CRSC Recent Graduates
Graduates by year
Graduated 2009:
- Eunjung Kim
Former
CRSC Research Assistant. PhD in Applied Mathematics.
Dissertation title: "Computational Biomechanical Models for the Pericellular Matrix of Articular Cartilage".
Currently working as a Research Associate in the Department of Mathematics & The Center for the Study of Biocomplexity at the University of Notre Dame.
- Heather Wilson
Former SMART Defense Fellow; CRSC Research Assistant. PhD in Applied Math. Dissertation title: "Model Developement of Nanotube Infused Polyimides."
Currently with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center.
hlwilson33@hotmail.com
Graduated 2008:
- Brandy Benedict
Former Research Assistant. PhD in Applied Math with Computation Math Concentration. Dissertation title: "Axisymmetrical poroelastic boundary element for biphasic mechanics of articular cartilage".
Currently with Merrimaack Colleges as a (tenure-track) Assistant Professor.
BenedictB@Merrimack.edu
- Jimena Davis
Former SAMSI Graduate Fellow; DOE CS Graduate Fellow. PhD Applied Math with Computation Math Concentration. Dissertation Title: “Uncertainty quantification in the estimation of probability distributions on parameters in size-structured population models”.
Currently with the National Center for Computational Toxicology, US EPA, RTP, NC as a Postdoctoral Assistant.
- Kristin Devault
Former CRSC Research Assistant. PhD in Applied Mathematics. Dissertation title: Numerical Study of Two Problems in Fluid Flow: Cavitation and Cerebral Circulation.
Currently with Epic System Corporation.
- Laura Ellwein
Former SAMSI Graduate Fellow; Teaching Assistant. PhD in Applied Mathematics. Dissertation Title: “Cardiovascular and Respiratory Regulation, Modeling and Parameter Estimation”.
Currently with Marquette University as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
- Jon Ernstberger
Former SAMSI Graduate Fellow; CRSC Research Assistant; Teaching Assistant. PhD Applied Math with Computation Math Concentration. Dissertation title: “High Speed Parameter Estimation for a Homogenized Energy Model”.
Currently with Lagrange College LaGrange, GA.
- Stacey (Lawler) Ernstberger
Former CRSC Graduate Fellow; DHS Graduate Fellow. Degree: PhD Applied Math with Computation Math Concentration. Dissertation title: “Sensitivity methods for dynamical systems”.
Currently with Lagrange College LaGrange, GA.
- Anjela Govan
Former SAMSI Graduate Fellow; CRSC Research Assistant. PhD Applied Mathematics. Dissertation title: “Ranking Theory with Application to Popular Sports”.
Currently with the Mathematics Genealogy Project at North Dakota State University.
- Sarah Lynn Joyner
Former Lord/CRSC Graduate Fellow. MS Applied Mathematics. Thesis title: “Dynamic models for insect mortality due to exposure to insecticides”. Currently with Accenture in Charlotte, NC as a Consulting Analyst.
- Johnny Samuels
Former SAMSI Graduate Fellow; Lord Fellow. PhD in Applied Mathematics. Dissertation title: “Inverse problems and post analysis techniques for a stenosis-driven acoustic wave propagation model”.
Currently with Soneticom in Melbourne, FL as a Research Scientist.
- Ryan Siskind
Former CRSC Research Assistant. PhD in Applied Mathematics. Dissertation title: Model Development of Shape Memory Polymers.
rdsiskin@ncsu.edu
Graduated 2007:
- Anna K. Hart
Former GAANN fellow. MS. in Applied Mathematics. Thesis title: "Analysis of Simple Compartment Models for Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation".
Currently with IBM.
akhart@gmail.com
- Sarah (Grove) Muccio
Degree: PhD Applied Mathematics. Dissertation title: “Optimization problems in the presence of uncertainty”.
Currently with AFRL-Rome in Rome, NY as a Research Scientist.
Graduated 2006:
- Nicholas Luke
Former Packard Fellow. PhD in Computational Mathematics. Dissertation title: "Modeling Shear Wave Propagation in Biotissue: An Internal Variable Approach to Dissipation".
Currently with the Pharmacokinetics Branch, Experimental Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency.
luke.nicholas@epa.gov
Graduated 2005:
- Brian M. Adams
Former GAANN fellow. PhD in Computational Mathematics. Dissertation title: "Non-parametric Parameter Estimation and Clinical Data Fitting with a Model of HIV Infection"
Currently with Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
bma1015@hotmail.com
- Jeffrey Braidon Hood
Former CRSC Research Assistant. Ph.D. in Computational Applied Mathematics. Dissertation title: “Molecular-based models for viscoelasticity of polymers".
Currently at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX as a Assistant Professor.
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Karen Yokely
Former CRSC Research Assistant. PhD in Computational Mathematics.
Dissertation Title: "Physiologically Based Model Development and Parameter Estimation: Benzene Dosimetry in Humans and Respiratory Irritation Response in Rodents".
Currently with the University of North Carolina, Curriculum in Toxicology.
Graduated 2004:
- Nathan Louis Gibson
Former NASA Fellow. PhD in Computational Mathematics. Dissertation title:
"Terahertz-Based Electromagnetic Interrogation Techniques for Damage
Detection".
Currently still with the CRSC as a NASA/NIA Postdoctoral Researcher.
gibsonn@math.oregonstate.edu
Graduated 2003:
-
Greg Hicks
Former NASA Fellow. PhD.
- Katie (Kavanagh) Fowler
Former GAANN Fellow and SAMSI Graduate Fellow. PhD.
Currently an Assistant Professor in the Mathematics and Computer Science
department at Clarkson University.
kfowler@clarkson.edu
-
Brian Lewis
Former Research Assistant and CRSC/MATH Laboratory Assistant. PhD.
Currently at MIT - Lincoln Labs.
bmlewis2nc@yahoo.com
- Kristen Madsen (Department of Statistics)
Former SAMSI Graduate Fellow.
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Jordan Massad
Former GAANN Fellow. PhD in Industrial Applied Mathematics.
Currently a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories,
Structural Dynamics Research 9124.
jemassad@ieee.org
- James Nealis
Former Research Assistant. PhD.
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Cassandra Smith
Former Lord/CRSC Graduate Fellow. MS in Applied Mathematics with a
Computation Concentration
Currently at MIT - Lincoln Labs.
cjsmith@ll.mit.edu
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Robert E. Wieman
Former Research Assistant. PhD.
- Michael G. Zager
Former CRSC/CIIT Fellow. PhD in Computational Mathematics. Dissertation
title: "Modeling the Distribution and Metabolism of the
Phytoestrogen Genistein in Rats".
Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the USEPA National
Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Experimental
Toxicology Division.
Zager.Mike@epa.gov
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