Dr. Zhifu Xie received his Ph.D. degree from  the Department of Mathematics,  Brigham Young University in 2006. He received his M.S. degree from Chongqing University, China in 2001 and his B.S. degree from Chongqing Normal University, China in 1998.  Dr. Xie is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Virginia State University.

Dr. Zhifu Xie was nominated for the 2010-2011and 2011-2012 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award by Virginia State University. He was selected as a 2012 Outstanding Faculty Award Finalist by SCHEV.

Summer Program: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Mathematics (pending availability of the funding by a grant of NSF-REU).

Dr. Xie's research interests include:

• Dynamical System
• Celestial Mechanics, N-body Problem, Central Configurations, Hamiltonian System
• Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (Elliptic Type)
• Mathematical Biology

Here is Dr. Xie's  CV.  

N-Body Animation and Instruction  (A Java Applet which animates some orbits of N-body problem. Initial data are given in the format of position, velocity and mass)