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Zhiqiang Cai

EDUCATION

Ph.D.

University of Colorado, Colorado, USA

1990

M.S.

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

1985

B.A.

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

1982

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Interim Director

Center for Computational and Applied Math, Purdue University

2023-Jan. 2024

Professor

Department of Mathematics, Purdue University

2003-

Visiting Faculty

Center for Applied Scientific Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

2001 (7-12), 2003-

Visiting Professor

Department of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles

2001 (1-6)

Invited Professor

Department of Mathematics, Universite de Bordeaux 1

1998 (6-7)

Invited Professor

Department of Mathematics, Universite de Pau

1998 (5-6)

Associate Professor

Department of Mathematics, Purdue University

1996-2003

Consultant

Rocketdyne Division, Boeing North American

1994-1997

Invited Visitor

INRIA at Sophia-Antipolis

1992 (5-7)

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California

1991-1996

Visiting Member

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

1990-1991

Math. Associate II

Mathematical Sciences Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory

1990 (1-8)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Neural Networks and Scientific Machine Learning

A Posteriori Error Estimation and Adaptive Numerical Methods

Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations (Finite Element, Finite Volume, and Least-Squares methods)

Computational Solid and Fluid Mechanics, and Electromagnetics

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND HONORS

American Mathematical Society

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

United States Association for Computational Mechanics

The 2018-2019 College of Sciencce Research Award, Purdue University

The 1989 SIAM Student Paper Prize for the paper entitled ``On the finite volume element method'' (July 1989, San Diego)