Silas D. Alben | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | New York University (Ph.D.) Harvard University (A.B.) |
| Awards | Sloan Research Fellow (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biomechanics Numerical methods Control theory |
| Institutions | University of Michigan (2012–) Georgia Institute of Technology (2007–2012) |
| Thesis | Drag Reduction by Self-Similar Bending and a Transition to Forward Flight by a Symmetry-Breaking Instability (2004) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Shelley |
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Silas D. Alben is an American mathematician. His is Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics Program at the University of Michigan. His research addresses problems from biology (especially biomechanics) and engineering that can be studied with the tools of applied mathematics and continuum mechanics.