Curriculum Vitae

Koffi B. FADIMBA

Ph. D.

Dept of Mathematical Sciences

University of South Carolina Aiken

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Aiken, SC 29801

USA

Tel: 803-***-****

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Url: http://www.usca.edu/math/fadimba

Interests

Applied Mathematics, Numerical Methods for PDE, Partial Differential Equations,

Scientific Computation, Applied Functional Analysis, Population Dynamics. Special emphasis

on flow through porous media

Summary of qualifications

University of South Carolina,

Columbia, SC

. August 1993

Ph.D. in Mathematics (option: Applied Mathematics): University of South Carolina.

. August 1993-August 1994

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, and Institute for

Scientific Computation, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX

University of South Carolina Aiken

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August 2008-PresentAssociate Professor

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August 2002August 2008Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Rhode Island,

Kingston

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August 2000-August 2002Lecturer (Exchange Scholar)

University of Lome

Lome, TOGO

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September 1994-July 1996Assistant Professor (without tenure : Maitre-Assistant Delegue) Promotion by the

University

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July 1996-August 2000Assistant Professor with tenure (Maitre-Assistant: Midway between the ranks of Assistant

Professor and Associate Professor in the US): Promotion by an international committee

(African French Speaking Universities: CAMES)

Education

. University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC (USA)

Ph.D. in Mathematics (Option: Applied Mathematics) 1993

Ph.D. Thesis : Regularization and Numerical Methods for a Class of Porous Medium

Equations.

Ph.D. Advisor: Robert C. SHARPLEY

. University of Bordeaux I, 33405 Talence, France

DEA Mathematiques Appliquees (MS in Applied Mathematics) 1982

Maitrise MAF (Math et Applications Fondamentales), 1981

Licence de Mathematiques (BA in Mathematics), 1980

. University of Bordeaux III, 33405 Talence, France

Licence es lettres (BS): Techniques de la communication et de l information 1980

. University of Dakar (Now Check Anta Diop University), Senegal

DUES MP (Diplome Universitaire d Etudes Superieures Mathematiques et Physiques: Pre-

Math/Pre-Engineering Degree), 1977

. College St. Joseph, Lome, Togo

Baccalaureat Serie C (National High School Exam for Math and Physics Majors), 1975

Professional experience

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August 2008PresentAssociate Professor, University of South Carolina Aiken

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August 2002-August 2008Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina Aiken

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August 2000-August 2002Lecturer (Exchange Scholar), University of Rhode Island

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October 1998 until January 1999Visiting Scholar, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

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September 1994September 1996Assistant Professor (Maitre Assistant Delegue), University of Lome (Togo)

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September 1996-August 2000Maitre-Assistant (Assistant Professor with tenure) University of Lome, Lome (Togo)

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July 1996-September 1996Research AssociateUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia SC, under the supervision of Dr

R. C. SHARPLEY, and Dr. Richard EWING.

. August 1993-August 1994

Post-doctoral Fellow University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, and Institute for

Scientific Computation, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

. 1986-1988

Visiting Scholar at the University of Bordeaux 1 (Worked with Dr. Michel ARTOLA)

. 1989-1993

Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of South Carolina, Columbia

. 1983-1986

Junior Lecturer: University of Lome, Lome-Togo

Courses taught

Analysis, Algebra (linear and abstract), Differential Equations (elementary and

advanced), Introductory Computer Science and Programming, Numerical Analysis, Numerical

Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Mathematics for Engineering Students (Applied

Linear Algebra, Fourier Series, Fourier Transform, Laplace Transform, etc), Advanced

Engineering Mathematics, Calculus I, II & III(Multivariable Calculus), Applied Calculus

for Life Sciences, Calculus for Business Administration, Finite Mathematics, Discrete

Mathematics, College Algebra, Statistics, Statistics for Life Sciences, Mathematics for

11th and 12th grades, Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers

Special skills

Programming in C, Matlab, Maple, Mathematica

Accreditation

Registered on the LAFMA (Liste d Aptitude pour la Fonction de Maitre-Assistant : Aptitude

List for Confirmed Assistant Professors), Ouagadougou, July 1996, by CAMES (Conseil

Africain et Malgache pour l Enseignement Superieur : African and Malagasy Council for

Higher Education)

Selected Publications and Research

Professional memberships

SIAM

AMS

MAA

APROMAT (Association des Professeurs de Mathematiques du Togo)

RAMAD (African Network for Applied Mathematics and its Applications to Development)

Languages

English

French (official language of Togo),

Nawdem (Mother s language),References

Dr. R. C. SHARPLEY

Math Dept, USC, Columbia, SC USA

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Dr. Daniel BENTIL

University of Vermont

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Phone: 802-***-****

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Dr. Ronald DeVORE

Math Dept, USC, Columbia SC USA

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Dr. Anton SCHEP

Math Dept, USC, Columbia, SC USA

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Dr. Lewis PAKULA

Dept. of Mathematics, URI, Kingston, RI

Tel: 401-***-****

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Hobbies

Computing

Selected Awards and Honors

. AP Calculus Reader, June 2012, Kansas City, Missouri

. Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award 2012

. AP Calculus Reader, June 2011, Kansas City, Missouri

. SAMSI (Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute) Award to participate at

the Interdisciplinary Workshop for Undergraduate Students and Faculty, Research Triangle

Park, NC, May 2011

. Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award 2011

. Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award 2010

. Who s Who in Science and Engineering, 2006-2007

. Who s Who in American Education, 2007-2008

. Reviewer Mathematical Reviews 2006 -

. Who s Who in America, Edition 2005-2007

. Who s Who Among America s Teachers (2005)

. University of South Carolina Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, April 2005 June

2006

. University of South Carolina Aiken Research and Grant Support Program Award, Summer

2004.

