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Dr. S.I. Hariharan

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Associate Dean
of Graduate Students and Research
Office: ASEC 201
Tel- 330.972.6580
Fax- 330.972.5162
Email: hari@uakron.edu

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Research Interests


Interests
  • Electromagnetics
  • Acoustics
  • Modeling Problems in Materials Science and Scientific Computation

Funded Research Projects

  • "Acoustic Wave Propagation in the Atmosphere,” 1984-85, NAG 1-527, NASA Langley Research Center, ($35,000).


  • "Nonlinear Acoustic Wave Propagation in the Atmosphere,” 1985-86, NAG 1-624, NASA Langley Research Center, ($16,000)


  • "Nonlinear Acoustic Wave Propagation in the Atmosphere,” 1986-87, NAG 1-624, NASA Langley Research Center, ($20,000).


  • NSF Equipment Grant No. DMS-8604047 - 1986-88 ($33,000 plus $30,000 matching funds) (principal investigator - project director D. C. Buchthal)


  • "Analytical Investigation of Transient Electromagnetic Wave Propagation,” U.S. Army Missile Command Grant No. DAAH01-87-P4581 - 1987-88, ($25,000).


  • "Short Time Behavior of Transient Electromagnetic Wave Propagation,” U.S. Army Missile Command Grant No. DAAH01-88-P5242 - 1988-89, ($20,000).


  • "A Cooperative Agreement of the Support of MMSL Software and Hardware,” 1987-88, Grant No. NCC-3-104, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($123,000), with G. W. Young.


  • "A Cooperative Agreement for the Support of MMSL Software and Hardware,” 1988-89, Grant No. NCC-3-104, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($140,000), with G. W. Young.


  • Academic Challenge Grant, 1989-90, State of Ohio (with seven other faculty members) ($53,000)


  • "A Cooperative Agreement for the Support of MMSL Software and Hardware,” 1989-90, Grant No. NCC-3-104, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($60,000 ), with G. W. Young.


  • "Computational Analysis for Time Dependent Wave Propagation Problems in Exterior Domains,” Division of Mathematical Sciences, NSF Mathematical Sciences Division, Grant No. DMS-8921189, 1990-92 ($43,000)


  • 1990-91, NASA Lewis Research Center, Grant No. NCC-3-104, ($184,000), with G. W. Young.


  • Academic Challenge Grant (rounds 1,2,3 and 4), 1990-93, OBR, State of Ohio (with seven other faculty members) ($200,000)


  • "A Cooperative Agreement for the Support of MMSL Software and Hardware,” 1991-92, Grant No. NCC-3-104, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($257,000), with G. W. Young.


  • "Computational Analysis for Time Dependent Wave Propagation Problems in Exterior Domains,” Division of Mathematical Sciences, NSF Mathematical Sciences Division, Grant No. DMS-8921189, 1992 – REU Supplement ($2,500).


  • "A Cooperative Agreement for the Support of MMSL Software and Hardware,” 1992-93, Grant No. NCC-3-104, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($247,000), with G. W. Young.


  • "Shock Position Sensoring: Theory, Experiment and Design'', 1993-95, Grant No. NCC-3-283, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($167,000).


  • "A Cooperative Agreement for the Support of MMSL Software and Hardware,” 1993-94, Grant No. NCC-3-104, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($187,000), with G. W. Young.


  • "Applied Mathematics: Research Challenge Faculty Research Award –Ohio Board of Regents'', 1994-95, ($9,300).


  • "A Cooperative Agreement for the Support of MMSL Software and Hardware,” 1994-95, Grant No. NCC-3-104, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($148,000), with G. W. Young.


  • "Program Director for Applied Mathematics'', National Science Foundation, 1995-97, Grant No. DMS-9528105, ($156,761).


  • "Software and Hardware Development in Computational Materials Science'', 1997-98, Grant No. NCC3-494, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($140,676), with G. W. Young.


  • "Theory, Modeling, Software and Hardware Development in Computational Materials Science'', 1998-99, Grant No. NCC3-494, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($125,972), with G. W. Young - OBR match $20,000.


  • "Fast Potential Theoretic Methods for Far Field Sound Radiation Problems'', 1998-99, Grant No. NAG3 - 2182, NASA Lewis Research Center, ($30,000) - OBR match $7,500.


  • "High Performance Connection to vBNS'', 1999-2000, NSF ANI- 9818075, with S. C. Meyers, R. E. Klosterman, P. L. Rinaldi amd D.S. Keller ($317,996).


  • "Modeling, Software and Hardware Development for Analytical and Computational Materials Science'', 1999 - 2000, Grant No. NCC3-716, NASA Glenn Research Center, ($139,072), with G. W. Young - OBR match $20,000.


  • "Modeling and Scaling of Material Processing Systems'', National Science Foundation, Grant No. DMS-9972185, ($120,000), with G. W. Young.


  • "Accurate Boundary Conditions for Computational Aeroacoustics'', 2000, The University of New Mexico/sub-grant of NASA Glenn Research Center - NRA-99-GRC-2, ($24,484).


  • "Conference on Homogenization and Material Science'', 2000, National Science Foundation, Grant No. DMS-0072259, ($15,000), with L. Berlyand and G. W. Young.


  • "Theory, Modeling, Software and Hardware Development for Analytical and Computational Materials Science, 2000 - 2003, Grant No. NCC3-716, NASA Glenn Research Center, ($450,000), with G. W. Young.


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  • "Engineering Management'', 2001, University of Cincinnati/sub-grant of Ohio Learning Network, ($31,500), with J. Divoky.
     
  • “Modeling and Analysis of an Electrochemical Nanocell”, National Science Foundation, Grant No. DMS-0305577, ($100,000), with G. W. Young, C. Clemons, D. Golovaty.
     
  • “Multiscale Analysis and Simulation of Nanofiber Coatings: Growth and Applications”, National Science Foundation, Grant No. DMS-035580, ($106,000), with G. W. Young, A. Buldum, K. L. Kreider.

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