Maria Emelianenko
Chair, Mathematical Sciences
Affiliations
- Departments
- Dean’s Administration (Staff)
- Mathematical Sciences
Education
- PhD, Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, 2005
- MS, Moscow State University, Russia, 2001
About
I am an interdisciplinary mathematician whose work is focused on applying mathematical theory to a wide range of applied problems. I serve as a Director of the Industrial Immersion program (http://math.gmu.edu/iip.php) and a Director of Graduate Studies for the Mathematics department.
Teaching Focus
I teach a variety of courses ranging from undergraduate differential equations to advanced graduate courses on numerical analysis, linear algebra, data science and ODE.
Selected Publications
J. Snider, I. Griva, X. Sun, M. Emelianenkoâ€Set-based framework for Gibbs energy minimizationâ€, CALPHAD,48 (2015), p. 18–26
K. Barmak, E. Eggeling, M. Emelianenko, Y. Epshteyn, D. Kinderlehrer, R. Sharp, S. Ta’asan “Critical events, entropy, and the grain boundary character distribution”, Physical Review B, Vol. 83, 134117 (2011)
Q. Du, M. Emelianenko and L. Ju “Convergence properties of the Lloyd algorithm for computing the centroidal Voronoi tessellationsâ€, SIAM J. Numer. Anal.,44, Issue 1 (2006), p. 102–119
Awards
- PSU Graduate School Alumni Society Early Career Award, 2014
- Mason Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award, 2013
- NSF CAREER award, 2011
- ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2009
