Chi-Wang Shu

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Chi-Wang Shu (Chinese: 舒其望, born 1 January 1957) is the Theodore B. Stowell University Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University.[1] He is known for his research in the fields of computational fluid dynamics, numerical solutions of conservation laws and Hamilton–Jacobi type equations. Shu has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Mathematics by the ISI Web of Knowledge.[2]

Chi-Wang Shu
Born (1957-01-01) January 1, 1957 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Science and Technology of China (B.S., 1982)
University of California at Los Angeles (Ph.D., 1986)
Known forTVD temporal discretization
ENO and WENO schemes
Discontinuous Galerkin method
AwardsFeng Kang Prize of Scientific Computing (1995)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied Mathematics
InstitutionsBrown University
Doctoral advisorStanley Osher
Doctoral studentsYingda Cheng

Career

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He received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1986. His Ph.D. thesis advisor was Stanley Osher.

He started his academic career in 1987 as an assistant professor in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University. He was an associate professor from 1992 to 1996 and became full professor in 1996.

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ Chi-Wang Shu at Brown University
  2. ^ ISI Highly Cited Author – C.-W. Shu Archived March 4, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Chi-Wang Shu is the 2021 John von Neumann Lecturer
  4. ^ 2020 Class of AWM Fellows, Association for Women in Mathematics, retrieved 2019-11-08
  5. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-07-18.
  6. ^ "Chi-Wang Shu Wins Prestigious CS&E Prize". SIAM. 2007-03-01. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
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