About me

In 1973 I was born in Iasi (Romania) and in 1992 obtained my university entrance qualification. Afterwards I studied Mathematics at the University "A.I. Cuza" in Iasi where I received my diploma in Mathematics-Mechanics in 1997.

In 1998 I completed my military service and in February I was employed as a junior-assistant at the Faculty of Mathematics. Two years later I was employed as a full-assistant and in 2003 I was promoted to lecturer at the Chair of Applied Mathematics.

Under the supervision of Professor Dorin Iesan I completed my doctoral thesis "Study of the deformation of some elastic solids with microstructure". I defended my thesis on July 4th, 2003.  After I obtained my doctoral degree I worked as a postdoc from November 2005 till September 2007 at the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Iasi. Since October 2007 I worked as an associate professor ("Conferentiar") at the Faculty of Mathematics.

Following this I switched to the University of Duisburg-Essen. Since 2011 I am a member of  the working group at the Chair of Nonlinear Analysis and Modelling at the Faculty of Mathematics.  In the time period October 2011 - September 2013 I was a member of the Project "MINT-Starter" (funded by the Bund-Länder-Programm "Qualitätspakt Lehre").

Apl Professor

Since December 2014 I am apl professor ("außerplanmäßiger Professor") at the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Interests and Expertise:

• Mathematical methods in the theory of elasticity and thermoelasticity
• Theory of shells and plates, theory of rods and beams
• Theory of media with microstructure: porous materials, Cosserat media
• Continuum mechanics: deformable solids

 Alongside my first language Romanian, I speak German, English, and French fluently.

Peer reviewer for:

• Journal of Elasticity
• Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (ZAMM)
• Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids
• Applied Mathematical Modelling
• Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik (ZAMP)
• Journal of Engineering
• International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
• Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
• International Journal of Solids and Structures
• Reviews in Mathematical Physics
• Meccanica
• Journal of Applied Mechanics ASME
• Archives of Mechanics
• Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures
• GAMM-Mitteilungsband
• Anal. Sci. Univ. "A.I. Cuza" Iasi, Ser. Matematica (Rumänien)
• Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
• Journal of Physics: Conference Series
• Anal. Sci. Univ. "Ovidius" Constanta, Ser. Matematica (Rumänien).

Member of Editorial Board:

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

 Annals Academy Romanian Scientist, Series Mathematics Applications

 Annals of the University "A.I. Cuza" of Iasi. Series Mathematics

Database entries for Mircea Birsan:

• Author publications and citations in Mathscinet

• Publications in Zentralblatt

• Publications in ISI-Web of Science

• Publications in Research Gate

• arXiv.org Search Results

• Google Scholar Results

Memberships:

• GAMM  (Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik),
• AMS  (American Mathematical Society),
• SSMR(Society of Mathematical Sciences of Romania).