CRSC Group Photos:

April 2007

April 2005

November 2003

July 2000

April 1997

CRSC Personnel:

	Dr. H.T. Banks, Director Dr. H.T. Banks is Director of the Center for Research in Scientific Computation and Co-Director of the Center for Quantitative Sciences in Biomedicine at North Carolina State University where he is also a Distinguished University Professor and Drexel Professor of Mathematics. Prior to this current appointment in 1992, he spent three years on the faculty at the University of Southern California where he was founder and the first Director of the Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences after having spent over 20 years on the faculty at Brown University. Dr. Banks has published over 375 papers in applied mathematics and engineering journals and written four books. He currently serves on a number of editorial boards including Computational and Applied Mathematics, Quarterly of Applied Math, Inverse Problems, Journal of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems, Applied Mathematics Letters, International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Modeling, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering and was the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the SIAM Frontiers in Applied Mathematics. Dr. Banks is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and was the recipient of the IEEE Control Systems Technology Award in 1996, Purdue University Distinguished Alumni Award in 1998, and the W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics from SIAM in 2002. Dr. Banks' research interests include Inverse Problems and Control for PDE, Modeling in Electromagnetics, Structures, Fluids, and Biology.
	Dr. Ralph C. Smith, Associate Director Dr. Ralph C. Smith is Associate Director of the Center for Research in Scientific Computation at North Carolina State University where he is a Professor of Mathematics. Dr. Smith received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Montana State University in 1990. Dr. Smith's research interests include aspects of mathematical modeling, numerical analysis and control theory. He has written numerous papers and a book on smart material systems, and much of his current research focuses on mathematical issues concerning high performance smart material actuators and sensors in structural, structural acoustic, and aeroacoustic systems.
	Lesa R. Denning, Administrative Assistant 324 Harrelson Hall Phone:(919)515-5289 Fax: (919)515-1636 or e-mail: lesa_denning@ncsu.edu
	Deborah Leistikow, SAMSI Program Assistant Centennial Campus, Research III Rm 217 Phone:(919)513-7436 Fax: (919)515-8967 or e-mail: dcleisti@ncsu.edu

Associated Faculty and Industrial Scientists:

The following is a complete list of CRSC Associated Faculty, Postdocs, and Industrial Scientists along with their respective research interests. If you would like to know more about a particular researcher, please see their individual profile.

• Klaus J. Bachmann: Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
  Intelligent Production of Compound Semiconductors.

• H.T.Banks: Distinguished University Professor and Drexel Professor of Mathematics; Director of the Center for Research in Scientific Computation and Co-Director of the Center for Quantitative Sciences in Biomedicine at North Carolina State University
  Inverse Problems and Control for PDE, Modeling in Structures, Fluids and Biology.

• Jerzy Bernholc: Professor of Physics
  Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science.

• Thomas Braun: Scientist, National Geospatial-Intelligency Agency (NGA)
  Multiscale material modeling, high speed numerical algorithms, hardware implementation

• Robert Buche: Assistant Professor of Mathematics
  Stochastic Approximation and Control, especially communications applications, Large Deviations, Operations Research.

• Stephen L. Campbell: Professor of Mathematics
  Numerical Analysis, Implicit Differential Equations.

• Alina Chertock: Assistant Professor of Mathematics
  Biomechanics and Models in Developmental Biology and Medicine.

• Moody T. Chu: Professor of Mathematics
  Numerical Analysis, Parallel Algorithms.

• Ariel Cintron-Arias: SAMSI/CRSC Postdoctoral Fellow
  Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Modeling and Parameter Estimation, Transmission Dynamics of Infectious Diseases, Complex Networks, and Dynamics of Information Spread.
• Marie Davidian: William Neal Reynolds Professor of Statistics; Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke Medical School and Director of the Center for Quantitative Sciences in Biomedicine at North Carolina State University
  Mixed Effects Models, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Covariate Measurement Error, Missing Data, and Analysis of Assay Data and Calibration.

