Ana Oprisan

College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, .

E-mail: trimite un mesaj.

Pagina web a instituţiei: http://oprisana.people.cofc.edu/
Pagina web personala: http://oprisana.people.cofc.edu/

Nascut(a) in: 2000

Interese: Critical Phenomena and Boiling, Computational Physics, Image Processing

Detalii:
Department address:

Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Charleston
58 Coming street, Charleston, SC 29424, USA

E-mail: oprisana@cofc.edu

EDUCATION

2006, PhD in Engineering and Applied Science from the University of New Orleans. Adviser Dr. John J. Hegseth. Dissertation “Fluctuations, phase transition and wetting films near liquid-gas critical point”

2003, M.S. in Physics from the University of New Orleans. Adviser: Dr. John Hegseth. Thesis: "Dynamics of the wetting film near the liquid-gas critical point"

1987, B.S. Physics, Faculty of Physics, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University Iasi, Romania. Advisor: Dr. Dana Dorohoi. Thesis: "The study of polar dielectrics"

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS

08.2007-:
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

09.2005-05.2007:
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

01.2005-05.2006:
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans.

08.2002 – 12.2004:
Research Assistant, Departments of Physics, University of New Orleans.
Conducting research in critical phenonena, computational physics under faculty supervision.

01.2001 – 08.2002:
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans.
Teaching General Physics for Science Majors Lab (PHYS 1063), papers grading Physics for Science & Engineering (PHYS 2064)

08.1993 – 09.1999:
Certified Physics Teacher, “Victoria” High School, Iasi, Romania.
Teaching physics classes grades 9-12

09.1987-09.1993:
Certified Physics Teacher, Middel & High School no. 3 & 10, Tecuci, Romania.
Teaching physics classes grades 6-10

TEACHING EXPERINECE

Undergraduate:
College of Charleston
-Introductory Physics
-General Physics
University of New Orleans
-General Physics 1031 (lecture)
-General Physics 1063 (laboratory)

Graduate:
College of Charleston - MEd Science and Math for Teachers program
- Physics of Force and Motion for Teachers (SMFT 697).
- Atomic Theory of Matter (SMFT 697).
- Applications of Physics for Teachers (SMFT 555).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Critical Phenomena and Boiling
- Computational Physics
- Image Processing
- Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Fractals

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION & AFFILIATION

- Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society (2005-)
- The American Physical Society (2001-)
- The American Association of Physics Teachers(2002-).

HONORS AND AWARDS

- “Outstanding Teaching Award” from the American Association of Physics Teachers
- “Bill Good Award” from the Physics Faculty of the University of New Orleans.

LANGUAGES
- English
- Romanian (native)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Teklu A. (2010). Experimental study of nonequilibrium fluctuations during free diffusion in nanocolloids using microscopic techniques. Applied Optics, 49(1), 86-96.

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Hegseth J., Garrabos Y., Lecoutre-Chabot C., and Beysens D., Universality in early-stage growth of phase-separating domains near the critical point, Physical Review E 77:051118, 2008.

Hegseth J., Oprisan Ana, Garrabos Y., Lecoutre-Chabot C., V.S. Nikolayev, and Beysens D., Near-critical fluid boiling: overheating and wetting films, Europhysics Journal E/EDP Sciences Journals 26345-353, 2008.

Oprisan Ana, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, C. Lecoutre-Chabot, and D. Beysens, Finding the temperature using image analysis techniques, SPIE, Optics and Photonics, San Diego, SPIE Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7025, 2008.

Oprisan S.A., and Oprisan Ana, A
computational model of oncogenesis using systemic approach, Axiomathes (Complex Systems Biology and Life’s Logic in memory of Robert Rosen. Guest Editor(s): Ion Baianu)16 (1-2):155-163, 2006.

John Hegseth, Ana Oprisan, Yves Garrabos, Vadim S. Nikolayev, Carole Lecoutre-Chabot, and Daniel Beysens, Wetting film dynamics during evaporation under weightlessness in a near-critical fluid, Phys. Rev. E 72, 031602 (2005).

