Amel Ben Abda

Amel Ben Abda
Alma materPreparatory Institute for Engineering Studies of Nabeul
National Engineering School of Tunis
Scientific career
InstitutionsNational Engineering School of Tunis
Thesis (1993)

Amel Ben Abda is a professor of mathematics at the National Engineering School of Tunis. She was the first to earn a PhD in applied mathematics in Tunisia. She is the Tunisian representative of the steering committee of the International Laboratory for Computer Sciences and Applied Mathematics on the advisory board of the Tunisian Woman Mathematician Association.

Early life and education

Ben Abda studied applied mathematics at the National Engineering School of Tunis, graduating in 1988.[1] After her degree, she worked in the Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies of Nabeul.[2] She went on to earn her Master's Degree in Applied Mechanics in 1988 where she also had got her PhD in Applied Mathematics in 1993.[3][4][5]. With that she also had an impact on the inception of the country's applied mathematics doctoral program.[6] After going on to defend her habilitation in applied mathematics at the National Engineering School of Tunis in 1998. [7]

Research and career

In the field of applied mathematics, Ben Abda has worked on a "reciprocity gap" method that can be used as an indication of defects in materials.[8][9][10][11] She also works on the problem of reconstructing boundary conditions from incomplete data.[12]

In 1993, Ben Abda joined the Preparatory Institute for Scientific and Technical Studies, where she was promoted to assistant professor that same year.[2] In 1999 she joined the National Engineering School of Tunis.[2] When she defended Tunisia's first habilitation it was in 1998.[1] She is responsible for the inverse theorems team at the Laboratory of Mathematical Modelling and Numeric in Engineering Sciences (LAMSIN).[13]

She is the Tunisian representative of the steering committee of the International Laboratory for Computer Sciences and Applied Mathematics.[4] She is on the advisory board of the Tunisian Woman Mathematician Association (TWMA).[14][15] The TWMA give an annual award for the best PhD thesis in mathematics.[16]

In 1999, she published the article "Reciprocity principle and crack identification" with Stéphane Andrieux and Huy Duong Bui, later referring its work as here most influential and impactful research she has done on real world problems.[17]

In 2018 she was selected as one of OkayAfrica's Top 100 Women.[4]

In 2016 she received a trophy at their annual meeting, and the trophy was for her impact on Tunisian Women that are also in the field of mathematics. [1][18]

She is a prominent advocate to the Tunisian Women in Mathematics Association, she was actively a part of broader to helping with empowering other women who are also in STEM all across the continent, as she was seen as a figure. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Amel Ben Abda | European Women in Mathematics". europeanwomeninmaths.org. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  2. ^ a b c "Representative of Tunisia in the Steering Committee of LIRIMA" (PDF). LIRIMA. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  3. ^ https://africanwomeninmath.org/women-in-math/portrait/amel-ben-abda
  4. ^ a b c "Amel Ben Adba". OKAYAFRICA's 100 WOMEN. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  5. ^ "Tunisian Women Mathematicians' Association" (PDF). 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  6. ^ https://twma.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/bio-et-photo-amel-ben-abda-english.pdf
  7. ^ https://africanwomeninmath.org/women-in-math/portrait/amel-ben-abda
  8. ^ Andrieux, S.; Ben Abda, A. (1993-09-01). "The reciprocity gap: a general concept for flaws identification problems". Mechanics Research Communications. 20 (5): 415–420. doi:10.1016/0093-6413(93)90032-J. ISSN 0093-6413.
  9. ^ Abda, Amel Ben (2004). On the use of the Reciprocity-Gap functional in inverse scattering from planar cracks (Thesis). INRIA.
  10. ^ BEN ABDA, AMEL; DELBARY, FABRICE; HADDAR, HOUSSEM (October 2005). "On the Use of the Reciprocity-Gap Functional in Inverse Scattering from Planar Cracks" (PDF). Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 15 (10): 1553–1574. doi:10.1142/s0218202505000819. ISSN 0218-2025. S2CID 122788633.
  11. ^ Defect and material mechanics : proceedings of the International Symposium on Defect and Material Mechanics (ISDMM), held in Aussois, France, March 25-29, 2007. Dascalu, Cristian; Maugin, Gérard A.; Stolz, Claude. Dordrecht: Springer. 2008. ISBN 9781402069291. OCLC 261325816.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. ^ "Profil". www.hal.tn. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  13. ^ "ENIT - LAMSIN". www.lamsin.rnu.tn. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  14. ^ "Amel Ben Abda | African Women in Mathematics Association". africanwomeninmath.org. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  15. ^ "TWMA Advisory Board". TUNISIAN WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS ASSOCIATION TWMA. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  16. ^ "TWMA AWARD for the Best PhD Thesis in Mathematics" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  17. ^ "Amel Ben Abda | African Women in Mathematics Association". africanwomeninmath.org. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
  18. ^ https://twma.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/twma-celebrates-11-february.pdf
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