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 2010-2011 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award by Virginia State University.

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science holds a weekly seminar on Mathematical Science and Application.

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.  

Research assistantship is available through mini-grants of NSF-BYU, send email to apply.

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)