Research Statement |
| The research of Forest relates to theory, modeling, and simulation of macromolecular fluids, including high-performance polymeric materials processing. Forest works on the advancement of models at the kinetic (molecular), mesoscopic, and continuum scales, and on the multi-scale analysis and computation required to understand and simulate these systems. Forest has developed industrial models and codes for synthetic fiber spinlines used world-wide by Hoechst Celanese Corporation, and has contributed toward the fundamental mathematical issues in soft matter modeling. The current focus is on films and full 3 dimensional materials processing of nano-composites, including rod-like and platelet nano-elements. |
Education |
| 1974-1979 |
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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| 1972-1973 |
M.S., Mathematics, University of New Orleans, N.O., LA
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| 1968-1972 |
B.S., Mathematics, University of New Orleans, N.O., LA
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Positions |
| 1998-2000 |
Senior Associate Dean for the Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, UNC-CH
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| 1996- |
Professor of Mathematics and Leader of the Applied Mathematics Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
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| 1991-1994 |
Spring quarter visitor, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, UC-Berkeley
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| 1986 |
Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, Princeton
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| 1980-1996 |
Regular Visitor, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Lab
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| 1979-1996 |
Assistant, Associate, Full Professor of Mathematics, Ohio State University
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