Last update: 10/29/2013

In the name of God

 

Professor Abdollah Shidfar

 

 

 

Personal Data:

      Full Name:  Abdollah Shidfar

      Date of Birth:  March 13, 1941

      Place of Birth:  Lahijan, Iran

 

Contact:

      School of Mathematics, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

      Email:  shidfar@iust.ac.ir

      Tel.:  +98 21 73225414

      Fax:  +98 21 77240302

 

Education:

Supervisor’s thesis: Prof. M.A. Jaswon

           Thesis: “The Representation of Biharmonic Functions in terms of biarmonic Functions”

  •  M. Sc. in Statistics from Tehran University, 1966
  •  B. Sc. in Mathematics from Tehran University, 1964

 

Research Interests:

  • Direct and inverse heat transfer problems
  • Biharmonic problems
  • Nonlinear oscillation problems

 

Positions:

  • Assistant professor at 1978
  • Associated professor at 1989
  • Full professor at 1993

 

Publications

 

1)      Journal Articles (Since 2000)

1.      A. Molabahrami, A. Shidfar, L. Päivärinta, Collocation-homotopy method to initial-boundary value problems

J. Interpolat. Approx. Sci. Comput. 2013, Art. ID 00019, 11 pp.

2.      R. Zolfaghari, A. Shidfar, Solving a parabolic PDE with nonlocal boundary conditions using the sinc method

Numer. Algorithms 62 (2013), no. 3, 411–427.

3.      A. Shidfar, A. Babaei, The sinc-Galerkin method for solving an inverse parabolic problem with unknown source term

Numer. Methods Partial Differential Equations 29 (2013), no. 1, 64–78.

4.      A. Shidfar, B. Jazbi, M. Alinejadmofrad, Inverse estimation of the pulse parameters of a time-varying laser pulse to obtain desired temperature at the material surface

Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 44, Issue 6, September 2012, Pages 1675-1680.

5.      R. Zolfaghari, A. Shidfar, A numerical study of parabolic problems with nonlinear boundary conditions

Math. Methods Appl. Sci. 35 (2012), no. 11, 1312–1320.

6.      A. Shidfar, L. Päivärinta, A. Molabahrami, A series solution of the Cauchy problem for Turing reaction-diffusion model

Commun. Numer. Anal. 2011, Art. ID 00062, 11 pp.

7.      A. Shidfar, R. Zolfaghari, Determination of an unknown function in a parabolic inverse problem by sinc-collocation method

Numer. Methods Partial Differential Equations 27 (2011), no. 6, 1584–1598.

8.      A. Shidfar, A. Molabahrami, Solving a system of integral equations by an analytic method
Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Volume 54, Issues 1-2, July 2011, Pages 828-835

9.      A. Molabahrami, A. Shidfar, A. Ghyasi, An analytical method for solving linear Fredholm fuzzy integral equations of the second kind
Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Volume 61, Issue 9, May 2011, Pages 2754-2761

10.  M. Abtahi, R. Pourgholi, A. Shidfar, Existence and uniqueness of a solution for a two dimensional nonlinear inverse diffusion problem
Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, Volume 74, Issue 7, 1 April 2011, Pages 2462-2467

11.  A. Shidfar, A. Babaei, A. Molabahrami, M. Alinejadmofrad, Approximate analytical solutions of the nonlinear reaction–diffusion–convection problems

Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Volume 53, Issues 1-2, January 2011, Pages 261-268

12.  A. Shidfar, A. Molabahrami, A weighted algorithm based on the homotopy analysis method: Application to inverse heat conduction problems
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2010, Pages 2908-2915

13.  A. Shidfar, P. Reihani, A series solution of nonlinear injection–extraction well equation
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2010, Pages 2278-2283

14.  A. Shidfar, A. Babaei, A. Molabahrami, Solving the inverse problem of identifying an unknown source term in a parabolic equation

Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Volume 60, Issue 5, September 2010, Pages 1209-1213

15.  A. Molabahrami, A. Shidfar, A study on the PDEs with power-law nonlinearity
Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, Volume 11, Issue 3, June 2010, Pages 1258-1268

16.  A. Shidfar, A. Molabahrami, A. Babaei, A. Yazdanian, A series solution of the nonlinear Volterra and Fredholm integro-differential equations
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 205-215

