Donald A. French

Donald A. French

Full Professor

Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210025
Cincinnati OH 45221-0025 USA

Email: french@math.uc.edu
Phone: 513-556-4039
Fax : 513-556-3417
URL : http://math.uc.edu/~french/

On the left on top of Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland (Also, in China in 2001, the Berkshires in 2003 and a Seattle coffee shop in 2005.). Above is photograph of a sculpture by Lee Bontecou scanned from the Smithsonian.

Biography:

Permanent position is at the University of Cincinnati. Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University (1985-7), Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon (1987-90), Visiting Professor at University of Maryland Baltimore County (1995-6), and a visitor at University of Minnesota (1997-8). Graduate student in applied mathematics at Cornell University, obtained Ph.D. in 1985. Thesis advisor was Lars B. Wahlbin. Publications are primarily on error analysis of finite element methods for partial differential equations (see Curriculum Vita or Numerical Analysis web page).

Recent work has been on mathematical modeling in Cellular Physiology with emphasis on problems in Neuroscience (See the new Mathematical Biology web page) Past research has been on error analysis for finite element methods for partial differential equations and primarily time-dependent problems arising in applications such as phase transitions, viscoelasticity, and thermoelasticity. Investigations into the development of time discretizations using finite element techniques have led to various energy preserving schemes. Have also worked in Industrial Mathematics.

PhD Students:

Jiyeon Oh (2000-2005)
Dorjsuren Badamdorj (2002-2006)
Zeynep Teymuroglu (2006-2008)
Mauricio L. Osorio (2007-Present)

Specialty Courses:

Numerical Methods in Applied Mathematics (15-MATH-561-001) (Past Courses 2001-2, 2006-7).
Applied Mathematics Practicum (15-MATH-517-001) (Past Courses: 1998-9 or 2003-4).
Mathematical Physiology (15-MATH-599-001) (Past Courses 2003-4).
Nonlinear Optimization (15-MATH-526-001) (Past Courses 2000-1, 2006-7).
Numerical Analysis (15-MATH-514-001, 15-MATH-515-001, and 15-MATH-516-001).

Courses for 2008-2009:

Autumn:

15-MATH-514-001 Numerical Analysis ( Syllabus).
15-MATH-710-001 Advanced Numerical Analysis ( Syllabus).

Winter:

15-MATH-515-001 Numerical Analysis ( Syllabus).

Spring:

15-MATH-516-001 Numerical Analysis ( Syllabus).