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, The convergence optimization technique applied to the functional self-organization algorithm , Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University Iasi, XLIII - XLIV, fasc.2, Solid State and Theoretical Physics, (1997-1998).

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, The saddle-node bifurcation and limit cycle transitions in the aquas environment metal passivation reaction , Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University Iasi, XLIII - XLIV, fasc.2, Solid State and Theoretical Physics, (1997-1998).

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Margareta Ignat, The substrate interaction potential dependent thin film growth processes , Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University Iasi, XLIII - XLIV, fasc.2, pp. 215-219, Solid State and Theoretical Physics (1997-1998).

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Monte Carlo simulation of the random and deterministic fractal growth processes, Annals of the West University Timisoara, XXXVIII , 1998.

Oprisan S. A., Ana Oprisan, Bifurcations and limit cycle in the aqueous environment metallic passivation kinetics, Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University, vol. XXXIX, 1998.

Oprisan S. A., Ana Oprisan, Optimized numerical algorithm for cluster aggregation in functional self-organization, Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University, vol. XXXIX, 1998.

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S. A., Margareta Ignat, Thin film growth processes. The study of interaction potential influence on the fractal dimension, Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University, vol. XXXIX, 1998.

Oprisan Ana, View point, Evrika 10, pp. 40-41, 1998.

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Irreversible processes in real engines, Evrika 1, pp. 12-14, 1997.

Oprisan Ana, Experimental verification of the second Kepler’s law, Physics Homeworks, 20, 1995.


PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS WITH PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

*B. Bayley, Ana Oprisan, J. Hegseth, D. Beysens, and Y. Garrabos, Direct imaging of critical fluctuations in pure fluids and binary mixture, SURF Poster Session, College of Charleston, August 24 2009.

Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, A. Teklu, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Searching for a possible universal character of non-equilibrium fluctuations, APS March Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, 2009.

*G. Smith, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Using Image Processing Techniques for Cluster Analysis, and Droplet Formation in Phase Separating Fluids, APS March Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, 2009.

*G. Smith, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Phase Separation and Wetting Layer Effects in Near Critical Sulfur Hexafluoride, South Carolina Academy of Science, Columbia, SC, April 2009.

*G. Smith, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Cluster Analysis, Wetting Layer Growth, and Droplet Formation in Near Critical Sulfur Hexafluoride, School of Sciences and Mathematics Scientific Research Poster Session, College of Charleston, April 2009.

*S. Fox, Ana Oprisan, G. Harrison, Robotics Curriculum: CE Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Arts, College of Charleston, Graduate School Poster Session, January 2009.

*P. Towne, Ana Oprisan, A. Wallace, G. Harrison, Sixth Graders Using Physics, SACS-AAPT April Meeting, Gainesville, GA, April 2008.

Ana Oprisan and S.A. Oprisan, What strategies are used to solve online homework assignments, SACS-AAPT April Meeting, Gainesville, GA, April, 2008.

S.A. Oprisan and Ana Oprisan, Object-oriented programming for non-programmers with Agent Sheets, SACS-AAPT April Meeting, Gainesville, GA, April, 2008.

Ana Oprisan, *G. Smith, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, C. Lecoutre-Chabot, and D. Beysens Critical fluctuations and phase separation in pure fluid, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008.

Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, and A. Teklu, Imaging Density Fluctuations in Liquids Using Schlieren Photographic Technique, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008.

Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, and J. Hegseth, A novel method of finding the position of critical point using image analysis techniques, The 6th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies, Orlando, June 29th - July 2nd, 2008.

*G. Smith, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Image analysis techniques in phase separation images recorded in microgravity, South Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Clemson, March, 18, 2008.

G. Smith*, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Texture Analysis of Phase Separation Images Recorded in Microgravity, School of Sciences and Mathematics Scientific Research Poster Session, College of Charleston, April 11, 2008.

Ana Oprisan, Oprisan S.A., and J. Hegseth, Computational techniques for quantitative characterization of critical fluctuations in binary fluids, 2007 APS April Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida, April 14-17, 2007.

Oprisan S.A. and Oprisan Ana, Predicting neural network firing pattern from phase resetting curve, 2007 APS April Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida, April 14-17, 2007.