17.  A. Shidfar, A. Molabahrami, A. Babaei, A. Yazdanian, A series solution of the Cauchy problem for the generalized d-dimensional Schrödinger equation with a power-law nonlinearity
Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Volume 59, Issue 4, February 2010, Pages 1500-1508

18.  A. Shidfar, A. Molabahrami, A. Babaei, A. Yazdanian, A study on the d-dimensional Schrödinger equation with a power-law nonlinearity
Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Volume 42, Issue 4, 30 November 2009, Pages 2154-2158

19.  A. Shidfar, R. Zolfaghari, J. Damirchi, Application of Sinc-collocation method for solving an inverse problem
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Volume 233, Issue 2, 15 November 2009, Pages 545-554

20.  A. Shidfar, Z. Darooghehgimofrad, M. Garshasbi, Note on using radial basis functions and Tikhonov regularization method to solve an inverse heat conduction problem
Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Volume 33, Issue 10, October 2009, Pages 1236-1238

21.  A. Shidfar, M. Garshasbi, A weighted algorithm based on Adomian decomposition method for solving an special class of evolution equations
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2009, Pages 1146-1151

22.  A. Shidfar, M. Alinejadmofrad, M. Garshasbi, A numerical procedure for estimation of the melt depth in laser material processing
Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 41, Issue 3, April 2009, Pages 280-284

23.  A. Shidfar, J. Damirchi, P. Reihani, An stable numerical algorithm for identifying the solution of an inverse problem
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 190, Issue 1, 1 July 2007, Pages 231-236

24.  M. Fakhraie, A. Shidfar, M. Garshasbi, A computational procedure for estimation of an unknown coefficient in an inverse boundary value problem
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 187, Issue 2, 15 April 2007, Pages 1120-1125

25.  A. Shidfar, M. Fakhraie, R. Pourgholi, M. Ebrahimi, A numerical solution technique for a one-dimensional inverse nonlinear parabolic problem
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 184, Issue 2, 15 January 2007, Pages 308-315

26.  Abdollah, Shidfar, Masoumeh, Mohammadi, Using empirical eigenfunctions and Galerkin method to two-phase transport models

Numer. Methods Partial Differential Equations 23 (2007), no. 2, 456--474. 76S05 (65M60 76M10 76T99 80M10)

27.  A. Shidfar, R. Pourgholi, M. Ebrahimi, A Numerical Method for Solving of a Nonlinear Inverse Diffusion Problem
Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Volume 52, Issues 6-7, September-October 2006, Pages 1021-1030

28.  A. Shidfar, G.R. Karamali, K. Tavakoli, An inverse problem of heat equation

Ital. J. Pure Appl. Math. No. 19 (2006), 215--220. 35R30 (35K05)

29.  A. Shidfar, G.R. Karamali, J. Damirchi, An inverse heat conduction problem with a nonlinear source term
Nonlinear Analysis, Volume 65, Issue 3, 1 August 2006, Pages 615-621

30.  A. Shidfar, R. Pourgholi, Numerical approximation of solution of an inverse heat conduction problem based on Legendre polynomials
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 175, Issue 2, 15 April 2006, Pages 1366-1374

31.  Abdollah Shidfar, Ali Zakeri, A numerical technique for backward inverse heat conduction problems in one-dimensional space
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 171, Issue 2, 15 December 2005, Pages 1016-1024

32.  A. Shidfar, A. Zakeri, A. Neisi, A two-dimensional inverse heat conduction problem for estimating heat source

Int. J. Math. Math. Sci. 2005, no. 10, 1633--1641. (Reviewer: Ulrich Tautenhahn) 80A23 (35R30 45D05 65M32 65R30)

33.  A. Shidfar, R. Pourgholi, Application of finite difference method to analysis an ill-posed problem
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 168, Issue 2, 15 September 2005, Pages 1400-1408

34.  A. Shidfar, G.R. Karamali, Numerical solution of inverse heat conduction problem with nonstationary measurements
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 168, Issue 1, 1 September 2005, Pages 540-548

35.  A. Shidfar, M. Djalalvand, M. Garshasbi, A numerical scheme for solving special class of nonlinear diffusion–convection equation
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 167, Issue 2, 15 August 2005, Pages 1080-1089

36.  A. Shidfar, M. Garshasbi, Numerical study of in-cylinder pressure in an internal combustion engine
Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 165, Issue 1, 6 June 2005, Pages 163-170

