Chiu-Yen Kao, Ph.D.

Selected Research and Publications

• Efficient Rearrangement Algorithms for Shape Optimization on Elliptic Eigenvalue Problems by Chiu- Yen Kao and Shu Su (accepted by Journal of Scientific Computing, 2012)
• Propagation of Cutaneous Thermal Injury: A Mathematical Model by Chuan Xue, Ching-Shan Chou, Chiu-Yen Kao, Avner Friedman, and Chandan Sen, Wound Repair and Regeneration, 20(1), pages 114- 122, 2012
• Changes in Ciliary Muscle Thickness During Accommodation in Children by Helen Annie Lewis, Chiu-Yen Kao, Loraine T. Sinnott, and Melissa D. Bailey, Optometry and Vision Science, 89(5), pages 727-737, 2012
• Measuring Ciliary Muscle Thickness Changes with Accomodation in Young Adults by Laura Ashley E. Lossing, Loraine T. Sinnott, Chiu-Yen Kao, Kathryn Richdale, and Melissa D. Bailey, Optometry and Vision Science, 89(5), Pages 719-726, 2012
• Principal Eigenvalue Minimization for an Elliptic Problem with Indefinite Weight and Robin Boundary Conditions by Michael Hintermuller, Chiu-Yen Kao, Antoine Laurain, Applied Mathematics and Optimization, 65, pages 111-146, 2012

Selected Awards and Affiliations

• NSF Grant DMS 1216742: Closest point methods for eigenvalue problems from inhomogeneous structures (PI) 08/01/12-07/31/15
• Northrop Grumman Corporation MOU: Application of level set numerical methods to the design of optical metamaterials (PI) 10/01/10-09/30/12
• NSF Grant DMS 0811003: Shape and topological optimization on elliptic eigenvalue problems in inhomogeneous media (PI) 07/01/08-06/30/11
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2009; IMA Impacts; NSF Highlights: Mind-Bending Math, 2006
• Medical Image Analysis second Best MICCAI Paper Award, 2005