Graduate Program in Scientific Computation

Douglas Arnold - McKnight Presidential Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1979. My primary research interests are in numerical analysis, partial differential equations, mechanics, and in particular, the interplay between these fields.

Amirikian Bagrat - Assistant Professor, Neuroscience.

Victor Barocas - Department of Biomedical Engineering

Daniel Boley - Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Stanford. Numerical analysis, linear algebra, control theory.

Graham Candler - Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Ph.D., Stanford University. Hypersonic aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics, high temperature gas physics.

Bernardo Cockburn - Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1986. Numerical analysis, numerical methods for nonlinear hyperbolic problems, approximation theory for conservation laws, scientific computation, fluid mechanics and geophysical exploration.

Christopher Cramer - Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D. Illinois. Theoretical organic chemistry.

Jeffrey J. Derby - Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Process modeling, materials processing, and high performance computing.

Timothy J. Ebner - Professor of Neurosurgery and Physiology, M.D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Neurophysiology of cerebellum and motor cortex.

David Ferguson - Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Ph.D., University of South Florida, 1989. Research projects in Dr. Ferguson's lab apply quantum mechanics, molecular mechanics/dynamics, and computer graphics techniques to study molecular interactions in complex systems, especially those of biochemical importance.

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou - Professor of Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1985. Major research interests are in the area of stochastic modeling of surface hydrologic processes and systems.

Laura Gagliardi - Professor, Chemistry, Ph.D., University of Bologna, Italy. Chemical physics, computational chemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry.

Jiali Gao - Professor, Chemistry, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1987. Chemical biology, chemical physics, computational chemistry, physical chemistry, organic chemistry.

Dr. Apostolos Georgopoulos - Department of Neuroscience

Thomas Jones - Department of Astronomy

Daniel D. Joseph - Professor, Regents and Russell J. Penrose Professor Emeritus, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1963. The group directed by Professor Joseph is engaged in research on viscoelastic fluids, multiphase flows, fluidized beds, two-fluid dynamics, and drag reduction. The studies carried out in Joseph's lab are done with the aid of experiments, theory and high performance computing.

George Karypis - Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Minnesota, 1996. Data mining, bio-informatics, parallel processing, CAD, and scientific computing.

Daniel Kersten - Professor of Psychology, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1983. Visual perception, computer vision, visual system models.

Vipin Kumar - Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., University of Maryland. Parallel processing, Data Mining.

David J. Lilja - Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. High-performance computer architecture; parallel processing; nanocomputing; computer systems performance analysis; exploiting hardware-software interactions.

Mitchell Luskin - Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1977. Scientific computing, numerical analysis, computational physics.

Krishnan Mahesh - Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1996. Professor Mahesh's group is involved in the computation, analysis, and modeling of turbulent flows. The overall focus is on fundamental advances in numerical algorithms, and understanding of flow physics that allow the prediction of engineering turbulent flows.

John Nieber - Professor of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1979. Applications of analytical and numerical solutions of the deterministic and stochastic equations for fluid flow, heat transport, and constituent transport in the unsaturated zone.

Hans G. Othmer - Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Applied mathematics, mathematical biology, differential equations, dynamical systems.

Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos - Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University. Computer vision, robotics, sensors for transportation applications.

Yousef Saad - Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Doctorat d'Etat, Grenoble. Sparse matrix computations, parallel computation, eigenvalue problems, nonlinear equations.

Guillermo Sapiro - Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D., Technion University. Image processing, computer vision, robotics, human vision, differential geometry, partial differential equations, invariant theory, human motor control, and applications of mathematics to engineering problems.

George R. Sell - Professor of Mathematics, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1962. Dynamical systems and differential equations, inertial manifolds.

J. Ilja Siepmann - Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D. University of Cambridge, 1992. Physical chemistry; chemical physics; chemical engineering; materials science. Development of novel Monte Carlo algorithms and transferable force fields; applications to fluid phase equilibria, retention in chromatography, and molecular

Jaideep Srivastava - Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1988. Databases, multimedia systems, distributed computing and data mining.

Harlan Stech - Associate Professor of Operations and Management Science, Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ohio State University, 1982. Computational probability, stochastic processes, complex time-dependent stochastic networks, use of stochastic approximations in simulation experimentation as variance reduction methods.

Ellad B. Tadmor - Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, Brown University, 1996.

David Thomas - Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics (Medical School), Ph.D., Stanford University. Spectroscopic and computational techniques, macromolecular structure and dynamics, physiological processes, muscle contraction.

Donald G. Truhlar - Regents Professor, Chemistry, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology. Computational chemical dynamics and structure as applied to chemical kinetics, photochemistry, catalysis, nanomaterials, and biochemistry; quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics; high-performance computing.

Vaughan R. Voller - Professor, Civil Engineering and St Anthony Falls Laboratory, Ph.D., University of Sunderland, U.K. Numerical techniques for thermal-fluid problems and free and moving boundary problems.

Renata Wentzcovitch - Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1988. Theory of Materials at High Pressures and Temperatures, Planetary Materials , Spintronic Materials.

George L. Wilcox - Professor of Pharmacology, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1975. Spinal nociception and analgesia, with emphasis on tolerance, synergy, allodynia, and excitatory amino acids.

Paul Woodward - Professor, Astronomy, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1973. Computational astrophysics, computational fluid dynamics, scientific visualization, parallel computation.

Darrin York - Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1993. Theoretical chemistry, physical chemistry, chemical physics.

David Yuen - Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1978. Solid earth geophysics, especially the study of mantle rheology, seismic attenuation, and fluid dynamics of geological processes, mathematical geophysics, supercomputing and scientific visualization.