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Faculty Profile - Alvin Bayliss

Alvin Bayliss

Alvin Bayliss

Professor

Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Room M466
Evanston, IL 60208

Email:  a-bayliss@northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae


Education

Ph.D., New York University

Research Interests

Numerical solution of partial differential equations, especially those modeling combusion, solid mechanics, wave propagation, and fluid dynamics.

Is there a Transition to Flaming in Reverse Smolder Waves?


Research Website

http://people.esam.northwestern.edu/~bayliss

Honors and Awards

Associate Editor - Journal of Computational Physics, Applied Numerical Mathematics, Clarence ver Steeg Graduate Faculty Award, McCormick Teaching Award, ISI Highly Cited Researcher

Selected Publications

  1. J. H. Park, A. Bayliss and B. J. Matkowsky, Dynamics in a Rod Model of Solid Flame Waves, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 65 (2005), 521-549.
  2.  J. H. Park, A. Bayliss, B. J. Matkowsky and A. A. Nepomnyaschy, On the Route to Extinction in Nonadiabatic Solid Flames, SIAM J. Appl. Math, 66 (2006), 873-895.
  3.  A. P. Aldushin, A. Bayliss and B. J. Matkowsky, On the Transition from Smoldering to Flaming, Combustion and Flame, 145 (2006), 579-606.
  4.  D. J. Lin, A. Bayliss and R. E. Taam, Low Mach Number Modeling of Type I X-Ray Burst Deflagrations, The Astrophysical Journal, 653 (2006), 545-557.

 
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