James A. Sethian

Job title: 
Professor
Bio: 
Education:
  • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Applied Mathematics) 1982
  • B.A.    Princeton University, 1976.
Selected Publications: 
  1. Sethian, J. A. and Shan, Ying (2008). Solving partial differential equations on irregular domains with moving interfaces, with applications to superconformal electrodeposition in semiconductor manufacturing. J. Comput. Phys. 227 No.13, 6411-6447. [MR] [GS?]
  2. Cameron, M. K. and Fomel, S. B. and Sethian, J. A. (2007). Seismic velocity estimation from time migration. Inverse Problems 23 No.4, 1329-1369. [MR] [GS?]
  3. Garzon, M. and Sethian, J. A. (2007). Wave breaking over sloping beaches using a coupled boundary integral-level set method. In Free boundary problems Internat. Ser. Numer. Math. 154 189-198 Birkhäuser Basel. [MR] [GS?]
  4. Yu, Jiun-Der and Sakai, Shinri and Sethian, J. A. (2007). Two-phase viscoelastic jetting. J. Comput. Phys. 220 No.2, 568-585. [MR] [GS?]
  5. Hogea, Cosmina S. and Murray, Bruce T. and Sethian, James A. (2006). Simulating complex tumor dynamics from avascular to vascular growth using a general level-set method. J. Math. Biol. 53 No.1, 86-134. [MR] [GS?]
Research interests: 

Applied mathematics, Computational physics, Partial differential equations

Contact

(510) 642-2721
725 Evans Hall

Supervised Dissertations

Zixi Hu; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2021
Ethan Van Andel; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2017
Jeffrey Donatelli; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2013
Michaeel Kazi; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2013
Robert I. Saye; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2013
Elizabeth Jenny Chester; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2007
Maria Kourkina Cameron; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2007
Jae-Seok Huh; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2007
Jon Arthur Wilkening; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2002
Alexander B. Vladimirsky; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 2001
Roger Brent Milne; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 1995
David Adalsteinsson; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 1995
Terry Jay Ligocki; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 1995
Duaine Wright Pryor, Jr.; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 1994
David Layne Chopp; James A. Sethian
PhD Thesis (Author field refers to student + advisor), 1991