Louis Rossi

Louis Rossi is a Professor and the inaugural Dean of the University of Delaware Graduate College, affiliated with the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on numerical methods, computational fluid dynamics, and swarm dynamics, with applications to fluid flows, ecological systems, wireless networks, and robotics. He has advised students such as Riu Fang, Zhenyu He, and Claudio Torres in these domains.

Research interests span mathematical biology, environmental modeling, network protocols, and control systems. Notable projects include modeling predator-prey interactions, optimizing wireless sensor networks, and analyzing information transfer in swarms. Rossi has developed computational tools like BlobFlow for fluid simulations and contributed to slime mold-inspired routing algorithms for sensor networks.

His educational efforts include organizing international study programs, such as a mathematical modeling trip to Melbourne, and enhancing foundational math courses. Rossi’s work bridges theoretical mathematics with practical applications, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and computational innovation.