Professor C.S. Chen Department of Mathematics University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5045, USA (601) 266-4290  (601) 266-5818 cs.chen@usm.edu

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette , 1988
• M.S., Mathematics, University of Southern Mississippi, 1982
• B.S., Mathematics, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, 1979

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

• Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics, University of Southern Mississippi, 2005 - Present
• Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2000 - 2005
• Visiting Scholar, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany), Spring, 2001.
• Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1994 - 2000
• Visiting Scholar, Wessex Institute of Technology, United Kingdom, 1996 - 1997
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1988 - 1994

RESEARCH INTERESTS



  Mesh Method & Meshless Method

• Numerical Solutions for Partial Differential Equations
• Meshless Methods
• Radial Basis Functions
• Boundary Element Methods


Meshless Methods Presentation (Microsoft Power Point, Window 2000)
Distance Education: Meshless Methods for Scientific and Engineering Computing

RESEARCH COLLABORATORS

• List of research collaborators

PUBLICATIONS

• List of publications.

AWARDS

• List of awards.

CONFERENCES

• List of conferences organized.
• List of conferences attended and invited talks.

EDITORIAL SERVICES

• Editor-in-Chief Journal of Computers, Materials, and Continua. (2004-2007)
• Associate Editor   Journal of Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements  (2000-2004)
• Editorial board member of the Journal of Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. (2004-2007).
• Editorial board member of  the Journal of Mathematics and Applications
• Editorial board member of Advances in Boundary Elements Series.
• Guest editor on a special issue for the International Journal of Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
• (Vol. 24, Issue 7-8, page 511-611,  September 2000).  Preface
• Guest editor on a special issue of Mesh Reduction Methods for the International Journal of Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements , Preface
• (Part I:  Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 421-545, May 2004).
• (Part II: Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 1187-1292, October 2004).

• Guest editor on a special issue of Meshless Methods for the Journal of Chinese Institute of Engineers. (Vol. 27, No. 4, 2004)
• Guest editor on a special issue of Meshless Methods for the Journal of  Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. (Vol. 7, No.2, 2005)

IMPORTANT LINKS

• Professor Y.C. Hon at Hong Kong City University
• Radial Basis Functions

Sabbatical Leave at Wessex Institute of Technology (U.K., 1996-1997)

Faculty Development Leave (Spring 2001)