Early Bird Catches hopes

Early Bird Catches Worms

Zhifu Xie

Department of Mathematics, Virginia State University, VA 23806

PERSONAL DATA

Email:	zxie@vsu.edu
Phone:	804-524-5410(O)
	804-503-7066(C)
Fax:	804-524-5476

EDUCATION

· Ph.D.	2006	Applied Mathematics	Brigham Young Univ.(BYU)
· M.Sc.	2001	Applied Mathematics	Chongqing Univ.
· B.Sc.	1998	Mathematics	Chongqing Normal Univ.

Professional EXPERIENCE

· Aug.2007-	Assistant Professor	Virginia State University
· Sept.2006- Aug. 2007	Visiting Assistant Professor	College of William & Mary
· Sept.2005-Dec.2005	Instructor, Multivariable Calculus	BYU
· Jun.2005-Jul.2005	Visiting Scholar,	Queen's Univ.
· Sept.2004-Dec.2004	Instructor, Business Calculus	BYU
· Apr.2004-Jun.2004	Instructor, Multivariable Calculus	BYU
· Jan.2004-Apr.2004	Teaching Assistant, Real Analysis	BYU
· Sept.2001-Dec.2003	TA or RA in Department of Mathematics	BYU
· Sept.1998-Apr.2001	RA with Prof. Shiqing Zhang	Chongqing Univ.

AWARDS AND HONORS

· Outstanding Research Award, Dept of Math., BYU, Apr. 2005

· Best Teaching Assistant, Dept of Math., BYU, Apr. 2004

· Research Award, Dept of Math., BYU, Dec.2003

· BYU Mathematics Department Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Graduate Research Fellowship and tuition waiver.

· Research Award, Dept of Math., BYU, Fall 2003

· Best Performance in Graduate Council Service, Apr. 2003, BYU

· Excellent college graduate (Honor Graduate) , Jun. 2001, Chongqing Univ.

· One of Top Ten Science and Technology Students, Jan. 2001, Chongqing Univ.

· One of Top Ten in Science and Technology Research Paper Competition , Fall 2000, Chongqing Univ.

Publication List

[1] The Uniqueness of Blow-up Solution for Radially Symmetric Semilinear Elliptic Equation, with T. Ouyang, Vol. 64(2006) pp 2129-2142

[2] Collinear Central Configuration in Four-body Problem, with T. Ouyang, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 93(2005), P147-166

[3] Pyramidal central configurations and perverse solutions, with T. Ouyang , S. Zhang,
Electron. J. Diff. Eqns., Vol. 2004(2004), No. 106, pp. 1-9

[4] Nested regular polygon solutions of 2N-body problem, with S. Zhang , Physics Letters A, Vol. 281(2001)，243-247

[5] Pyramidal Central Configurations for Spatial 5-body problems, with Q. Chen, Journal of Chongqing University(Natural Science Edition) Vol. 29(2001), 122-126

[6] A simpler proof of regular polygon solutions of the N-body problem, with S. Zhang , Physics Letters A, Vol. 277(2000), 156-158

[7] A study of the basic structure of the Elliott wave based on positive feedback investment(in Chinese), with R. Chen, W. Meng, Forecast in China ,2000(7) 79-81

[8] A study of the lager feature of the Elliot wave based on positive feedback investment(in Chinese), with R. Chen, W. Meng, Forecast in China , 2000(7) 82-87

[9] A study of the of the Fibonacci sequence phenomenal and the growth feature of the Elliot wave on positive feedback investment model(in Chinese), with R. Chen, W. Meng, Forecast in China , 2000(7) 88-89

Preprint

[10] Stability Zone of Hamiltonian System and Index Theory for Symplectic Matrix Paths, with T. Ouyang, preprint

[11] Linear Instability For Kepler Orbits in the Rhombus Four Body Problem, with T. Ouyang, submitted

[12] Regularization of Simultaneous Binary Collisions and Periodic Solution with Singularity in the Collinear Four-Body Problem, with T. Ouyang, submitted

[13] The Exact Boundary Blow-up Rate of Large Solutions for Semilinear Elliptic Problems, with T. Ouyang, preprint

[14] Cross-diffusion induced instability and stability in reaction-diffusion systems, with J. Shi, preprint

CONFERENCE

· Midwest Dynamical System Conference, University of Minnesota , MN , Apr. 2005

· Intermountain Reg. MAA Meeting, WSU, Ogden , UT , Mar 2004.

· Spring Research Conference, BYU, Mar 2004

· Spring Research Conference, BYU, Mar 2003

· Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Their Applications at Illinois Institute of Technology, 2003

· Spring Research Conference, BYU, Mar 2002

· Celestial Mechanics on N-body Problem at University of Illinois Champaign , Jun. 2002

· Nonlinear Analysis and Dynamical System International Conference at Beijing University , 2001

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

· Apr. 2004-Apr. 2005, President, CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association), BYU

· Fall Semester 2004, Instructor, Freshman Academy Program, BYU

· Fall Semester 2004, Representative, Graduate Study Association, BYU

· Sept. 2002- Apr. 2003, Member, Graduate Student Council, Dept. of Math., BYU

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