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Yang Yang
Professor of Mathematical Sciences/Michigan Technological University

Contact Info:

  • Address: Fisher 308, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI, 49931
  • Email: yyang7@mtu.edu
  • Phone: (906)-487-3039

Education:

  • Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 2013. Advisor: Professor Chi-Wang Shu
  • M.S. Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 2011.
  • B.S. Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2009.
Employment:
  • Professor, Michigan Technological University, 2021-now.
  • Associate Professor, Michigan Technological University, 2017-2021.
  • Assistant Professor, Michigan Technological University, 2013-2017.
Research Interests:
  • Numerical methods for partial differential equations with blow-up solutions
  • Numerical methods for multiphase flow in porous media
  • Superconvergence of discontinuous Galerkin methods
  • Numerical cosmology
  • Numerical simulations in fracture media
  • Numerical methods for gaseous detonation

Awards:

  • Outstanding Research Award (Associate/Full Professor Level), 2023
  • Outstanding reviewer for Science China Mathematics, 2019
  • RINAM Best Presentation Prize, 2019
  • Outstanding Research Award (Associate/Full Professor Level), 2018
  • Outstanding Teaching Award (Lecture/Assistant Professor Level), 2017
  • REF-SCG Award, 2016
  • Outstanding Research Award (Assistant Professor Level), 2016
  • New World Mathematics Award, Honorable Mention of PhD thesis
  • SIAM Early Career Travel Award, 2015
  • Outstanding Research Award (Assistant Professor Level), 2014
  • Dunmu Ji Award, 2013
  • The Simon Ostrach Fellowship Award, 2013