Email
darko@wpi.edu
Office
Stratton Hall 102
Phone
+1 (508) 8315000 x6125
Education
PhD Rutgers University 2001

Professor Volkov's research is on Partial Differential Equations theory, Integral Equations theory, and asymptotic and numerical methods. He is interested in abstract existence and uniqueness questions as well as inverse problems and their numerical solutions. He has collaborated with geophysicists and engineers to work on problems related to electromagnetic theory, or seismology. He has published over 30 research papers in prestigious scientific journals. He has taught all levels of math classes, such as Linear Algebra II, Introduction to Analysis, and Graduate Analysis. He particularly enjoys how WPI students are forthcoming in talking to him outside class time, as he believes that the most valuable learning experience occurs during one-on-one discussions.

Scholarly Work

Existence of frequency modes coupling seismic waves and vibrating tall buildings 2006

Correction of order three for the expansion of two dimensional electromagnetic fields perturbed by the presence of inhomogeneities of small diameter 2007

Existence of guided modes on periodic slabs 2008

Chauviere, C., 607 Chen, R.-C., 579 Chen, X., 557 2008

An eigenvalue problem for elastic cracks in free space 2008

Preferred frequencies for coupling of seismic waves and vibrating tall buildings 2009

Professional Highlights & Honors
Principal Investigator, "The Fault Inverse Problem", 2006
NSF DMS