RESUME – Christopher L. Cox
PERSONAL DATA
Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences
O-224 Martin Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0975
864-656-5203, clcox@clemson.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1984, Mathematics
M.S., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1980, Applied Mathematics
B.S., Grove City College, 1978, Mathematics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Clemson University, August, 2015-present, Interim Department Chair
August, 2005-present, Professor of Mathematical Sciences
June, 2012-June 2014, Associate Department Chair and Coordinator of Graduate Studies
January, 2008-May, 2012, Associate Department Chair and Coordinator of Instruction
1998-2008, Research Thrust Leader, Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films
1994-1998, Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Aug. 1990-Aug. 2005, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences
1984-Aug. 1990, Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences
University of Akron, 1992-1993, Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences
The Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering, at NASA Langley Research
Center, 1979-1981: Research Assistant
REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1.
C.L. Cox, G.J. Fix and M.D. Gunzburger, “A Least Squares Finite Element Scheme for Transonic
Flow around Harmonically Oscillating Airfoils”, J. Comp. Physics , 51 (3), pp. 387-403, (1983).
2.
C.L. Cox and G.J. Fix, “On the Accuracy of Least Squares Methods in the Presence of Corner
Singularities”, Comp. & Math. with Appls.
, Vol. 10, No. 6, (1984).
3.
S. Barnett, C.L. Cox, and C.R. Johnson, “Assignment of the Characteristic Polynomial of a
Hessenberg Matrix”, Int. J. Control , Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 245-249, (1986).
4.
C.L. Cox and W.F. Moss, “Backward Error Analysis for a Pole Assignment Algorithm” , SIAM
Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications , Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 446-456, (1989).
5.
C.L. Cox and J.A. Knisely, “A Tridiagonal System Solver for Distributed Memory Parallel
Processors with Vector Nodes”, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing , 13, pp. 325-331,
(1991).
6.
C.L. Cox and W.F. Moss, “Backward Error Analysis for a Pole Assignment Algorithm II, the
Complex Case ”, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications , Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 1159-
1171, (1992).
7.
C.L. Cox, W.F. Jones, V.L. Quisenberry and F. Yo, “One-Dimensional Infiltration with Moving
Finite Elements and Improved Soil-Water Diffusivity”, Water Resources Research , Vol 30, No
5., pp 1431-1438, May, 1994.
8.
Y. Liu, C.L. Cox and R.J. Diefendorf, “Finite Element Modeling of the Effects of Geometry and
Microstructure on Electromigration in Confined Metal Lines”, Journal of Applied Physics , Vol.
83, No. 7, (1998).
9.
M.E. Cawood and C.L. Cox, “Perturbation Analysis for Eigenstructure Assignment of Linear
Multi-input Systems. ” Electronic Transactions on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 11, pp. 25-42, 2000.

10.
X. He, C.L. Cox, and M.S. Ellison, “Simulation of TLCP Deformation During Isothermal Melt
Spinning of In-Situ Composite Fibers,” Journal of Macromolecular Science: Part B-Physics , Vol.
B43, No. 2, 2004, pp. 309–328.
11.
L.K. Waters, G.J. Fix, and C.L. Cox, “On the Method of Glowinski and Pironneau for the
Unsteady Stokes Problem”, Computers & Mathematics with Applications 48 (7-8): 1191-1211
Oct 2004.
12.
C. L. Cox, E. Duffy, and J. B. von Oehsen, FISIM: The CAEFF Integrated Model for Simulation of Fiber and Film Processes, Plastics, Rubber & Composites: Macromolecular Engineering , 33
(9-10): 426-437, 2004.
13.
C.H. Swannack, C.L. Cox, A. Liakos, D. Hirt, “A 3 Dimensional Simulation of Barrier Properties of Nanocomposite Films”, Journal of Membrane Science , 263 (1-2): 47-56, 2005.
A.
Makradi, C.L. Cox, S. Ahzi, and S. Belouettar, “Post Processing of Polymeric Fibers: Multiscale
Micromechanical Modeling of Multiphase Solid Polymer under Finite Deformation and Strain
Induced Crystallisation”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science , Vol. 100, 2259–2266 (2006).
14.
Christopher Cox, Hyesuk Lee, and David Szurley, “ Finite element approximation of the nonisothermal Stokes-Oldroyd equations”, International Journal of Numerical Analysis and
Modeling, Vol. 4, (3-4), 425-440, 2007.
15.
Fowler, KR, Jenkins, EW, Cox, CL, McClune, B, and Seyfzadeh, B, “Design analysis of polymer filtration using a multi-objective genetic algorithm”, Separation Science and Technology , Volume
43, Number 4 (March 2008), pp. 710-726.
16.
