Weinan E

Professor, Department of Mathematics and
Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1000 U.S.A.
Phone: (609)258-3683 ~ Fax: (609)258-1735
weinan@math.princeton.edu


Research centers on mathematical analysis and computational methodologies for stochastic and multiscale, multi-physics modeling in science and engineering.

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Analysis and algorithms for multiscale problems

Mathematical theory of solids at the atomic and macroscopic scales

The main objective is to develop a rigorous mathematical theory for solids. This requires understanding models of solids at the electronic, atomistic and continuum level, as well as the relation between these models. Problems of interest include: (1). The crystallization problem: Why solids take the form of crystal lattice at zero temperature? (2). The Cauchy-Born rule, which serves as a connection between atomistic and continuum models of solids.


Electronic structure, density functional theory

The main objective is to understand the mathematical foundation of electronic structure analysis, to develop and analysis efficient algorithms.


General issues in multiscale modeling

Problems with multiple time scales

Stochastic chemical kinetic systems

Multiscale modeling of solids

Multiscale modeling of complex fluids

Multiscale methods for multiscale PDEs

The moving contact line problem and micro-fluidics

Homogenization theory

Analysis and modeling of stochastic problems

Analysis of stochastic partial differential equations

Rare events: String method, minimum action method and transition path theory

Stochastic chemical kinetic systems

``Burgers turbulence'' and passive scalar turbulence

General issues in stochastic modeling

Other topics

Incompressible flow: Projection methods, vorticity-based methods and gauge methods

A posterior error estimates

Work done in Master degree thesis, under the guidance of Professor Hongci Huang at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The main focus is on finite element for problems with corner singularities. Issues discussed include: A posterior error estimates, direct and inverseerror estimates on locally refined domains, convergence of multi-grid methods on such domains, etc.


Miscellaneous topics
Euler equations, boundary layer problem, Aubry-Mather theory, micromagnetics and the Landau-Lifshitz equation, vortex dynamcis in Ginzburg-Landau theory
Micromagnetics and Landau-Lifshitz equation

Ginzburg-Landau vortices

Selected Review Papers