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Schedule:

Schedule of Professor Hanson

Letter Mail Address:

Professor Floyd B. Hanson

Laboratory for Advanced Computing

Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science

University of Illinois at Chicago

851 S. Morgan Street; M/C 249

Chicago, IL 60607-7045

E-Mail:

• Math: hanson@math.uic.edu
• University: hanson@uic.edu

Telephone:

• Campus Office: 718 SEO, 1312-413-2142

FAX:

• Department Office: 322 SEO, 1312-996-1491

Fingering:

• You can finger me at UIC: finger floyd.hanson@uic.edu
• Look up Hanson's entry in the UIC phonebook: phonebook data

Education:

Ph.D. in Fluid Dynamics
• Brown University in Providence, RI, June 1968
• Title of Thesis: Kinetic Models for a Polyatomic Gas and the Propagation of Sound in Rarefied Gases (August 1967).
• Thesis Advisor: Theodore F. Morse, with co-advisor Lawrence Sirovich
M.S. in Fluid Dynamics
• Brown University in Providence, RI, June 1964
• Title of Thesis: A Transcendental Approximation for Laminar Boundary Layers.
• Thesis Advisor: Peter D. Richardson
B.S. in Engineering Science
Antioch College at Yellow Springs, OH, June 1962

Positions (Brief):

University Illinois at Chicago:
• Assistant to Full Professor, Department of Mathematics, since September 1969 to present.
• Associate Director, Laboratory for Advanced Computing, 1990-present.
• Associate Director, Laboratory for Control and Information, 1993-present.
• Associate Editor-in-Chief, Applied and Computational Control, Signals, and Circuits, Book Series, Birkhauser Verlag, June 1996-present.
Brown University:
• Visiting Professor, Division of Applied Mathematics, Fall 1994.
Cornell University:
• Visiting Faculty, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Spring 1995.
Argonne National Laboratory:
• Faculty Research Participant, Mathematics and Computer Sciences Division, Advanced Computing Research Facility, Summers 1985, 1986, 1987.
• Faculty Research Leave award, Mathematics and Computer Sciences Division, Advanced Computing Research Facility, Fall-Winter 1987-1988.
• Argonne Associate, Mathematics and Computer Sciences Division, 1988-present.
Monash University:
• Visiting Appointment, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia, August 1981.
University of British Columbia:
• Visiting Faculty, Department of Mathematics, 1976-77 Academic Year.
New York University:
• Associate Research Scientist (Post Doctoral), Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics Division, Courant Institute of Mathematics Sciences, 1967-1969.

Curriculum Vitae:

• Click for Full Details of Curriculum Vitae
• Annotated List of Publications by Area:

  (Some Recent Papers are Given with links to for Downloading)

  • See Computational Stochastic Dynamic Programming Papers?

  • See Scientific Visualization Papers?

  • See Stochastic Modeling Papers?

  • See Parallel Scheduling Papers?

  • See Performance Evaluation Papers?

  • See Exponential Asymptotics Papers?

  • See Supercomputing Education Papers?

Teaching:

• Spring Semester 2000:

  • MCS 507 Mathematical, Statistical & Scientific Software

  • Math 574 Applied Optimal Control

• Fall Semester 1999:

  • MCS 471 Numerical Analysis

• Spring Semester 1999:

  • Math 220 Introduction to ODEs (Spring99, 12pm MWF, C6-LC, 60653)

  • MCS 471 Numerical Analysis (Spring99, 2pm MWF, 316 BH, 61960)

  • MCS 571 Numerical Methods for PDEs (Spring99, 12noon MWF, 59806)
    CANCELLED for Low Enrollment (Sigh)

• Fall Semester 1998:
  • LAS 100 Freshman Seminar: Web Page Design for Beginners (Fall98, 12-1:50pm W, 59852, 216 TH)

  • MCS 572 Introduction to Supercomputing (Fall98, 2pm MWF, 64755, 317TH)

• Spring Semester 1998:

  • Math 210 Calculus III (Spring98, 1pm MWF, 60967)

  • MCS 471 Numerical Analysis (Spring98, 2pm MWF, 62255)

• Fall Semester 1997:

  • MCS 572 Introduction to Supercomputing (Fall97, 2pm MWF, 64119)

• Spring Semester 1997:

  • MCS 471 Numerical Analysis (Spring97, 11am MWF, 59680)

  • MCS 571 Numerical Methods for PDEs (Spring97, 12noon MWF, 59806)

• Other Courses Taught:

  • Click for HTML List of Professor Hanson's Other Courses

Program Courses Homepages:

• Computational Science Courses and Applied Mathematics (CSAM) Courses:

  • Spring 99 CSAM Courses

  • Fall 98 CSAM Courses

  • Spring 98 CSAM Courses

  • Fall 97 CSAM Courses

  • Spring 97 CSAM Courses

  • Fall 96 CSAM Courses

• Mathematical Computer Science (MCS) Courses:

  • Fall 1998 and Spring 1999 MCS Courses

  • Spring 98 MCS Courses

  • Fall 97 MCS Courses

• Mathematical and Information Sciences for Industry (MISI) Courses:

  • Fall 97 MISI Course

Educational Programs Homepages:

• Computational Science and Applied Mathematics (CSAM)

• Mathematical Computer Science (MCS)

• Mathematical and Information Sciences for Industry (MISI) (Proposed Program)

  • "Industrial Mathematics Program and Manufacturing Applications at University of Illinois at Chicago", (Slides for Invited Talk at Special Session on Mathematics in Industry at Milwaukee American Math Society Meeting 26 October 1997).

  • ( Also PowerPoint Version)

Research:

• Click here for General Research Page

• Recent Research Papers:

  • Click here for IJC98 Linear-Quadratic Method for Non-Linear Multistage Manufacturing System Application Paper

  • Click here for ACC98 Non-Linear Multistage Manufacturing System Application Paper

  • Click here for ACC97 Linear Multistage Manufacturing System Application Paper

Grants:

• Click here for Grants List and Sponsors

Important Numeric and Symbolic Tools:

• Click here for Gateway to MathLab, Maple, Octave, UNIX, Fortran, C, Scientific Visualization, and Numerics Pages

Supercomputing Tools:

• Click here to Parallel and Super Computing Tools Page

Useful Tutorials:

• Click here for Selected Online Tutorials for Applications and Science

Jobs HomePage for Applied Math and Computer Science:

• Click for Applied Math, Computational & Computer Science and Industrial Math Jobs