Stephen P. Shipman Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Department of Mathematics Louisiana State University » Home » Research Publications Topics Group » Courses » REU » Funding » Contact Links: Math Department LSU Home Page Am. Math Soc. Math. Assoc. Am. Nat. Sci. Found. Siblinks: Barbara Michael Patrick Art Birds Research interests More in-depth descriptions of some of my research interests and numerical simulations can be found under "Topics". Resonance in open periodic electromagnetic waveguides. Optimization of scattering characteristics of waves. Metamaterials and artificial magnetism. Boundary-integral methods in electromagnetics and acoustics. Scattering theory, direct and inverse. Mathematical Methods in Materials at LSU Several members of the Mathematics Faculty at LSU are actively working in areas of applied mathematics concerned with various aspects of materials, some of which are listed below. There is a brief overview of some of these areas on the LSU website. Super-conductivity and the Ginzburg-Landau equations Liquid crystals and Bose-Einstein condensates Fracture mechanics Electromagnetic and acoustic scattering Boundary-integral equations, Wiener-Hopf techniques, and Riemann-Hilbert problems Structural optimization Scientific computing and parallel processing Homogenization Design of high-performance composites Bulk and surface transport in random media Photonic crystals x@lsu.edu (x=shipman)  Privacy Statement here.  Provide Website Feedback here.  Accessibility Statement here.