Research Projects in Henry Greenside's Group

Ongoing and Recent Research:

• Brain-related research.
  • Birdsong links.
  • Olfaction links.
  • Neurobiology researchers.
  • Tools
• Simulations of three-dimensional convection.
  • Caltech results.
• Spatiotemporal Chaos

Present Collaborators:

• Richard Mooney.

Recent collaborators

• Keng-Hwee Chiam. His thesis can be found here.
• Michael Cross.
• Paul Fischer.
• Ming-Chih Lai.
• Mark Paul
• Janet Scheel.

Funding agencies

Theses:

• MengRu Li (PhD, Physics Department, Duke University, 2006).
  Thesis title: Propagation of Bursts Through Noisy Heterogeneous Synfire Chains: A Theoretical Study with Application to the Songbird Nucleus HVC.
• Elizabeth Cherry (PhD, Computer Science, Duke University, 2000).
  Thesis title: A Space-Time Adaptive Mesh Refinement Method for Simulating Complex Cardiac Electrical Dynamics.
• Scott Zoldi (PhD, Physics, Duke University, 1998).
  Thesis title: Local and Global Characterizations of High-Dimensional Chaotic Systems.
• David Egolf (PhD, Physics, Duke University, 1994).
  Thesis title: Characterization of Extensively Chaotic States and Transitions.
• David Zielke (PhD, Physics, Duke University, 1994).
  Thesis title: New Macro-Vortex Dynamics Method for Analyzing Vortex Merging In Shear Flows.

• Matthew Strain (M.S., Physics, Duke University, 1997).
  Thesis title: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Intermittent and Excitable Systems.
• Eric Anderson (M.S., Computer Science, Duke University, 1996).
  Thesis title: Newton-Krylov Methods for Solving the Swift-Hohenberg Equation of Pattern Formation.
• John Dengler (M.S., Computer Science, Duke University, 1994).
  Thesis title: Self-Scaling Neural Networks.

• Berk Sensoy (B.S., Physics, Duke University, 1999).
  Thesis title: Pattern Formation and Dynamics of a Convecting Fluid in an Annular Domain.
• Corey O'Hern (B.S., Physics, Duke University, 1994).
  Thesis title: Characteristic Length and Time Scales for Two Nonequilibrium Systems.