In Humboldt State University’s 65th Kieval Lecture, Gerritsen will argue that not only are linear algebra equations at the core of science and engineering, they can also be turned into beautiful art.
Gerritsen’s talk, titled “Mathematical Tools Bring Hidden Beauty to Light,” takes place Monday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Hall, room 118. It is free and open to the public.
Gerritsen is the director of Stanford’s Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering and specializes in renewable and fossil energy production. She is also active in coastal ocean dynamics and yacht design, and several areas in computational mathematics, including search algorithm design and matrix computations. She teaches courses in renewable energy processes, wind energy, reservoir simulation, numerical linear algebra, and numerical analysis.
Gerritsen will present a separate talk at 4 p.m. April 6 in Siemens Hall, room 108, entitled, “A Computational Mathematician Combusts – Simulation of in-situ Combustion for Heavy Oil Recovery.”
In that talk, she’ll discuss how computational mathematics can help promote in-situ combustion, a technique for mitigating the environmental impact of large-scale oil production.
For additional information on Gerritsen, visit margo.stanford.edu or profiles.stanford.edu. To view her TEDx talk, visit youtube.com.
Humboldt State’s semi-annual Kieval Lecture series is named after HSU Professor Emeritus Harry S. Kieval, who taught in the Mathematics Department from 1966-1979. Speakers explore math topics of interest to students of all disciplines and the general public.