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    Headshot of Zheng Xiaoyu

    Xiaoyu Zheng

    Department of Mathematical Sciences
    Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Location:
    MSB 320
    Contact Information
    Email:
    xzheng3@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-9089
    Personal Website:
    http://www.math.kent.edu/~zheng/

    Biography

     I joined the math department as an assistant professor in 2006. I got my Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also in 2006. My research interests are applied mathematics and computer simulations.

    Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
    1. A. Haji-Akbari, M. Engel, A. S. Keys, X. Zheng, R. G. Petschek, P. Palffy-Muhoray, S. C. Glotzer, Disordered, quasicrystalline and crystalline phases of densely packed tetrahedra, Nature, 462, 773-777 (2009)
    2. X. Zheng, W. Iglesias, P. Palffy-Muhoray, Distance of closest approach of two arbitrary hard ellipsoid, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 057702 (2009)
    3. X. Zheng, P. Palffy-Muhoray, Distance of closest approach of two arbitrary hard ellipses in 2D, Phys. Rev. E, 75, 061709 (2007)
    4. X. Zheng, M. G. Forest, R. A. Vaia, M. Arlen, R. Zhou, A strategy for dimensional percolation in sheared nanorod dispersions, Advanced Mater., 19(22), 4038-4043(2007)
    5. X. Zheng, M. G. Forest, R. Lipton, R. Zhou, Nematic polymer mechanics: flow-induced anisotropy, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 18, 377-394 (2007)

    Education

    Ph.D. - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006

    Expertise

    Applied Mathematics
    Liquid Crystals
    Department of Mathematical Sciences

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