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Blain, Cheryl Ann was born on July 5, 1965 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Paul Dean and Marie Cecile (Sutter) Blain.
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Mathematical Tools for Changing Scale in the Analysis of Physical Systems presents a new systematic approach to changing the spatial scale of the differential equations describing science and engineering problems. It defines vectors, tensors, and differential operators in arbitrary orthogonal coordinate systems without resorting to conceptually difficult Riemmann-Christoffel tensor and contravariant and covariant base vectors. It reveals the usefulness of generalized functions for indicating curvilineal, surficial, or spatial regions of integration and for transforming among these integration regions. These powerful mathematical tools are harnessed to provide 128 theorems in tabular format (most not previously available in the literature) that transform time-derivative and del operators of a function at one scale to the corresponding operators acting on the function at a larger scale. Mathematical Tools for Changing Scale in the Analysis of Physical Systems also provides sample applications of the theorems to obtain continuum balance relations for arbitrary surfaces, multiphase systems, and problems of reduced dimensionality. The mathematical techniques and tabulated theorems ensure the book will be an invaluable analysis tool for practitioners and researchers studying balance equations for systems encountered in the fields of hydraulics, hydrology, porous media physics, structural analysis, chemical transport, heat transfer, and continuum mechanics.
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Blain, Cheryl Ann was born on July 5, 1965 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Paul Dean and Marie Cecile (Sutter) Blain.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Notre Dame, 1987. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Princeton University, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, University Notre Dame, 1994.
Research assistant, U. Notre Dame, Indiana, 1985-1987; hydrologist, United States Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, summer 1987; teaching assistant, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1987-1988; research assistant, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1988-1989; research assistant, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Department Commerce, Princeton, summer 1989; research assistant, U. Notre Dame, 1989-1994; tutor, Notre Dame, 1992; oceanographer, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, since 1994.
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Science Fair judge Mandeville (Louisiana) High School, 1994. Choir member, lector Sacred Heart Parish, Notre Dame, 1989-1994. Active service projects University Notre Dame, 1989-1994.
Lector, volunteer St. Luke Catholic Church, Slidell, Louisiana, since 1995. Volunteer Ozanam Inn Homeless Shelter, New Orleans, since 1995. Volunteer Habitat for Humanity, Slidell, since 1995.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon.