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Umberto Mosco
Umberto Mosco
Mathematical Sciences
Harold J Gay Chair Professor
Education: 
BS Mathematical Sciences University of Rome, Italy 1959
BS Physics University of Rome, Italy 1961
PhD Physics Italy 1967

Being part of WPI is an enriching professional experience. Our students are motivated and work hard. I adjust my teaching to their background. By focusing on basics, and keeping the matter simple, students respond with accrued concentration and interest. For many, learning develops into investigation, and eventually, into research via an independent study, a project, a dissertation, and resulting, possibly, with a publication.

My research utilizes applied analysis, focusing on the study of partial differential equations with singularities. Several bodies and surfaces, when observed at the increasingly high resolution made possible by the new experimental devices, reveal an irregular structure, possibly of fractal nature. These irregular structures behave as singularities when they interact with the surrounding medium. We study the singular equations that describe such interactions. Both graduate and undergraduate students are involved in this research, which is a rewarding experience for both students and me.

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Stratton Hall 307
Contact
Phone: 
+1-508-831-5074
mosco@wpi.edu
Research Interests: 
Partial differential equations
Optimal control
Homogenization
Fractals
Singular boundary value problems

Scholarly Work:

Mosco, U., "Impulsive Motion on Synchronized Spatial Temporal Grids", Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Vol. 37, Number 12, December 2017, pp. 6069-6098.
Lancia, M.R., Mosco, U., Vivaldi, M.A., “Homogenization for conductive thin layers of pre-fractal type”, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Volume 347, No.1, (2008) 354-369.
Mosco, U., “Gauged Sobolev inequalities”, Applicable Analysis, Volume 86, No. 3, (2007) 367-402.
Professional Highlights & Honors: 
Fellow
American Mathematical Society
Member of the Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze Detta Dei XL, Rome, Italy
Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung Preistraeger
Marconi Lecture
2004
Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm, Sweden
International Conference in honor of Umberto Mosco
2009
University of Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
Plenary Lecture
2009
AMS Spring Eastern Section Meeting, Worcester, MA
Lester J. Senechal Lecture
2010
Mount Holyoke College
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