Michael C Sostarecz
PUBLICATIONS
M. C. Sostarecz and A. G. Sostarecz, “A Conceptual Approach to Limiting Reagent Problems”, J. Chem. Ed. 89(9), 1148-1151 (2012).
M. C. Sostarecz, E. Smith, and U. M. Moll, “p53 Ruptures Mitochondria”, Cell 149, Issue 7 Cover (2012).
T. Podgorski, M. C. Sostarecz, S. Zorman, and A. Belmonte, “Fingering instabilities of an interfacial micellar gel”, Phys. Rev. E 76, 016202 (2007).
M. C. Sostarecz and A. Belmonte, “Beads-on-string phenomena of wormlike micellar fluids”, Phys. Fluids 16(9), L67-L70 (2004).
M. C. Sostarecz and A. Belmonte, “Motion and shape of a viscoelastic drop falling through a viscous fluid”, J. Fluid Mech. 497, 235-252 (2003).
M. C. Sostarecz and A. Belmonte, “Dynamics inside polymer drops: From Dimple to Rayleigh Instability to Torus”, Phys. Fluids 15(9), S5 (2003).
L. Borucki, D. Alagoz, S. Hoogendoorn, S. Kakollu, M. Reznikoff, R. Schugart, and M. Sostarecz, “Modeling planarization in chemical-mechanical polishing”, IMA Preprint 1866-1 (2002).
Selected Presentations
“Finding Order Within
Chaos”, Faculty Colloquium,
Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, October 2017 (talk).
“Analysis of Chaotic Motion”, Illinois Sectional Meeting of the
Mathematical Association of America, College of Dupage,
Glen Ellyn, IL, March 2017 (talk).
“In the Blink of an Eye: Seeing Calculus Through High-Speed Imagery”, Calculus Class, West Central High
School, Biggsville, IL, February 2017 (guest lecture
for Samantha Kimmey ‘15).
“Motion Tracking and Image Analysis for
High-Speed Video”, Faculty
Colloquium, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, February 2015 (talk).
“Motion Tracking and Image Analysis for
High-Speed Video”, Illinois
Sectional Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Southern Illinois
University, Edwardsville, IL, March 2014 (talk).
“An Aggregation Ranking Model for Fishing Tournaments”, Illinois Sectional Meeting of the
Mathematical Association of America, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, April
2013 (talk).
“In the Blink of an Eye: Seeing Mathematics Through High-Speed
Imagery”, Annual Fall Meeting of
the American Physical Society Prairie Section, The University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS, November 2012 (talk).
“A Conceptual Approach to Limiting Reagent
Problems”, The 243rd
American Chemical Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2012 (talk).
“In the Blink of an Eye: Seeing Mathematics Through
High-Speed Imagery”, Faculty
Colloquium, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, November 2011 (talk).
“Mathematical Modeling with High-Speed
Imagery”, MAA MathFest, Lexington, KY, August 2011 (talk).
“Mathematical Modeling with High-Speed Imagery”, Illinois Sectional Meeting of the
Mathematical Association of America, North Central College, Naperville, IL,
April 2011 (talk).
“A Network Model for College Football Rankings”, Illinois Sectional Meeting of the
Mathematical Association of America, Augustana College,
Rock Island, IL, April 2010 (talk).
“GPS
Tracking of a Roller Coaster”, AMS
Special Session on Mathematics and Physical Experiments, Joint Mathematics
Meetings, San Francisco, CA, January 2010 (invited contributed talk; Dr. Roger Thelwell).
“Mathematical Amusements: Roller Coasters and the Ranking of College
Football Teams”, Faculty
Colloquium, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, December 2009 (talk).
“GPS
Tracking of a Roller Coaster”, Illinois
Sectional Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Bradley
University, Peoria, IL, April 2009 (talk).
“Supplementing
Calculus with Mathematica”, International
Mathematica User Conference 2008, Wolfram Research, Inc., Champaign, IL,
October 2008 (invited contributed talk; Cliff Hastings).
“Infusing
Mathematics into Biology as well as the Inverse”, HHMI Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Science and Mathematics, Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, October 2008
(co-talk with Dr. James Godde).
“Applications of Calculus: Refinancing, Chemical Reactions, and Roller
Coasters”, Faculty Colloquium,
Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, April 2008 (talk).
“Research in Applied Mathematics: Viscoelastic Drops and Chemical Oscillations”, Mathematics Colloquium, Department of
Mathematics and Computer Science, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, January 2008
(invited talk; Dr. Marjorie Bond).
“Motion and shape of a falling polymer drop”, Mathematics Colloquium, Mathematics
Department, Penn State Erie – The Behrend College, Erie,
PA, December 2007 (invited talk; Dr. Joseph E. Paullet).
“Motion and shape of a falling polymer drop”, Mathematics Colloquium, Department of
Mathematics, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, October 2007 (invited
talk; Dr. Beth Hansen).
“One
dimensional models for bubble bursts on a tear film”, 58th
Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics,
Chicago, IL, November 2005 (talk).
“Motion and shape of a falling polymer drop”, Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Department
of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland at Baltimore County,
Baltimore, MD, March 2005 (invited talk; Dr. John Zweck).
“Beads-on-string
phenomena in wormlike micellar fluids”, 57th Annual Meeting of
the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA,
November 2004 (talk).
“Motion and shape of a falling viscoelastic
drop”, SIAM Conference on
Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Los Angeles, CA, May
2004 (talk).
“Motion and shape of a falling polymer drop”, Colloquium, Department of Physics, Rochester
Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, April 2004 (invited talk; Dr. Scott V.
Franklin).
“Motion and shape of a falling viscoelastic
drop”, Applied Math Seminar,
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, April
2004 (invited talk; Dr. Philip Broadbridge).
“Motion and shape of a falling polymer drop”,
Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Fluid Physics Seminar, Department of
Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, March 2004 (invited
talk; Dr. George M. Homsy).
“A twist on beads-on-a-string”, 56th
Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics,
East Rutherford, NJ, November 2003
(Gallery of Fluid Motion).
“Falling viscoelastic droplets”, Gordon
Research Conference: Nonlinear Science, Tilton,
NH, August 2003 (poster).
“Motion and shape of a falling polymer drop”,
GREPHE Soft Matter / Grey Matter Seminar,
Laboratoire de Spectrométrie
Physique, University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France, February 2003 (invited
talk; Dr. Thomas Podgorski).
“Dynamics inside polymer drops: from dimple to Rayleigh instability to torus”,
55th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of
Fluid Dynamics, Dallas, TX, November 2002 (winning poster in Gallery of Fluid
Motion).
“Dimpled polymer drops”, 55th
Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics,
Dallas, TX, November 2002 (talk).