Dr. Lawrence Schovanec

Research Interests

Solid Mechanics, Boundary Value Problems, Differential and Integral Equations

Biography

Lawrence Schovanec joined the faculty of Texas Tech Universityin 1982. He received a B.S. degree from PhillipsUniversity, a M.S. degree from Texas A&M University, and hisPh.D. from Indiana University. He has been a professor of mathematicssince 1996 and he served as chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics from 1999 to 2008.

His early research dealtmainly with solid mechanics with an emphasis on dynamic fracture ofelastic and viscoelastic materials. More recently his work has dealtwith control theoretic aspects of biological systems and hybridparameter models of biomechanical systems.

In 2008 he was appointed as the Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and in 2010 as the Dean. In 2012, he was appointed as the Interim President of Texas Tech University. In 2013, he served as Interim Provost. He is currently serving as President of the University.