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The success of any project depends on the people and how well they have interconnectedly worked to solve the problem.

Professors

Autar Kaw, Glen Besterfield, Melinda Hess, Jim Eison, Steven Barnicki, Egwu Kalu, Henry Welch, Sudeep Sarkar, Ali Yalcin

Graduate Students

Nathan Collier, Jai Paul, Troy Biersack, Son Ho, Shenique Johnson, Praveen Chalasani, Coung Nguyen, John Daly, Sri Harsha Garapati, Luke Snyder

Undergraduates

Ginger Fisher, Carrie B, Aaron C, Christopher Gilbert, Michael Keteltas, Paul Sanders, Kevin M, Loubna G, Shenique Johnson, Charlie Barker, Aaron McGee, Erin S, Amanda Stephan, Jamie Trahan, Fabian Farelo, Christian Martinez, Luke Snyder, Ana Torress

Professors

Autar Kaw  is a Principal Investigator of the grant.  He is managing the technical content, students, and the budget of the grant.  He has been teaching Numerical Methods at USF for the last 15 years.  He brings expertise in numerical methods, web development, programming to the grant.

Glen Besterfield  is the Co-Principal Investigator of the grant.    He brings expertise in assessment statistics and numerical method applications to the grant.

Melinda Hess, Director of CREAM (Center for Research, Evaluation, Assessment and Measurement)  brings expertise in assessment evaluation to the grant.

Jim Eison is a Co-Principal Investigator of the grant.  He brings the scientific development of assessment tools to the grant.

Steven Barnicki is a Co-Principal Investigator of the grant.  He is implementing and assessing all the web-based resources at Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Egwu Kalu is a Co-Principal Investigator of the grant.  He is developing the regression module in 2005-06, and is implementing and assessing all the web-based resources at Florida A&M University.

Graduate Students

Nathan Collier worked on developing the mathematical simulations in all four languages for the grant in 2002-03. He contributed knowledge of computer programming of numerical methods, and a different perspective on how students learn best.  He taught Computational Methods Laboratory for the department.  He graduated in May 2004.  He works as a full time researcher for USF on FDOT and NSF grants.

Jai Prakash Paul was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida.  He completed his undergraduate degree from Bangalore University, India.  He loves mathematics and taught mathematics to students taking the GRE and the GMAT in India.into other languages

Troy Biersack was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering.  He developed Mathcad simulations in Summer 2002.  He graduated in August 2004.

Son Ho developed worksheets in Maple for use of advanced numerical methods, such as Finite Difference, Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods in Mechanical and Civil Engineering problems in Summer 2003.  He is currently a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering.

Praveen Chalasani graduated with MS in Mechanical Engineering in May 2006.  He worked on the simultaneous linear equation and ordinary differential equation modules during 2005-06.

John Daly graduated with MS in Mechanical Engineering in May 2007 and developed web pages for the site that would allow visitors to access the web pages in multiple ways.

Undergraduates

Ginger Fisher, an alumni of Mechanical Engineering, began programming mathematical simulations for roots of equations and interpolation using Mathcad in 2001. She related well to the learning process of students taking such a course for the first time.  She works for Shell Oil Company.

Carrie B, an alumni of Mechanical Engineering,  developed Mathcad simulations in Spring 2002, and graduated in Summer 2003.

Aaron C is an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering.  He contributed toward writing historical anecdotes, and typing/illustrating many of the textbook documents during Fall 2001 and Spring 2002.

Christopher Gilbert, an alumni of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida, contributed by updating historical anecdote essays, drew the logo and the title images in Fall 2002.

Michael Keteltas, a honors college alumni of the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of South Florida, compiled historical anecdotes, example stories, and a targeted database for dissemination of the website. He also typed and revised a number of the textbook documents.   He started working on the project in Fall 2002.  He graduated in May 2004 and is a graduate student in University of California, Davis (Read more).

Paul Sanders, an alumni of Mechanical Engineering program at the University of South Florida, proofread the textbook notes and PowerPoint presentation documents of nonlinear equations and interpolation.  He worked on the project in Spring 2003 and graduated in Summer 2003. He finished his MS in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech.

Kevin M, a honors alumni of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida, proofread the textbook documents, developed XML files for electronic tagging, revised problem sets, and indexed the matrix algebra book.  He worked on the project from Summer 2003 to Spring 2004.  He graduated in May 2004 and works for the Navy (read more).

Loubna G, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida, developed background documents and Maple simulations for integration in Spring 2004.  She graduated in May 2004 and owns her own business.

Shenique Johnson, a honors undergraduate in the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of South Florida developed power point presentations for integration in Summer 2004.  She graduated in August 2004 and is studying for her PhD at USF.

Charlie Barker is a senior in the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF.  He extended the integration (Spring 2005) and ordinary differential equation (Fall 2005) module on textbook notes and PPTs to other engineering majors.

Aaron McGee is a senior in the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF. He extended the simultaneous linear equations modules to other majors, and developed PowerPoint presentations for the same module (Spring 2005).

Erin S is a senior in the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF. She conducted a concept inventory for the course in Summer 2005.  She developed multiple-choice quizzes based on the inventory.