Professor Bin Jiang's Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information: Bin Jiang Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics Portland State University 1855 SW Broadway Portland, Oregon 97201 USA Email: bjiang@pdx.edu Tel: (503) 725-8294 Fax: (503) 725-6241 Office: Fariborz Maseeh Hall 460M

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Employment:

• Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 2015-present.
• Associate Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Portland State University, 2009-2015.
• Assistant Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Portland State University, 2003-2009.
• Software Engineer, Division of ArcGIS, ESRI, Redlands, California, 1999-2003.
• Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1997-1999.
• Teaching Assistant/Associate, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1995-1999.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1999.
  • Dissertation Advisor: John Bruch and James Sloss.
  • Dissertation Title: Non-overlapping Domain Decomposition and Heterogeneous Modeling Used in Solving Free Boundary Problems. (PDF)
  • Defense Date: August 3, 1999.
• M.S. in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1999.
  • Thesis Advisor: Tao Yang.
  • Thesis Title: Efficient Sparse Gaussian Elimination with Lazy Space Allocation. (PDF)
  • Defense Date: May 10, 1999.
• M.S. in Mathematics, Institute of Computational Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1993.
  • Thesis Advisor: Zhong-ci Shi.
  • Thesis Title: A New Superconvergence Property of Wilson Nonconforming Finite Element. (PDF)
  • Defense Date: March 10, 1993.
• B.S. in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, 1990.
• High School Graduate, Qingdao No. 17 High School of Shandong Province, 1985.

Professional Awards:

• John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Award, Portland State University, 2014.
• Outstanding Researcher Award, Columbia-Willamette Chapter of Sigma Xi Research Society, 2009.
• Outstanding Teaching Award, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1999.
• Chancellor's Dissertation Fellowship, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1999.
• Zhang Zongzhi Scholarship of Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, 1989.
• Experimental Class of Teaching Reform, University of Science and Technology of China, 1985.

Grants:

• RTG: Program in Computation- and Data-Enabled Science, NSF DMS-2136228, 2022-2027 (Senior Personnel, $2,135,397).
• Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar 2014, NSF DMS-1419164, 2014-2015 (PI, $8,000).
• Optimization of Carbon Nanotube Based Chemical Sensors Through Micro-Raman Enabled Defect Analysis, NSF ECCS-1057565, 2011-2016 (Co-PI, $380,437).
• Biological Fabrication of Photonic Crystal Thin Films for Enhanced Light Capture by Solar Cells, Air Force Research Laboratory FA8650-05-1-5041, 2009-2011 (Co-PI, $130,000).
• Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Portland State University, 2009 (PI, $5,650).
• Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Portland State University, 2005 (PI, $6,026).

Students Advised:

• Ph.D. Dissertations: Anthony Rhodes (2020), Timothy Meagher (2018).
• M.S. Projects: Richard Zhao (2023), Sydney Schmidt (2022), Aaron Maroni (2020), Kristy Ong (2018), Dylan Greenwalt (2016), Chunyu Qu (2016), Munerah Almulhem (2014), Nils Wagman (2014), Jeremy Shaw (2009), Naoko Shimada (2009), Hyangsug Lee (2006).
• B.S. Honors Theses and Projects: Malgorzata Glinowiecka-Cox (2022), Anna Sobczyk (2020), Joella Deal (2018), Anfan Chen (2017), Xiuchuan Zhang (2017), Haotian Zhang (2016), Hung Kwang (2007), Eric Webb (2005), Carl Lerche (2005).

Research Area:

• Mathematical Computing
• Numerical Methods

Publications:   (Google Scholar Citation)

