Prof. Dr. Susanne Brenner

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsNumerical Analysis, Optimization, Simulation
KeywordsFinite-Elemente-Methode (FEM), Mehrgitter-Verfahren, Domain Decomposition, gemischte FEM, nicht konforme FEM

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBaton Rouge
InstitutionLouisiana State University
InstituteDepartment of Mathematics
Homepagewww.math.lsu.edu/~brenner/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Carsten CarstensenInstitut für Mathematik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Joscha GedickeInstitut für Numerische Simulation (INS), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2006

Programme(s)

2005Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Brenner is one of the world's leading scientists in the broad area of numerical analysis and scientific computing. Her multigrid convergence analysis of non-standard finite element methods is an outstanding result with important ramifications for computations in solid and fluid mechanics. Professor Brenner has established complex mathematical estimates which others might merely formulate as a conjecture. Her research in Germany is focused on ''hot topics'' like fast solvers for Cahn-Hilliard Equations for pattern simulations and convergence analysis for new emerging finite element technologies for Maxwell equations.