Bruce A. Wade

Bruce A. Wade is a Professor & Department Head at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, holding the C.B.I.T. TC/LEQSF Regents Professorship. He is also an Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UW-M). His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Mathematics (1987) from UW-Madison, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Cornell University. He served 29 years at UW-Milwaukee as a faculty member, holding roles such as Associate Chair and Director of the Center for Industrial Mathematics, before transitioning to Louisiana in 2017 as Department Head.

Dr. Wade’s research focuses on numerical analysis, computational mathematics, and partial differential equations (PDEs). He specializes in developing algorithms for reaction-diffusion systems, including models like the Black-Scholes, Fitzhugh-Nagumo, and Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equations. His work emphasizes efficient numerical schemes that preserve PDE properties and handle low regularity or mismatched boundary conditions. Recent projects include machine learning applications, missing data imputation, and Ridge Functions.

He has authored/co-authored over 70 publications, including influential works on exponential time differencing (ETD) methods, fractional calculus, and parameter estimation. His editorial roles include serving on journals like International Journal of Computational Mathematics and co-founding the Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering (CMMSE) conference series.

Dr. Wade’s professional service includes organizing conferences, advising graduate students (though specific names are not listed), and securing grants for interdisciplinary research. His academic leadership extends to departmental administration and fostering collaborations between academia and industry.