1. Anthony Rhodes, Bin Jiang and Jenny Jiang. Graph Regularized Sparse L2,1 Semi-Nonnegative Matrix Factorization for Data Reduction. Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, 2025; 32:e2598.
2. Anthony Rhodes and Bin Jiang. Regularized Semi-Nonnegative Matrix Factorization Using L2,1-Norm for Data Compression. 2021 Data Compression Conference (DCC), March 2021, 365-365.
3. Timothy Meagher, Bin Jiang and Peng Jiang. An Enhanced Finite Difference Time Domain Method for Two Dimensional Maxwell's Equations. Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 36 (2020), 1129-1144.
4. Huahan Zhan, Bin Jiang, Otto Zietz, Samuel Olson and Jun Jiao. Simulation to Fabrication-Understanding the Effect of NiAuCu Alloy Catalysts for Controlled Growth of Graphene at Reduced Temperature. Materials Research Express, 7 (2020), 015603.
5. Khalid Askar, Zhuxiao Gu, Calen J. Leverant, Jiamin Wang, Christopher Kim, Bin Jiang and Peng Jiang. Self-assembled Nanoparticle Antireflection Coatings on Geometrically Complex Optical Surfaces. Optics Letters, 43 (2018), 5238-5241.
6. Khalid Askar, Jiamin Wang, Sin-Yen Leo, Christopher Kim, Abigail Fenton, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Scalable Parallel Self-assembly of Nanoparticle Anti-reflection Coatings. Thin Solid Films, 621 (2017), 156-164.
7. Xuefeng Liu, Numan Gozubenli, Baeck Choi, Peng Jiang, Timothy Meagher and Bin Jiang. Templated Fabrication of Periodic Arrays of Metallic and Silicon Nanorings with Complex Nanostructures. Nanotechnology, 26 (2015), 055603.
8. Haiyan Li, Bin Jiang, Xiulun Yang, Micah Eastman, Yuming Liu, Linhui Wang, Jeremy Campbell, Lester Lampert, Ruikang Wang, Gregory Rorrer and Jun Jiao. Near-Infrared Selective and Angle-Independent Backscattering from Magnetite Nanoparticle-Decorated Diatom Frustules. ACS Photonics, 1 (2014), 477-482.
9. Micah Eastman, Daniel Hedinger, Wen Qian, Walter Hudson, Bin Jiang and Jun Jiao. Raman Spectroscopy and Band Structure of Pd-hybridized Multilayer Graphene. Carbon, 68 (2014), 687-694.
10. Khalid Askar, Blayne Phillips, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Bioinspired Self-Cleaning Antireflection Coatings. Handbook of Biomimetics and Bioinspiration. 1 Bioinspired Materials, (2014), 65-95.
11. Micah Eastman, Wen Qian, Daniel Hedinger, Alex Jacobson, Bin Jiang and Jun Jiao. Band Structure and Spectroscopy of Graphene-Pd Hybrids. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 19 (2013), 1602-1603.
12. Yin Fang, Blayne Phillips, Khalid Askar, Baeck Choi, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Scalable Bottom-Up Fabrication of Colloidal Photonic Crystals and Periodic Plasmonic Nanostructures. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 1 (2013), 6031-6047.
13. Khalid Askar, Blayne Phillips, Yin Fang, Baeck Choi, Numan Gozubenli, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Self-Assembled Self-Cleaning Broadband Anti-Reflection Coatings. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 439 (2013), 84-100.
14. Khalid Askar, Blayne M. Phillips, Xuan Dou, Juan Lopez, Carl Smith, Bin Jiang and Peng Jiang. Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Antiglare Coatings. Optics Letters, 37 (2012), 4380-4382.
15. Jianying Zhang and Bin Jiang. Enhanced Euler's Method to a Free Boundary Porous Media Flow Problem. Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 28 (2012), 1558-1573.
16. Hongta Yang, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Vapor Detection Enabled by Self-Assembled Colloidal Photonic Crystals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 370 (2012), 11-18.
17. Haiyan Li, Jun Jiao, Jeremy Campbell, Gregory L Rorrer, Bin Jiang, Yuming Liu and Ruikang Wang. Novel Form of Photonic Crystals for Bioimaging Contrast Enhancement. Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, 2 (2011), 714-718.
18. Blayne Phillips, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Biomimetic Broadband Antireflection Gratings on Solar-Grade Multicrystalline Silicon Wafers. Applied Physics Letters, 99 (2011), 191103.
19. Haiyan Li, Bin Jiang, Rebecca Schaller, Jianfeng Wu and Jun Jiao. Antireflective Photoanode Made of TiO2 Nanobelts and a ZnO Nanowire Array. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 (2010), 11375-11380.
20. Xuefeng Liu, Chih-Hung Sun, Nicholas C. Linn, Bin Jiang and Peng Jiang. Wafer-Scale Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates with Highly Reproducible Enhancement. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113 (2009), 14804-14811.
21. Nicholas C Linn, Chih-Hung Sun, Ajay Arya, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Periodic Metal Nanotips with Tunable Sharpness. Nanotechnology, 20 (2009), 225303.
22. Chih-Hung Sun, Wei-Lun Min, Nicholas C. Linn, Peng Jiang, and Bin Jiang. Large-scale Assembly of Periodic Nanostructures with Metastable Square Lattices. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 27 (2009), 1043-1057.
23. Bin Jiang. A Parallel Domain Decomposition Method for Coupling of Surface and Groundwater flows. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 198 (2009), 947-957.
