Ralph Smith is a Professor in the North Carolina State University Department of Mathematics, Associate
Director of the Center for Research in Scientific Computing (CRSC),
and a member of the Operations Research Program.
NSF Research Training Group (RTG): Mathematics of Materials.
This program
provides a number of interdisciplinary research and training opportunities for
undegraduates, graduate students, and postdocs in the mathematical sciences.
The research activities are organized around five topics that play a fundamental
role in emerging technologies:
multifunctional materials,
polymers and composites
including carbon nanotubes, orthopaedic biomaterials, dynamics of thin material
layers, and material behavior of laser welding.
Description Of Research:
Mathematical modeling of smart materials, numerical analysis and
numerical methods for physical systems, parameter estimation, control theory.
