The text covers a wide range of topics such as mathematical modeling of crop pest control management, water resources management, impact of anthropogenic activities on atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, impact of climate changes on melting of glaciers and polar bear populations, dynamics of slow-fast predator-prey system and spread and control of HIV epidemic. It emphasizes the use of mathematical modeling to investigate the fluid flow problems including the breaking of viscoelastic jet, instability arising in nanofiber, flow in an annulus channel, and thermal instability in nano-fluids in a comprehensive manner. This book will be a readily accessible source of information for the students, researchers and policymakers interested in the application of mathematical and computational modeling techniques to investigate various biological and engineering phenomena.
Features
- Focuses on the current modeling and computational trends to investigate various ecological, epidemiological, and engineering systems.
- Presents the mathematical modeling of a wide range of ecological and environmental issues including crop pest control management, water resources management, the effect of anthropogenic activities on atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, and impact of climate changes on melting of glaciers and polar bear population.
- Covers a wide range of topics including the breaking of viscoelastic jet, instability arising in nanofiber, flow in an annulus channel, and thermal instability in nano-fluids.
- Examines evolutionary models i.e., models of time-varying processes. Highlights the recent developments in the analytical methods to investigate the nonlinear dynamical systems.
- Showcases diversified applications of computational techniques to solve practical biological and engineering problems.
The book focuses on the recent research developments in the mathematical modeling and scientific computing of biological and engineering systems. It will serve as an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and researchers in diverse fields including ecological engineering, environmental engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, mathematics, and fluid dynamics.
Dr. Mukesh Kumar Awasthi has done his Ph.D. on the topic "Viscous Correction for the Potential Flow Analysis of Capillary and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability". He is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. Dr. Awasthi is specialized in the mathematical modeling of flow problems. He has taught courses of Fluid Mechanics, Discrete Mathematics, Partial differential equations, Abstract Algebra, Mathematical Methods, and Measure theory to postgraduate students. He has acquired excellent knowledge in the mathematical modeling of flow problems and he can solve these problems analytically as well as numerically. He has a good grasp of the subjects like viscous potential flow, electro-hydrodynamics, magneto-hydrodynamics, heat, and mass transfer. He has excellent communication skills and leadership qualities. He is self-motivated and responds to suggestions in a more convincing manner.
Dr. Awasthi has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted on all India level in the year 2008 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and got Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) for doing research. He has published 115 plus research publications (journal articles/books/book chapters/conference articles) in Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Emerald, World Scientific, and many other national and international journals and conferences. Also, he has published 7 books. He has attended many symposia, workshops, and conferences in mathematics as well as fluid mechanics. He has got the "Research Awards" consecutively four times from 2013-2016 by the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He has also received the start-up research fund for his project "Nonlinear study of the interface in multilayer fluid system" from UGC, New Delhi.
Dr. Maitri Verma has received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India on the topic "Mathematical modeling and analysis of greenhouse gases and their control". She is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. Dr. Verma is specialized in mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, and engineering systems. She is actively working in the modeling areas of mathematical modeling and analysis of emission and control of greenhouse gases, modeling of the dynamics of predator-prey systems, dynamics of computer virus in a network, etc. She has 14 research papers to her credit in the journals of international repute. She has taught courses of Dynamical Systems, Mathematical modeling, Ordinary differential equations, Real analysis, Linear Algebra, Functional analysis, and Probability and probability distributions to postgraduate students. Dr. Verma is a life member of the Indian Mathematical Society, Indian Science Congress, and Biomathematical Society of India.
Dr. Verma has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, in years 2009 and 2010 and availed Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) during the Ph.D. program. She has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Board of Higher Mathematics, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai, India in 2015. She has attended many workshops and conferences and won the best paper presentation award two times. She is involved as a reviewer in many international journals. She has received the start-up research grant for her project entitled "Causes and impacts of global warming: A mathematical study" from the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India.
Prof. Mangey Ram received the Ph.D. degree major in Mathematics and minor in Computer Science from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He has been a Faculty Member for around twelve years and has taught several core courses in pure and applied mathematics at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate levels. He is currently the Research Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, India. Before joining the Graphic Era, he was a Deputy Manager (Probationary Officer) with Syndicate Bank for a short period. He is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies, Editor-in-Chief of six Book Series with Elsevier, CRC Press-A Taylor and Frances Group, Walter De Gruyter Publisher Germany, River Publisher and the Guest Editor & Member of the editorial board of various journals. He has published 225 plus research publications (journal articles/books/book chapters/conference articles) in IEEE, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Elsevier, Emerald, World Scientific, and many other national and international journals and conferences. Also, he has published more than 50 books (authored/edited) with international publishers like Elsevier, Springer Nature, CRC Press-A Taylor and Frances Group, Walter De Gruyter Publisher Germany, River Publisher. His fields of research are reliability theory and applied mathematics. Dr. Ram is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Senior Life Member of Operational Research Society of India, Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management in India, Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He has been a member of the organizing committee of several international and national conferences, seminars, and workshops. He has been conferred with the "Young Scientist Award" by the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Dehradun, in 2009. He has been awarded the "Best Faculty Award" in 2011; the "Research Excellence Award" in 2015; and recently the "Outstanding Researcher Award" in 2018 for his significant contribution in academics and research at Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India.
