Daniel Ratliff, a PhD student in Mathematics, has had two sole-author papers accepted for publication recently.  The paper “Double degeneracy in multiphase modulation and the emergence of the Boussinesq equation” is accepted and to appear in Studies in Applied Mathematics.  A link to the journal page is here. The second paper is “Phase dynamics of periodic wavetrains leading to the 5th order KP equation” has been accepted for publication in Physica D.  An electronic version of the latter paper is available for downloading here.