Gregory Anthony Kriegsmann (1946–2018) was Distinguished Professor of

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and Foundation Chair at

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’s department of

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Education

Gregory received his BS in

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(1969) from

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, MS in ''Electrical Engineering'' (1970), MA in ''Mathematics'' (1972) and

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in ''Applied Mathematics'' (1974) from

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Research interests

Gregory's research focuses include applied mathematics, asymptotic methods, differential equations, bifurcation theory, wave propagation, acoustics, electromagnetic fields, circuit theory and more.

Honors

Gregory was elected as a (first batch)

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of the

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(SIAM) in 2009.http://fellows.siam.org/index.php?sort=year&value=2009 'Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: SIAM Fellows – Class of 2009'

Doctoral students

According to the

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, Gregory mentored a total 10 doctoral students (total of 17 descendants) at

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and

including

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Others

He was an Associate Editor of ''Analysis and Applications'', ''Journal of Engineering Mathematics'' (JEMA), ''IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics'' (IMA) and ''European Journal of Applied Mathematics''.

References

External links

'New Jersey Institute of Technology : NJIT Mathematicians Named First Fellows of Math Society'
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'NJIT Department of Mathematical Sciences : Gregory A Kriegsmann'
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