Jeon, Y-P and Cox, CL, “Modeling of multifilament fiber melt-spinning”, Journal of Applied
Polymer Science , Volume 110, Issue 4, 2153-2163, (2008).
17.
Fowler, KR, Jenkins, EW, LaLonde, SM, and Cox, CL, "A simulation-based optimization approach to polymer extrusion filter design", Filtration , 9(3), 224-230, 2009.
18.
Cox, CL, Larzelere, JC and Brown, PJ, “Simulation of C-CP fiber_based air filtration”, Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics , Volume 3, Issue 2, pp 1-6, (2008).
19.
Cox, CL, and Jeon, Y-P, “Simulation of multifilament semicrystalline polymer fiber meltspinning”, Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics , Volume 4, Issue 1, 34-43, (2009).
20.
C.L. Cox, H. Lee, and D.C. Szurley, “ Optimal control of non-isothermal viscous fluid flow”,
Mathematical and Computer Modeling , Vol 50, Issues 7-8, 1142-1153, (2009).
21.
T.S. Gaylord, B. Ananthasayanam, L. Petit, C. Cox, U. Fotheringham, P. Joseph, K. Richardson,
"Thermal and structural property characterization of commercially moldable glasses", Journal of the American Ceramic Society , 93 [8] 2207-2214 (2010) .
22.
T.F. Chen, C.L. Cox, H.C. Lee, and K.L. Tung, “Least-squares finite element methods for generalized Newtonian and viscoelastic flows”, Applied Numerical Mathematics , 60 1024-1040
(2010).
23.
N.H. Andreas and C.L. Cox, “New Cross Flow Filter Module Design Parameters: A Theoretical
Analysis of Cross Flow Filter Performance Limits”, Filtration , 13(4), 247-256, (2013).
24.
N.H. Andreas, C.L. Cox, T. Kato, and M. Tamura, “A Model for Transient Cross Flow Filtration in a Narrow Rectangular Domain”, Separation and Purification Technology , 156 (1), 36-41.
(2015).
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
1.
Christopher L. Cox and Tamra H. Payne, “Mathematical Modeling of Unsaturated Porous Media
Flow and Transport”, in Applied Mathematical Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Approach , D. R.
Shier and K. T. Wallenius (eds.), CRC Press, pp. 185-201, (1999).
2.
C.L. Cox, Application Modules, published on WWW, for James F. Epperson book: An
Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis, (Wiley, 2001).
3.
C.D. Carlson, Jr. and C.L. Cox, “A combined industrial/academic perspective on fiber and film process modeling”, Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers. A Process
View: Practice and Theory , D. R. Ferguson and T. J. Peters (eds.), Society for Industrial and
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Applied Mathematics, pp. 222-238, (2005).
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (REVIEWED)
1.
J. B. von Oehsen, R.C. Jenkins, C.L. Cox, and B.A. Malloy, “Exploiting XML to Provide a
Uniform Interface for Graphical Representation of Data”, 1st ACIS Annual International
Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS '01), Orlando, (2001).
2.
C.H. Swannack, C.L. Cox, D.E. Hirt, and A. Liakos, “Nanocomposite Modeling and
Simulation”, proceedings of SPE ANTEC, San Francisco, May 5-8, 2002.
3.
J.B. von Oehsen, C.L. Cox, E. C. Cyr, and B.A. Malloy, “Using Design Patterns and XML to
Construct an Extensible Finite Element System, ” Proceedings of the International Conference on
Computational Science, Part III , April 21-24, 2002, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol.
2331, Springer-Verlag 2002, pp. 735-744.
4.
C.L. Cox, E.C. Cyr, E.B. Duffy, J.B. von Oehsen, B.A. Malloy. “An Efficient C++ Finite
Element Viscoelastic Flow Code Exploiting Generative Programming Techniques”, Proceedings of LUXFEM 2003, Luxembourg, Nov. 13-14, 2003, edited by R.W. Lewis and H. Grober, in
Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computational Mechanics .
5.
P. Lin, C.L. Cox, and A.A. Ogale, “Simulation and Experimental Study of Two-Layer Film
Coextrusion”, proceedings of SPE ANTEC, Nashville, May 4-8, 2003.
6.
C.H. Swannack, C.L. Cox, D.E. Hirt, and A. Liakos, . “A 3D-Simulation Study of Barrier
Properties of Nanocomposite Films”, proceedings of SPE ANTEC, Nashville, May 4-8, 2003.
7.
T.F. Chen, C.L. Cox, H. Merdun, and V. Quisenberry, “An Adaptive-Grid Least Squares Finite
Element Solution for Flow in Layered Soils”, Third International Conference on Numerical
Analysis and Applications , June 29 - July 3, 2004, Rousse, Bulgaria, Springer Verlag Lecture
Notes in Mathematics, vol. 3401, pp. 228-235, 2005.