24. Tzung-Hua Lin, Nicholas C. Linn, Lemis Tarajano, Bin Jiang and Peng Jiang. Electrochemical SERS at Periodic Metallic Nanopyramid Arrays. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113 (2009), 1367-1372.
25. Wei-Han Huang, Chih-Hung Sun, Wei-Lun Min, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Templated Fabrication of Periodic Binary Nanostructures. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 (2008), 17586-17591.
26. Wei-Lun Min, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Large-scale Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles and Fabrication of Periodic Subwavelength Structures. Nanotechnology, 19 (2008), 475604.
27. Wei-Lun Min, Bin Jiang and Peng Jiang. Bioinspired Self-Cleaning Antireflection Coatings. Advanced Materials, 20 (2008), 3914-3918.
28. Chih-Hung Sun, Brian Ho, Bin Jiang and Peng Jiang. Biomimetic Subwavelength Antireflective Gratings on GaAs. Optics Letters, 33 (2008), 2224-2226.
29. Wei-Lun Min, Amaury Betancourt, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Broadband Antireflection Coatings on GaSb. Applied Physics Letters, 92 (2008), 141109.
30. Chih-Hung Sun, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Broadband Moth-eye Antireflection Coatings on Silicon. Applied Physics Letters, 92 (2008), 061112.
31. Chih-Hung Sun, Adriel Gonzalez, Nicholas C. Linn, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Templated Biomimetic Multifunctional Coatings. Applied Physics Letters, 92 (2008), 051107.
32. Bin Jiang. A Priori Error Analysis of the Mortar Finite Element Method for Variational Inequalities. Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 24 (2008), 476-503.
33. Chih-Hung Sun, Wei-Lun Min, Nicholas C. Linn, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Templated Fabrication of Large Area Subwavelength Antireflection Grating on Silicon. Applied Physics Letters, 91 (2007), 231105.
34. Nicholas Linn, Chih-Hung Sun, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Self-Assembled Biomimetic Antireflection Coatings. Applied Physics Letters, 91 (2007), 101108.
35. Srinivasan Venkatesh, Peng Jiang and Bin Jiang. Generalized Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Nonclose-Packed Colloidal Crystals. Langmuir, 23 (2007), 8231-8235.
36. Bin Jiang and John Bruch, Jr. Numerical Simulation of Free Seepage Flow on Non-matching Grids. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 55 (2007), 603-610.
37. Bin Jiang. Convergence Analysis of P1 Finite Element Method for Free Boundary Problems on Non-overlapping Sub-domains. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196 (2006), 371-378.
38. Bin Jiang and John Bruch, Jr. Domain Decomposition and Heterogeneous Modeling Used in Solving a Moving Boundary Problem. Engineering Computations, 23 (2006), 238-249.
39. Bin Jiang, John Bruch, Jr. and James Sloss. A Non-Overlapping Domain Decomposition Method for Variational Inequalities Derived from Free Boundary Problems. Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 22 (2006), 1-17.
40. Jian-Ying Zhang, Bin Jiang and John Bruch, Jr. Approaches to Solving a Free Boundary Porous Media Flow Problem. Series of Advances in Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Structure Interaction and Moving Boundary Problems, WIT Press, 43 (2005), 551-560.
41. Bin Jiang, John Bruch, Jr. and James Sloss. Numerical Solution for Domain Decomposed, Heterogeneously Modeled Seepage Problems. Series of Computational and Experimental Methods, Computational Modeling of Free and Moving Boundary Problems, WIT Press, 10 (2003), 173-182.
42. Bin Jiang, John Bruch, Jr. and James Sloss. Convergence of the Solution for a Domain Decomposed, Heterogeneously Modeled Flow past a Concave Profile Problem. Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 16 (2000), 459-479.
43. Bin Jiang, John Bruch, Jr. and James Sloss. A Parallel Domain Decomposition Iteration Scheme for a Free Boundary Problem. Series of Advances in High Performance Computing, Applications of High-Performance Computing in Engineering, WIT Press, 6 (2000), 325-334.
44. Bin Jiang, John Bruch, Jr. and James Sloss. Domain Decomposition and Heterogeneous Modeling Used in Solving a Free Streamline Flow. Series of Computational and Experimental Methods, Computational Modeling of Free and Moving Boundary Problems, WIT Press, 1 (1999), 101-110.
45. Bin Jiang, Steve Richman, Kai Shen and Tao Yang. Efficient Sparse LU Factorization with Lazy Space Allocation. Proceedings of the 9th SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing. San Antonio, USA, 1999.
46. John Bruch, Jr., Bin Jiang and James Sloss. Flow past Concave Profiles with Open Wakes in a Channel. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Finite Elements in Fluids. Tucson, USA, 1998, 363-368.
47. Zhong-Ci Shi and Bin Jiang. Multigrid Method for Wilson Nonconforming Finite Element with Numerical Integration. GAKUTO International Series of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, 11 (1998), 72-94.
48. Zhong-Ci Shi, Bin Jiang and Weimin Xue. A New Super-convergence Property of Wilson Non-conforming Finite Element. Numerische Mathematik, 78 (1997), 259-268.