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Ricardo Cortez
Pendergraft William Larkin Duren Professor

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cortez@math.tulane.edu
Phone: 862-3436
Office: Gibson 410
Website: http://www.math.tulane.edu/~cortez/

Education

B. S., Mathematics, Arizona State University Dec. 1986
B. S., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University May 1988
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley May 1995 (Thesis Advisor: Professor A. J. Chorin, Thesis Title: Impulse-based Particle Methods for Fluid Flow)

Professional Background

2007 Professor, Mathematics Department, Tulane University
2001 Associate Professor, Mathematics Department, Tulane University
1998 Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department, Tulane University
1996-1998 Courant Instructor, Institute of Mathematical Sciences
1995-1998 NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
1991-1995 Graduate Student Research Assistant, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Berkeley, CA

Research interests

Computational fluid dynamics
Numerical methods and Scientific Computing
Biological fluid flow applications

Mathematics Department
Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70118
phone: (504) 865-5727
fax: (504) 865-5063
Last Updated: August 27, 2008
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