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Dr. Erwin A. MacN. George
Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600
USA
Telephone: (631) 632-8370
602 Route 25A,
Saint James, NY 11780-1403
USA
Telephone: (631) 584-3274
E-mail : egeorge@ams.sunysb.edu
URL : http://www.ams.sunysb.edu/~egeorge
PROFILE
Skilled research and teaching academic with a master’s in pure mathematics and a doctorate in
applied mathematics. Ten years experience teaching a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate
university mathematics/applie d mathematics/statistics courses. Research Interests: computational
fluid mechanics, numerical analysis, parallel computing, partial differential equations, ordinary
differential equations, biological and medical mathematics, atmospheric science, earth sci ence,
oceanography, mathematics education.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Computational Applied Mathematics
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Dissertation topic: A Numerical Study of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
1998-2003
Advisor: Dr. James Glimm
M.A. in Mathematics
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
1994-1996
B.A. with Honours in Mathematics; minor in French
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
1989-1993
RECENT EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fe llow
Aug. 2004 – present
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Jan. 2004 – Aug. 2004
Research Assistant
1999 – Dec. 2003
Teaching Assistant
1998 – 2000
Instructor
spring 2000 and
summers 2002-2004
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Teach linear algebra, advanced calculus, differential equations, and statistics.
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Teaching assistant for numerical analysis and differential equations courses .
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Write and grade portions of the Applied Mathematics and Statistics doctoral qualifying exam.
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Research assistant/associate on topics such as astrophysical jets, fluid mixing, front tracking,
the level set method, parallel programming, image processing .
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Develop front tracking and total variation diminishing computational codes for use on the
parallel computers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Energy
Research Scientific Computing Centre (NERSC).
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Major writer of NERSC computer time request proposal for the Applied Mathematics and
Statistics department.
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Affiliate at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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CV for Dr. Erwin George
Instructor
1996-1998
Teaching Assistant
1994-1996
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Taught algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, ordinary and partial differential equations, and
linear algebra. Was teaching assistant for calculus courses.
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Wrote, proofread, and graded examinations for multi -section courses. Proofread workbook
and solutions manual being written by a faculty member for a business calculus course.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathe matics;
Society; Mathematical Association of America;
American Mathematical Society;
National Geographic Society.
American Physical
PUBLICATIONS
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The influence of scale breaking phenomena on turbulent mixing rates (E. George, J. Glimm,
X. Li, Y. Li, X. Liu. SUBMITTED to Physical Review Letters ).
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Self similarity of Rayleigh-Taylor mixing rates (E. George and J. Glimm, Physics of Fluids ,
vol. 17, issue 5, article 054101, May 2005).
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Shock wave interactions in spherical and perturbed spherical geomet ries (S. Dutta, E.
George, J. Glimm, J. Grove, H. Jin, T. Lee, X. Li, D. H. Sharp, K. Ye, Y. Yu, Y. Zhang, and M.
Zhao, Nonlinear Analysis , IN PRESS, Elsevier, 2005).
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A Numerical study of Rayleigh-Taylor instability (E. George, Doctoral Dissertation , December
2003).
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Simulation of fluid mixing in acceleration driven instabilities (E. George, J. Glimm, X. L. Li,
Z. L. Xu, Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics 2003 [Proceedings of the 2nd MIT
Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Edited by K.J. Bathe], pp. 908-911,
Elsevier, 2003).
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Simplification, conservation and adaptivity in the front tracking method (E. George, J. Glimm,
J. W. Grove, X. L. Li, Y. J. Liu, Z. L. Xu, N. Zhao, Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics,
Applications [Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems , Edited
by T. Hou and E. Tadmor], pp. 175-184, Springer-Verlag, 2003).
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Numerical methods for the determination of mixing (E. George, J. Glimm, X. L. Li, A.
Marchese, Z. L. Xu, J. W. Grove, D. H. Sharp, Laser and Particle Beams , vol. 21, pp. 437442, 2003. Los Alamos National Laboratory report No. LA-UR-02-1996 ).
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A comparison of experimental, theoretical, and numerical simulation Rayleigh-Taylor mixing rates (E.
George, J. Glimm, X.-L. Li, A. Marchese, Z.-L. Xu, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
[USA], vol. 99, no. 5, pp. 2587-2592, March 2002).
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
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Self similarity of Rayleigh-Taylor mixing rates : Applied Mathematics Seminar, Stony Brook University,
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A comparison of experimental, theoretical, and numerical simulation Rayleigh-Taylor mixing
rates : American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Dallas, TX, November
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October 2004.
2002.
A comparison of experimental, theoretical, and numerical simulation Rayleigh-Taylor mixing
rates : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 50th Anniversary and Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, July 2002.
Front tracking in two space dimensions : Applied Mathematics Seminar, Stony Brook
University, June 2000.
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CV for Dr. Erwin George
HONOURS
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Department of Energy sponsorship to attend the ACTS (Advanced Computational Testing and Simulation)
Toolkit workshop, October 2001, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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National Science Foundation VIGRE (Vertically Integrated Grants in Research and Education) Doctoral
Fellowship (2002 - 2003), Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook University.
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Research Assistantship (1999 - 2002, 2003), Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony
Brook University.
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Teaching Assistantship (1998 - 2000), Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook
University.
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Turner Fellowship (1998 - 2002), Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Stony Brook
University.
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Teaching Assistantship, Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University (1994 - 1996).
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Dean's List, University of Guelph, ( spring 1990, spring 1991).
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C, MPI, C++, Fortran77, Fortran90, Unix shell programming, Awk, Perl, HTML .
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MATLAB, Maple, Graphics calculators, Lotus 123, Excel.
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LaTex, AMS-Tex, emacs, vi, Wordperfect, Word.
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French (read/write/speak).
SKILLS
REFERENCES
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Dr. James Glimm (Ph.D. dissertation advisor) - Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of
Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
P-138A Mathematics Tower
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600, USA
Telephone: (631) 632-8355;
FAX:
(631) 632-8490
E-mail:
glimm@ams.sunysb.edu
Home page: www.ams.sunysb.edu/~glimm
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Dr. Xiaolin Li (Ph.D. dissertation committee chair) - Professor and Graduate Programme Director, Department of
Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
1-121 Mathematics Tower
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600, USA
Telephone: (631) 632-8354;
FAX: (631) 632-8490
E-mail:
linli@ams.sunysb.edu
Home page: www.ams.sunysb.edu/~linli
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Dr. Alan Tucker (Primary teaching referee) - Distinguished Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate
Studies, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
P-138 Mathematics Tower
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600, USA
Telephone: (631) 632-8365;
FAX: (631) 632-8490
E-mail:
atucker@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Home page: www.ams.sunysb.edu/~tucker