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DEGREES EARNED
- Dr.Sc.
(Computational Mechanics),
1982, Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, Moscow, Russia
- Ph.D.
(Differential Equations),
1971, Dnipropetrovsk State University, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
- Masters
(Mechanical Engineering),
1964, Dnipropetrovsk State University, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
- 1992 -
present, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, MTSU,
Murfreesboro, TN
- 2008, Senior Research Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
- 1999,
Special Visiting Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
- 1992,
Visiting Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN
- 1982 -
1991, Professor and Chair, Department of Applied Mathematics,
DSU, Dnipropetrovsk, USSR
- 1971 -
1982, Assistant / Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics,
DSU, Dnipropetrovsk, USSR
TEACHING
Mathematics:
Calculus (all levels), Linear Algebra, Numerical Analysis, ODEs,
PDEs, Boundary Value Problems, Integral Equations, Vector Analysis,
Complex Variables.
Mechanics:
Statics, Dynamics, Theory of Elasticity, Strength of Materials,
Plates and Shells, Numerical Methods in Engineering.
RESEARCH
The chief
part of Dr. Melnikov's research activities is devoted to the construction
of new and alternative representations for Green's functions and matrices
of various boundary value problems for PDEs applicable
in continuum mechanics. Since 1968, he has published over 200
works and made numerous presentations at national and international
level.
SUPERVISING
- Associate
Chair/Chair of the Doctoral Qualification Committee at Dnipropetrovsk
State University, Ukraine (1985 - 1991).
- Supervised
10 Ph.D. Dissertations (1977 - 1991), 2 Dr.Sc. Dissertations (1990,
1991), and numerous Masters theses at DSU and MTSU (1973 - present).
AWARDS
- Fellow
of Wessex Institute of Great Britain, 2003
- Outstanding
Research Award from the Foundation of
MTSU, 2001
- Japanese
Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1999
- Distinguished
Research Award from the Foundation of MTSU, 1995
- All-Nation
(USSR) Outstanding Teacher Award, 1989
- Outstanding
Teacher Award (DSU), 1987
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