Forest Mannan PhD

Biography

How did you discover Western?

I grew up in Carbondale, Colorado, so I am familiar with the Western Slope and I always knew I wanted to teach at a university in the area.

What are some of the highlights of your career?

Doing research with a professor as an undergraduate student had a big impact on my decision to attend graduate school. I have particularly enjoyed experiencing this from the other side and supporting undergraduate research as a professor.

What most excites you about your field?

Math is at the heart of all scientific disciplines. It is amazing to be part of a subject that is integral to any quantitative investigation of the world.

What is your favorite thing about the Gunnison Valley?

Outdoor recreation and the balmy weather.

Courses Taught

• MATH 360: Linear Algebra
• MATH 252: Calculus III
• MATH 151: Calculus I
• MATH 260: Applied Linear Algebra
• MATH 451: Analysis I
• MATH 358: Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
• MATH 497: Special Topics

Publications

• Forest Mannan, Ricardo Cortez. An Explicit Formula for 2D Regularized Stokeslets Flow with Periodicity in one Direction and Bounded by a Plane Wall, Communications in Computational Physics, Jan. 2018.
• Forest Mannan, K. Leiderman. Weak Inertial Effects on Arbitrarily Shaped Objects in the Presence of a Wall. Submitted to Physical Review Fluids
• Forest Mannan, K. Leiderman. A minimal model of the hydrodynamical coupling of cilia on a spherical body. Will be submitted to Physical Review Letters
• Forest Mannan, Ricardo Cortez. An Integrative Computational Model of Ciliary. Beating in 3D. (In preparation)

External Professional Affiliations

Colorado School of Mines