8.
C.L. Cox, E.W. Jenkins, P.J. Mucha, “Modeling of Debris Deposition in an Extrusion Filter
Medium”, Proceedings of PPS-21, The Annual Meeting of the Polymer Processing Society,
Leipzig, Germany, June 19-23, 2005.
9.
C.L. Cox, A.L. Trif, Z. Zhang, D.A. Zumbrunnen, Modeling Heat Transfer in Multifilament Fiber
Spinning, PPS 2005, Polymer Processing Society, Americas Regional Meeting Proceedings,
Quebec, August 14-17, 2005.
10.
C.D. Carlson, Jr. and C.L. Cox, A Combined Industrial/Academic Perspective on Fiber and Film
Process Modeling, SIAM Math in Industry Conference, Oct 13-15, 2003, Toronto, published in
Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers, A Process View: Practice and Theory, SIAM
Proceedings Series, T. Peters and D. Ferguson, editors, pp. 222-241, 2005.
11.
C.L. Cox, S. Pearson, J.B von Oehsen, and E. Duffy . “A Fiber and Film Simulation Package as a
Learning Tool”, proceedings of SPE ANTEC, Charlotte, May 8-11, 2006.
12.
C.L. Cox, A.C. Cox, E.W. Jenkins, and P.J. Mucha, “Modeling for Design of a Polymer Process
Filter”, proceedings, Polymer Processing Society Annual Meeting, July, 2006, Yamagata, Japan.
13.
C.L. Cox (presenter), Barr von Oehsen, ” A Finite Element Model of Non-isothermal Viscoelastic flow in the Cast Film Process Proceedings, Soc. of Plastics. Eng. Annual Technical Mtg.,
Cincinnati, May, 2007.
14.
Christopher L. Cox and Young-Pyo Jeon, "Simulation of Multifilament Fiber Spinning",
Proceedings of Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference (SPE-ANTEC),
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 2008.
15.
K.G. Gipson, P.J. Brown, K.A.Stevens, and C.L. Cox. "Properties, Characterization and Fiber
Extrusion Simulation of Novel Amorphous Polymers for Optical Application," proceedings,
ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, pp. 147-155.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2009.
16.
N.H. Andreas, C.L. Cox, T. Kato, and M. Tamura, “Regenerable Cross Flow HEPA Filter with
Integral Biohazard Treatment Stage”, 45th International Conference on Environmental Systems,
12-16 July 2015, Bellevue, Washington.
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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (UNREVIEWED)
C.L. Cox, “A Cyclic Reduction Algorithm for a Parallel Processor with Vector Nodes”, in proceedings of the Third Conference on Hypercube Concurrent Computers and Applications, ACM
Press, (1988).
K.R. Fowler, E.W. Jenkins, S.M. LaLonde, and C.L. Cox, ``A simulation-based optimization to polymer extrusion filter design", in Proceedings of the American Filtration and Separations Society
Annual Conference, Valley Forge, PA (May 2008).
RESEARCH REPORTS
C.L. Cox, “A Cyclic Reduction Algorithm for a Parallel Processor with Vector
Nodes”, Research Report No. URI-037, Dept. of Mathematics, Clemson University, (1988).
C.L. Cox, “On Least Squares Approximations to First Order Elliptic Systems in Three Dimensions”,
Research Report No. URI-059, Dept. of Mathematics, Clemson University.
PRESENTATIONS
1.
C.L. Cox, “On Weighted Least Squares Finite Element Methods”, W. PA-Ohio-W. Va. SIAM,
Regional Mtg., Morgantown, WV, (March 24, 1984).
2.
C.L. Cox and G.J. Fix, “On the Accuracy of Least Squares Methods in the Presence of Corner
Singularities”, SIAM Spring Meeting, Pittsburgh, (June 24-26, 1985).
3.
C.L. Cox and W.F. Moss, “A Backward Error Analysis for a Pole Assignment Algorithm”,
SEAS-SIAM Meeting, Athens, GA, (March 28, 1987).
4.
C.L. Cox, “Implementation of a Divide and Conquer Cyclic Reduction Algorithm on the FPS T-
20 Hypercube”, SEAS-SIAM Mtg., Tullahoma TN, (March 11-12, 1988).
5.
C.L. Cox and W.F. Moss, “Sensitivity Analysis for the Single Input Pole Assignment Algorithm”,
Third SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, Madison, Wisc., (May 23-26, 1988).
6.
C.L. Cox, “On Least Squares Approximations to First Order Elliptic Systems in Three
Dimensions”, Conference on Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations, Virginia
Tech, (Sept. 24-27, 1988).
7.
