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Eric J. Tovar

Mark Kac Postdoctoral Fellow
XCP-2

Numerical methods for PDEs

Eric J. Tovar

Office: TA-3, Bldg 1690, Room 123
Mail Stop: K784
Phone: 505-667-6426
Fax: (505) 665-2659
Email: ericjtovar@lanl.gov

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     Educational Background/Employment:
    • B.S. (2013) Mathematics, University of Texas - Pan American
    • M.S. (2015) Mathematics, University of Texas - Pan American
    • Ph.D. (2021) Mathematics, Texas A&M University
    • Employment:
      • 2018-2021 Student intern (Mathematics), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg, MS.

    Research Interests:

    • Numerical methods for PDEs
    • Hyperbolic systems of conservation laws
    • Computational fluid dynamics
    • Reactive Hydrodynamics
    • Radiation Hydrodynamics

    Selected Recent Publications:

    1. Guermond, J-L., Kees, C., Popov, B., Tovar, E. Well-Balanced Second-Order Convex Limiting Technique for Solving the Serre--Green-Naghdi Equations. Water Waves (2022). https://rdcu.be/cQv9C
    2. Clayton, B., Guermond, J-L., Maier, M., Popov, B., Tovar, E. Robust second-order approximation of the compressible Euler equations with an arbitrary equation of state. Journal of Computational Physics (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2023.111926
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