth in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, in preparation.
  • L. Symeonova, O. Eso, D. Dobson, and K. M. Golden, An effective complex permittivity for waves in random media with finite wavelength, in preparation.

 

REU Program in the Mathematics Department

Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Mathematics