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Professor Frederic Y. M. Wan

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http://www.math.uci.edu/~fwan/
http://www.faculty.uci.edu/scripts/UCIFacultyProfiles/DetailDept.CFM?ID=3199
http://www.math.uci.edu/people/frederic-wan
http://www.researchgate.net/researcher/38235243_Frederic_Y_M_Wan
http://www.wheelers.co.nz/browse/author/976362-frederic-y-m-wan/
http://www.worldcat.org/title/mathematical-models-and-their-analysis/oclc/18684671
http://www.worldcat.org/title/introduction-to-the-calculus-of-variations-and-its-applications/oclc/28676539
http://65.54.113.26/Author/813645/frederic-y-m-wan

Positions:
Professor, Mathematics, School of Physical Sciences
Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
website: http://www.math.uci.edu/~fwan

Degrees:
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959, Mathematics
S.M. and Ph.D. Mathematics, June, 1993 and September, 1965, MIT

Honors and Awards:
**Arthur Beaumont Distinguished Service Award, Canadian Applied Mathematics Society, 1991
**Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 1999 -
**Fellow: American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), 1981, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1987; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1995.

Appointments:
**University of British Columbia: Director, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (1974-83)
**University of Washington: Chair, Department of Applied Mathematics (1983-88); Divsional Dean of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences (1988-92)
**Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada: Member (1980-83) and Chairman (1982-83), Committee of Pure and Applied Mathematics
**National Science Foundation: Program Officer, Appl. Math. Program, DMS (1986-87); Division Director, DMS (January, 1993 - December, 1994)
**MIT: MIT Educational Council (1974-79) MIT Visiting Committee for Mathematics (1991-93)
**University of California, Irvine: Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies (1995-2000)

Editorial Board Membership: 1) Studies in Appl. Math. 84- ; 2) Canadian Appl. Math. Quarterly, 93- ; 3) International J. Solids & Strucutres 96- ; 4) World Sci. Publ. 95- .

Professional Societies: Canadian Applied Mathematics Society (CAMS/SCMA): Council Member 1980-82, President 1983-85, Past President 1985-87. American Mathematical Society (AMS): Committee of Committees (1995-97), Science Policy Committee (1995-97). Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM): Educational Committee (1983-87), Representative on the U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (1991-93, 2001-), Science Policy Committee (1990-92,1995-) Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

Research Interests: Applied Mathematics, Solid Mechanics, Resource Economics, Biomathematics

Research Abstract:
**Copyrights on Books: 1) Mathematical Models and Their Analysis, Harper and Row, February, 1989. 2) Introduction to the Calculus of Variations and Its Applications, Chapman & Hall, January, 1995.
**Recent Presentations: 2004-05 - SIAM Conferences on the Life Sciences (7/11-16/04, Portland, OR), AIM's 5th Int'l Conf. on Dyn. Syst. & Diff. Eq'ns (6/16-19/04, Pomona, CA); 2003-04 - Int'l Conf. Math. & Its Applications (5/28-31/04, City Univ. of Hong Kong), Math. Seminar (5/21/04, Peking Univ.), Mechanics Seminar (5/14/04, Peking Univ.), Comp. Math. Seminar (4/23/04, Xian Jaotong Univ.), Mechanics Seminar (4/9/04, Tsinghua Univ.), 5th ICIAM (7/7-11/03, Sydney, Australia); 2002-03 - W.M. Keck Seminars in Comp. Biology (5/21/03, UCLA), 3rd So.Calif. Appl. Math. Symp. (5/3/2003, UC Irvine), Annual SIAM Meeting (7/8-12/2002, Philadelphia, PA).

Professional Societies:
American Academy of Mechanics
American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Canadian Applied Mathematical Society (CAMS/SCMA)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

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