C.L. Cox, “Solving Banded Linear Systems on a Hypercube with Vector Nodes, Fourth
Conference on Hypercube Concurrent Computers and Applications”, (March 6-8, 1989).
8.
C.L. Cox and W.F. Jones, “A Moving Finite Element Solution of the Unsaturated Flow
Equation”, SEAS-SIAM Mtg., Cullowhee, NC, (April 12-13, 1991).
9.
C.L. Cox and W.F. Jones, “A Moving Finite Element Solution of the Unsaturated Flow
Equation”, Workshop on Environmental Studies: Mathematical, Computational, and Statistical
Analysis at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, (July
16th, 1992).
10.
C.L. Cox and W.F. Jones, “Moving Finite Element Modeling of 2-D Unsaturated Flow”, SIAM
Geosciences Conference, Houston, (April, 1993).
11.
C.L. Cox and M.E. Cawood, “A Hybrid Method for Solving the Multiple-Input State Feedback
Pole Assignment Problem”, SIAM Conference on Linear Algebra in Signals, Systems and
Control, University of Washington, Seattle,(August 16-19, 1993).
12.
C.L. Cox and M.E. Cawood, “Numerical Issues in Robust Eigenvalue Assignment of Multiple-
Input Linear Systems”, SEAS-SIAM Mtg., Wake Forest University, (March 25-26, 1994).
13.
C.L. Cox and W.F. Jones, “On the Asymptotic Solution of Richards' Equation for Unsaturated
Flow”, Poster Presentation, SIAM Geosciences Conference, San Antonio, (February, 1995).
14.
C.L. Cox, V.J. Ervin and W. Layton, “On the Implementation and Analysis of the Parallel
Algebraic Splitting Method”, SIAM Annual Meeting, Charlotte, (October, 1995).
15.
C.L. Cox, “Modeling and Visualization of Fiber and Film Processes”, Fiber 2000 Conference,
May 2-3, Charlotte.
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16.
C.L. Cox, Invited Speaker, Melt Spinning Technology Conference, Jan. 9-10 and Oct. 9-10 2001,
Clemson University
17.
C.L. Cox, “Opportunities for Applied Mathematicians in Modeling of Polymer Processes”, South
East Conference on Applied Mathematics, November 9-11, 2001, NCSU.
18.
C.L. Cox, “Opportunities in Polymer Process Modeling”, SIAM-SEAS meeting, April 19-20,
2002, WCU.
19.
C.L. Cox, “An Internet-Accessible Software Package for Modeling Viscoelastic Flow”, IAMC
2002, July 7, 2002, Lille, France.
20.
C.L. Cox, “Modeling of Diffusion through a Nanocomposite Polymer Film”, SIAM Annual
Meeting, July 8-12, 2002, Philadelphia.
21.
C.L. Cox and D.E. Hirt, “Teaching Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer through Visualization”, a workshop presented at the ASEE Chemical Engineering Faculty Summer School, July 28 th , 2002,
Boulder, CO.
22.
C. L. Cox, “Newton's Method for Viscoelastic Flow Simulation”,
23.
Minisymposium presentation, SIAM National Meeting, 6/16-18, 2003, Montreal.
24.
C. L. Cox, “An Overview of Fiber and Film Processes, Governing Equations, and Modeling
Techniques”, presented at SIAM Math in Industry conference, October 13-15, 2003, Toronto.
25.
C. L. Cox, “An Efficient C++ Finite Element Viscoelastic Flow Code Exploiting Generative
Programming Techniques”, Luxfem 1st International Conference on Finite Element for Process,
11/13-14, 2003, Luxembourg.
26.
C. L. Cox, “Newton's Method for Viscoelastic Flow Simulation”, Invited presentation, USNA
Mathematics Dept., 3/5/04.
27.
T.F. Chen, C.L. Cox, H. Merdun, and V. Quisenberry, “An Adaptive-Grid Least Squares Finite
Element Solution for Flow in Layered Soils”, Third International Conference on Numerical
Analysis and Applications, June 29 - July 3, 2004, Rousse, Bulgaria.
28.
C. L. Cox, E. Duffy, and J. B. von Oehsen, FISIM: The CAEFF Integrated Model for Simulation of Fiber and Film Processes, SoftExtrusion 2004, October 14-18, 2004, Alvor, Portugal.
29.
C. L. Cox, “Two Problems in Porous Media Flow”, Invited talk, NCSU Mathematics Department,
11/30/04.
30.
C. L. Cox, “Molecular Modeling: Application Areas, Potential Resources”,
31.
Workshop on Complexity in Modelling Proteins and Interfaces at the Molecular Level,
Eindhoven, the Netherlands, December 2–3, 2004.
32.
