Faculty Information

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D. Allen, Instructor

Current Emphasis: Mathematical modeling and math modeling in the undergraduate curriculum.

K.A. Ariyawansa, Professor and Department Chair

Research Interests: Operations Research, Computational Optimization, High Performance Computing, Statistical Inference Methodologies.
Current Emphasis: Stochastic programming models, algorithms, and software, with current research projects on stochastic versions of semidefinite optimization problems.

T. Asaki, Associate Professor

Research Interests: Applied optimization, image and data analysis.
Current Emphasis: Quantitative radiograph analysis, methods for expensive optimization, mixed-variable optimization, uncertainty propagation in data analysis, discrete transformation discovery, and related software development.

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K.D. Cooper, Adjunct Faculty, Computer Coordinator

Research Interests: Numerical Analysis
Current Emphasis: Numerical analysis and computation for differential equations and dynamical systems.

S.C. Cooper, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education

Research Interests: Rational Approximation, Continued Fractions
Current Emphasis: Pade' approximations, Laurent polynomials

D.W. DeTemple, Professor

Research Interests: Combinatorial Geometry, graph theory, elementary geometry, mathematics education
Current Emphasis: Text on mathematics content and problems solving for elementary school teachers

R.H. Dillon, Professor

Research Interests: Mathematical modeling, mathematical biology, numerical partial differential equations, computational biofluids
Current Emphasis: Fluid-elastic problems in biofluids with moving boundaries, e.g. bacterial motility, chemotaxis and aggregation, ciliated and flagellated movement, vertebrate limb bud growth

D. Eggers, Instructor

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A. Genz, Professor

Research Interests: Numerical Integration, Multiple Integrals, Statistical Analysis
Current Emphasis: Numerical computation of multiple integrals, especially those arising in Bayesian statistical analysis

R. Gomulkiewicz, Professor

Research Interests: Mathematical Population Genetics, Mathematical Modeling, Dynamical Systems
Current Emphasis: Mathematical models of population-level responses of species facing novel or altered environments, evolution of environmentally sensitive traits, and the evolution of sexually selected traits and mating preferences.

N. Holt , Instructor

M. Hudelson, Associate Professor

Research Interests: Combinatorics and Discrete Geometry, Random Algorithms.
Current Emphasis: Probabilistic approaches to geometric and combinatorial problems, methods for maximizing content of a j-simplex bounded by the unit d-cube, and random walks on graphs

J. Hughes, Instructor

Current Emphasis: Math Education and Statistics

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C. Jacobs, Instructor

M.A. Jacroux, Professor

Research Interests: Experimental Design, Estimation, Sampling
Current Emphasis: Experimental design, estimation in linear and nonlinear models and sampling

V.K. Jandhyala, Professor

Research Interests: Change-Point Problems, Industrial Applications
Current Emphasis: Solving Change-Point problems that deal with statistical inference of models where changes in parameters might occur at unknown times.

A. Johnston, Assistant Professor

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M. Kallaher, Professor

Research Interests: Combinatorics and Finite Geometry, Translation Planes, Block Designs
Current Emphasis: Obtaining "reasonable" classification of finite translation planes, and even affine planes, which arise in block design problems and coding theory.

A. Khapalov, Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Education

Research Interests: Applied Analysis; Mathematical Control Theory for Linear and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations; Modeling, Wellposedness and Motion Capabilities for Swimming Phenomenon; Systems Theory: Controllability, Stabilization, Observability and Unique Continuation; Control of Power Systems.
Current Emphasis: Analysis of swimming models, described by the coupled fluid and (integro-) ordinary differential equations, and their motion capabilities from the viewpoint of controllability theory. Controllability of linear and nonlinear partial differential equations, governed by multiplicative (bilinear) controls. Smart materials, point sensors and actuators, including mobile ones.

L. Knott, Professor

Research Interests: K-16 mathematics education and professional development.
Current Emphasis: Mathematics Education: Conceptual understanding of mathematics; use of representation, proof and justification in mathematics; mathematical discourse.

B. Krishnamoorthy, Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Integer Programming, Linear Programming, Operations Research, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology.
Current Emphasis: Theoretical and computational aspects of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. Problems from bioinformatics and computational biology especially related to structure and geometry of proteins. Finding potential applications of operations research techniques in the areas of computational biology.

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S. Lapin, Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Scientific computation, numerical analysis, numerical solution of partial differential equations.
Current Emphasis: Numerical modeling of fluid-structure interaction problems, numerical simulation of wave propagation.

H. Li, Professor

Research Interests: Multivariate Dependence, Stochastic Processes, Statistical Computing, and Applications in Reliability and Risks.
Current Emphasis: Extremal Dependence and Multivariate Coherent Risk, High Dimensional Dependence Models (Vine Copulas and Copulas with Graph Structure), Reliability/Risk Analysis of Spatial Systems.

