Murugesapillai Maheswaran

Biography

Dr. M Maheswaran Substantive Positions are Department of Mathematics, University of Ceylon (now the University of Peradeniya), Sri Lanka as Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics from Jun 1962 to Aug 1964, Lecturer in Mathematics from Aug 1968 to Aug 1974, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics from Sep 1974 to Mar 1976 and Professor of Mathematics from Mar 1976 to Sep 1985. Dr. M Maheswaran worked in the Department of Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. As Visiting Lecturer in Mathematics since Sep 1985 to Aug 1986, Dr. M Maheswaran worked in the Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin Marathon County, Wausau, WI. Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics from Aug 1986 to Jul 1988, As Associate Professor of Mathematics from Aug 1988 to Jun 1992, Professor of Mathematics from Jul 1992 to May 2007 and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics May 2007 to present.

Research Interest

Areas of Teaching Experience: Differential Equations; Linear Algebra; Numerical Analysis; Mathematical Methods; College Mathematics (Freshman and Sophomore Courses in Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, Finite Mathematics, Trigonometry, etc.), Spherical Trigonometry. Computer Programming; Theoretical Electromagnetism, Fluid Mechanics and Classical Mechanics; Magnetohydrodynamics. Areas of Research Experience: Mathematical Astrophysics: (i) Stellar Rotation and Magnetism; (ii) Winds and Disks of Massive Stars; (iii) Stellar Magnetohydrodynamics. Chemical Thermodynamics: Analysis of Multicomponent Mixtures and Solutions. Applied Mathematics: Non-geodesic Trajectories on Mandrel Surfaces.