Professor Philippe G Ciarlet

PhD (Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland)
PhD (University of Paris)

Senior Fellow of Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong

Member of French Academy of Sciences,

French Academy of Technologies,

Academia Europaea & Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professor Philippe G Ciarlet

Contact Information

Office: Room B6505, Academic 1
Phone: (852) 3442-2175
Fax: (852) 3442-0250
Email: mapgc@cityu.edu.hk
Web: Personal Homepage
Professor Ciarlet is well-known for his work in the mathematical analysis of the finite element method, the mathematical theory of elasticity, plates, and shells, and applications of differential geometry.

Professor Ciarlet is Officier in the National Order of the Legion of Honor of France. He is a Member of the French Academy of Sciences, of the French Academy of Technologies, of the Academia Europaea, of the European Academy of Sciences, of the Romanian Academy, of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), of the National Academy of Sciences of India, a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Science, a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, and a Member of the Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong.

Professor Ciarlet's research interests include numerical analysis, finite element methods, partial differential equations, applied differential geometry, mathematical modeling in three-dimensional elasticity, plate and shell theories, and intrinsic elasticity. In addition to having published more than 200 research papers, he has written 16 books, including well-known texts such as The Finite Element Method for Elliptic Problems, Introduction to Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization, Mathematical Elasticity (three Volumes), and Linear and Nonlinear Functional Analysis with Applications.

Professor Ciarlet has been awarded the Poncelet Prize from the French Academy of Sciences, the Grand Prize Jaffé from the French Academy of Sciences, the Gold Medal from the University of Santiago de Compostela, the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, and the Shanghai Prize of International Cooperation in Science and Technology. He is "Doctor Honoris Causa" or "Honorary Professor" in eight universities.