200 leading experts to attend NJIT's Fifth Annual Math Conference set for May 19-21, 2008 in Newark

Later that same day at 4 p.m. also in the theater, I. David Abrahams, University of Manchester, UK, will discuss “Asymptotic Homogenization and Effective Material Properties in Elasticity and Electromagnetics.” Gregory A. Kriegsmann, PhD, professor at NJIT, will provide the introduction.

The National Science Foundation, Society for Mathematical Biology and NJIT have all provided support for the event. The department of mathematical sciences at NJIT is the largest on campus and in 2004 was selected to receive strategic priority funding to achieve national prominence within a five-year period. The department annually receives more than $2 million in federal funding.

Last year, Academic Analytics ranked the department number 10 in the nation. Academic Analytics http://www.academicanalytics.com/About/AboutUs.aspx.is a privately-owned company with a mission to deliver objective, analytical data on faculty productivity to universities. The company bases ratings on the number of competitive federal grants researchers annually produce.

Other featured invited speakers and their topics include the following.