Research


Interests

 

Theoretical/computational methods for solutions to systems governed by partial differential equations;

 

Optimal control and inverse problems of systems governed by partial differential equations.

 

Optimization methods for variational problems.


Numerical Methods

 

Finite volume based multiscale Numerics and Homogenization:

 

Space-time compact finite volume differencing:

 

 


Applications

 

Environmental Science: Ground water flow and transport

 

Computational Fluid Dynamics: Navier-Stokes Equations; Multi-phase flow

 

Numerical modeling of Atmospheric and Ocean Dynamics and Circulation: Weather; Climate

 

Mathematical Finance:

 

Macroeconomic modeling:

 

 


Publications


PhD. thesis advisor: Prof . Kazufumi Ito.

Thesis: Higher-Order Cartesian Grid Based Finite Difference Methods for Elliptic Equations on Irregular Domains and Interface Problems
           and their Applications etd.pdf
 

Yaw Kyei
Email: ykyei@ncat.edu