Division of Science and Engineering - Faculty

Dr. Fran Pahlevani
Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Email: fxp10@psu.edu
Phone: 215-881-7559
Office: 317 Sutherland

Educational Background:
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, 2004
M.Sc. Applied Mathematics, University of Kaiserslautern, 2000
M.Sc. Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Studies in Sciences of Zanjan, 1996
B.A. Mathematics, Sharif University of Technology, 1993

Research Interests and Innovations:
Numerical Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Sensitivity Analysis, Dynamics of Biological Systems.

Selected publications list:

1. Faranak Pahlevani, Sensitivity Computations of Eddy Viscosity Models with an Application in Drag Computation, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 52 (2006), pp. 381-392

2. Lisa Davis and Faranak Pahlevani, Semi-Implicit Schemes for Transient Navier-Stokes Equations and Eddy Viscosity Models, Journal of Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Vol. 25 (2009), pp. 212-231

Teaching Interests and courses taught:
Calculus, Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis

Selected awards, grants, patents, other honors:
Medgar Evers College Presidential Research Award, 2007-2008.