. SAMSI (Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute) Award for participation

to the Workshop on Multi-scale Modeling, February 2003, Research Triangle Park, NC

. AFGRAD(African Graduate) Fellowship 1988-1993

. Postdoctoral Fellowship (PICS: Partnership in Computational Sciences)1993-1994,

University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, and Institute for Scientific Computation, Texas

A&M University, College Station, TX

. Research Associate Fellowship 1996 : University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

. FAC (Fond d Aide et de Cooperation, France) Fellowship, University of Bordeaux, France,

1986-1988

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Research Associate Fellowship1998: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

. Passed written part of the Entrance Test for the Engineering School of Mines of Ales,

France (Admissible au concours d entree a l Ecole des Mines D Ales) 1976 (Could not get an

airline ticket on time to travel to France from Dakar, Senegal, for the oral part of the

test)

.

Presentations and Participation at Professional Meetings

. Participation and presentations

In the United States

1. SIAM-SEAS regional annual meeting, University of Alabama, Huntsville, March 2012

Paper presented: A Discrete Regularity Result for a Linear Scheme for the Saturation

Equation

2. MAA-SE regional annual meeting, Morrow, GA, March 2012

3. SEARCDE (SouthEastern Atlantic Regional Conference

)

2011, Georgia Southern University,

Statesboro, GA, September 2011

Paper presented: A Priori Estimates for a Numerical Approximation of a Class of Nonlinear

Degenerate Advection-Diffusion Equations

4. SAMSI (Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute) Interdisciplinary

Workshop for Undergraduate Students and Faculty, Research Triangle Park, NC, May 2011

5. SIAM-SEAS Meeting, March 2011, UNC Charlotte, NC

Paper presented: Regularity Results for the Continuous Galerkin Method for the Saturation

Equation

6. AMS-SE sectional meeting, Georgia Southern University, March 2011

7. NSF CBMS Regional Conference on Mathematics of Diffusion, Tulane University, New

Orleans, LA, May 2010

8. 18th IMACS World Congress, Athens, GA, August 2009.

Presentation:

Paper presented: Numerical Analysis for a Class of Porous Medium Equations.

27. SIAM annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, July 1993

28. Joint Meeting AMS and MAA, San Antonio, January 1993:

Paper presented: A priori Estimates and Regularization for a Class of Porous Medium

Equations.

29. SIAM annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 1992

30. AAAS annual meeting, Chicago, February 1992

31. ICIAM, Washington, DC, July 1991

32. AAAS annual meeting, Washington, DC, February 1991

In Africa

33. International Council for Science (ICSU) Consultative Forum, Johannesburg, South

Africa, September 2006

34. RAMAD (Reseau Africain de Mathematiques Appliquees au Developpement) Annual Meeting,

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, July 2000

Paper presented: Linearization of a Backward Euler Scheme for a Class of Degenerate

Nonlinear Advection-Convection Equation.

35. Seminaire sur l Ecologie Mathematique, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 2000

Paper presented: Error Estimates for a Regularization of a Class of Porous Medium

Equations

36. Workshop on Mathematics in Economics, Accra, Ghana, April 1999

37. Seminaire sur "Modelisation et simulation numerique et environnement", Ouagadougou,

Burkina Faso, June 1999

Paper presented : Error Estimates for a Standard Finite Element Method applied to a non

linear Coupled System of Convection-Diffusion Equations.

38. 5th Edward Bouchet Seminar on Functional Analysis and its Applications to

Differential Equations, Accra, Ghana, July 1999

39. First Workshop on Contemporary Problems in Mathematical Physics, Cotonou, Benin,

November 1999

40. Seminaire GIRAGA, Yaounde, Cameroon, September 1998

Paper presented : Existence and Uniqueness for a Coupled System modeling a two-phase flow

through Porous Media

41. Edward Bouchet seminar on Functional Analysis and Its Applications to Differential

Equations, Accra, Ghana, July 1998

42. Edward Bouchet seminar on Functional Analysis and Its Applications to Differential

Equations, Accra, Ghana, July 1997

43. Journees Scientifiques de Lome, Lome-Togo, May 1998

Paper presented: On the Poisson Solution Operator.

44. Seminar on: Resolution Methods for Partial Differential Equations with applications

in Geometry and Physics, Porto-Novo, Benin, January 1996

Paper presented: Regularization and numerical Methods for a class of degenerate nonlinear

Equations.

45. Journees Scientifiques de Lome, Lome-Togo, May 1996

Paper presented : Discrete Galerkin s Method for a Nonlinear Convection-Diffusion

equation.

. Invited Speaker

1. Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, March 2009

Presentation: The Saturation Equation: A fully Discretized and Linearized Scheme

2. Clemson University, Clemson, SC, March 2007

Presentation: Immiscible Two-Phase Flow Through Porous Media: An Attempt to linearize a

Resulting Backward Euler Scheme

3. South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, October 11, 2006

Presentation: On a Class of Nonlinear Degenerate Equations Modeling Two-Phase Flow

through Porous Media

4. University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, March 27, 2002

Presentation: On approximating Solutions of class of systems modeling immiscible flow

through Porous Medium.

5. Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 4, 2002

Presentation: On approximating Solutions of a class of systems modeling immiscible flow

through Porous Medium

6. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, March 2001

Presentation: Mathematics involved in Equations Modeling Flow through a Porous Medium

7. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

September, 1996

Presentation: On the existence for the pressure/saturation system.

8. Institute for Scientific Computation, Texas A & M, College Station, TX

September, 1996

Presentation: On the existence for the pressure/saturation system.

9. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

June, 1994

Presentation: Regularization for a nonlinear advection-diffusion equation.

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