People Behind the Project

PEOPLE

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

Professors

Autar Kaw, Glen Besterfield, Duc Nguyen, Melinda Hess, Jim Eison, Steven Barnicki, Egwu Kalu, Henry Welch, Sudeep Sarkar, Ali Yalcin, Venkat Bhethanabotla, Ram Pendyala

Graduate Students

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

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 Torres, Sean Rodby, Matthew Emmons, Dan Miller, Lauren Kintner

Professors

Autar Kaw is a Principal Investigator of the grants. He is managing the technical content, students, and the budget of the grant. He has been teaching Numerical Methods at USF for the last 20 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. He also developed some of the industrial engineering problems.

Duc Nguyen is a Co-Principal Investigator of the grant. He is implementing and assessing all the web-based resources at Old Dominion University. He will be developing the Fast Fourier Transform module by Summer 2010.

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 brought the scientific development of assessment tools to the grant.

Ram Pendyala is a Co-Principal Investigator of one of the grants. He is implementing and assessing the numerical methods modules at Arizona State University.

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

Egwu Kalu is a Co-Principal Investigator of the grant. He developed parts of the regression module in 2005-06, and implemented and assessed the web-based resources at Florida A&M University.

Henry Welch developed most of the electrical engineering physical problems for the website.

Sudeep Sarkar developed most of the computer science physical problems for the website.

Ali Yalcin has conducted assessment evaluation on topics of 1) incorporating a research problem in numerical methods and 2) incorporating experiments in a numerical methods course. He also developed most of the industrial engineering problems.

Venkat Bhethanabotla developed some of the chemical engineering physical problems.

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.

Coung Nguyen graduated with MS in Mechanical Engineering in August 2006. He worked on extending the ordinary differential equation module to other majors and proofread all its documents. He is currently a PhD student at University of Central Florida.

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.

Sri Harsha Garapati is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He extended the Differentiation module to other engineering majors. He reformatted the Introduction to Matrix Algebra Book and the Numerical Methods for Applications book. He developed annotations and description of the YouTube videos of the course.

Luke Snyder is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He developed MATLAB worksheets for the Introduction to Scientific Computing module in Spring 2008. He revised MATLAB modules for the Interpolation module in Summer 2008. He reformatted the Numerical Methods for Applications book. He developed Respondus files for automatic grading of HW problems.

Daniel Miller is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He is co-developing the MATLAB workbook.

Vladimir Ristevski is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He edited the textbook examples from majors other than the general engineering.

Undergraduates

Ginger Fisher, an alumni of Mechanical Engineering, began programming mathematical simulations for roots of equations and interpolation using Mathcad in 2001. 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, an honors undergraduate in the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of South Florida developed power point presentations for integration. She graduated in August 2004.

Charlie Barker is a senior in the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF. He extended the integration and ordinary differential equation modules of the textbook chapters and PPTs to other engineering majors.

Aaron McGee, an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF extended the simultaneous linear equations modules to other majors, and developed PowerPoint presentations for the same module.

Erin S, an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF conducted a concept inventory for the course. She developed multiple-choice quizzes based on the inventory.

Amanda Stephan, an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF. She conducted a concept inventory for the course and also conducted an extensive web survey of Numerical Methods courses taught in North America.

Jamie Trahan graduated with undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida in May 2008. She developed worksheets for Simultaneous Linear Equations and Regression modules.

Fabian Farelo developed the worksheets for the Regression and Simultaneous Linear Equation modules.

Christian Martinez helped in developing the concept inventory for the course.

Luke Snyder developed the MATLAB worksheets for Introduction to Scientific Computing module.

Ana Torres developed the worksheets for the Differentiation module.

Sean Rodby translated the worksheets to other computational packages for Introduction to Scientific Computing module, proofread the text, multiple choice tests and problem sets of the Numerical Methods with Applications book.

Matthew Emmons developed the solutions manual for the multiple-choice tests and the problem sets. He also converted the multiple-choice questions to the flash format via Studymate software.

Dan Miller annotated the YouTube videos for the course. He is proofreading the textbook examples from majors other than the general engineering.

Lauren Kintner is revising and proofreading all the PPTs for the website. She is also proofreading the textbook examples from majors other than the general engineering.