Doing the mathematics of fluid flow networks
Date
2013-10
Authors
Banda, Mapundi Kondwani
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Abstract
Mapundi Kondwani Banda grew up in Mala^wi, where he com-
pleted his secondary school education at Bandawe Secondary
School in 1986 and obtained a BSc degree from the University
of Mala^wi in 1990. In 1991 he completed an MSc in Comput-
ing Science at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and
Medicine, which was a constituent college of the then University
of London. After developing an interest in Applied Mathematics
and with a desire to see Mathematics being applied to real-world
problems, he proceeded to do an MSc in Industrial Mathematics
at the University of Kaiserslautern which he completed in 1997.
In 2000 he enrolled for PhD research in the Numerical Methods
and Scienti c Computing group led by Prof. A. Klar at the Darmstadt University of Technology which he
completed in 2004. He was a postdoctoral fellow for a short term at the same university before returning to
Mala^wi in 2004.
As a student, Mapundi received scholarships and awards which enabled him to study in London, Kaiserslautern
and Darmstadt. He was a recipient of a scholarship from the Overseas Development Shared Scholarship Scheme
(ODASSS) in 1990 and the German Academic Exchange Programme (DAAD) award in 1995 and in 1999.
In 1991, Mapundi was appointed as a Software Development Analyst at Business Computers Services Limited.
He changed his career path to join academia at the University of Mala^wi, Chancellor College, as a lecturer
in 1993. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2004. He was appointed as a lecturer at the University
of KwaZulu-Natal in 2005 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008. In 2008 he joined the University of
the Witwatersrand as an Associate Professor. In 2012 Mapundi moved to Stellenbosch to take a position
as a Professor in the Applied Mathematics Division, Department of Mathematical Sciences, at Stellenbosch
University.
He has been a research visitor at the following institutions: University of Kaiserslautern, RWTH-Aachen,
Durham University, Tsinghua University and the University of British Columbia. He is a member of the
editorial board of the SAMSA Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics.
Description
Inaugural lecture delivered on 10 October 2013.
Keywords
Gas flow -- Mathematical models, Natural gas pipelines
Citation
Banda, M. K. 2013. Doing the mathematics of fluid flow networks. Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, South africa.