| Your selection returns no results. |
|
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
|
|
9:20 AM
-
11:20 AM
|
-
EAS PHD Prosposal Defense by Christopher L. Bresten
- Location: Textiles Building 105
- Contact: EAS Seminar Series
- Description: TITLE: ON THE REDUCED COLLOCATION METHOD FOR NON-LINEAR STEADY-STATE PDEs AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FLOWS
abstract: Reduced basis methods are a class of numerical methods developed for settings which require a large number of solutions to a parameterized problem. In this work, we consider settings which require many queries to a numerical solver for a parameterized steady-state partial differential equation. We adapt an existing method for linear steady-state problems, the reduced collocation method, to the non-linear case.
Furthermore, a class of 2-D non-linear hyperbolic PDEs for pedestrian traffic flow is considered. An appropriate numerical solver is furnished using weighted essentially non-oscillatory finite difference in space, and a strong stability preserving Runge-Kutta method in time. Several models in this class are approached, one extended with a novel non-local path-planning formulation.
Some of these models have physical parameters that are difficult to measure directly. This yields a parameter estimation problem on the steady-state solution. The resulting PDE constrained optimal control problem, requiring many queries to the solver, is accelerated with the reduced collocation method.
- Topical Areas: University Community, MBA or Graduate, Mathematics, College of Engineering
|
|
«
11/8
-
12/12
»
|
-
Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition
- Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Cost: free
- Contact: University Art Gallery
- Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016.
Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition.
The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality cross-disciplinary studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees.
The closing reception will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm.
- Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
|
|
6:30 PM
-
7:30 PM
|
-
The Reading Stage
- Location: Woodland Commons
- Contact: College of Arts and Sciences
- Description: This is an annual event organized by English Professor Mwalim*7) (Prof. MJ Peters). This will be a staged reading of 10-minute plays written by UMass Dartmouth students.
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
|
|
3:00 PM
-
4:00 PM
|
-
Internship Info Session
- Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center
- Contact: Career Development Center
- Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one?
All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information.
- Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
|
|
3:00 PM
-
4:00 PM
|
-
Reception: Pedro Pires, President Emeritus of the Republic of Cape Verde
- Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room
- Contact: > See Description for contact information
- Description: UMass Dartmouth cordially welcomes Pedro Pires, President Emeritus of the Republic of Cape Verde, to campus for a reception in the Claire T. Carney Library Robert F. Stoico/FIRSTFED Grand Reading Room.
The event, hosted by the Cape Verdean Student Association and UMassD students, is free and open to all UMassD faculty, students, and staff. Poetry, music, and dance included. Refreshments provided.
For more information, please contact Elisandra Pereira at elisandra.pereira@umassd.edu.
- Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community
|
|
2:00 PM
-
3:00 PM
|
-
Internship Info Session
- Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center
- Contact: Career Development Center
- Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one?
All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information.
- Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
|
|
7:30 PM
-
8:30 PM
|
-
Kekeli African Drumming and Dance Concert
- Location: Angus Bailey Auditorium
, UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747
- Cost: see description
- Contact: Music Department
- Description: A concert of African dance, drumming, and song directed by world renowned artist Kwabena Boateng and sponsored by the UMass Dartmouth Music Department and College of Visual and Performing Arts.
The Kekeli African drum and dance ensemble performs the traditional music and dance of West Africa, including processional, warrior, court, social, harvest, and recreational styles. Guest artists will include master drummer Attah Poku and instrumentalists Ryan Loud, Logan Amaral, Ben Paulding and Stan Moore.
Parking is available in lots 4 and 5.
Tickets: $5 for adults, $3 for students, with seniors and handicapped free
Proceeds from tickets sales will be used for the Kekeli club ensemble’s trip to Ghana, West Africa in the spring. CD sales will be donated to the Save Darfur fund to help the victims of genocide in the Sudan.
About the performers:
Kwabena Boateng is a dancer, dramatist, and musician who has toured the world extensively, recorded, given master classes, and appeared in films about African Culture. He was a founding member of the African jazz-highlife ensemble Talking Drums . An authority on African dance, language, culture, and drama, Kwabena continues to perform, direct, consult, and lead dance groups throughout the United States both individually and with Talking Drums .
Attah Poku is an internationally renowned master drummer, scholar, teacher and performer, who teaches in the World Music Programs at Tufts University in Medford MA, and Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.
Ryan Loud is an alumnus of UMassD’s music program and is an accomplished professional classical percussionist, Afro Cuban drummer, vibraphonist, and drum set artist.
Logan Amaral is a recent graduate of UMassD’s music program and is an accomplished drummer, tabla performer and percussionist who has gained fluency in a diversity of global styles. He is completing his Master’s Degree at Tufts University, speaks Twi, and has done intensive research on Asante drumming.
About African music:
We will be performing the traditional instrumental music, dance, and song of the coastal rainforest cultures of West Africa, including peoples from the present day countries of Ghana and Togo. The dance drama, which includes the three dimensions of instrumental music, dance, and song, is an expression of events in the life-, agricultural-, and seasonal cycles. It connects people as members of a community and strategizes for success in the individual and collective struggle for survival - the transcendence of physical, economic, and political limitations. Drumming, dance, and song are highly sophisticated, complex, and powerful means in oral tradition by which people remember genealogies, recall group history, and maintain personal connections with each other, ancestors, a spiritual realm, and the creator.
The historic global movement of African peoples since the 1500s has brought this African sense of community, transcendence, and spirit to many parts of the globe, resulting in new forms of expression shared by people of all cultural backgrounds. These include Blues, Shouts, Clapping Plays such as Pattin’ Juba, Gospel, Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, Reggae, Rumba, Samba, Candomble, Lucumi , Vodun, and numerous other styles, including much of the world’s popular music since the dawn of the 20th century. The music and dance of Africa is an ancient and contemporary expression that is a humanizing force in our paths through life.
Contact:
Professor Ryan Loud
loudryan@gmail.com
Michelle Cieto
(508) 999-8568
- Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
|
