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
Office : 611C Old Chemistry Building
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:

Current primary research is on mathematical modeling in Cellular Physiology with emphasis on problems in Neuroscience (See the new Mathematical Biology web page). Projects involve partial differential equation models of olfactory cilia, neuronal networks, biofilms, and the spread of alcohol abuse.

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 ( Numerical Analysis web page). Investigations into the development of time discretizations using finite element techniques have led to various energy preserving schemes. Have also worked in Industrial Mathematics.

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. See Curriculum Vita for more information.

PhD Students:

  • Jiyeon Oh (2000-2005)
  • Dorjsuren Badamdorj
    (Assistant Professor at Tennessee State (2009-Present).
    Formerly Visitor at University of Delaware (2006-2009).)
  • Zeynep Teymuroglu (2006-2008).
    (Manager at Nielson Bases in Cincinnati, OH.)
  • Mauricio L. Osorio (2007-Present).
    (Will return to position at Universidad Nacional
    de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia in 2010.)

Specialty Courses:

Courses for 2009-2010:

    Winter:

  • 15-MATH-515-001 Numerical Analysis ( Syllabus).
  • 15-MATH-517-001 Applied Mathematics Practicum ( Syllabus).