C.L. Cox, E.W. Jenkins, P.J. Mucha, “Modeling of Debris Deposition in a Polymer Extrusion
Filter”, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Orlando, February 12-15,
2005.
33.
C.L. Cox, E.W. Jenkins, P.J. Mucha, “Modeling of Debris Deposition in a Polymer Extrusion
Filter”, PPS-21, Leipzig, Germany, June 19-23, 2005.
34.
C.L. Cox, A.L. Trif, Z. Zhang, D.A. Zumbrunnen, “Modeling Heat Transfer In Multifilament
Fiber Melt-Spinning”, PPS-2005, Quebec City, Quebec, August 14-17, 2005.
35.
C.L. Cox, “Coupling Modeling with On-Line Structural Measurements to Accelerate Product
Development”, AutoPolymers 2005 Integrating Polymer Systems and Advanced Processing
Methods in the Automotive Industry, October 28-31, 2005.
36.
C.L. Cox, S. Pearson, J.B von Oehsen, and E. Duffy, “A Fiber and Film Simulation Package as a
Learning Tool”, proceedings of SPE ANTEC, Charlotte, May 8-11, 2006.
37.
C.L. Cox, K. Fowler, E. Jenkins, and P. Mucha, “Optimization of Polymer Process Filtration through Simulation of Debris Filtration”, American Filtration and Separation Society Annual
Meeting, Chicago, May 9-11, 2006.
38.
C.L. Cox (presenter), A.C. Cox, E.W. Jenkins, and P.J. Mucha, “Modeling for Design of a
Polymer Process Filter”, presented at Polymer Processing Society Annual Meeting, July, 2006,
Yamagata, Japan.
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39.
C.L. Cox (presenter), David Zumbrunnen, Zhe Zhang, “Modeling Radiative Heat Transfer in
Multifilament Fiber Melt-Spinning”, presented at SIAM CS&E meeting, Costa Mesa, CA, Feb.
2007.
40.
C.L. Cox (presenter), Barr von Oehsen, “A Finite Element Model of Non-isothermal Viscoelastic flow in the Cast Film Process”, Presented at Soc. of Plastics. Eng. Annual Technical Mtg.,
Cincinnati, May, 2007.
41.
C.L. Cox (presenter), “Simulation of Flow-Induced Microstructure Development in Liquid
Crystalline Materials”, Contributed presentation, International Congress on Industrial and
Applied Mathematics (ICIAM), July 2007, Zurich, Switzerland.
42.
C.L. Cox and T-F Chen, “Least squares approximations to viscoelastic flow problems”, Poster presented at Aseanic Membrane Society Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, August, 2007.
43.
C.L. Cox, “Modeling Radiative Heat Transfer In Multifilament Fiber Melt-Spinning”, contributed presentation, Fiber Society Fall meeting, Davis, California, October, 2007.
44.
C.L. Cox, “Simulation of Multifilament Fiber Spinning”, conference presentation, Society of
Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference (SPE-ANTEC), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May,
2008.
45.
C.L. Cox, “Modeling of Particle Transport and Capture in a Capillary-Channel Polymeric Fiber
Filter”, contributed talk presented at the Fiber Society Meeting, Mulhouse, France, May 2008.
46.
C. L. Cox, “Simulation of C-CP Fiber-Based HEPA Filtration”, talk presented (and “Modeling of
Filtration” session chair) at American Filtration Society Annual Meeting, Valley Forge, PA, May
2008.
47.
C.L. Cox (presenter), P.J. Brown and J.C. Larzelere, "Modeling the performance of a C-CP based
HEPA filter", presented at American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists Conference,
Research Triangle Park, October, 2008.
48.
J.C. Larzelere, P.J. Brown, E. Skomra, P. Buckingham, and C.L. Cox, "Low Pressure Drop
HEPA Media", poster, Chem. and Bio. Defense Phys. Sci. and Tech. Conference, New Orleans,
Nov. 2008.
49.
YP Jeon and C.L. Cox (presenter), "A model for convective and radiative heat transfer in multifilament fiber melt spinning", Polymer Processing Society Americas Conference,
Charleston, SC, Oct. 2008.
50.
C.L. Cox, "Water dynamics research at Clemson University", poster presented at NSF EPSCoR
Water Workshop: Water Dynamics, Burlington, Vermont, November, 2008.
51.
C.L. Cox (presenter), P. Buckingham, P.J. Brown, and J.C. Larzelere, "Simulation of particulate air filtration in media formed from capillary channel polymer fibers", SIAM CS&E Conference,
Miami, March, 2009.
52.
C.L. Cox (presenter), P. Buckingham, P.J. Brown, and J.C. Larzelere, "A model for shaped fiberbased HEPA filtration", American Filtration and Separation Society Conference, Minneapolis,
May, 2009.
