CURRICULUM VITAE
Work Address
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Indiana-Purdue University
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
e-mail: coroiand at ipfw.edu
www address: http://www.ipfw.edu/math/coroian
Daytime phone: (260) 481-6228
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Mathematics: The University of Iowa, Iowa City,
Iowa; dissertation title: Numerical Methods for Simulation
and Optimization of Multi-Body Systems; advisor Professor
Florian A. Potra; August 1997
M.S. in Mathematics: University of Bucharest, Bucharest,
Romania; dissertation title: Spectral Properties of Multioperators;
advisor Professor Florin H. Vasilescu; May 1989.
B.S. in Mathematics: University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Summa Cum Laude; undergraduate dissertation title: Maximum Principles for Delay Differential Equations; advisor Professor Ioan A. Rus; May 1988.
AWARDS/HONORS
Selected for inclusion in the nineth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2005)
Selected for inclusion in the eighth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2004)
Member of the Editorial Board of Carpathian Journal of Mathematics (2003 - present)
Elected as Associated Invited Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, North University, Baia Mare, Romania (2003)
Selected to FACET (Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University) (2002)
Selected for inclusion in the seventh edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2002)
DECCO Grant (awarded by the IPFW Distance Education Coordinating Committee) (2002)
College Science Teacher of the Year for 2001 (awarded by the IPFW Chapter of Sigma Xi)
Mathematics Throughout the Curriculum Grant (National Science Foundation) (2000)
Project NExT Fellow for 1998-1999 (awarded by the Mathematical Association of America)
Indiana-Purdue University Summer Research Grant (1998)
The University of Iowa Outstanding Teaching Award (1994)
The University of Iowa Tuition Scholarship (1991-1993)
Summer Research Assistantships (The University of Iowa, 1992-1995)
Second Prize at the National Research Competition for Students (Timisoara, Romania, 1988)
The Alexander Miller National Prize for Student Research (Iasi, Romania,1987)
Best Student Research Award (The Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,1986)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; August 2003-present.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; August 1997-August 2003.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City; August 1991-August 1997.
Computer Assistant, Department of Mathematics, The University of Iowa; September 1996-August 1997.
Research Assistant, Center for Computer Aided Design, The University of Iowa; January 1995-August 1996.
PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS
1. Improved Outer Inverses for the Numerical Solution of Euler-Lagrange Equations, Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, Vol. 11, 2004, pp. 853-866.
2. Influence of the Order of Autocatalysis in Convective Chemical Fronts, with D. Vasquez, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 119(6), 2003, pp. 3354-3359 .
3. Constrained Leja Points and the Numerical Solution of the Constrained Energy Problem, with P. Dragnev, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 131(1-2), 2001, pp. 427-444.
4. Existence and Uniqueness for a Class of Delay Differential-Algebraic Equations, Bul. Stiint. Univ. Baia Mare, Ser.B, Vol. 16(2), 2000, pp. 197-202.
5. Domains of Mobility for a Planar Body Moving Among Obstacles, with E.J. Haug and F.A. Adkins, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 120(3), 1998, pp. 462-467.
6. Variable Fidelity Differential-Algebraic Equation Model Correlation, with E.J. Haug and R. Serban, Mechanics of Structures and Machines, Vol. 25(1), 1997, pp.61-85.
7. Outer Inverses and Multi-Body System Simulation, with M. Anitescu, M.Z. Nashed and F.A. Potra, Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization, 17(1996), pp.661-678.
8. Calculation of Continuation Curves at Multiple Bifurcation Points when Mapping the Boundaries of Manipulator Workspaces, with F.A. Adkins, Technical Report R-199, Center for Computer Aided Design, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, U.S.A., 1996.
9. Boundary Calculation and Reduction of Dimension by Intersecting with Planes are Commutative Processes, with F.A. Adkins and E.J. Haug, Technical Report R-197, Center for Computer Aided Design, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, U.S.A., 1995.
10. Maximum Principles for Some Systems of Differential Equations with Deviating Arguments and Applications, Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Mathematica 36 (1991), fas. 1, 57-74.
11. Maximum Principles for some Differential Equations with Deviating Arguments, Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Mathematica 34 (1989), fas.1, 35-38.
12. An Existence and Uniqueness Theorem for a Class of Linear Differential Equations with Deviating Arguments, Babes-Bolyai Univ., Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Research Seminars, Seminar on Fixed Point Theory, Preprint Nr. 3, 1988, 71-76.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)