Assistant Mechanical Engineering

Alan Chen

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Seattle, WA 98125 *******@**.***

Objective Senior Scientist

Education

• Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, August 2014

Advisor: Anne Greenbaum

• MS in Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle WA, Jun 2010.

Programming Skills

• 4+ years of programming experiences in FORTRAN 90/95, on Unix/Linux platform for research

project. Analyze and tune parallel algebraic multigrid code.

• 1.5 years of C/C++ programming experience.

• Fluency and strong knowledge in parallel programing: MPI and OpenMP.

• 2 years of experience on computational fluid dynamics.

• 4+ years of programming experiences in MATLAB, HTML.

• 3+ years experiences on usage of PC Cluster, Computer Network and Super Computer (TACC

Lonestar), University of Texas, at Austin.

• 2+ years programming experiences on Maple, Mathematica etc.

Research Interests

• Scientific computing and parallel processing

• Numerical analysis

• Computational Fluid dynamics

• Algebraic multigrid

• Spectral method

• Partial differential equations

Projects

• “Simulation on Two Phase Parallel flow”,

2014. Advisor: Professor Antonino Ferrante, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics,

University of Washington, Seattle.

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• “Parallel spectral method on 3-dimensional of Low Mach approximation equations”,

2009-2010. Advisor: Professor James Riley, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University

of Washington, Seattle.

Selected Coursework

• Object Oriented Programming in C++, JAVA, Parallel Algorithms, Computer Architecture.

• High Performance Scientific Computing, Numerical Analysis.

• Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence Modeling & Simulation, Combustion.

• Computer graphics, Discrete Mathematics and Data structures.

• Applied Statistics, Applied Probability and Statistics.

• Graph Theory, Combinatory Mathematics, Optimization.

Conference Talks and Presentations

• “Analysis of an Aggregation-Based Algebraic Two-grid Method for a Rotated Anisotropic

Diffusion Problem”, 13th Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods, Apr 8, 2014

• “Parallel Implementation of An Aggregation-Based Algebraic Multigrid Method”, SIAM 16th

Conference on Parallel Processing and Scientific Computing, Portland, Feb 18, 2014.

• “Recursive Krylov-based multigrid”, NARC, University of Washington, May 8, 2013.

• “Analysis of an Aggregation-Based Algebraic Multigrid Method on Matrices Related to a 1D

Model Problem”, 16th Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Method, Copper Mountain,

Mar 20, 2013.

• “Parallelization of Aggregation-Based Algebraic Multigrid Methods”, NARC, University of

Washington, March 8, 2013.

• “Analysis of Contraction Number of an Aggregation-Based Algebraic Multigrid Method on

Matrices Related to a 1D Model Problem”, Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar,

Boise, Oct 27, 2012.

• Parallel computation of spectral method on Navier-Stokes Equations, NARC, University of

Washington, September 26, 2009

Publications

• “Analysis of an Aggregation-Based Algebraic Two-grid Method for a Rotated Anisotropic

Diffusion Problem”, submitted to Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications 2013

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• “Parallel Implementation of An Aggregation-Based Algebraic Multigrid Method”, to be submitted

to SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 2014.

Research Grant and Award

• NSF Funding

2013 spring – present: Research on parallel implementation of aggregation-based algebraic multigrid,

sparse inverse approximation preconditioned conjugate gradient method and sparse inverse

approximation smoother in multigrid, University of Washington, Seattle.

• Travel Grant

• 13th Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods, Copper Mountain, Colorado,

Apr 6 – Apr 11, 2014

• 16th Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Method, Copper Mountain, Colorado,

Mar 17 – Mar 22, 2013.

Teaching Experience

• University of Washington, Seattle

Applied Mathematics Instructor

2009/2010 summer: AMATH 352 Linear Algebra and Numerical Analysis

Taught lecture and lab to 15 applied mathematics majors, was solely responsible

for course content and design.

Developed Matlab homework based on real engineering problems.

Evaluated highly by students for interacting with students, stimulating

independent thinking and for demonstrating an interest in them.

Teaching Assistant in Mathematics

2008 autumn – 2009 spring: Precalculus, Calculus I II III, Business Calculus

2010 autumn – 2011 spring: Business Calculus

2012 autumn – 2013 winter: Calculus

Led group discussion in the quiz sections.

Teaching Assistant in Applied Mathematics

2009 autumn – 2010 spring:

AMATH 585 Numerical Analysis of Boundary Value Problems

AMATH 586 Numerical Analysis of Time Dependent Problems

AMATH 503 Methods for Partial Differential Equations

Held office hours and answering questions to 40 graduate students.

Help students with their Matlab programming difficulty, including debugging.

Tutoring

• Math Study Center, University of Washington, Seattle

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2008 autumn, 2012 autumn

• 2008 – Present: Founder and the main instructor of UW MATH HELP at

University of Washington (www.mathhelp-uw.org).

Affiliation Society for Industry and Applied Mathematics, 2006-present

American Mathematical Society, 2006-present

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