AMS Sponsors Exhibit at Capitol Hill Event
The AMS was represented at the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Exhibition on Capitol Hill on May 11, 2011 by Keith Promislow of Michigan State University. Professor Promislow presented his work on energy conversion to over 280 attendees at this annual event showcasing research and education projects supported by the National Science Foundation.
Promislow's exhibit, entitled "Efficient Energy Converstion: Mathematics of Nanoscale Networks," provided information on the need to capture energy from the environment, convert it to concentrated forms, and store it for later use. He explained that a key ingredient of the devices that store this energy is the "membrane separator," which permits ions of one charge to cross, but not ions of the opposite charge. He explained that efficient energy conversion requires good membrane separators. Promislow's research has developed a model that has the possibility to revolutionize the design of membrane separators, with significant ramifications towards the design of more efficient energy conversion and storage devices.
The 2011 CNSF Exhibition included thirty-five displays on a wide range of projects
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CNSF is an alliance of over 120 scientific and professional societies and universities united by a concern for the future viability of the national science, mathematics and engineering enterprise. The coalition is chaired by Samuel M. Rankin, III, Associate Executive Director of the AMS and the Director of its Washington Office.
Previous AMS exhibits at CNSF Exhibitions include:
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Industrial Modeling and Simulation: The Wave of the Future presented by Susan Minkoff, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
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Modeling Outbreaks in Agricultural Systems, Human Communities and Computer Networks presented by David Hiebeler, University of Maine
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Mathematics and Cardiology: Partners for the Future presented by Suncica Canic, University of Houston
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Computational Models for Cardiovascular Disease Assessment and Surgery Design presented by DalinTang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
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Disease Prediction and Treatment Design presented by Eva K. Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Mathematics for Advanced Composites Technology presented by Robert Lipton, Louisiana State University
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Mathematical Modeling of Swimming Organisms presented by Lisa Fauci and Nick Cogan, Tulane University
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Mathematics of Sea Ice presented by Kenneth M. Golden, University of Utah
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Liquid Films and Image Inpainting presented by Andrea Bertozzi, Duke University
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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Made Possible by NSF presented by Dr. John Bush, MIT
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Computer Simulation of Blood Flow in the Heart presented by Charles S. Peskin, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
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Mathematical Foundations of Image Analysis and Computational Vision presented by Don McClure, Brown University
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Ergodic Theory presented by Doug Lind, University of Washington
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The Energy of Knots presented with JPBM by Jonathan K. Simon, University of Iowa and Gregory R. Buck, Saint Anselm College
For information on the annual CNSF Exhibition & Reception, please visit the CNSF website.
