Michael Booty 

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Graduate Program Director

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Contact Information

• Office: 524 Cullimore Hall
• E-mail: booty@njit.edu
• Phone: (973) 596-3484
• Fax: (973) 596-5591
• Address: Department of Mathematical Sciences, NJIT, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102-1982

Spring 2010 Courses

• Advanced Applied Mathematics II (ODEs), Math 689-002

 
Office hours:
Wednesday 2.00pm to 3.30pm, Thursday 4.00pm to 5.30pm, or by appointment

Course information and syllabus for Math 689 click here

Research Interests

• Applied Mathematics: Mathematical modeling and methods of analysis. Asymptotic analysis and singular perturbation methods. Numerical methods. Stability and bifurcation theory for ordinary and partial differential equations. Nonlinear waves and other nonlinear phenomena. Applications in fluid mechanics and combustion.

Background

• Department of Mathematical Sciences, NJIT, 1993 to present.
• Mathematics Department, Southern Methodist University, 1987-1993.
• Visiting Positions: City College of the City University of New York. Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield, UK. Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE), NASA Langley. Imperial College, London, UK. Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. University of California at San Diego.
• Postdoctoral Positions: Research Fellow, Department of Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, 1984-1987. NATO Research Fellowship, University of Utrecht, Netherlands, 1982-1984
• Education: Ph.D. Mathematics, Imperial College, London, 1983. M.A. and Part III Mathematics Tripos, University of Cambridge, 1978, 1979.

1. Influence of surfactant solubility on the deformation and breakup of a bubble or capillary jet in a viscous fluid. Y.-N. Young, M.R. Booty, M. Siegel, and J. Li. Physics of Fluids 21, 2009, 072105 (1-16).
2. Modeling of magnetic-field-assisted assembly of semiconductor devices. R.D Rivero et al. Journal of Electronic Materials 37, 2008, 374-378.
3. Influence of insoluble surfactant on the deformation and breakup of a bubble or thread in a viscous fluid. M. Hameed et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 594, 2008, 307-340.
4. Steady deformation and tip-streaming of a slender bubble with surfactant in an extensional flow. M.R. Booty and M. Siegel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 544, 2005, 243-275.
5. Reflection and transmission from a thin inhomogeneous cylinder in a rectangular TE10 waveguide. M.R. Booty and G.A. Kriegsmann. Progress in Electromagnetics Research 47, 2004, 263-296.
6. Chemical makeup and physical characterization of a synthetic fuel and methods of heat content evaluation for studies on MSW incineration. S.S. Thipse et al. Fuel 81, 2002, 211-217.
7. Polymer pyrolysis and oxidation studies in a continuous feed and flow reactor: cellulose and polystyrene. B-I. Park et al. Environmental Science and Technology 33, 1999, 2584-2592.
8. Microwave-induced combustion: a one dimensional model. M.R. Booty, J.K. Bechtold and G.A. Kriegsmann. Combustion Theory and Modelling 2 (1), 1998, 57-80.
9. Time-dependent premixed deflagrations. M.R. Booty. AIAA Technical Paper 96-0910, 1996.
10. Simulation of a three-stage chlorocarbon incinerator through the use of a detailed reaction mechanism: chlorine to hydrogen mole ratios below 0.15. M.R. Booty, J.W. Bozzelli, W. Ho and R.S. Magee. Environmental Science and Technology 29 (12), 1995, 3059-3063.
11. The accommodation of traveling waves of Fisher's type to the dynamics of the leading tail. M.R. Booty, R. Haberman and A.A. Minzoni. SIAM J. Appl. Math. 53 (4), 1993, 1009-1025.
12. Interaction of pulsating and spinning waves in condensed phase combustion. M.R. Booty, S.B. Margolis and B.J. Matkowsky. SIAM J. Appl. Math. 46 (5), 1986, 801-843.

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