Ana Oprisan and John J. Hegseth , Direct microscopic observations of fluctuations near critical point, APS March Meeting 2006 March 13-17, Baltimore, MD.

S.A. Oprisan and Ana Oprisan, Phase space singularities of neural oscillators determine the structure of the phase-resetting curve, 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, October 14-18 2006.

Oprisan Ana and S.A. Oprisan, Stable fully synchronized states in periodic neural networks, 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, October 14-18 2006.

Oprisan S.A. and Ana Oprisan, Oscillatory patterns in networks of asymmetrically coupled neurons using phase response curve, , The Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, July 19-20 2006.

S.A. Oprisan and Ana Oprisan, Computational Model of Population Dynamics Based on the Cell Cycle and Local Interactions, 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, October 14-18 2006.

Ana Oprisan and S.A. Oprisan, Stable fully synchronized states in periodic neural networks, , 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, October 14-18 2006.


Ana Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beys, Moving contact lines in heated liquid film, Fifteenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 22-27, 2003, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

Ana Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beys, Moving contact lines in heated liquid film, Annual American Physical Society March Meeting 2003 (http://www.aps.org/meet/MAR03/), March 3 - 7, 2003, Austin, Texas.

Hegseth J., Ana Oprisan, C. Lecoutre, D. Beysens, Y. Garrabos, Coarsening and growth in phase separation neare the liquid-gas critical point (http://www.aps.org/meet/MAR02/ ), Annual American Physical Society March Meeting 2002, March 18 - 22, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ana Oprisan, Oprisan S.A., and J. Hegseth, Computational solution of liquid-gas interface shapes from the refractions of a defocused grid (http://www.aps.org/meet/MAR02/ ), Annual American Physical Society March Meeting 2002, March 18 - 22, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ana Oprisan, Oprisan S.A., Fractal measure of compactness in thin film growth process modeled by Metropolis algorithm (http://www.aps.org/meet/MAR02/ ), Annual American Physical Society March Meeting 2002, March 18 - 22, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana.


PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS TALKS

Ana Oprisan, Grid technique for wetting film thickness measurement, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans, April, 2003.

Ana Oprisan, Wave equation in relation with Huygens Principle, Department of Mathematics, University of New Orleans, December 2002.

Ana Oprisan, The substrate interaction potential dependent film growth processes, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans, November, 2001.

Ana Oprisan, Oprisan S.A., M.Ignat, The influence of background interaction potential during thin film growth, Scientific Symposium “Al.I.Cuza University days”, Iasi, Romania Oct.1998.

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, Saddle-node bifurcations and limit cycle occurrence in the aqueous environment passivation reactions, "Al.I.Cuza" Scientific Session, 20-25 October 1998 (in Romanian).

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, Speed optimization for the cluster formation algorithm, "Al.I.Cuza" Scientific Session, 20-25 October 1998 (in Romanian).

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Margareta Ignat, The study of the influence of interactions between the substrate and adatoms in thin films, "Al.I.Cuza" Scientific Session, 20-25 October 1998 (in Romanian).

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Monte Carlo simulations of the random and deterministic fractal growth processes, National Conference on Physics, Constanta, 12-14 Octombrie 1998

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, stud. Cosmin Radu, Electronic equivalent circuits for chaotic dynamics, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 23 Mai 1998 (in roumanian).

Oprisan Ana, About fractal geometry of the Nature, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 23 Mai 1998 (in roumanian).

Oprisan Ana, Monte Carlos simulation of fractal growth processes, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 23 Mai 1998 (in roumanian).

Oprisan Ana, Fractal growth, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 17 Mai 1997 (in roumanian)

Oprisan Ana, Irreversible processes in thermal engines, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 17 Mai 1997 (in roumanian)

Oprisan Ana, Margareta Ignat, Multifractal analysis of two-dimensional structures, "Al.I.Cuza" Scientific Session, 19-25 October 1997.

