Dr. Son-Young Yi is currently an Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences and a core faculty of the Computational Science Ph.D. Program at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She received her M.S. degree in Mathematics from Seoul National University, South Korea, and then came to Purdue University, IN, where she received her Ph.D. degree in Mathematics under the guidance of Dr. Jim Douglas, Jr.

Dr. Yi’s research interests are in the field of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, with a particular focus on numerical methods for partial differential equations. Specifically, her research includes the development and analysis of finite element methods for solid mechanics, flow and transport processes in deformable porous media, and fluid-solid interaction problems, the study of locally-conservative numerical schemes for advection-diffusion equations, and the multiscale modeling and analysis of flow in heterogeneous media.