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Chun Liu

Professor of Mathematics


Ph.D. Mathematics

Courant Institute, New York University

Contact Information

Department of Mathematics
The Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
email: liu@math.psu.edu
Tel: 814-8653611


Teaching

I will be teaching Math251 ORDINARY AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS in Spring 2008.


Research

My current research interests center around partial differential equations, calculus of variations and their applications in complex fluids. I am associated with The Center for Computational Mathematics and Applications.

  • Liquid Crystals and Polymeric Materials
  • Mixtures and Interfaces
  • MHD and Electrokinetic Flow
  • Elasticity
  • Grain Growth



  • Here are some of my publications together with the vita and publication list .

    Seminars


  • Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar Series
  • PDEs & Numerical Methods Seminar
  • Pritchard Lab Seminar
  • CAM Luncheon Seminar
  • Mathematics Colloquium
  • Seminars in College of Sciences




  • Conferences and Workshops

  • Moving Interface Problems and Applications in Fluid Dynamics, IMS, NUS, Singapore, 8 Jan - 31 Mar 2007.

  • "Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Complex Fluids", CSCAMM, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 13 - 20, 2007

  • ``International Conference on Mathematical Theory of Superconductivity and Liquid Crystals", Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, May 14 ---18,2007.

  • "Ferroelectric Phenomena in Liquid Crystal Systems" Crystal Institute (LCI) and the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, June 19---28, 2007.

    1007 Shanghai Summer School Fudan University, Shanghai, China, July 5 --- August 4, 2007.

    "Summer School on Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations" Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, August 1 --- 15, 2007.

  • "Mathematical Issues in Complex Fluids" Thematic Program on Multiscale Modeling of Complex Fluids, Beijing University, Beijing, China, October 15 --- 19, 2007.

    The 4th International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM), Hangzhou, China, December 17 --- 22, 2007.

  • "Structure formation and evolution in soft matter/complex fluid systems" Thematic Program on Multiscale Modeling of Complex Fluids, Beijing University, Beijing, China, December 3 --- 7, 2007.

    "Mathematics of Multi-Scale Problems" the Institute for Advanced Studies, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, December 9 --- 13, 2007.

    "Ferroelectric phenomena in soft matter systems" American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, California, May 12 --- 16, 2008.

  • "Multiscale modeling of Complex Fluids" Thematic Program on Multiscale Modeling of Complex Fluids, Beijing University, Beijing, China, May 26 --- 30, 2008.

    "Nanoscale Interfacial Phenomena in Complex Fluids" Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China (KITPC) at Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, May 19----June 20, 2008.



  • Past Conferences