Govind Menon

Assistant Professor
Division of Applied Mathematics,
Brown University

Office : Room 104, 182, George St.,
Phone : 401-863-3793
Fax : 401-863-1355
Email : lastname at dam dot brown dot edu
Office hours : MW 10am-12 noon.

Research interests

Applied analysis. Mathematical problems in fluid mechanics, materials science and physical chemistry.

My recent work has been on dynamic scaling. The ideas of self similarity and renormalization are central to many problems in fluid mechanics, materials science and physical chemistry. Robust scaling laws are observed in the kinetics of phase transitions, "universal" statistics in turbulent flows, and the transport properties of polymers. My main goal is to rigorously pin down some of these deceptively simple laws.

Here is a short introductory research sketch for prospective and beginning graduate students.

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The 2004 IMA program on the mathematics of materials and macromolecules is a good overview (and argument for) mathematical work in these areas.

Past Teaching

APMA 2210 , Topics in differential equations, Fall 2007.
AM 223 (MA 237) , Partial Differential Equations I, Fall 2005.
AM 224 (MA 238) , Partial Differential Equations II, Spring 2006.
AM 136 , Topics in chaotic dynamics, Spring 2007.
AM 34 , Methods of Applied Mathematics, II, Spring 2005, Fall 2006.

Brief vita