53.
C.L. Cox (presenter) and YP Jeon, "Modeling of multifilament polymer fiber melt-spinning",
Fiber Society Conference, Shanghai, May, 2009.
54.
C.L. Cox (presenter) and J.C. Larzelere, P.J. Brown, E. Skomra, and P. Buckingham, "Low
Pressure Drop HEPA Media",poster presented at Chem. and Bio. Defense Phys. Sci. and Tech.
Conference, Dallas, Nov. 2009.
55.
C.L. Cox (presenter), P. Buckingham, P.J. Brown, E. Skomra, and J.C. Larzelere, "Simulation of the Effect of Capillary-Channel Polymer Fiber Filter Media on Particulate Air Filtration",
American Filtration and Separation Society Conference, San Antonio, March, 2010.
56.
C.L. Cox (presenter), P Buckingham, P.J. Brown, E. Skomra, and J.C. Larzelere, "Simulation of
Particulate Air Filtration using Capillary-Channel Polymer Fiber Filter Media", presented at
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists Conference, Atlanta, May, 2010.
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57.
C. L. Cox, “Mathematical Modeling to Determine Cross Flow Filter Design Parameters”, talk presented (and “Virtual Design of Filtration Processes” session chair) at American Filtration
Society Annual Meeting, Louisville, May 2011.
58.
C. L. Cox, “Simulation of Non-Isothermal Polymer Extrusion Processes”, talk presented at 2011
North American Thermal Analysis Society Annual Conference, Des Moines, IA, August, 2011.
59.
C. L. Cox, “Characterization of Inter-Fiber Capillary Distance for C-CP Polymer Fiber
Separations Columns”, talk presented at 2011 International Fiber Symposium, Charleston, SC,
October, 2011.
60.
C. L. Cox, “Experimentally-Validated Modeling of Polymer Fiber and Film Extrusion”, talk presented at Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center 2011 Industrial Advisory Board
Meeting, Clemson, SC, October, 2011.
61.
C. L. Cox, “Modeling of C-CP Fiber Separations Columns”, talk presented (and
“Modeling/Design” session chair) at American Filtration Society Annual Meeting, Boca Raton,
FL, June 2012.
62.
C. L. Cox (presenter), T. F. Chen, and H. C. Lee, “ A Nonlinear Weighted Least Squares Finite
Element Method for Stokes, Generalized Newtonian, and Viscoelastic Flows ”, ICES/USACM
Workshop on Minimum Residual and Least Squares Finite Element Methods, U. T. Austin,
November, 2013.
63.
N.H. Andreas, C.L. Cox (Presenter), T. Kato, and M. Tamura, “A General Model for Fouling
Effects in Cross Flow Filtration”, European Conference on Fluid-Particle Separation, Lyon,
France, October, 2014.
64.
C. L. Cox and N.H. Andreas, “A Model for Transient Cross Flow Filtration in a Narrow
Rectangular Domain”, talk presented at American Filtration Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte,
April, 2015.
65.
N.H. Andreas, C.L. Cox, T. Kato, and M. Tamura, “Regenerable Cross Flow HEPA Filter with
Integral Biohazard Treatment Stage”, 45th International Conference on Environmental Systems,
12-16 July 2015, Bellevue, Washington.
SPONSORED RESEARCH
1.
“A Finite Element Model of Viscous Flow in a Flexible Channel I”, Michelin Americas Research
Corporation, Principal Investigator, ($45,000), (July, 1989 - June, 1990).
2.
“A Finite Element Model of Viscous Flow in a Flexible Channel II”, Michelin Americas
Research Corporation, Co-Principal Investigator, $50,000, ($25,000), (July, 1990 - December,
1990).
3.
“The Effect of Heterogeneity and Diffusion on the Performance of a Recovery Well”,
DOE/SCUREF, Principal Investigator, $201,751, ($67,000) (January, 1990 - April, 1992).
4.
“Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films”, National Science Foundation and State,
Thrust Leader and Co-Investigator, $14,898,984, (7 %), (August, 1998 – January 2009).
5.
“CAEFF Research Experiences for Undergraduates", National Science Foundation, Co-PI,
$157,000, ($16,000 yearly) (Summers 1999, 2000, 2002-2005).
6.
“MRI: Acquisition of a Computational Mini-Grid,”, National Science Foundation, $662,000,
($105,920), Co-PI, (2000).
7.
"Mathematical Control and Optimization for Viscoelastic Fluid Flows", Dupont Educational Aid
Program, $10,000. (Shared with Hyesuk Lee), (2001).
8.
"Spunbond Quench Modeling for Process Improvement", Kimberly-Clark, $40,000, (joint with
Michael Ellison), (2002).
9.
