Yousef Zahaykah, Ph.D. is assistant professor of Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science at Al-Quds University in Palestine, since 2004. During 2002-2004 he used to hold a research position in the Institute of Numerical Analysis (IAN) at The University of Magdeburg in Germany. Moreover, during 1990-1991 he was an instructor of Mathematics at the Arab Society College in Amman, Jordan and from 1991 to 1997 he was also an instructor of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science at Al-Quds University in Palestine.
Mr. Zahaykah received the scholarship of DAAD (The German Academic Exchange Service) for short visit research at the Institute of Numerical Analysis (IAN) in the University of Magdeburg in Germany from June 2006 to August 2006.
The Educational Background of Mr. Zahaykah is as follows:
▪ 2002 Ph.D. in Mathematics- Numerical Analysis for Partial Differential Equations (Scholarship from DAAD) at University of Magdeburg, Germany.
▪ 1989 M.Sc. in Mathematics (Scholarship from Al-Quds University).The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
▪1987 B.Sc. in Mathematics (Scholarship from School of Arab Institute), Abu-Dies, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Mr. Zahaykah has more than 20 years’ experience in teaching university mathematics, applied mathematics and numerical analysis courses both at the levels of undergraduate and graduate studies. He also supervised several M.Sc. students in the field of applied mathematics and numerical analysis and published several papers in the field of numerical methods for partial differential equations.
▪ (with M. Lukáĉová-Medvid’ová and G. Warnecke).
Third order finite volume evolution Galerkin (FVEG) methods for two-
dimensional wave equation system. J. Numer. Math. (2003) 11(3):235-251.
▪ (with M. Lukáĉová-Medvid’ová , G. Warnecke and J. Saibertová)
On evolution Galerkin methods for the Maxwell and the linearized Euler
equations. App. Math. (2004) 49(5):415-439.
▪ (with M. Lukáĉová-Medvid’ová and G. Warnecke).
On the boundary conditions for EG-methods applied to the two-dimensional
wave equation system. Z. Angew. Math. Mech. (ZAMM) (2004) 84:237-251.
▪ (with M. Lukáĉová-Medvid’ová and G. Warnecke).
On the stability of the evolution Galerkin schemes applied to a two-dimensional
wave equation system. SIAM J Numer. Anal. (2006) 44(4):1556-1583.
▪ (with M. Lukáĉová-Medvid’ová and G. Warnecke).
Finite volume evolution Galerkin (FVEG) methods for three-dimensional wave
equation system. App. Numer. Math. (2007) 57:1050-1064.
▪ (with Q. ul-Ain and G.Warnecke).
On the finite volume evolution Galerkin (FVEG) methods for two-dimensional
Euler equations on triangular meshes. J. Eng. Math. Theor. Appl. (JEMTA)
(2007)2:8-31.
The research interests of Mr. Zahaykah are:
▪ Hyperbolic systems of conversation laws- truly multidimensional methods.
▪ Numerical methods for PDEs (Maxwell equations and Euler equations)
▪ Numerical methods for Fredholm integral equations and approximate solution of
Einstein Fields equation.