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Brief CV

Professor, 2018 – present, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Associate Professor, 2013 – 2018, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Assistant Professor, 2007 – 2013, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Assistant Professor,

 (fixed term)

2005 – 2007,

Pennsylvania State University
Research Associate, 2004 – 2005, Simon Fraser University
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001 – 2004, Pennsylvania State University
R&D Scientist;     1998 – 2001, Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences               
Research Assistant, 1997 – 1998, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ph.D., 1994 – 1997, Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
M.Sc., 1991 – 1994, Shandong University
 B.Sc., 1987 – 1991, Shandong University
 

Visiting professor,

2015 – 2017,

Beijing Center for Scientific and Engineering Computing, Beijing University of Technology 

 

Visiting professor,

2012 – 2019,

Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

  

Visiting professor,

07/2015 – 08/2015,

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  

Visiting professor,

2008 – 2014,

College of Automotive Engineering, Tongji University

 
Member, SIAM, 2009 – present, University of Nevada Las Vegas  
Member, ASME, 2009 – 2013, University of Nevada Las Vegas  

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

l  Ph.D. (Mathematics), Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1994 – 1997.

Specialization: Domain Decomposition Method, Finite Element Method and its Application on Scientific and Engineering Computing.

l  M.Sc. (Mathematics), Shandong University, China, 1991 – 1994.

Specialization: Computational Mathematics and its Applied Software.

l   B.Sc. (Mathematics), Shandong University, China, 1987 – 1991.

Specialization: Computational Mathematics and its Applied Software.

 

Employment:

l  Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 2018 – present.

l  Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 2013 – June 2018.

l  Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 2007 – June 2013.

l  Assistant Professor (fixed term), Pennsylvania State University, September 2005 – August 2007.

l  Research Associate, Simon Fraser University, Canada, September 2004 – August 2005.

l  Postdoctoral Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, December 2001 – August 2004.

l  Research and Development Scientist, Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, March 1998 – November 2001.

l  Research Assistant, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, June 1997 – February 1998.

 

Visiting positions:

l Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, July 24, 2015 - August 23, 2015.

l Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, August 2013 - May 2014.

l College of Automotive Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, summers of 2008 – 2012.

l  Institute of Computational Mathematics and Scientific/Engineering Computing, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, summers of 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019.

l Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University, August 2012.

l Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong City University, July – August, 2011.

l  Electrochemical Engine Center, Penn State University, January – July, 2006.

l  Xiangtan University, China, November, 2004.

l  Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, October, 2003.

l  Michigan State University, Michigan, USA, August, 2003.

l  University of California, San Diego, California, March, 2002.

 

Research

 

Publications

 

Grants, Honors and Awards

 

Conferences/TALKS

 

Projects

 

Professional Society:

 

l  Editorial boards:

  1. Journal of Applied & Computational Mathematics, 2013 - present.

  2. Austin Mathematics, 2014 - present.

  3. British Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2015 - present.

  4. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Mechanics & Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2016 - present.

l  Panelist and grant proposal reviewer:

 

  1. NSF CDS&E Program's grant proposal reviewer, February 18-March 6, 2026.

  2. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Panel, January 24-27, 2017.

  3. CMMI Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) Panel of National Science Foundation, January 7, 2016.

  4. Numerical PDEs Panel of National Science Foundation, March 11-13, 2015.

  5. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Panel, January 13-16, 2015.

  6. CMMI Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) Panel of National Science Foundation, April 2-3, 2013.

  7. Numerical PDEs Panel of National Science Foundation, March 15-17, 2010.

  8. Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium, 2010 - 2011.

l  Reviewer for American Mathematical Society (AMS) and Zentralblatt MATH (ZBMATH ).

l  Journal referee:

 

  1. Abstract and Applied Analysis

  2. Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics

  3. Advances in Computational Mathematics

  4. Advances in Mechanical Engineering

  5. AIMS Mathematics

  6. Applicable Analysis

  7. Applied Energy

  8. Applied Mathematical Sciences

  9. Applied Mathematics Letters

  10. Applied Mathematics and Computation

  11. Applied Mathematical Modelling

  12. Applied Mathematical Sciences

  13. Applied Numerical Mathematics

  14. Applied Ocean Research

  15. Atmospheric Environment

  16. BIT Numerical Mathematics

  17. Calcolo

  18. Communications in Computational Physics

  19. Communications in Mathematical Sciences

  20. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

  21. Computers and Mathematics with Applications

  22. Computers and Fluids

  23. Computers and Structures

  24. Computational and Applied Mathematics

  25. Computational Materials Science

  26. Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics

  27. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

  28. Control and Optimization (NACO)

  29. Computer Physics Communications

  30. CSIAM Transactions on Applied Mathematics

  31. Defence Technology

  32. East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics

  33. Electronic Research Archive

  34. Energies

  35. Energy Conversion and Management

  36. Energy & Fuels

  37. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

  38. Engineering and Technology Conference

  39. European Journal of Mechanics / B Fluids

  40. Finite Elements in Analysis & Design

  41. Fluids

  42. Heat Transfer Research

  43. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

  44. IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

  45. Innovations in Corrosion and Materials Science

  46. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

  47. International Journal of Computational Methods

  48. International Journal of Computer Mathematics

  49. International Journal of Differential equations

  50. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

  51. International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  52. International Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation

  53. International Journal of Numerical Analysis & Modeling

  54. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

  55. International ASME Fuel Cell Science

  56. International Scholars Journals

  57. Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics

  58. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing

  59. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

  60. Journal of Computational Mathematics

  61. Journal of Computational Physics

  62. Journal of Computational Science

  63. Journal of Engineering Mathematics

  64. Journal of Fluids and Structures

  65. Journal of Fluids Engineering

  66. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

  67. Journal of Membrane and Separation Technology

  68. Journal of Numerical and Applied Mathematics

  69. Journal of Power Sources

  70. Journal of Power Technologies

  71. Journal of Scientific Computing

  72. Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

  73. Journal of The Electrochemical Society

  74. Journal of The Energy Institute

  75. Letters in Organic Chemistry

  76. Majlesi Journal of Electrical Engineering

  77. Materials

  78. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

  79. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

  80. Mathematical Problems in Engineering

  81. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

  82. Mathematics of Computation

  83. Mathematical Reviews

  84. Micro and Nano systems

  85. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

  86. Nuclear Engineering and Design

  87. Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization

  88. Numerical Algorithms

  89. Numerische Mathematik

  90. Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations

  91. Numerical Mathematics Theory, Methods and Applications

  92. Ocean Engineering

  93. Open Journal of Discrete Mathematics

  94. Powder Technology

  95. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science

  96. Recent Advances in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

  97. Renewable Energy

  98. Results in Applied Mathematics

  99. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

  100. SIAM Journal of Numerical Analysis

  101. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

  102. SCIENCE CHINA Mathematics

  103. Scientia Iranica

  104. Scientific Reports

  105. Sensors

  106. SoftwareX

  107. Symmetry

  108. Technical Sciences

  109. Thin-Walled Structures

  110. Transport in Porous Media

  111. Upstream Oil and Gas Technology

  112. Zentralblatt MATH

l Organizing Member/Chair of Conferences and Sessions

 

 

 

 

 

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