Details:
Department address:

Department of Physics and Astronomy
College of Charleston
58 Coming street, Charleston, SC 29424, USA

E-mail: oprisana@cofc.edu

EDUCATION

2006, PhD in Engineering and Applied Science from the University of New Orleans. Adviser Dr. John J. Hegseth. Dissertation “Fluctuations, phase transition and wetting films near liquid-gas critical point”

2003, M.S. in Physics from the University of New Orleans. Adviser: Dr. John Hegseth. Thesis: "Dynamics of the wetting film near the liquid-gas critical point"

1987, B.S. Physics, Faculty of Physics, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University Iasi, Romania. Advisor: Dr. Dana Dorohoi. Thesis: "The study of polar dielectrics"

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS

08.2007-:
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

09.2005-05.2007:
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

01.2005-05.2006:
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans.

08.2002 – 12.2004:
Research Assistant, Departments of Physics, University of New Orleans.
Conducting research in critical phenonena, computational physics under faculty supervision.

01.2001 – 08.2002:
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans.
Teaching General Physics for Science Majors Lab (PHYS 1063), papers grading Physics for Science & Engineering (PHYS 2064)

08.1993 – 09.1999:
Certified Physics Teacher, “Victoria” High School, Iasi, Romania.
Teaching physics classes grades 9-12

09.1987-09.1993:
Certified Physics Teacher, Middel & High School no. 3 & 10, Tecuci, Romania.
Teaching physics classes grades 6-10

TEACHING EXPERINECE

Undergraduate:
College of Charleston
-Introductory Physics
-General Physics
University of New Orleans
-General Physics 1031 (lecture)
-General Physics 1063 (laboratory)

Graduate:
College of Charleston - MEd Science and Math for Teachers program
- Physics of Force and Motion for Teachers (SMFT 697).
- Atomic Theory of Matter (SMFT 697).
- Applications of Physics for Teachers (SMFT 555).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Critical Phenomena and Boiling
- Computational Physics
- Image Processing
- Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Fractals

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION & AFFILIATION

- Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society (2005-)
- The American Physical Society (2001-)
- The American Association of Physics Teachers(2002-).

HONORS AND AWARDS

- “Outstanding Teaching Award” from the American Association of Physics Teachers
- “Bill Good Award” from the Physics Faculty of the University of New Orleans.

LANGUAGES
- English
- Romanian (native)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Teklu A. (2010). Experimental study of nonequilibrium fluctuations during free diffusion in nanocolloids using microscopic techniques. Applied Optics, 49(1), 86-96.

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Hegseth J., Garrabos Y., Lecoutre-Chabot C., and Beysens D., Universality in early-stage growth of phase-separating domains near the critical point, Physical Review E 77:051118, 2008.

Hegseth J., Oprisan Ana, Garrabos Y., Lecoutre-Chabot C., V.S. Nikolayev, and Beysens D., Near-critical fluid boiling: overheating and wetting films, Europhysics Journal E/EDP Sciences Journals 26345-353, 2008.

Oprisan Ana, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, C. Lecoutre-Chabot, and D. Beysens, Finding the temperature using image analysis techniques, SPIE, Optics and Photonics, San Diego, SPIE Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7025, 2008.

Oprisan S.A., and Oprisan Ana, A
computational model of oncogenesis using systemic approach, Axiomathes (Complex Systems Biology and Life’s Logic in memory of Robert Rosen. Guest Editor(s): Ion Baianu)16 (1-2):155-163, 2006.

John Hegseth, Ana Oprisan, Yves Garrabos, Vadim S. Nikolayev, Carole Lecoutre-Chabot, and Daniel Beysens, Wetting film dynamics during evaporation under weightlessness in a near-critical fluid, Phys. Rev. E 72, 031602 (2005).

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, The convergence optimization technique applied to the functional self-organization algorithm , Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University Iasi, XLIII - XLIV, fasc.2, Solid State and Theoretical Physics, (1997-1998).

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, The saddle-node bifurcation and limit cycle transitions in the aquas environment metal passivation reaction , Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University Iasi, XLIII - XLIV, fasc.2, Solid State and Theoretical Physics, (1997-1998).

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Margareta Ignat, The substrate interaction potential dependent thin film growth processes , Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University Iasi, XLIII - XLIV, fasc.2, pp. 215-219, Solid State and Theoretical Physics (1997-1998).

