Student's Independent Research Published in Journal of Applied Mathematics

Seung Hyun Kim '14's independent research on new calculation methods for a free-boundary one phase Stefan problem, a type of partial differential equation, was published in the Journal of Applied Mathematics.
Seung Hyun Kim '14's independent research on new calculation methods for a free-boundary one phase Stefan problem, a type of partial differential equation, was published in the Journal of Applied Mathematics
Seung Hyun had been trying to publish this article for two years, rejections empowered him to continually revise his work and re-submit.

Part of his research included reading many published pieces to learn about the Stefan problem and how people developed their methods. Seung Hyun said that he frequently watched Khan Academy videos, especially Differential Equations, and read mathematics textbooks.
  
Although this was independent research outside CSW, Seung Hyun used many complex math techniques, and the core idea came from algebra 2 and pre-calculus, which are part of high school curricula.

"I learned that high school mathematics is as important as, or possibly more important than, mathematics after high school," added Seung Hyun.
"I am very thankful for the support at CSW for allowing me to pursue my interests both inside and outside of the school."

Seung Hyun, who has taken on several independent studies on linear algebra and partial differential equations at CSW, also presented his finding earlier this year at a sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society at Temple University.

In the future, he would like to do engineering research using the application of the Stefan problem, which he forsees can be used a great deal.
 
The article can be found here.

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