MIN-HUNG CHEN
CURRICULUM VITAE
Address

University of Minnesota   Office: (612) 625-3395
Department of Mathematics   Home: (651) 917-2324
206 Church St. SE   Fax: (612) 626-2017
Minneapolis, MN 55455   mhchen@math.umn.edu


Research Interests

Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing, Computational Electromagnetics, Computational Fluid Dynamics


Education

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 1999 - 2005
    Ph.D. in Mathematics, with emphasis in Applied and Industrial Math, July 2005
    Thesis title: High-Order RKDG Methods for Computational Electromagnetics
    Advisor: Professor Bernardo Cockburn

INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MECHANICS, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, 1994 - 1996
    Master of Science, June 1996
    Thesis title: Numerical Study of Relativistic Gas Dynamics
    Advisor: Professor Jaw-Yen Yang

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, 1990-1994
    Bachelor of Science, June 1994


Publications

Jaw-Yen Yang, Min-Hung Chen, I-Nan Tsai, Jer-Wei Chang,
     "A Kinetic Beam scheme for Relativistic Gas Dynamics",
    Journal of Computational Physics, 136, 19-40, 1997

Min-Hung Chen, Bernardo Cockburn, Fernando Reitich,
     "High-Order RKDG Methods for Computational Electromagnetics",
    to appear in Journal of Scientific Computing, 2005
Min-Hung Chen, Bernardo Cockburn, Fernando Reitich,
    "High-Order RKDG Methods for Electromagnetic Scattering Problems",
    in preparation


Talks

"High Resolution Scheme for Relativistic Hydrodynamics",
    Sixth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems, Hong Kong, June, 1996
"High-Order RKDG Methods for Computational Electromagnetics",
    SCD Seminar, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Feb, 2005.
"High-Order RKDG Methods for Computational Electromagnetics",
    to take place in Mini-Symposium on Discontinuous Galerkin Methods,
    Third M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, MIT, June, 2005


Awards

Full scholarship for undergraduate study (1990-1994):
    Scholarship for Gifted Senior High School Students Studying Mathematics and Natural Sciences
    (Ministry of Education, Taiwan)
Presidential Award of National Taiwan University, 1991
Fourth Grand Award - Mathematics
    41st International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), Tulsa, Oklahoma,1990
Third Place Karl Menger Memorial Award (Granted by AMS)
    41st International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), Tulsa, Oklahoma,1990


Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, September 1999 - present
Taught Precalculus, Calculus, Multi-variable Calculus

Research Experience

Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
    Research Assistant, July 1998 - July 1999
    Advisor: Dr. Mo-Hong Chou
    Research Field: Dynamical System, Computational Fluid Dynamics


Computer languages

Proficient in: Fortran, Matlab, OpenMP (parallel programming)
Experienced with: C/C++.


Personal

Born: June 27, 1972
Citizenship: Taiwan

References

Professor Bernardo Cockburn, University of Minnesota, cockburn@math.umn.edu
Professor Fernando Reitich, University of Minnesota, reitich@math.umn.edu
Dr. Guido Kanschat, University of Heidelberg, Guido.Kanschat@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de
Professor David Frank, University of Minnesota, frank@math.umn.edu (teaching)




Min-Hung Chen 2004-12-13