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Xiaofan Li

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Name：Xiaofan Li
Title：Professor
Gender：male
Tel：
Email：lix@iit.edu
HomePage：
http://mypages.iit.edu/~lix/
Basic：
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Director of Graduate Studies in Applied Mathematics
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Educational background：
University of California, Los Angeles
Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
1989 – 1993
Work experience：
Professor in Applied Math
Illinois Institute of Technology
2013, 6 to today (2 years)Chicago
research in computational math and applications in materials science, fluid mechanics and biology

Director of Graduate Studies
Illinois Institute of Technology
2005, 8 to today (9 years and 10 months)Dept of Applied Math
Admission of advising of graduate students

Associate Professor of Applied Math
Illinois Institute of Technology
2006, 6 – 2013, 5 (7 years)

Assistant Professor of Applied Math
Illinois Institute of Technology
1999, 8 – 2006, 5 (6 years and 10 months)Chicago
Research fields：
Research Interests

Numerical Methods for Nonlocal PDEs
Computational Fluid Dynamics: particulate flows, rheology of suspensions and emulsions
Computational Materials Science
Numerical Analysis: Boundary Integral Method, Finite Difference Method
Computational Acoustics
Scientific achievements：
Selected Publications

1. Self-similar evolution of a precipitate in inhomogeneous elastic media , with A. Barua, S. Li, and J. S. Lowengrub, Journal of Crystal Growth (2012), 351 62-71.
2. A boundary integral method for computing dynamics of an epitaxial island, with S.. Li, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. (2011) 33(6), 3282--3302.
3. A High-order Boundary Integral Method for Surface Diffusions on Elastically Stressed Axisymmetric Rods, with Q. Nie, J. of Comput. Phys. (2009) 228(12), 4625-4637. Click here for paper.
4. A spectrally accurate boundary integral method for interfacial velocities in two-dimensional Stokes flow, with X. Sun, Commun. Comput. Phys. (2010) 8(4), 933-946.
5. Numerical methods for nonlinear acoustic resonators, with G.Raman, Nonlinear Acoustics: Current Trends, eds. C. Vanhille and C. Campos-Pozuelo, Research Signpost (2011) 21-32 ISBN 978-81-308-0445-3.
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