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About Michal A. Kopera

Starting at Boise State University in 2018, Dr. Michal A. Kopera is currently an assistant professor with the Department of Mathematics. He received both his Ph.D. in Engineering and his M.S. in Scientific Computing from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, and his M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology in Poland. Dr. Kopera’s research interests lie amongst mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, computational fluid dynamics and high-performance scientific computing. His work aims to build scalable and efficient models that can take advantage of massively parallel computing systems to tackle multi-scale problems arising in different areas of science.

Positions

2018 - Present Assistant Professor, Boise State University ‐ Department of Mathematics
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2017 - 2018 Visiting Researcher, Naval Postgraduate School ‐ Department of Applied Mathematics
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April 2016 - 2018 Assistant Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz ‐ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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2011 - 2016 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Postgraduate School ‐ Department of Applied Mathematics
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2016 - 2018 Ice-Sheet / Ocean Interaction Model for Greenland Fjords using High-Order Discontinuous Galerkin Methods
Department of Energy
Role: UCSC Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Francis X. Giraldo, Wieslaw Maslowski
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2015 - Present Associate Editor, Monthly Weather Review
2013 - Present Member, American Geophysical Union
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Honors and Awards

  • 2005 - Minister of National Education Award for Scientific Achievements, Poland
  • 2009 - Postgraduate Awarrd: Introduction to academic and Professional Practice, University of Warwick

Courses

  • Introduction to Computational Mathematics

Education

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2011 Ph.D. - Engineering, University of Warwick
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2007 M.S. - Scientific Computing, University of Warwick
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2006 M.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology
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2005 B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology
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Contact Information

Department of Mathematics
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725–1555

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Student Mentored Works (9)