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Monte Carlo simulation of the random and deterministic fractal growth processes, Annals of the West University Timisoara, XXXVIII , 1998.

Oprisan S. A., Ana Oprisan, Bifurcations and limit cycle in the aqueous environment metallic passivation kinetics, Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University, vol. XXXIX, 1998.

Oprisan S. A., Ana Oprisan, Optimized numerical algorithm for cluster aggregation in functional self-organization, Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University, vol. XXXIX, 1998.

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S. A., Margareta Ignat, Thin film growth processes. The study of interaction potential influence on the fractal dimension, Annals of "Al.I.Cuza" University, vol. XXXIX, 1998.

Oprisan Ana, View point, Evrika 10, pp. 40-41, 1998.

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Irreversible processes in real engines, Evrika 1, pp. 12-14, 1997.

Oprisan Ana, Experimental verification of the second Kepler’s law, Physics Homeworks, 20, 1995.


PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS WITH PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

*B. Bayley, Ana Oprisan, J. Hegseth, D. Beysens, and Y. Garrabos, Direct imaging of critical fluctuations in pure fluids and binary mixture, SURF Poster Session, College of Charleston, August 24 2009.

Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, A. Teklu, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Searching for a possible universal character of non-equilibrium fluctuations, APS March Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, 2009.

*G. Smith, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Using Image Processing Techniques for Cluster Analysis, and Droplet Formation in Phase Separating Fluids, APS March Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, 2009.

*G. Smith, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Phase Separation and Wetting Layer Effects in Near Critical Sulfur Hexafluoride, South Carolina Academy of Science, Columbia, SC, April 2009.

*G. Smith, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Cluster Analysis, Wetting Layer Growth, and Droplet Formation in Near Critical Sulfur Hexafluoride, School of Sciences and Mathematics Scientific Research Poster Session, College of Charleston, April 2009.

*S. Fox, Ana Oprisan, G. Harrison, Robotics Curriculum: CE Williams Middle School for Creative and Scientific Arts, College of Charleston, Graduate School Poster Session, January 2009.

*P. Towne, Ana Oprisan, A. Wallace, G. Harrison, Sixth Graders Using Physics, SACS-AAPT April Meeting, Gainesville, GA, April 2008.

Ana Oprisan and S.A. Oprisan, What strategies are used to solve online homework assignments, SACS-AAPT April Meeting, Gainesville, GA, April, 2008.

S.A. Oprisan and Ana Oprisan, Object-oriented programming for non-programmers with Agent Sheets, SACS-AAPT April Meeting, Gainesville, GA, April, 2008.

Ana Oprisan, *G. Smith, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, C. Lecoutre-Chabot, and D. Beysens Critical fluctuations and phase separation in pure fluid, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008.

Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, and A. Teklu, Imaging Density Fluctuations in Liquids Using Schlieren Photographic Technique, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008.

Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, and J. Hegseth, A novel method of finding the position of critical point using image analysis techniques, The 6th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies, Orlando, June 29th - July 2nd, 2008.

*G. Smith, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Image analysis techniques in phase separation images recorded in microgravity, South Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Clemson, March, 18, 2008.

G. Smith*, Ana Oprisan, S.A. Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beysens, Texture Analysis of Phase Separation Images Recorded in Microgravity, School of Sciences and Mathematics Scientific Research Poster Session, College of Charleston, April 11, 2008.

Ana Oprisan, Oprisan S.A., and J. Hegseth, Computational techniques for quantitative characterization of critical fluctuations in binary fluids, 2007 APS April Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida, April 14-17, 2007.

Oprisan S.A. and Oprisan Ana, Predicting neural network firing pattern from phase resetting curve, 2007 APS April Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida, April 14-17, 2007.

Ana Oprisan and John J. Hegseth , Direct microscopic observations of fluctuations near critical point, APS March Meeting 2006 March 13-17, Baltimore, MD.

S.A. Oprisan and Ana Oprisan, Phase space singularities of neural oscillators determine the structure of the phase-resetting curve, 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, October 14-18 2006.