“Characterization of Novel PET Fibers”, Wellman, Inc., Principal Investigator, $57,700, from
11/1/2003 to 12/31/2004.
10.
“Modeling for Nonwoven Process Improvement”, Procter and Gamble, Principal Investigator,
$53,400, from 7/1/2003 to 4/30/2004.
11.
"RET Site: Engineering Fibers and Films Experience (EFF-X)", National Science Foundation,
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$400,000, (5%), 07/15/06-06/30/08, Co-Inv.
12.
"Low Pressure Drop HEPA Filter", Defense Threat Reduction Agency thru Naval Surface
Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, $253,000, (40%), 05/07/07-08/31/09, Co-Inv.
13.
"ERC-SBIR/STTR Collaborative Request: Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films
(nanoSEC)", National Science Foundation, $200,000, 08/01/07-07/31/08, Co-P.I.
14.
“Novel Fiber-Based Cerclage Design”, sponsored by Medical University of SC (MUSC),
$33,749, (33%), 07/01/08-06/30/09, Co-PI.
15.
“ERC-Small Business Collaborative Opportunity: Heat-Treatment of Multi-Component
Nanofibers” (co-PI on $100,000 supplementary award from NSF through 3F,LLC) (August, 2012 to October, 2013)
16.
“Regenerable Cross Flow Filtration for Manned Missions to Mars”, (PI), SC Spacegrant/NASA
EPSCoR, June 2015 – June, 2016, $19,500.
OTHER SPONSORED
1.
Numerical modeling of aerodynamic flow, NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program,
NASA-Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, (Summer, 1985).
2.
Finite Element Modeling of Unsaturated Porous Media Flow, USDA Coop. States Res. Service,
$4,000 per summer, (Summers 1990-1992, 1995).
3.
Implementation of NAS Parallel Benchmarks, NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA-
Lewis Research Center, Cleveland OH, (Summers, 1993, 1994).
4.
College of Engineering and Science Online Course Development Program, Spring 2014, $6,000.
GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING
Doctoral Graduates
1.
Jones, W.F., “A Numerical Analysis of Richards's Equation for Unsaturated Porous Media Flow,”
(August, 1994).
2.
Cawood, M.E., “Numerical Analysis of Algorithms which Solve the Multi-Input State Feedback
Robust Pole Assignment Problem”, (December, 1994).
3.
Payne, T.F., "Quantifying Error in the Analysis of Partitioning Interwell Trace Tests", (May,
1999).
4.
Waters, L.K., “A Parallel Implementation of the Glowinski-Pironneau Algorithm for the
Modified Stokes Problem”, (August, 2003)
5.
Szurley, D., (PhD), “Optimal Control of Viscoelastic Flows”, (August, 2005), (co-advised with
Hyesuk Lee).
Masters Graduates
1.
Vandiver, K. A., (MS) “An Occam Implementation of a Divide and Conquer Cyclic Reduction
Algorithm”, (August, 1987).
2.
Blackburn, J. T., (MS) “Design and Implementation of a General Nonlinear Programming
Package in Turbo Pascal on the Macintosh II”, (July, 1988).
3.
Gordon, D. L., (MS) “Efficient Solution of Block Tridiagonal Systems in a Vector Processing
Environment”, (July, 1988).
4.
Knisely, J. A., (MS) “Implementation of a Nonsymmetric Cyclic Reduction Algorithm on a
Hypercube with Vector Processors”, (December, 1989).
5.
Dyck, W. H., (MS) “Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Algorithms for Large, Sparse
Nonsymmetric Systems of Linear Equations”, (August, 1991).
6.
Draper, R. L., (MS) “A PVM Based Implementation of Johnsson's Algorithm for the Parallel
Solution of Tridiagonal Linear Systems”, (May, 1995).
7.
Payne, T. H. (MS) “Mathematical Modeling of Unsaturated Porous Media Flow and Transport”,
(May, 1996).
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8.
Okcu, G, (MS) “Developing Internet Interaction with Matlab for Biological Modelling”, (June,
1996).
9.
Blum, E., (MS), “Numerical Modeling of Financial Options”, (May, 1999).
10.
Martin, J., (MS), “Parallel Implementation of Alternating Direction Implicit Methods”, (August,
1999).
11.
Adongo, D., (MS), “A MATLAB User Interface for CXTFIT”, {May, 1999).
12.
Sun, H., (MS), "Java Applets for Calculus", (April 2000).
13.
Brauss, K. D., (MS), “Modeling of Fiber Wet Spinning”, (Dec., 2002).
14.
Sylvia, P. (MS), “On Viscoelastic Flow Modeling Using Newton’s Method”, (May, 2003).
15.
Lyle, S. J. (MS), “On Modeling of the Wet Spinning Process”, (May, 2004).
