Math 336 - Mathematical Modeling
Spring Semester, 2007 

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Math 336 - Projects

The Project for this semester is going to be based on articles from the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). You will select an article from this journal, then write a report (5-10 pages) on this article. In particular, you will begin with a summary of what the authors showed in their article, then you will detail the mathematical modeling required to demonstrate their results. The article that you choose must be less than 5 years old and each student must select a unique article. You will email me the details on the article that you have selected (title, PNAS issue, date, pages, etc.), then I will post it below, so others will not select the same article. You can change your mind, but you must let me know so that I can update the list for other students. Articles will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. (I will try very hard to update this page daily with any changes.) You will not receive any credit, if you choose an article that another student has chosen on the list below.

Student and PNAS Article

  1. Yvette Camacho - N. M. Shnerb, Y. Louzoun, E. Bettelheim, and S. Solomon, "The importance of being discrete: Life always wins on the surface," PNAS (2000) 97, 10322-10324.
  2. Arthur Cuaresma - M. K. Mulligan et al, " Toward understanding the genetics of alcohol drinking through transcriptome meta-analysis" PNAS (2006) 103, 6368-6373.
  3. Jesse de la Rosa - S. Fortunato, A. Flammini, F. Menczer, and A. Vespignani, "Topical interests and the mitigation of search engine bias," PNAS (2006) 103, 12684-12689.
  4. Malia Durand - W. Buermann, B. R. Lintner, C. D. Koven, A. Anger, J. E. Pinzon, C. J. Tucker, I. Y. Fung, " The changing carbon cycle at Mauna Loa Observatory ," PNAS (2007) 104, 4249-4254 .
  5. Scott Gustafson - E. Herbst, H. M. Cuppen, "Monte Carlo studies of surface chemistry and nonthermal desorption involving interstellar grains,"PNAS (2006) 103, 12257-12262.
  6. Karen Johnson - G. P . Jones , M. I. McCormick , M. Srinivasan , and J. V . Eagle, "Coral decline threatens fish biodiversity in marine reserves," PNAS (2004) 101, 8251-8253.
  7. Jeremy Kolins - T. C. Germann, K. Kadau, I. M. Longini, Jr., and C. A. Macken, "Mitigation strategies for pandemic influenza in the United States," PNAS (2006) 103, 5935-5940.
  8. Jeremy Kramer - C. T. Bauch, A. P. Galvani, and D. J. D. Earn, "Group Interest versus Self-Interest in Smallpox Vaccination Policy," PNAS (2003) 100, 10564-10567.
  9. Neil Lenora - M. Henzinger and S. Lawrencet, "Extracting knowledge from the World Wide Web" PNAS (2004) 101, 5186-5191.
  10. Edel Marcelino - J. Tegnér, M. K. S. Yeung, J. Hasty, and J. J. Collins, " Reverse engineering gene networks: Integrating genetic perturbations with dynamical modeling " PNAS (2003) 100, 5944-5949 .
  11. Lorraine Mendoza - J. Bro-Jørgensen, "Overt female mate competition and preference for central males in a lekking antelope," PNAS (2002) 99, 9290-9293 .
  12. Toni Nguyen - J. Hill, E. Nelson, D. Tilman, S. Polasky, and D. Tiffany. "Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels." PNAS (2006), 103. 11206-11210.
  13. Ly My Nhia Yi - J. Battin, M. W. Wiley, M. H. Ruckelshaus, R. N. Palmer, E. Korb, K. K. Bartz, and H. Imaki , "Projected impacts of climate change on salmon habitat restoration," PNAS (2007) 104, 6720-6725.
  14. Kendra Page - J. Vandermeer, M. A. Evans, P. Foster, T. Höök, M. Reiskind, and M. Wund doi, " Increased competition may promote species coexistence," PNAS (2002) 99, 8731-8736.
  15. Daniel Rhodes - T. M. Smith, P. Tafforeau, D. J. Reid, R. Grun, S. Eggins, M. Boutakiout, and J.-J. Hublin. "Earliest evidence of modern human life history in North African early Homo sapiens," PNAS (2007) 104, 6128-6133.
  16. Donald Sexton - K. R. Short, M. L. Bigelow et al , "Decline in skeletal muscle mitochondrial function with aging in humans" PNAS (2005) 102, 5618-5623.
  17. Jimmy Sonan - R. L. Axtell, J. M. Epstein, J. S. Dean , G. J. Gumerman, A. C. Swedlund, J. Harburge, S. Chakravarty, R. Hammond, J. Parker, and M. Parker, "Population growth and collapse in a multiagent model of the Kayenta Anasazi in Long House Valley ," PNAS (2002) 99, 7275-7279.
  18. Andy Tam - S. Wilson and P. Arcese, "El Nino drives timing of breeding but not population growth in the song sparrow " PNAS (2003) 100, 11139-11142.
  19. Armando Villegas - G. Pinna, E. Costa , and A. Guidotti, "Changes in brain testosterone and allopregnanolone biosynthesis elicit aggressive behavior," PNAS (2005) 102, 2135-2140.
  20. James Ziegler-Kelly - L. M. A. Bettencourt, J. Lobo, D. Helbing, C. Kühnert, and G. B. West, "Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities," PNAS (2007) 104, 7301-7306.
  21. Michael Zimmerman - L. A. Smith, " What Might We Learn from Climate Forecasts?" PNAS (2002) 99, 2487-2492.