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Curriculum Vitae

J. Thomas Beale

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Box 90320
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-2839 (office)
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Education

B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1967
M.S., Stanford University, 1969
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1973

Areas of Research

Partial Differential Equations and Fluid Mechanics

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University
Professor, Mathematics, 1983 - present
Tulane University
Professor, Mathematics, 1982 - 1983
Associate Professor, Mathematics, 1977 - 1982
Assistant Professor, Mathematics, 1973 - 1977
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Invited Lecture, International Congress of Mathematicians, August, 1994
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 1978
Recent Grant Support

  • Numerical Methods for Moving Interfaces in Fluids, N.S.F., DMS-0806482, 2008/07-2011/06.      
  • Supplement to "Computational Methods for Singular..." for graduate student support, N. S. F., DMS-0404765-001, 2005/07-2007/06.      
  • Computational Methods for Singular and Nearly Singular Integrals with Applications to Fluid Dynamics, N.S.F., 2004/07-2007/06.      
Selected Recent Invited Talks

Modern Perspectives in Applied Mathematics, Courant Institute, New York Univ., May 19, 2009  
Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics, New Jersey Inst. Tech., May 19, 2008  
Applied Math Seminar, Univ. of Calif. Irvine, May 16, 2008  
Interface Problems Workshop, S.A.M.S.I., R.T.P., NC, November 15, 2007  
Workshop on high-order methods for computational wave propagation and scattering, American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, CA, September 11, 2007  
Minisymposium, Sixth International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Zurich, Switzerland, July 18, 2007  
Special Session on Microlocal Analysis and P.D.E., A.M.S. Sectional Meeting, Davidson, N.C., March 03, 2007  
Workshop on the Mathematical Theory of Water Waves, Oberwolfach, Germany, November 13, 2006  
Kyoto Conference on the Navier-Stokes Equations and their Applications, Kyoto, Japan, January 6, 2006  
Doctoral Theses Directed

Matthew W. Surles, Numerical Approximation of Layer Potentials along Curve Segments, (August, 2008)  
Michael Nicholas, A third order numerical method for 3D doubly periodic electromagnetic scattering problems, (August, 2007)  
David Ambrose, Well-posedness of Vortex Sheets with Surface Tension, (2002)  
Henry Suters, Ph.D., (1994)  
Andrew Ferrari, Ph.D., (1992)  
Alfred Bourgeois, Ph.D., (1991)  
Tien-Yu Sun, Ph.D., (1991)  
Donna Gates Sylvester, Ph.D., (1988)  
Publications (listed separately)

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