Liviu Mateescu

  • Position:
    Lecturer of Mathematical Sciences
  • College:
    College of Science, Mathematics and Technology
  • Office:
    CSMT 506

Education background

B.S. in Nuclear Physics
Bucharest University

M.S. in Physics
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Rutgers University & NJIT

Courses teaching in WKU

MATH 2415 (Calculus I)

Biography

Physics Engineer, ARO car factory, Romania

Physicist, Non-Ferrous Metals Institute, Bucharest, Romania,

Researcher, Geodynamics Institute, Bucharest, Romania

System Engineer and Sysadmin, Geodynamics Institute

Teaching:

Bucharest University, Numerical Methods applied to differential equations (2 years)

NJIT: Teaching assistant (3 years), Physics

Yeshiva University, New York: Mathematics, Physics (Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Electrodynamics II, Analytic Mechanics) (2 years)

Essex County College: Mathematics, Physics (5 years)

Ramapo College: Physics (7 years)

Expert accountant, EU accredited.

Grant: Romanian Academy of Sciences.

Research interests

Monte Carlo direct simulations.

Monte Carlo indirect simulations, used in solving PDEs.

History: occasionally, dr. Mateescu was asked to take over history classes or whole courses.

Word and number puzzles (Bog, Sudoku, etc.)

Selected Publications/scholarly and creative work

  • Multi-pass Monte Carlo simulation method in nuclear transmutations – L. Mateescu, N.P. Kadambi., N. M. Ravindra. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2016.
  • Systematic Actinide Reduction in Thermal Nuclear Reactors – L. Mateescu, N.P. Kadambi and N. Ravindra in Materials Science & Technology 2015, Columbus, OH, (2015)
  • Weak and Repulsive Casimir Forces in Piston Geometries, – Martin Schaden, Liviu Mateescu, arXiv:0705.3435 [quant-ph], 2007
  • Numerical vs. Semiclassical Evaluation of Casimir Forces in Piston Geometries, – Martin Schaden, Liviu Mateescu, 39th Annual Meeting of APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, State College, Pennsylvania, 2008
  • Algorithm for interpolating data in m-dimensional spaces with polynomials of variable degreeBulletin of Geodynamics Institute, Bucharest, December 1999.
  • Optimization of transfer speed in mixed networksBulletin of Geodynamics Institute, Bucharest, June 1997.
  • Mapping of Aerosols’ Elemental Distribution in Two Zones in Romania by PIXE Analysis; Amemiya, S., Masuda, T., Popa-Simil, L., Mateescu, L., Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Sep 1996
  • Elemental Distribution in Two Zones in Romania by PIXE Analysis – Susumu Amemiya, Toshio Masuda, Liviu Popa-Simil, Liviu Mateescu, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Vol 118, 2 September 1996
  • Thin Layer Activation-Based Evaluation of Tribological Behavior of Light Ion-Implanted Metallic Samples – Racolta, PM; PopaSimil, L; Alexandreanu, B; Mateescu, L Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research, Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms; May 1997; v.127, p.949-953 Conference: 10th International Conference on Ion Beam Modification of Materials (IBMM-96); September 1-6, 1996; Albuquerque, NM
  • Statistical Correlations between Earth Tides and Earthquakes in Romania, Greece, and TurkeyRevue Roumaine de Géophysique, II, 1994.