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Andrew C. Bauer
Research Scientist
Education:
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, U.S.A., 1996
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo, U.S.A., 2003
Career Highlights:
During his graduate work he spent a summer at Sandia National Laboratories in the Computer Science Research Institute working on dynamic load-balancing. After completing his doctoral degree, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in a multi-disciplinary group of researchers with faculty from the Mathematics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Geology, and Geography departments at the University at Buffalo studying granular/debris flows.
Research Areas:
Andrew Bauer's primary research is on methods of approximation of partial differential equations using adaptive methods on multi-processor computing systems. This work includes:
- Adaptive finite element methods for elliptic and hyperbolic partial differential equations
- Adaptive finite volume techniques for hyperbolic partial differential equations
- Preconditioning systems of equations arising from adaptive finite element discretizations
- Dynamic load-balancing using Space-Filling Curves
Selected Publications:
A.C. Bauer and A.K. Patra, "Robust and efficient Domain Decomposition preconditioners for adaptive hp finite element approximations of linear elasticity with and without discontinuous coefficients", Internation Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, accepted for publication.
E.B. Pitman, C.C. Nichita, A. Patra, A. Bauer, M. Sheridan, and M. Bursik, "Computing granular avalanches and landslides", Physics of Fluids, Volume 15, Issue 12, 3638-3646, 2003.
E.B. Pitman, C.C. Nichita, A.K. Patra, A.C. Bauer, M. Bursik, and A. Weber, "A Model of Granular Flows over an Erodible Surface", Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, Volume 3, Number 4, 589-599, 2003.
A.C. Bauer, S. Sanjanwala, and A.K. Patra, "Portable Efficient Solvers for Adaptive Finite Element Simulations of Elastostatics in Two and Three Dimensions", Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering: 23, Recent Developments in Domain Decomposition Methods, L.F. Pavarino, A. Toselli, eds., Springer, 223-243, 2002.
A.C. Bauer and A.K. Patra, "Performance of parallel preconditioners for adaptive hp FEM discretization of incompressible flows", Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering , 18:305-313, 2002.
Contact Information:
Andrew C. Bauer
Scientific Computation Research Center
CII 7013
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180-3590
(518) 276-8560 (voice)
(518) 276-4886 (fax)
acbauer@scorec.rpi.edu
www.scorec.rpi.edu/~acbauer/ Office: CII 7107