Peter Petropoulos
Peter Petropoulos
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
608 Cullimore Hall (CULM)
Education
Ph.D.; Northwestern University; Applied Mathematics; 1991
M.S.; Northwestern University; Applied Mathematics; 1988
B.S.; Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Electrical Engineering; 1986
M.S.; Northwestern University; Applied Mathematics; 1988
B.S.; Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Electrical Engineering; 1986
Website
2025 Spring Courses
MATH 213 - CALCULUS III B
MATH 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
MATH 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate & Graduate courses in the Numerical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations.
Past Courses
MATH 112: CALCULUS II
MATH 211: CALCULUS IIIA
MATH 213: CALCULUS III B
MATH 213: CALCULUS IIIB
MATH 222: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATH 328: MATH METHODS FOR SCI & ENGR
MATH 331: INTRO PARTIAL DIFF EQ
MATH 331: INTRO PARTIAL DIFF EQ - HONORS
MATH 332: INTRO COMPLEX VARIABLES
MATH 332: INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE
MATH 335: VECTOR ANALYSIS
MATH 337: LINEAR ALGEBRA
MATH 340: APPLIED NUMERICAL METHODS
MATH 440: ADV APPL NUMERICAL METH
MATH 611: NUMER METH FOR COMPUTATN
MATH 639: MATHEMATICAL MODELING II
MATH 651: METHODS OF APPLIED MATH I
MATH 712: NUMERICAL METHODS II
MATH 713: ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
MATH 211: CALCULUS IIIA
MATH 213: CALCULUS III B
MATH 213: CALCULUS IIIB
MATH 222: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATH 328: MATH METHODS FOR SCI & ENGR
MATH 331: INTRO PARTIAL DIFF EQ
MATH 331: INTRO PARTIAL DIFF EQ - HONORS
MATH 332: INTRO COMPLEX VARIABLES
MATH 332: INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE
MATH 335: VECTOR ANALYSIS
MATH 337: LINEAR ALGEBRA
MATH 340: APPLIED NUMERICAL METHODS
MATH 440: ADV APPL NUMERICAL METH
MATH 611: NUMER METH FOR COMPUTATN
MATH 639: MATHEMATICAL MODELING II
MATH 651: METHODS OF APPLIED MATH I
MATH 712: NUMERICAL METHODS II
MATH 713: ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Research Interests
fluid mechanics, wave propagation, scientific computing.
Journal Article
Thomas G Anderson, Radu Cimpeanu, Demetrios T Papageorgiou, Peter G. Petropoulos. 2017. “Electric field stabilization of viscous liquid layers coating the underside of a surface.” Phys. Rev. Fluids, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 25 pages.
Radu Cimpeanu , Demetrios T. Papageorgiou, Peter G. Petropoulos. 2014. “On the control and suppression of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability using electric fields.” Physics of Fluids, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 022105-1 to 022105-19.
Matthew F. Causley, Peter G. Petropoulos. 2013. “On the Time-Domain Response of Havriliak-Negami Dielectrics.” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 3182-3189.
Lyudmyla Barannyk, Demetrius T. Papageorgiou, Peter G. Petropoulos. 2012. “Suppression of Rayleigh–Taylor instability using electric fields.” Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, vol. 82, no. 6, pp. 1008-1016.
Matt Causley, Peter G. Petropoulos, Shidong Jiang. 2011. “Incorporating the Havriliak-Negami dielectric model in the FD-TD method.” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 230, no. 10, pp. 3884–3899.
Matthew F. Causley, Peter G. Petropoulos, Shidong Jiang. 2011. “Incorporating the Havriliak–Negami dielectric model in the FD-TD method.” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 230, no. 10, pp. 3884-3899 .
Radu Cimpeanu , Demetrios T. Papageorgiou, Peter G. Petropoulos. 2014. “On the control and suppression of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability using electric fields.” Physics of Fluids, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 022105-1 to 022105-19.
Matthew F. Causley, Peter G. Petropoulos. 2013. “On the Time-Domain Response of Havriliak-Negami Dielectrics.” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 3182-3189.
Lyudmyla Barannyk, Demetrius T. Papageorgiou, Peter G. Petropoulos. 2012. “Suppression of Rayleigh–Taylor instability using electric fields.” Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, vol. 82, no. 6, pp. 1008-1016.
Matt Causley, Peter G. Petropoulos, Shidong Jiang. 2011. “Incorporating the Havriliak-Negami dielectric model in the FD-TD method.” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 230, no. 10, pp. 3884–3899.
Matthew F. Causley, Peter G. Petropoulos, Shidong Jiang. 2011. “Incorporating the Havriliak–Negami dielectric model in the FD-TD method.” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 230, no. 10, pp. 3884-3899 .