37.  A. Shidfar, A. Shahrezaee, M. Garshasbi, A method for solving an inverse biharmonic problem
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Volume 302, Issue 2, 15 February 2005, Pages 457-462

38.  A. Shidfar, F. M. Maalek Ghaini, A nonlinear inverse parabolic problem on a rectangular domain

Southeast Asian Bull. Math. 28 (2004), no. 2, 327--332. 35R30 (35K60)

39.  Abdollah Shidfar, Ali Zakeri, Asymptotic solution for an inverse parabolic problem

Math. Balkanica (N.S.) 18 (2004), no. 3-4, 475--483. (Reviewer: Sergio Vessella) 35R30 (35K20)

40.  A. Shidfar, G. R. Karamali, Function specification method for determination an unknown term in a nonlinear diffusion equation

Math. Balkanica (N.S.) 18 (2004), no. 3-4, 467--474. 35R30 (35K20)

41.  Abdollah Shidfar, An inverse problem with two unknown terms

Math. Balkanica (N.S.) 18 (2004), no. 3-4, 461--466. (Reviewer: Sergio Vessella) 35R30 (35K20)

42.  A. Shidfar, K. Tavakoli, An inverse heat conduction problem

Advances in algebra, 472--476, World Sci. Publ., River Edge, NJ, 2003. 35R30 (35K20)

43.  A. Shidfar, H. Azari, Identification of unknown radiation term in a nonlinear parabolic problem

Southeast Asian Bull. Math. 26 (2003), no. 6, 1023--1028. 35R30 (35K60 65M32)

44.  A. Shidfar, A. Neisy, A two-dimensional inverse heat conduction problem for estimating heat flux

Far East J. Appl. Math. 10 (2003), no. 2, 145--150. 35R30

45.  A. Shidfar, K. Tavakoli, An inverse heat conduction problem

Southeast Asian Bull. Math. 26 (2002), no. 3, 503--507. (Reviewer: Peter G. Danilaev) 35R30 (35K20 45D05 80A23)

46.  Shidfar, A., Tavakoli, K., An inverse two dimensional parabolic problem

Int. J. Appl. Math. 10 (2002), no. 2, 227--236. 35R30 (35K20)

47.  A. Shidfar, A. Neisy, An inverse boundary value problem

Int. J. Appl. Math. 10 (2002), no. 2, 217--225. 35R30 (35J25)

48.  Abdullah Shidfar,  Alimardan Shahrezaee, Existence, uniqueness, and unstability results for an inverse heat conduction problem

Int. J. Appl. Math. 9 (2002), no. 3, 253--258. (Reviewer: Peter G. Danilaev) 80A23

49.  Abdullah Shidfar,  Hossein Azari, Determination of unknown coefficient in porous media

Int. J. Appl. Math. 9 (2002), no. 3, 243--252. (Reviewer: Hong Ming Yin) 35R30 (35K57 65M32 76S05)

50.  Abdullah Shidfar, Alimardan Shahrezaee, An inverse nonlinear biharmonic problem

Proceedings of the 31st Iranian Mathematics Conference (Tehran, 2000), 116--121, Univ. Tehran, Tehran, 2000. 35J30 (35R30)

51.  A. Shidfar, F. M. Maalek Ghaini, A nonlinear inverse heat equation on a rectangular domain

Proceedings of the 31st Iranian Mathematics Conference (Tehran, 2000), 109--115, Univ. Tehran, Tehran, 2000. 35R30 (35K05 35K60)

52.  A. Shidfar,  F. M. Maalek Ghaini, A nonlinear inverse parabolic problem with unknown source-function

Int. J. Appl. Math. 2 (2000), no. 2, 147--158. (Reviewer: Charles Bu) 35R30 (35K30)

 

2)      Selected Books

1.      A. Shidfar, E. Esrafiliyan, " Calculus 1 ", 10th Editions, Dalfak Publication, Tehran , Iran

2.      A. Shidfar, " Calculus 2 ", 10th Editions, Dalfak Publication, Tehran , Iran

3.      A. Shidfar, A. Shahrezaee, M.T. Mahmoudi, " General Mathematics 1 " ,Second Editions, Dalfak Publication, Tehran , Iran

