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Stephanos Venakides

Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics
Box 90320, Durham, NC 27708-0320
120 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Tuesday and Thursday 3:00-4:00pm  

Research Interests


MICROMAGNETICS 
   This area of physics deals with the  magnetic behaviors at micrometer and sub-micrometer length scales. The area is of  significant scientific and technological importance and involves challenging  mathematical questions.  The theory includes the statics and dynamics of topological configurations, e.g.
magnetic vortex and antivortex states as well as skyrmion states.  I am working collaboratively on the mathematical derivation of skyrmion profiles and  behaviors and currently on skyrmion dynamics. Skyrmions are localized structures  of magnetization  on a thin plate of a ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic medium. They can be stationary, traveling or breathing (pulsating).  The mathematical study seeks to explain experimental results, or discover new phenomena and is assisted by numerical experiments. Besides single skyrmions, our study encompases skyrmion collisions, which exhibit the interesting behavior of ninety degree scattering.  

ACOUSTIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING: THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL
   The study encompasses acoustic and electromagnetic scattering from a spatially periodic geometry and combines mathematical analysis with numerical calculations.

Selected Grants


Wave-breaking and Resonant Phenomena

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2012 - 2018

Wave-breaking and Resonant Phenomena

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2007 - 2014

Nonlinear Waves in Uniform and Periodic Media

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2002 - 2008

Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2006 - 2007

Wave Propagation in Linear and Nonlinear Photonic Band-Gap Materials

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1999 - 2003

Wave-breaking and Resonant Phenomena

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2012 - 2018

Wave-breaking and Resonant Phenomena

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2007 - 2014

Nonlinear Waves in Uniform and Periodic Media

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2002 - 2008

Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2006 - 2007

Wave Propagation in Linear and Nonlinear Photonic Band-Gap Materials

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1999 - 2003

Propagation of Waves in Optical and Photonic Media

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1996 - 2000

Dispersive Shocks in Continuous and Discrete Media

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1995 - 1999

Propagation of Waves in Optical and Photonic Media

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1996 - 1998

Propagation of Waves in Optical and Photonic Media

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1996 - 1997

The Generation of Dispersive Oscillations In Non-linear Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1992 - 1995

The Generation and Propagation of Dispersive Oscillations in Non-linear Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1992 - 1995

Generation and Propagation of Dispersive Waves in Integrable Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1991 - 1994

The Generation and Propagation of Dispersive Oscillations in Non-Linear Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1992 - 1993

Generation and Propagation of Dispensive Waves in Integrable Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1991 - 1993

Generations and Propagation of Dispersive Waves in Integrable Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1991 - 1992

Dispersive Regularization of Shocks

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 1991 - 1992

Nonlinear Oscillations/ Completely Integrable Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1987 - 1990