16.
Zhang, Z., (MS), “Accurate Simulation of Radiative Heat Transfer in Multifilament Spinning”,
(May, 2004)
17.
Houchins, J. (MS), “Parallel Implementation of Finite Element Code Using PETSc”, (May,
2006), (co-advised with Eleanor Jenkins)
18.
Cox, A., (MS), “Simulation of Polymer Filtration Process”, (June, 2007), (co-advised with
Eleanor Jenkins)
19.
Buckingham, P. (MS), “Simulation of Capillary-Channeled Polymer Fiber-Based Particulate Air
Filtration”, (May, 2010)
20.
White, J. (MS), “Model of Fluid Flow Through Shaped-Fiber Separations Columns”, (May,
2012)
21.
Fuchs, A. (MS), “Characterization of Shaped-Fiber Separations Columns”, (May, 2012)
22.
Glick, M. (MS), “Computational Development of Chromatography Column Cross Sections “,
(May, 2015)
23.
McIntyre, L. (MS), Working title: “Cross-flow Filtration Simulation”, (August, 2017)
Post Doctoral Research Advisees
1.
Liakos, A., “Viscoelastic Flow Modeling,” (1999-2001).
2.
von Oehsen, J. B., "Viscoelastic Flow Modeling and Visualization," (2000-2003).
3.
Gou, Z., “Viscoelastic Flow Modeling”, (2003-2004).
4.
Cheong, A, “Viscoelastic Flow Modeling”, (2004-2005)
5.
Jeon, Y., “Multifilament Fiber Spinning Simulation (2006-2008)
TEACHING
Courses Taught (Beginning Fall 1991)
1.
MthSc 103, Elementary Functions, Su10
2.
MthSc 106, Calculus of One Variable I, F01
3.
MthSc H106, Honors Calculus of One Variable I, F96, F01
4.
MthSc 108, Calculus of One Variable II, Su98, F98, S99, F00, F02, S03, F03, S05, S06, F06,
S11, F11, S12, F12
5.
MthSc H108, Honors Calculus of One Variable II, S97, F98, F99, F00, F02, F03
6.
MthSc 206 (MATH 2060), Multivariable Calculus, F91, F93, F94, S95, Su95, F96, Su96, Su97,
F13, S14, Su14 (online), Su15 (online), F15
7.
MthSc H206, Honors Multivariable Calculus, S96, F97
8.
MthSc 208, Ordinary Differential Equations, S92
9.
MATH 2500, Introduction to Mathematical Sciences, F16
10.
MthSc 360, Intermediate Mathematical Computing, F93, S94
11.
MthSc 365 (MATH 3650), Numerical Methods for Engineers, F09, S10, F10, F14, S15, S16
12.
MthSc 460/660, Introduction to Numerical Analysis I, F91
13.
MthSc 860, Scientific Computing, S94, S98, Su98, Su01, S04, F05, S07, S13
14.
MthSc 861, Advanced Numerical Analysis I, S92, F94, F07
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15.
MthSc 983, Selected Topics in Computational Mathematics, (Finite Element Method), S95, S96
16.
MthSc 983/ChE 845/ME 893, Selected Topics in Computational Mathematics, (Fiber and Film
Systems: Modeling and Simulation), (team-taught with Graham Harrison) F99, F02, F04, F06
17.
ChE 845, Composite Materials (team-taught with Amod Ogale), S12
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Soc. for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, SIAM (1980-present)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Southeast SIAM Chapter, secretary-treasurer/president elect, 1999-2000, president, 2000-2001.
Proposal reviewer
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
National Science Foundation
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Journal and book reviewer
SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. textbook division
Chapman and Hall/CRC Press
Computers and Mathematics with Applications
SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis
Journal of Membrane Science
Separation and Science Technology
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Fluids
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Journal of Materials Processing Technology
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
Textile Research Journal
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Committees
College of Engineering and Science Vision Committee, 1996.
CAEFF Director Search Committee, 2001-2003
University Budget Task Force Committee on Curriculum and General Education, 2008-2009.
College of Engineering and Science Dean’s Advisory Committee, 2013-2015.
Search Committee, Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, 2015.
Other Service
Board member, NAMI-AOP, (National Alliance on Mental Illness, Anderson-Oconee-Pickens
Counties Chapter), March 2015 – present.
Clemson University Faculty Senate (April 2015 – August 2015)
Faculty Advisor, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Student Chapter (1987-92, 2000-
2012).
Daniel High School Academic Foundation, Secretary 1999-2001, President, 2001-2005, Secretary,
2005-2007.
Organizer, (with Mark Cawood), MAA-SE/SIAM-SEAS joint regional conference, March 21-22,
2003, Clemson University
September, 2016
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