Fengyan Li

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Brown University
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing

Curriculum vitae pdf

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Research:  

• Research Interests
  General interests: Design, analysis and implementation of numerical methods for differential equations
  
  • Local-structure-preserving discontinuous Galerkin methods: Maxwell equations, MHD equations, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, elasticity equations
  • Nonconforming finite element methods for time-harmonic Maxwell equations and Maxwell eigenproblems
  • Central discontinuous Galerkin methods for Hamilton-Jacobi equations
  • Discontinuous Galerkin based fast sweeping methods for static Hamilton-Jacobi equations
  • Other computational methods for hyperbolic conservation laws
• Publications

Teaching:

• MATH/CSCI 6800: Computational Linear Algebra, Fall 2008
  
• MATH/CSCI 6860: Finite Element Analysis , Spring 2008
  
• MATH/CSCI 6800: Computational Linear Algebra, Fall 2007
  
• MATH 6790: Topics in Discontinuous Galerkin Methods, Spring 2007
  
• MATH/CSCI 6800: Computational Linear Algebra, Fall 2006
  

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Math Resources:

• Benchmark in computational Electromagnetism by Monique Dauge
  
• Recommended Literatures by Matthias K. Gobbert
  
• Some history of numerical analysis and scientific computing
  

Recent/Upcoming Conferences:

• [Fall 2008 Finite Element Circus], October 24-25, 2008, RPI. For information about this conference series, see the [main website].
  
• [2008 Spring Central Section Meeting], April 5-6, 2008, Bloomington, IN.
  

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Contact Information

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street, Amos Eaton Hall
Troy, NY 12180

Telephone: (518) 276 - 3201
Fax: (518) 276-4824
Email: lif at rpi dot edu

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Last Modified: October 28, 2008