• Sava Dediu: CRSC Postdoctoral Fellow
  Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations, Scattering Theory, Numerical Solutions for Partial Differential Equations, Sensitivity Analysis for Dynamical Systems.
• Pierre Gremaud: Professor of Mathematics
  Variational Methods in Continuum Mechanics, Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws.

• Mansoor Haider: Associate Professor of Mathematics
  PDEs, Integral Equations, Biomechanics, Electromagnetic Scattering.

• Aloysius G. Helminck: Mathematics Department Head, Professor of Mathematics
  Symmetric Spaces, Invariant Theory, Representation Theory, Symbolic Computation, Flag Varieties and Graph Theory.

• Hoon Hong: Professor of Mathematics
  Symbolic Computation.

• Shuhua Hu: CRSC Postdoctoral Fellow
  Population and Community Dynamics, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, and Parameter Estimation Methods.

• Ilse Ipsen: Professor of Mathematics
  Numerical Linear Algebra, Parallel Computing.

• Kazufumi Ito: Professor of Mathematics
  Control and Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations.
  

• R. Lawrence Ives: Calabazas Creek Research, Inc.
  Software development, microwave tube and component design, and uses of microwave power for environmental and heating applications

• Mark R. Jolly: Materials Division, Thomas Lord Research Center, The Lord Corporation
  Magnetorheological Fluids, Smart Materials.

• Erich L. Kaltofen: Professor of Mathematics and Associate Member of Computer Science
  Computational Algebra and Number Theory, Design and Analysis of Sequential and Parallel Algorithms, Symbolic Computation Systems and Languages, Internet Mathematics Technology.

• C.T.Kelley: Drexel Professor of Mathematics
  Nonlinear Equations and Optimization, Integral Equations.

• Franz Kappel: Visiting Professor, Institut fur Mathematik, Universität Graz
  Control Theory, Inverse Problems, Cardiovascular Modeling, and Mathematical Biology.

• Grace M. Kepler: Research Associate Professor of Mathematics
  Mathematical Modeling, Biomedical Modeling, and Numerical Simulation.

• Plamen Koev: Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
  Numerical linear algebra, computational mathematics, applied/computational multivariate statistical analysis and random matrix theory, computational algebra.

• Karl Kunisch: Visiting Professor, Institut fur Mathematik, Universität Graz
  Control Theory, Partial Differential Equations, and Inverse Problems.

• Amy Langville: Assistant Professor, College of Charleston, SC Department of Mathematics
  Reduced order models for advanced materials.

• Zhilin Li: Associate Professor of Mathematics
  Numerical Analysis and Numerical Methods for Differential Equations.

• Alun Lloyd: Associate Professor of Biomathematics and Mathematics and Director of Biomathematics Graduate Program
  Modeling Infectious Diseases, Spatial Models, and Biomathematics.

• Sharon R. Lubkin: Associate Professor of Biomathematics and Mathematics
  Biomechanics and Models in Developmental Biology and Medicine.
  

• Negash G. Medhin: Professor of Mathematics
  Control Theory, Stochastics and Dynamical Systems.

• Carl D. Meyer, Jr.: Professor of Mathematics
  Numerical Linear Algebra, Markov Chains.

• John F. Monahan: Professor of Statistics
  Random Number Generation, Statistical Computing.

• Andrew Newell: CRSC Research Associate
  Micromagnetics, Rock Magnetism and Biomagnetism.

• William Oates: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University
  Multiscale material modeling, active materials, nonlinear control, fracture mechanics

• Mette S. Olufsen: Associate Professor of Mathematics
  Biofluidynamics, Math Biology.

• Tao Pang: Assistant Professor of Mathematics
  Stochastic Control and Financial Mathematics.

• C. V. Pao: Professor of Mathematics
  Numerical Methods in PDE's, Nonlinear Reaction-Diffusion Equations.

• Melissa A. Pasquinelli: Assistant Professor in Textiles Engineering, Chemistry, and Science
  Computational Chemistry, Multiscale Modeling, Nanomaterials, Toxicology, and Biomedical Engineering
• G. A. Pinter: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Modeling Elastomers.

• Eric S. Rosenberg: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
  Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Trials, and HIV.

