I am Lichen Ni, a 6th-year PhD student at Purdue math department, expected to graduate this year (2013). I have been a PhD student here since August 2007.

Someone calls me this in Chinese : )

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My research projects, supported by ONR and NSF, consist of two parts:
Part 1: Design absolutely C1 spectral parallelogram elements in computational fluid dynamics, effective for solving high-order PDEs directly, like Cahn-Hilliard Equation.
Part 2: Design robust temporal finite difference methods in structural engineering simulations, which exhibit a notable advantage in terms of stability and dissipativity.
My advisor is Professor Steven Dong.

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My current office is MATH 437.

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Resource for Bell's MA530, built by Lichen Ni
Resource for MA514, built by Lichen Ni
Resource for STAT525, built by Lichen Ni