Recent Teaching:
- Math 213 Fall 2020
- Math 776 Fall 2020
- (A complete list is on my CV.)
Undergraduate Research:
The EXTREEMS Program is a current program for undergraduate research in computational math, 2015-18.
The Undergraduate Research in Computational Mathematics (URCM) program was an NSF-funded CSUMS program, completed 2013. URCM website.
- Some news articles on the prizes won by students in the program:
- GMU-WM Joint Workshop on Undergraduate Research in Computational Math: GMU 2008, WM 2009, GMU 2010, WM 2011, Joint also with GWU in 2012.
REU:
The Department of Mathematical Sciences at GMU has periodically run an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates program. There is close interaction between URCM students and REU students. See the GMU REU website for more information.
Undergraduate Students:
- Robert Allen, undergraduate senior thesis, "Turing instabilities and spatial pattern formation in one dimension," 2002-03. PhD, 2009. Currently an assistant professor, mathematics, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.
- Tyler White, undergraduate senior thesis, "A neurological model for shell pattern formation," 2005-06. Just finished a PhD, mathematics, George Washington University.
- Hanein Edrees and John Price, "Phase separation dynamics in multi-component alloys," URCM program, joint with Thomas Wanner, 2007-08. This work is a portion of a published paper. H.E. is now a medical student, Georgetown University.
- Colleen Ackermann (Virginia Tech) and William Hardesty (UMBC), "Nucleation and spinodal decomposition in ternary-component alloys" (see paper), REU program, joint with Thomas Wanner, 2009. Currently a senior, VA Tech.
- James O'Beirne, URCM program, joint with Thomas Wanner, 2009-2010.
- Olga Stulov (SUNY-New Palz), REU program, joint with Thomas Wanner, 2010.
- Ian Johnson, URCM program, joint with Thomas Wanner, 2010-2011. A paper on this work appeared in DCDS-A.
- Nima Namazi, URCM program, joint with Thomas Wanner and Tom Stephens, 2013-14.
- James Trichilo, EXTREEMS program, joint with Thomas Wanner, 2015-16.
- Harout Boujakjian, Kathleen McClain, Conor Nelson, MEGL program, 2016.
- Arsah Rahman, 2016 MEGL and 2017 EXTREEMS programs.
- Michael Belete and Andrew Hornstra 2018 EXTREEMS program.
Masters Students
- Karen Crossin, Masters Project, 2003. Now a lecturer, mathematics, GMU.
- Anne Costolanski, Masters Thesis, "Explosion points in skew maps." The thesis received the department's outstanding graduate student award, 2007. Current PhD student, NC State.
- Vanessa Little, Masters Project, 2011.
PhD Students
- Richard Tatum, “Analysis of a reaction-diffusion system with local and nonlocal diffusion terms” July 2010. (Photo at right shows Richard Tatum at his defense with committee Evelyn Sander, David Walnut, and Tom Wanner. Committee member John Wallin is not shown.)
- Michael Crone, “Dynamics of harvested resources, with emphasis on commercially exploited fisheries” Math, January 9, 2015.
- Robert Reznick, “Electric Field Effects On Single And Small Networks Of Neurons, ” January 20, 2016.
- Vandana Saini, Current, Math.
- Sayomi Kamimoto, Current, Math.