S. Madrid, Instructor

V.S. Manoranjan, Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Sciences

Research Interests: Environmental Problems, Industrial Applications, Mathematical & Computer Modeling.
Current Emphasis: Contaminant transport in groundwater, transdermal drug delivery, models for tumor growth and disease dynamics.
Research Experience for Undergraduates - Environmental Mathematics

J. Martin, Senior Instructor

Research Interests: Mathematics Education
Current Emphasis: Integrating Technology into the Classroom

J. McDonald, Professor

Research Interests: Matrix Analysis, Linear Algebra
Current Emphasis: Eventually nonnegative matrices, nonnegative matrices, M-matrices, inverse eigenvalue problem.

R.B. Mifflin, Professor

Research Interests: Operations Research, Optimal Design and Operation of Man-Machine Systems
Current Emphasis: Development of efficient computational methods for solving appli ed optimization problems defined with constraints on the problem variables and/or nonsmooth functions of the variables. Also, developing decomposition and dual techniques for solving optimal allocation of resources problems that have large numbers of decision variables and/or resource constraints

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C. Pacioni, Instructor

A. Panchenko, Associate Professor

Research Interests: Homogenization in Partial Differential Equations with Application to Materials Science, Accoustics of Porous Media and Granular Materials, Inverse Problems for Elliptic Equations, Mathematical Tomography.
Current Emphasis: Network approximation for effective parameters of concentrated suspensions, homogenization of unconsolidated composites and media with moving interfaces, modeling of osteoporosis and blood circulation, and inverse conductivity problem with rough conductivities.

F. G. ("Jave") Pascual, Associate Professor

Research Interests: Reliability, Experimental Design, Logistic Regression
Current Emphasis: Statistical methods for analyzing reliability data, experimental designs in accelerated life tests (ALT) and for model discrimination, and multiple comparisons in logistic regression.

E.F. Pate, Professor

Research Interests: Muscle Physiology, Mathematical & Experimental Models
Current Emphasis: Constructing mathematical models which are guided by experimental findings.

E. Remaley, Instructor

R. Sadiq, Instructor

Ph.D., University of Toronto Ontario, Canada, 1981.

M.F. Schumaker, Associate Professor

Research Interests: Mathematical models of biophysical systems and associated mathematical topics.
Current Emphasis: Models of the light reactions of photosynthesis. Relationship between sample paths and boundary conditions of partial differential equations modeling diffusion processes.

$*$ E.J. Schwartz, Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Mathematical biology, differential equations, stochastic models, HIV, epidemiology, infectious diseases
Current Emphasis: Coupling mathematical and experimental approaches to examine host-parasite dynamics and for the development of effective vaccines

$*$ D. Slavit, Associate Professor

Research Interests: Mathematics Education
Current Emphasis: Learning using calculators, technology in differential equations

$*$ C. Smith, Senior Instructor

Research Interests: Collegiate and elementary mathematics education
Current Emphasis: Development of effective mathematics remediation for college level students

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$*$ M. Tsatsomeros, Professor

Research Interests: Matrix analysis, applied linear algebra
Current Emphasis: Nonnegative matrix theory and generalizations, numerical range of matrix polynomials

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$*$ K. Vincent, Clinical Associate Professor

Research Interests: Collegiate and pre-service mathematics education
Current Emphasis: Creating gender inclusive mathematics education through the development of feminist pedagogy.

K. Vixie, Associate Professor

Research Interests: 1) Geometric Analysis (defined rather broadly to be geometric measure theory with pieces of harmonic and variational analysis as well as PDEs and hard analysis.), 2) geometry in high and infinite dimensions (e.g. concentration of measure, random projections), and 3) prototyping algorithms implementing ideas from 1) and 2) for data (especially image) analysis challenges.
Current Emphasis: Examples of research projects past and present include the development of image metrics which ignore unimportant differences, the sharp characterization of minimizers to variational functionals like the L1TV and ROF functionals, sparse dynamic tomography, the flat norm for images and shapes, and the propagation of uncertainty through image and shape analysis methods. Projects range from pure geometric measure theory questions to very applied data analysis problems.

D.S. Watkins, Professor

Research Interests: Computational linear algebra, numerical analysis, scientific computing
Current Emphasis: Eigenvalue problems

W.A. Webb, Professor

Research Interests: Number Theory & Combinatorics, Cryptography
Current Emphasis: Fair division, recurrence sequences, binomial and generalized binomial coefficients, and polynomials over finite fields, as well as application of these concepts in cryptography.

D.J. Wollkind, Professor

Research Interests: Mathematical Modeling, Natural Science & Engineering Applications
Current Emphasis: Solidification of metals and alloys, convection of fluids and aerosols, folding of sedimentary rock multi-layers, development of stars in the outer arms of spiral galaxies, dynamics of predator-prey biological control interactions and the occurrence of Turing structures in chemical reaction-diffusion systems. The main emphasis in all these investigations is to compare mathematical predictions with experimental or observational data.

H. M. Yin, Professor

Research Interests: Partial differential equations, applied mathematics, inverse problems, free boundary problems, mathematical finance
Current Emphasis: Microwave heating, thermal effect on semiconductor and superconductor modeling, solid-liquid, solid-solid phase change, mathematical model on option pricing.

D. Zhang, Instructor

Research Interests: Discrete mathematics, Combinatorics and Graph Theory.
Current Emphasis: Graph Theory and Teaching.

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