Dan Rusu, Ph.D., recently presented a paper at the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations in Miami, Fla.

Rusu presented “Bifurcation in Two-Dimensional Electrohydrodynamics,” which included recent results concerning the complex dynamics in suspended smectic liquid crystals revealed by the analysis of the amplitude equations derived by a center manifold reduction of the general system of equations and by symmetry considerations, ending with an overview of potential applications.

Rusu served as the chair of the Dynamical Systems and Its Applications Contributing Papers Section.

The goal of the conference, which is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, is to bring together scientists and mathematicians working in partial differential equations and related fields. Contemporary challenges raised by recent advances in engineering, industry, and bio-technology are confronted with state-of-the-art mathematical and computational tools in Partial Differential Equations.

Rusu is an assistant professor of mathematics for the Division of Science at IUPUC.