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Constantine M. Dafermos

Alumni-Alumnae University Professor:
Applied Mathematics
Phone: +1 401 863 1483
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Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1967

I work on the interface between continuum mechanics and the theory of partial differential equations. In recent years, my research has focused on nonlinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws, whose solutions spontaneously develop singularities that propagate as shock waves. I am interested in the interplay between thermodynamics and analysis, in the theory of these systems, and have been striving to elucidate the fundamental role of entropy, as a stabilizing agent.

BIOGRAPHY

I received a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (1964) and a Ph.D. in Mechanics from the Johns Hopkins University (1967). I have served as Assistant Professor at Cornell University (1968-1971),and as Associate Professor (1971-1975) and Professor (1975-) in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University. Since 1984, I have been the Alumni-Alumnae University Professor at Brown.

Awards

Honorary Doctorate, University of Athens, 1987.
Honorary Doctorate, National Technical University (Greece), 1991.
Honorary Doctorate, University of Crete, 2001.
SIAM W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize, 2000.

Affiliations

Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001-.
Correspondent Member, Academy of Athens, 1988-.
Honorary Professor, Academia Sinica, China, 2004-.
Member, Board of Governors, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), 1995-.


EDITORIAL BOARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS


Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Associate Managing Editor
Acta Mathematica Scientia, Chief Co-Editor
Journal of the American Mathematical Society
Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
Mathematics Applied in Science and Technology
Communications in Applied Analysis
Advances of Mathematics in Applied Sciences
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Ricerche di Matematica
International Journal of Differential Equations and Applications
Revista Matematica Complutense
Abstract and Applied Analysis
Bulletin of Greek Mathematical Society
Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations
Journal of Hyperbolic Differential Equations

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