EAS News Article
Professor John Cushman appointed University Distinguished Professor
Professor John Cushman was appointed as a University Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences by the Board of Trustees. Professor Cushman came to Purdue in 1978 as Assistant Professor of Agronomy. In 1995 he joined the Department of Mathematics with a courtesy appointment as a Professor, and earlier this year he accepted a joint appointment in the Departments of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Mathematics.
Professor Cushman is an expert in microporous systems and nanofilms, porous media physics, applied mathematics, statistical mechanics, stochastic modeling, multiphase transport in swelling polymers, fate and transport of chemicals in the environment, and genetic evolution in microbial populations.
Professor Cushman is a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Math, the Society of Engineering Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Materials Research Society. He is a Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union and the Soil Science Society of America. In 1995, he received Purdue's Herbert Newby McCoy Award, given to the faculty member who made the most significant contribution to science during the previous year. He serves on the editorial boards of numerous professional journals.
He has authored four books, one novel, more than 170 papers and book chapters, and has given 120 invited presentations. He has served as a reviewer for programs at Oak Ridge National Lab, Los Alamos National Lab, Pacific Northwest National Lab, and Argonne National Lab.
Professor John Cushman was appointed as a University Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences by the Board of Trustees. Professor Cushman came to Purdue in 1978 as Assistant Professor of Agronomy. In 1995 he joined the Department of Mathematics with a courtesy appointment as a Professor, and earlier this year he accepted a joint appointment in the Departments of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Mathematics.
Professor Cushman is an expert in microporous systems and nanofilms, porous media physics, applied mathematics, statistical mechanics, stochastic modeling, multiphase transport in swelling polymers, fate and transport of chemicals in the environment, and genetic evolution in microbial populations.
Professor Cushman is a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Math, the Society of Engineering Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Materials Research Society. He is a Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union and the Soil Science Society of America. In 1995, he received Purdue's Herbert Newby McCoy Award, given to the faculty member who made the most significant contribution to science during the previous year. He serves on the editorial boards of numerous professional journals.
He has authored four books, one novel, more than 170 papers and book chapters, and has given 120 invited presentations. He has served as a reviewer for programs at Oak Ridge National Lab, Los Alamos National Lab, Pacific Northwest National Lab, and Argonne National Lab.