• Paul Schlosser: Staff scientist, EPA.
  Physiological Modeling

• Jeffrey S. Scroggs: Associate Professor of Mathematics
  Domain Decomposition, Partial Differential Equations.

• Stefan Seelecke: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  Smart Materials.

• James F. Selgrade: Professor of Mathematics
  Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations, Biomathematics.

• F.H.H. Semazzi: Professor of Mathematics and Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  Climate Modeling, Numerical Simulation.

• Michael Shearer: Professor of Mathematics
  PDE's, Hyperbolic Conservation Laws.

• Michael F. Singer: Professor of Mathematics
  Computational Algebra and Differential Equations.

• Charles E. Smith: Associate Professor of Statistics and Biomathematics
  Numerical Solutions of First Passage Time Problems, Biomathematics.

• Ralph C. Smith:Professor of Mathematics
  Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Analysis and Control Theory.

• William J. Stewart: Professor of Computer Science
  Numerical Solution of Markov Chains, Numerical Linear Algebra.

• Jari Toivanen: CRSC Research Associate Fellow
  Fictitious Domain (Domain Imbedding) Methods, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Acoustics and Electromagnetics, Multidisciplinary Shape Optimization.

• Hien T. Tran: Professor of Mathematics
  Numerical Methods in Control, Spectral Methods.

• Semyon V. Tsynkov: Associate Professor of Mathematics
  Numerical Methods for PDE's and Computational Mathematics.

• Paul J. Turinsky: Professor of Nuclear Engineering
  Computational Engineering, Parallel Algorithms.

• Robert E. White: Professor of Mathematics
  Parallel Algorithms and Partial Differential Equations.

• Shannon Wynne: CRSC Research Associate Fellow
  Computational Methods for PDEs and Biological Modeling.

• Lynn Yanyo: Materials Division, Thomas Lord Research Center, The Lord Corporation
  Polymer Science, Viscoelastic Materials.

Associated Graduate Students:

• Adam Attarian: CRSC Research Assistant

• Brandy Benedict: Research Assistant

• Alex Capaldi: CQSB Teaching Assistant

• Amanda Criner: CRSC Research Assistant

• Jimena Davis: SAMSI Graduate Fellow; DOE CS Graduate Fellow

• Kristin Devault: CRSC Research Assistant

• Laura Ellwein: SAMSI Graduate Fellow; Teaching Assistant

• Xiang Fan: CRSC Research Assistant

• Jon Ernstberger: SAMSI Graduate Fellow; CRSC Research Assistant; Teaching Assistant

• Stacey Ernstberger (Lawler): CRSC Graduate Fellow; DHS Graduate Fellow

• Anjela Govan: SAMSI Graduate Fellow; CRSC Research Assistant

• Sarah Grove: SAMSI Graduate Fellow; CRSC Research Assistant

• Zifang Guo: CQSB Teaching Assistant

• Sarah Lynn Joyner: Lord/CRSC Graduate Fellow
• Eun Jung Kim: CRSC Research Assistant

• Chris Kuster: CRSC Research Assistant

• Lindsay (Hilbert) May: CRSC Research Assistant
• Stephen May: CRSC Research Assistant
• Arthur Peterson: CRSC Research Assistant

• Ellen Peterson: Lord/CRSC Graduate Fellow
• Francesca Reale-Levis: Lord/CRSC Graduate Fellow
• Danielle Robbins: CQSB Teaching Assistant

• Morgan Root: SAMSI Graduate Fellow; Teaching Assistant

• Johnny Samuels: SAMSI Graduate Fellow; Lord Fellow

• Ryan Siskind: CRSC Research Assistant

• Karyn Sutton: Visiting CRSC Research Assistant

• Justin Shoos: SAMSI Graduate Fellow, CRSC Research Assistant

• Heather Wilson: CRSC Research Assistant

See our list of Recent Graduates to see where our former students are now.

Corporate Partners:

• Advanced Bionutrition (ABN)
  Columbia, MD

• Calabazas Creek Research, Inc.
  Saratoga, CA

• Lord Corporation
  Thomas Lord Research Center
  Cary, NC