The nanoscale modeling of pore formation and ionic transport in polymer electrlolyte membranes includes minimization of energy functionals and fourth and sixth order nonlocal PDEs. In the image at above red indicates regions of high polymer content and blue regions of high solvent (water) content. The flow maximizes surface area while minimizing bending moments.

The conference will be held October 27, 28 (Saturday and Sunday) on the first floor of the BPS building. On October 27, there is another conference, Michigan Undergraduate Conference on Mathematics, to be held together with our conference. So you will see lots of young faces. The keynote speaker will be Prof. Waterman (pictured) from USC.

Conference website