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74
Citations
19524
World Ranking
219
National Ranking
123

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
  • 2021 - Hugo Steinhaus Award, Polish Mathematical Society
  • 2019 - Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
  • 2019 - SIAM Fellow For fundamental contributions to control theory of partial differential equations and their dissemination through numerous invited talks, administrative positions in professional societies, and the mentoring of many PhD students and postdoctoral associates.
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society For contributions to control theory of partial differential equations, mentorship, and service to professional societies.
  • 2011 - W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize for contribution to Differential Equations and Control Theory
  • 2004 - IEEE Fellow for Contribution to Boundary Control Systems

Overview

Irena Lasiecka is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in engineering, mathematics, and computer science. The main subfields of their research include control and systems engineering, mathematical physics, computational theory and mathematics, computational mechanics, and applied mathematics.

Their work focuses on topics such as stability and controllability of differential equations, advanced mathematical modeling in engineering, advanced mathematical physics problems, numerical methods in inverse problems, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, Navier-Stokes equation solutions, and vibration and dynamic analysis.

Recent publications by Irena Lasiecka include:

  • Long-time dynamics of a hinged-free plate driven by a nonconservative force, 2022, Annales de l Institut Henri Poincaré C Analyse Non Linéaire
  • Dynamics of extensible beams with nonlinear non-compact energy-level damping, 2024, Mathematische Annalen
  • Minimizing drag in a moving boundary fluid-elasticity interaction, 2020, Nonlinear Analysis
  • Uniform stabilization of Boussinesq systems in critical Lq-based Sobolev and Besov spaces by finite dimensional interior localized feedback controls, 2020, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - B
  • The SMGT equation from the boundary: regularity and stabilization, 2021, Applicable Analysis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Irena Lasiecka include Roberto Triggiani, Marcelo Bongarti, Buddhika Priyasad, José H. Rodrigues, and Justin T. Webster.

Their research is often published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Differential Equations, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Nonlinear Analysis Real World Applications, and Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - S.

Awards received by Irena Lasiecka include the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award in 2019, becoming a SIAM Fellow in 2019 for contributions to control theory of partial differential equations and mentoring, and being named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2015 for contributions to control theory, mentorship, and professional service.

Best Publications

  • Control Theory for Partial Differential Equations: Continuous and Approximation Theories

    Irena Lasiecka;Roberto Triggiani

  • Uniform boundary stabilization of semilinear wave equations with nonlinear boundary damping

    I. Lasiecka;D. Tataru

  • Non homogeneous boundary value problems for second order hyperbolic operators

    I Lasiecka;J.-L Lions;R Triggiani

  • Long-time Behavior of Second Order Evolution Equations With Nonlinear Damping

    Igor Chueshov;Irena Lasiecka

  • Differential and Algebraic Riccati Equations With Application to Boundary/Point Control Problems: Continuous Theory and Approximation Theory

    Irena Lasiecka;Roberto Triggiani

  • Von Karman Evolution Equations

    Igor Chueshov;Irena Lasiecka

  • Von Karman Evolution Equations: Well-posedness and Long Time Dynamics

    Igor Chueshov;Irena Lasiecka

  • Well-posedness and optimal decay rates for the wave equation with nonlinear boundary damping–source interaction

    Marcelo M. Cavalcanti;Valéria N. Domingos Cavalcanti;Irena Lasiecka

  • Uniform stabilization of the wave equation with dirichlet-feedback control without geometrical conditions

    I. Lasiecka;R. Triggiani

  • Inverse/Observability Estimates for Second-Order Hyperbolic Equations with Variable Coefficients

    I Lasiecka;R Triggiani;Peng-Fei Yao

  • ON THE ATTRACTOR FOR A SEMILINEAR WAVE EQUATION WITH CRITICAL EXPONENT AND NONLINEAR BOUNDARY DISSIPATION

    Igor Chueshov;Matthias Eller;Irena Lasiecka

  • Unified theory for abstract parabolic boundary problems—a semigroup approach

    Irena Lasiecka

  • Exact controllability of the wave equation with Neumann boundary control

    I. Lasiecka;R. Triggiani

  • Attractors for Second-Order Evolution Equations with a Nonlinear Damping

    Igor Chueshov;Irena Lasiecka

  • Exact controllability of semilinear abstract systems with application to waves and plates boundary control problems

    I. Lasiecka;R. Triggiani

  • Algebraic Riccati equations with non-smoothing observation arising in hyperbolic and Euler-Bernoulli boundary control problems

    F. Flandoli;I. Lasiecka;R. Triggiani

  • Wellposedness and exponential decay rates for the Moore-Gibson-Thompson equation arising in high intensity ultrasound

    B. Kaltenbacher;I. Lasiecka;R. Marchand

  • Uniform exponential energy decay of wave equations in a bounded region with L2(0, ∞; L2 (Γ))-feedback control in the Dirichlet boundary conditions

    I Lasiecka;R Triggiani

  • A cosine operator approach to modelingL2(0,T; L2 (Γ))--Boundary input hyperbolic equations

    I. Lasiecka;R. Triggiani

  • Uniform stabilization of the wave equation with Dirichlet or Neumann feedback control without geometrical conditions

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  • Functional Analytic Methods for Evolution Equations

    Giuseppe Da Prato;Peer C. Kunstmann;Lutz Weis;Irena Lasiecka

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Triggiani
Roberto Triggiani University of Memphis
Igor Chueshov
Igor Chueshov V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Viorel Barbu
Viorel Barbu Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Barbara Kaltenbacher
Barbara Kaltenbacher University of Klagenfurt
Igor Kukavica
Igor Kukavica University of Southern California
Goong Chen
Goong Chen Texas A&M University
Marcelo M. Cavalcanti
Marcelo M. Cavalcanti State University of Maringa
Jan Sokolowski
Jan Sokolowski University of Lorraine
Daniel Tataru
Daniel Tataru University of California, Berkeley
Vittorino Pata
Vittorino Pata Polytechnic University of Milan

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