4.      A. Shidfar, " Calculus 1", Yazd University Publication, Tehran , Iran

5.      A. Shidfar, " Calculus 2", Yazd University Publication, Tehran , Iran

6.      A. Shidfar, " Introduction to Mathematics " , 17th Editions, IUST Publication, Tehran , Iran

7.      A. Shidfar, A. Shahrezaee, M. T. Mahmoudi, " Introduction to Mathematics " , 17th Editions, IUST Publication, Tehran , Iran

8.      A. Shidfar, M. Garshasbi, J. Damirchi, " Probability & Statistics for Engineering ", Dalfak Publication, Tehran , Iran

9.      A. Shidfar, " Engineering Mathematics ", 12th Edition, Dalfak Publication, Tehran , Iran

10.  A. Shidfar ," Advanced Engineering Mathematics 1", Markaze Nashr, Tehran , Iran

11.  A. Shidfar ," Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2", Markaze Nashr, Tehran , Iran

12.  A. Shidfar, A. Shahrezaee," Advanced Engineering Mathematics ",8th Editions, Dalfak Publication, Tehran , Iran

13.  A. Shidfar, H. Veysi, " Advanced Engineering Mathematics 1 ", Emam hossein university  Publication center, Tehran , Iran

14.  A. Shidfar, H. Veysi," Advanced Engineering Mathematics 2 ", Emam hossein university  Publication center, Tehran , Iran

15.  A. Shidfar," Higher Engineering Mathematics ",3th Editions, Dalfak Publication, Tehran , Iran

16.  A. Shidfar , H. Azary," Numerical Methods", Second Editions, Dalfak Publication, Tehran , Iran

17.  A. Shidfar, " Differential Equations ", 8th Edition, Dalfak Publication, Tehran, Iran

18.  A. Shidfar, " Ordinary Differential Equations ", Razmandegan Publication, Tehran, Iran

19.  A. Shidfar, " Problems and Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations ", Razmandegan Publication, Tehran, Iran

20.  A. Shidfar, " Chahar Goziniee Ordinary Differential Equation ", Dalfak Publication, Tehran, Iran

21.  A. Shidfar, " Chahar Goziniee Engineering Mathematics ", Dalfak Publication, Tehran, Iran

22.  A. Shidfar, " Flash card Engineering Mathematics ", Ghalamchi Publication, Tehran, Iran

23.  A. Shidfar, " Shireen Mathematics ", Dalfak Publication, Tehran, Iran

 

 

Selected Conference Participation:

1.      International conference on Mathematical education, Australia, august 1984.

2.      Workshop on Theoretical Fluid Mechanics and Applications, Italy, December 1986.

3.      Spring School on potential Theory, Czechoslovakia, April, 1992.

4.      The first Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics, Singapore, December, 1993.

5.      Partial differential Equations Conference, China, July, 2001.

 

Some of Ph.D. and M. Sc. students supervisory:

  • Parastoo Reihani, Some Analytical and Numerical Methods to Solve Some Classes of diffusion Problems, (ends July 2010).
  • Javad Damirchi, Application of Numerical Methods for Solving Some Inverse Problems of Partial Differential Equations of Parabolic Type, (ends September 2009).
  • Morteza Garshasbi, Regularization and Decomposition Methods and Their Applications to Solve the Problems of Parabolic PDE's, (ends June 2008).
  • Reza Pourgholi, Numerical Method of Linear and Nonlinear Inverse Heat Conduction Problems, (ends July 2007).
  • Ali Zakeri, WKB-Asymptotic Method and Numerical Schemes for Finding Solutions of Inverse Parabolic Partial Differential Equation, (ends October 2006).
  • Gholamreza Karamali, Function Specification Method for Inverse Heat Conduction and Nonlinear Diffusion Problems, (ends October 2005).
  • Naghmeh Tavousi Dizaji, Modeling some of engineering problems and Heat flux estimated level of a space chattel, (ends November 2009).
  • Ahmadreza Yazdanian, Problems of equations with parabolic partial differential in one dimensional space, (ends September 2008).
  • Alireza Akhlagh Moayed, Identification of Control Parameter in an Inverse Heat Problem, (ends August 2007).
  • Farkhondeh Hosseini Shekarabi, The Application of Diffusion Equation in the Explosion Phenomena and Numerical Solution of These Equations, (ends October 2006).
  • Parisa Nabati, The Studying of Sea Waves and Their Effects on Moving Floaters, (ends November 2005).