About
Christian Constanda, D.Sc., is a professor of mathematics who specializes in applications of boundary integral equation methods to problems arising in elasticity theory. He has taught mathematics at universities in five countries on three continents, has published more than 150 professional articles, and has authored and edited 37 books. His textbooks on Ordinary Differential Equations (Springer, second edition) and Partial Differential Equations (Taylor & Francis, fourth edition), and his humorous book “Dude, Can You Count?” are bestsellers.
He is the chairman of the International Consortium on Integral Methods in Science and Engineering (IMSE), and has been organizing conferences on this topic all over the world. He has given invited talks and seminars at numerous academic institutions at home and abroad. He has advised many Ph.D. students, and has been external examiner for doctoral candidates in the U.S., U.K., Spain, Germany, and Canada.
His D.Sc. degree is the British higher doctorate, awarded for a prolonged and sustained production of high quality research adjudged by peers to have made an original and distinguished contribution to learning. His list of hobbies includes traveling, reading, writing, classical music, and playing the violin.
Awards and Honors
- The Outstanding Academic Title Award from the American Library Association for his textbook on Partial Differential Equations
- Kermit E. Brown Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, The University of Tulsa
- The University of Tulsa Outstanding Teacher Award
Education
- D.Sc., The University of Strathclyde, 1997
- Ph.D., Mathematics, The Romanian Academy of Sciences, 1972
- M.S., Mathematics, The University of Iasi, 1966
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Boundary integral equation methods
- Exact and approximate solutions for mathematical models arising in elasticity theory