Professor Dr. Aslam Noor, Ph.D., C.Math., FIMA., FIBA. Head, Department of General Studies, Etisalat College of Engineering, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates e­mail: [email protected]

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applied Mathematics (Numerical Analysis, Computing and Operations Research. )

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1. October 1967 -­ June 1968, Research Fellow, Islamabad University, Pakistan.
2. June 1968 ­- Sept. 1969, Research Fellow, Genova University, Genova, Italy.
3. Sept. 1969­ - August 1972, Teaching Fellow, Queen's University, Canada.
4. August 1972 -­ Oct. 1973, Lecturer, (ITU/UNESCO ) ,Shiraz University, Iran.
5. September 1973­ - September 1975, Ph.D. Student, Brunel University, London, U.K.
6. Sept. 1975 ­- July 1978, Assistant Professor, Jundi Shapur University, Ahwaz, Iran.
7. July 1978 ­- June 1980, Associate Professor, Kerman University, Iran.
8. August 1980 -­ Sept. 1981, Associate Professor, Islamia University, Pakistan.
9. Oct. 1981 ­- Feb. 1985, Assoc. Professor, King Saud Univ. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
10. Feb. 1985 -­ Aug. 1988, Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
11. July 1988 ­- Aug. 1989, Pakistan Science Foundation Scientist, Lahore, Pakistan.
12. Sept. 1989­ – August 1998, Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
13. July 1998­ – August 2001, Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie university, Halifax, NS, Canada
14. Sept. 2000 - ­October 2000, Invited Professor, Department of Finance, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
15. September 2001 - Present­, Etisalat College of Engineering, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

1.      Chairman, Mathematics Department, Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, 1980 - ­81.

2.      Head, Department of General Studies, Etisalat College of Engineering, Sharjah, UAE, 2003 – Present.

3.      Leader, Engineering Mathematical Sciences Research Group, Etisalat College of Engineering, Sharjah, UAE, 2002 – Present.

THESES TITLES

M.Sc. (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1971):
``The Riesz­Frechet Theorem and Monotonicity''.
Ph.D. (Brunel University, London, United Kingdom, 1975):
``On Variational Inequalities''.

COURSES TAUGHT

(a) Undergraduate Course: Numerical Analysis, Linear Programming, Nonlinear Programming,Differential Equations (Ordinary & Partial). Linear Algebra, Functional Analysis, Number Theory, Calculus of Variations, Calculus Courses, Combinatorics.

(b) Graduate Courses: Advanced Numerical Analysis, Numerical Linear Algebra, NumericalMethods for Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Dynamic Programming, Topics in Computational Mathematics. Variational and Finite Element Methods, Operations Research, Mathematical Methods, Functional Analysis, Numerical Optimization, Variational Inequality, Complementarity Theory.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Brunel University, U.K.
M.Sc. Queen's University, Canada.
M.A. Punjab University, Pakistan.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

1.      Chairman, Board of Studies in Mathematics, Islamia University, Pakistan, 1980­ - 81.

2.      Member, Committee responsible for the curriculum development for graduate studies, Islamia University, Pakistan, 1980 - ­81.

3.      Organizer, Departmental Seminars (Math.), King Saud University, 1982 -­ 1986.

4.       Convener, Computational Mathematics Group, King Saud University, 1982 ­- 1986.

5.       Member, Graduate Committee, Mathematics, King Saud University, 1982 -­ 1988 and 1992­ - 1998.

6.       Member, Convener's Committee in Mathematics, King Saud University, 1982 ­- 1986.

7.       Member, Committee responsible for curriculum development for computer science undergraduate program, King Saud University, 1981 -­ 82.

8.       Member, Numerical Analysis Group (Mathematics), King Saud University, 1981 -­ 1988 and 1989­ - 1998.

9.       Member, Committee responsible for curriculum development for Operations Research and Applicable Mathematics, King Saud University, 1986 - ­87.

10.   Member, Applied Mathematics Group, King Saud University, 1991 - ­1997.

11.   Member, Evaluation Committee for M.Sc. Programm (Mathematics), King Saud University, 1991 ­- 92.

12.   Member, Ph.D. Programm. Committee (Mathematics), King Saud University, 1993 - 1997.

13.   Member, Committee responsible for the curriculum development for undergraduate and graduate studies, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan, 1988 - ­1989.

14.   Member, Curriculum Committee, Etisalat college of engineering, Sharjah, UAE, 2002 – 2003

15.   Member, Academic Planning, Quality and Standard Committee, Etisalat College of Engineering, Sharjah, UAE, 2001 – Present

16.  Member, Steering Committee, Etisalat University, UAE, 2003 – Present.

17.  Member, Curriculum Committee, Etisalat University, UAE, 2003 – Present.

EDITOR

1.      Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 1998.

2.       Editor, Journal of Natural Geometry, University of London, U.K, 1994­2000.

3.       Editor, Advances in Fluid Mechanics, Comput. Mechanics Publications, U.K, 1993­2000.

4.       Editor, Communication on Applied Nonlinear Analysis, U.S.A, 1995.

5.       Editor, Korean Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Jan. 1999­2004.

6.       Editor, Advances in Nonlinear Variational Inequalities, USA, 1999­2000.

7.       Editor, Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Applications, 2001­.

8.       Member, International Advisory Scientific Committee, Advances in Fluid Mechanics, WIT, UK, 1993 – Present.

9.       Member, Organizing Committee, UAE-MathDay Conferences, UAE, 2003 – Present.

REVIEWER

1. Member, Reviewing Committee for Zent. fur Mathematik, Germany, 1980­.
2. Member, Reviewing Committee for Mathematical Reviews, U.S.A, 19887­.
3. Referee for several international journals.

THESES SUPERVISION (M.Sc.)

1. On the solution of quadratic programming problem, (1984).
2. Iterative methods for complementarity problems, (1985).
3. Numerical methods for variational inequalities, (1986).
4. Error analysis of finite element methods for nonlinear elliptic problems, (1988).
5. Some topics in variational inequalities theory, (1991).
6. Computational techniques for obstacle problems, (1998).

THESES SUPERVISION (Ph.D.)

1. Numerical methods for complementarity problems, (1991).
2. Finite element methods for variational inequalities, (1992).

CONFERENCES: I have attended many conferences at the international and local levels and have contributed several papers.

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

1. Pakistan Government Merit Scholarship, 1961 - 67.
2. First Prize in Mathematics, 1961 - 65.
3. Italian Government Senior Fellowship, 1968 - 69.
4. Marques Who's Who in the World, 1987 - 1992.
5. Men of Achievement, Int. Biographical Centre, U.K. 1988 - 1992.
6. International Leaders in Achievement, IBC, U.K.
7. International Who's Who of Intellectual, IBC, U.K.

FELLOWSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

1. Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, U.K.
2. Life Member, Punjab Mathematical Society, Pakistan.
3. Member, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, (SIAM), U.S.A.
4. Fellow, Institute of Biographical Association, U.K.
5. Member, Math Programming Society, U.S.A.

PUBLICATIONS

Over 320 research publications