Linda Cummings

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts
Professor Cummings studied for her BA and PhD at the University of Oxford. She held postdoctoral positions at U. Oxford, Technion IIT, Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris), and a faculty position at the University of Nottingham, before coming to NJIT in 2008.
Ph.D.; University of Oxford; Mathematics; 1996
B.A.; University of Oxford; Mathematics; 1993
By appointment
MATH 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
MATH 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MATH 792B - PRE DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Complex analysis, fluid dynamics, differential equations, mathematical modeling, calculus.
MATH 112: CALCULUS II
MATH 213: CALCULUS IIIB
MATH 222: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATH 227: MATHEMATICAL MODELING
MATH 331: INTRO PARTIAL DIFF EQ
MATH 331: INTRODUCTION TO PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATH 332: INTRO COMPLEX VARIABLES
MATH 451: METHODS APPL MATH II
MATH 613: ADV APPLIED MATH-MODELNG
MATH 656: COMPLEX VARIABLES
Fluid dynamics, liquid crystals, free boundary problems, asymptotics, complex variable methods, mathematical modeling of industrial and biomedical systems.
"Identifying the universal domain size required for an accurate description of porous media"
Proceedings of Mathematical Structure in Data: Topology, Geometry and Applications Workshop, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2026.
"Robustness of Persistent Homology when Noising and Denoising 3D Images"
Proceedings of Mathematical Structure in Data: Topology, Geometry and Applications Workshop, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2026.
"Quest for a hot stable nanobubble in acoustic Field"
Proceedings of the Nanbobubbles 2026 Conference, August, 2026.
"Network-based modeling of fluid flow through membranes"
Proceedings of the 15th International Colloids Conference, June, 2026.
"Applying topological data analysis to porous media"
Proceedings of Interpore 2026, May, 2026.
"Network-based modeling of fluid flow through membranes"
Proceedings of Interpore 2026, May, 2026.
Yifan Li, Mark Fasano, Avital Einhorn, Javier Diez, Ofer Manor, Linda J. Cummings, Lou Kondic. 2026. "Using surface acoustic waves to drive thin film flow over an obstacle." Proceedings of the Royal Society A, vol. 482, pp. 20260147.
Ensela Mema, Linda J. Cummings, Lou Kondic. 2026. "interfacial dynamics of a bi-layer system with a large viscosity ratio: a simple mathematical modal." Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 159, pp. 13.
Mark Fasano, Yifan Li, Javier Diez, Ofer Manor, Linda J. Cummings, Lou Kondic. 2026. "Dynamics of a three-dimensional oil drop driven by a surface acoutic wave over topolgraphy." European Physical Journal E, vol. 49, pp. 54.
Marco de Paoli, Sergia Pirozolli, Catherin Lalu, Lou Kondic. 2026. "Flow morphology and patterns in porous media convection: A persistent homology analysis." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 1039, pp. A7.
Ryan Allaire, Linda J. Cummings, Lou Kondic. 2026. "Controlling Breakup of a Liquid Filament: From Edge Melting to Thermal Scissors." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 1037, pp. A59.
Binan Gu, Pejman Sanaei, Lou Kondic, Linda J. Cummings. 2026. "Stochastic Modeling of Filtration with Sieving." Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 1035, pp. A28.
"Laser heating and melting of metals on nanoscale: breakup of metal filaments"
International Heat Transfer Conference Publisher, August, 2023.
"The effect of scaffold morphology on tissue growth"
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, March, 2018.
"Instability of a liquid film non-locally heated from below"
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November, 2017.
"Modeling filtration and fouling within a microstructured membrane filter"
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November, 2017.
"Stochastic approach to model fouling in membrane filters with complex pore morphology"
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November, 2017.
"Internal structure and morphology profile in optimizing filter membrane performance"
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, March, 2017.
"Modeling branching pore structures in membrane filters"
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November, 2016.
"Effect of an applied electric field on a weakly-anchored non-planar Nematic Liquid Crystal (NLC) layer"
American Physical Society Meeting Abstracts, March, 2016.
"Flow and fouling in membrane filters: Effect of membrane morphology"
American Physical Society Meeting Abstracts, November, 2015.
"Two problems on the flow of viscous sheets of molten glass"
RPI, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2011.
"Lecture notes for Math 756: Complex Analysis II"
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"Lecture notes for Math 656: Complex Analysis and applications"
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SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
Editorial Board, 2022
Proceeding of the Royal Society: A
Editorial Board, 2021
IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics
Editorial Board, 2011