Oprisan Ana and S.A. Oprisan, Stable fully synchronized states in periodic neural networks, 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, October 14-18 2006.

Oprisan S.A. and Ana Oprisan, Oscillatory patterns in networks of asymmetrically coupled neurons using phase response curve, , The Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, July 19-20 2006.

S.A. Oprisan and Ana Oprisan, Computational Model of Population Dynamics Based on the Cell Cycle and Local Interactions, 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, October 14-18 2006.

Ana Oprisan and S.A. Oprisan, Stable fully synchronized states in periodic neural networks, , 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, October 14-18 2006.


Ana Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beys, Moving contact lines in heated liquid film, Fifteenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 22-27, 2003, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

Ana Oprisan, J. Hegseth, Y. Garrabos, and D. Beys, Moving contact lines in heated liquid film, Annual American Physical Society March Meeting 2003 (http://www.aps.org/meet/MAR03/), March 3 - 7, 2003, Austin, Texas.

Hegseth J., Ana Oprisan, C. Lecoutre, D. Beysens, Y. Garrabos, Coarsening and growth in phase separation neare the liquid-gas critical point (http://www.aps.org/meet/MAR02/ ), Annual American Physical Society March Meeting 2002, March 18 - 22, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ana Oprisan, Oprisan S.A., and J. Hegseth, Computational solution of liquid-gas interface shapes from the refractions of a defocused grid (http://www.aps.org/meet/MAR02/ ), Annual American Physical Society March Meeting 2002, March 18 - 22, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ana Oprisan, Oprisan S.A., Fractal measure of compactness in thin film growth process modeled by Metropolis algorithm (http://www.aps.org/meet/MAR02/ ), Annual American Physical Society March Meeting 2002, March 18 - 22, 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana.


PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS TALKS

Ana Oprisan, Grid technique for wetting film thickness measurement, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans, April, 2003.

Ana Oprisan, Wave equation in relation with Huygens Principle, Department of Mathematics, University of New Orleans, December 2002.

Ana Oprisan, The substrate interaction potential dependent film growth processes, Department of Physics, University of New Orleans, November, 2001.

Ana Oprisan, Oprisan S.A., M.Ignat, The influence of background interaction potential during thin film growth, Scientific Symposium “Al.I.Cuza University days”, Iasi, Romania Oct.1998.

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, Saddle-node bifurcations and limit cycle occurrence in the aqueous environment passivation reactions, "Al.I.Cuza" Scientific Session, 20-25 October 1998 (in Romanian).

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, Speed optimization for the cluster formation algorithm, "Al.I.Cuza" Scientific Session, 20-25 October 1998 (in Romanian).

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Margareta Ignat, The study of the influence of interactions between the substrate and adatoms in thin films, "Al.I.Cuza" Scientific Session, 20-25 October 1998 (in Romanian).

Oprisan Ana, Oprisan S.A., Monte Carlo simulations of the random and deterministic fractal growth processes, National Conference on Physics, Constanta, 12-14 Octombrie 1998

Oprisan S.A., Ana Oprisan, stud. Cosmin Radu, Electronic equivalent circuits for chaotic dynamics, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 23 Mai 1998 (in roumanian).

Oprisan Ana, About fractal geometry of the Nature, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 23 Mai 1998 (in roumanian).

Oprisan Ana, Monte Carlos simulation of fractal growth processes, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 23 Mai 1998 (in roumanian).

Oprisan Ana, Fractal growth, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 17 Mai 1997 (in roumanian)

Oprisan Ana, Irreversible processes in thermal engines, The XXVII-th Scientific Session “Methods and instruments for Physics and Chemistry”, 17 Mai 1997 (in roumanian)

Oprisan Ana, Margareta Ignat, Multifractal analysis of two-dimensional structures, "Al.I.Cuza" Scientific Session, 19-25 October 1997.

Publicații selectate:

* John Hegseth, Ana Oprisan, Yves Garrabos, Vadim S. Nikolayev, Carole Lecoutre-Chabot, and Daniel Beysens, Wetting film dynamics during evaporation under weightlessness in a near-critical fluid, Physical Review E, 72, 2005.