mathematics and statistics
Bohner elected ISDE president
Dr. Martin Bohner, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of mathematics and statistics, has been elected president of the International Society of Difference Equations. His two-year position started Aug. 1.
Read More »In the news: Advanced Materials cover, college math requirements, alumna in IEEE magazine
- The cover of the July 12 print edition of Advanced Materials features an illustration of Dr. Heng Pan’s research into laser printing of bioresorbable conductors on polymer substrates. Heng Pan is an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. The paper, “Low-Cost Manufacturing of Bioresorbable Conductors by Evaporation – Condensation-Mediated Laser Printing and Sintering of Zn Nanoparticles,” was published online April 24. Co-authors with Pan are Dr. Xian Huang, a professor of biomedical engineering at Tianjin University in China and a former S&T faculty member, and Missouri S&T graduate students Wan Shou, Bikram K. Mahajan, Brandon Ludwig, Xiaowei Yu and Joshua Staggs. Read More »
Bohner publishes book on time scales calculus
Dr. Martin Bohner, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of mathematics and statistics, is an author of a new textbook on calculus time scales for undergraduate and graduate students. Multivariable Dynamic Calculus on Time Scales, published by Springer International Publishing, is available as an eBook and a hardcover textbook. Bohner wrote the book with Dr. Svetlin Georgiev, assistant professor of mathematics and informatics at Sofia University in Bulgaria.
Read More »Adekpedjou conducting research in France
Dr. Akim Adekpedjou, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, is spending part of this summer at the Institute of Applied Science of University of Toulouse in France, funded by the National Center of Scientific Research of France. He is working on a project titled “Modeling and Analysis of Spatially Correlated Failure Time Data with Intermittently Observed Time Varying Covariates and Applications in Epidemiology and Biomedical Studies.”
Read More »Humboldt fellowship takes math professor to Germany
Dr. Xiaoming He, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, has received a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. As part of the fellowship, He will visit the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany from February to August 2018 and work with the research group of Dr. Ulrich Rude for coupling porous media flow with free flow by using two modeling ideas.
Read More »Dwilewicz publishes two papers
Dr. Roman Dwilewicz, a professor of mathematics and statistics, recently had two papers accepted in two mathematics journals.
Read More »Bohner gives keynote in Brazil
Dr. Martin J. Bohner, Curators’ Professor of mathematics and statistics, was the plenary speaker for a series of talks given recently at São Paulo State University in Brazil. The summit covered the latest information in applicable mathematics. Read more online at www.unesp.br (in Portuguese).
Read More »Funeral arrangements for Dr. Lyle Pursell
Dr. Lyle Pursell, professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics, died Saturday, June 6, at age 89. A visitation is planned for 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, June 10, with a memorial service at 11 a.m. Both will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 803 N. Main St., in Rolla. Dr. Pursell joined the mathematics and […]
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