Dr. Ivo Babuska, professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences in the field of mathematical sciences. His citation reads: “For an outstanding and lasting contribution to the field of mathematical sciences and education.”
The European Academy of Sciences is one of the most prestigious European scientific institutions, and Nobel Prize winners rank among its members. Its goal is “to establish efficient collaboration among scientists, researchers, educators, engineers and public authorities worldwide,” and it “plays an important role in the promotion of peace and prosperity by fostering wide international scientific and technological collaboration without distinction of race, gender, language or religion.”
Dr. Babuska specializes in the numerical solutions of partial differential equations, especially the finite element method, and applied mathematics in general, with his major field of application being continuum mechanics, and the behavior of gases, liquids or solids. Continuum mechanics is particularly useful in engineering because it provides a way of visualizing a physical model that approximates everyday observations, instead of analyzing the actual complex motion of discrete molecules. Dr. Babuska has published more than 300 scientific articles in the fields of mathematics, numerics and mechanics, and he is the member of the editorial boards of more than 15 international journals.
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