André Fortin (mathematician)

André Fortin
Born 1956 (age 61–62)
Nationality Canada
Alma mater Université Laval
Awards CAIMS-Fields Industrial Mathematics Prize
Scientific career
Fields Numerical methods
Partial differential equations
Institutions Université Laval
Thesis Méthodes d'éléments finis pour les équations de Navier–Stokes (1984)
Doctoral advisor Michel Fortin
Website www.mat.ulaval.ca/departement-et-professeurs/direction-personnel-et-etudiants/professeurs/fiche-de-professeur/show/fortin-andre/

André Fortin (born 1956) is a French Canadian mathematician, known for his research in applied and industrial mathematics. He holds a NSERC Research Chair in High Performance Scientific Computing at Université Laval.[1]

Fortin earned his Ph.D. from the Université Laval in 1984.[2] His thesis advisor was Michel Fortin, a now emeritus professor of the Université Laval, recipient of Prix Summa in 1987 and prize CAIMS-SCMAI in 2005 and a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 1999.[3][4][5][6]

Career

He is the director of the Groupe Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Éléments Finis (GIREF).[7]

In addition to over 150 research papers on mathematics, he has written a student textbook on numerical analysis for engineers "Analyse numérique pour ingénieurs" in 1994.[8][9][10][9] The textbook has been awarded the Prix Roberval in 1996.[11]

Moreover, Fortin has received the CAIMS-Fields Industrial Mathematics Prize in 2012 in recognition of his exceptional contribution throughout his career to research in industrial mathematics.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "NSERC – Chairholder Profile". Nserc-crsng.gc.ca. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  2. ↑ "André Fortin – The Mathematics Genealogy Project". Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. ↑ "FacultĂŠ des sciences et de gĂŠnie: RĂŠcipiendaires". Fsg.ulaval.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  4. ↑ "CAIMS*SCMAI 2005 Research Prize Winner Citation". Math.uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  5. ↑ "Vice-rectorat exécutif". Rec.ulaval.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  6. ↑ "Michel Fortin (Laval University, Québec) on ResearchGate – Expertise: Applied Mathematics". Researchgate.net. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  7. ↑ "Chercheurs – GIREF". Giref.ulaval.ca. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  8. ↑ "Liste des publications – GIREF". Giref.ulaval.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  9. 1 2 "Analyse numérique pour ingénieurs – GIREF". Giref.ulaval.ca. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  10. ↑ "Analyse numérique pour ingénieurs, 5e édition | Presses internationales Polytechnique". Presses-polytechnique.ca. 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  11. ↑ "PRIX ROBERVAL GRAND PUBLIC" (PDF). Prixroberval.utc.fr. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  12. ↑ "André Fortin". Caims.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
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