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Department Chair and Olson Professor Mathematics pradu@unl.edu 402-472-7260 206 Avery Hall

Research

Specializations

Partial Differential Equations, Continuum Mechanics, Peridynamics, Integral Equations, Calculus of Variations

Supported by

National Science Foundation - Division of Mathematical Sciences Grant 2109149 (2021-2023)

Editor for

Publications

  • M. Foss, P. Radu, [Book Chapter] Bridging local and nonlocal models: convergence and regularity. Handbook of Nonlocal Continuum Mechanics for Materials and Structures. Edited by George Z. Voyiadjis, Springer 2017).
  • P. Radu, D. Toundykov, J. Trageser, A nonlocal biharmonic and its connection to the classical analogue. Archives for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 223 , no. 2, (2017), 845--880.
  • M. Foss, P. Radu. Differentiability and integrability properties for solutions to nonlocal equations. New Trends in Differential Equations, Control Theory and Optimization: Proceedings of the 8th Congress of Romanian Mathematicians, World Scientific, (2016), 105--119

Teaching

Fall 2018

  • Math 106: Calculus I
  • Math 830: Differential Equations

Previous semesters

Math 106: Calculus I Fall 2015 Math 106: Calculus I 
Math 107: Analytic Geometry & Calculus II Spring 2014 Fall 2014, Spring 2017
Math 198: Learning Community X^2 - Women in Science and Math/Brain Power Fall 2013 Fall 2014 

Math in the City

Awards

Fulbright Fellowship: Taught at Trinity College, Dublin:

Hazel R. McClymont Distinguished Teaching Award