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NAME:Lala Binoy Krishna

 

PRESENT RANK:                        Professor

                                                Department of  Theoretical and Applied Mathematics

                                                The University of Akron

                                                Akron, Ohio  44325-4002

                                                (330)- 972-7199

 

PERSONAL DATA:            Marital Status- Single

 

HOME ADDRESS:                  4167 Sunnyview Drive

                                                Uniontown, Ohio 44685

                                                (330)-896-0314

 

EDUCATIONAL DATA:      

           

            Kent State University                        1979 (Ph.D./Numer. Anal.)

            Kent State University                        1977 (MA/Mathematics)

            Patna University (India)  1968 (M.Sc./Mathematics)

            Patna University (India)  1965 (B.Sc./Honors/Mathematics)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

1994- Present              Professor- Department of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

 

1986- 1994                  Associate Professor- Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

 

1988-1989             Consultant, ICOMP, NASA Lewis Center, Cleveland, Ohio

 

1982-1986                   Assistant Professor- Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

 

1980-1981             Visiting Assistant Professor- Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

 

1979-1980             Lecturer in Mathematics- Patna University, Patna, India

 

1978-1979             Visiting Instructor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Oakland University

 

1973-1979             Teaching Fellow and Graduate Assistant in Mathematics- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

 

1968-1973             Lecturer in Mathematics- Patna University, Patna, India

 

RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

 

"Note on the Irrationality of Certain AHMES Series," Patna University Journal, Vol. 25: 21-25, 1970

 

"Asymptotic Rates of Convergence for the Symmetric Successive Overrelaxation (SSOR) Method," Ph.D. Dissertation, Kent State University, Kent Ohio, 1979.

 

"Asymptotic Rates of Convergence for the SSOR Method by Means of Associated Eigenvalue Problem," Journal of Indian Institute of Science, Vol. 63(B), No. 10: 181-195, October, 1981.

 

"Some New Results on Unsymmetric and Symmetric SOR Method," Journal of Numerische Mathematik, Vol. 42: 155-160, 1983.

 

"On the Convergence of the Unsymmetric and Symmetric SOR Method," Journal of Linear Algebra and its Applications, 56: 185-194, 1984.

 

"Structural Change in the Industries of Stark County, Ohio 1870-2080: A Markovian Analysis," Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 15: 1261-1268, 1984, University of Pittsburgh, jointly with R.W. Janson and V. Pavlakovic.

 

"Error Bounds for the SSOR Semi-iterative Method," SIAM Journal on Algebraic and Discrete Methods, Vol. 6, No. 2: 245-250, 1985.

 

"Optimizing Manufacturing Locations," Proceeding of the 16th Annual Conference on Modeling and Simulations, Vol. 16, Part II: 657-667, 1985, University of Pittsburgh, jointly with R.W. Janson and V. Pavlakovic.

 

"Multiply Scaled Constrained Nonlinear Equation Solver," Numerical Heat Transfer, jointly with J. Padovan, pp. 463-482, Vol. 10, 1986.

 

"Some New Results on the Convergence of the SSOR and USSOR Methods," Journal of Linear Algebra and its Applications, jointly with Madalene Martins, pp. 185-193, 1988.

 

"Interregional Input-Output Model: A Nonsurvey Approach," Proceeding of the 18th Annual Conference on Modeling and Simulations, Vol. 18, Part I: 47-52, 1987, University of Pittsburgh, jointly with D. Borowiak, R.W. Janson and V. Pavlakovic.

 

"On the Convergence of Block Constrained Nonlinear Equation Solvers," International Journal of Computer Mathematics, jointly with J. Padovan, Vol. 29, pp. 169-179, 1989.

 

"Computing Interregional flows in a large system," Proceeding of Modeling and Simulations, Vol. 20, Part I, pp. 429-437, 1989, jointly with R.W. Janson, D. Janson, and V. Pavlakovic.

 

"An Incomplete Factorization Iterative Technique for Elliptic Equations," Intern J. Computer MATH, Vol. 35, pp. 245-259, 1990.

 

"Specifying the Formula to Estimate Interregional Trade in a Free System using Aggregate Export and Import Data," Modeling and Simulations, Vol. 22, Part I, pp. 183-197, 1991, jointly with R.W. Janson and D.W. Janson.

 

"Partitioned Multiply Scaled Pseudo Conjugate Gradient Schemes," Journal of Computational Mechanics, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp/ 205-220, 1991, jointly with J. Padovan and Y.H. Guo.

 

"Estimating Optimal Flow values from Aggregate Data in Undetermined Spatial Systems," The Ohio Journal of Science, pp. 33-37, (1), 1992, jointly with R.W. Janson and D.W. Janson.

 

"Partitioned Iterative Solver for Very Large Thermal Simulations," Journal of Numerical Heat transfer, Vol. 22, pp. 285-304, 1992, jointly with J. Padovan and S.M. Sansgiri.

 

"Multiply Gauged, Mixed Progressively Direct Gradient Based Iterative Solvers," Journal of Computational Mechanics, Vol. 11, No. 2/3, pp. 163-188, 1993, jointly with J. Padovan and S.M. Sansgiri.

 

"The Effects on Energy Markets Subjected to Regulatory Changes Using Neural Net Methodology," The Ohio Journal of Science, Vol. 94, No. 3, pp. 60-69, June, 1994, jointly with R.W. Janson and C. Batur.

 

"Quantitative Relationship Between energy Inputs and Gross Domestic Product," The Journal of  Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, Vol. 74 (1), pp. 29-32, 2000, jointly with R.W. Janson and D.S. Borowiak.

 

"Neural Net Methodology in Context Evolving Economic Systems," Ohio Journal of Science, Vol. 101 (314), pp. 57-64, 2001, jointly with R.W. Janson and C. Batur.

"Economic Performance of Ohio's 88 Counties,"  Ohio Journal of Science, Vol.104(4), pp.97-100, 2004,  jointly with R.W. Janson and R. Steiner.

Date: 03/03/2005