Christopher L Cox

Position:
Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Coordinator of Instruction

Education:
PhD, Mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1984
MS, Applied Mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1980
BS, Mathematics, Grove City College, 1978

Professional Interests:
Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (especially finite element methods for fluid dynamics applications), Polymer Process Simulation, Viscoelastic Flow Modeling, Numerical Linear Algebra, Parallel Algorithms

Professional Activities:
Research Thrust Leader, Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films; Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Member, Society of Plastics Engineers; Member, Polymer Processing Society

Selected Publications:

• Christopher Cox, Hyesuk Lee, and David Szurley, "Finite element approximation of the non-isothermal Stokes-Oldroyd equations", International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 4, (3-4), 425-440, 2007.
• A. Makradi, C.L. Cox, S. Ahzi, and S. Belouettar, "Post Processing of Polymeric Fibers: Multiscale Micromechanical Modeling of Multiphase Solid Polymer under Finite Deformation and Strain Induced Crystallisation", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 100, 2259-2266, 2006.
• T.F. Chen, C.L. Cox, H. Merdun, and V. Quisenberry, "An Adaptive-Grid Least Squares Finite Element Solution for Flow in Layered Soils", Third International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applications, June 29 - July 3, 2004, Rousse, Bulgaria, Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 3401, 228-235, 2005.

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