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Research

DEPARTMENT RESEARCH

Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty members are actively engaged in original and state-of-the-art research projects.  Their results are regularly published in peer-reviewed research journals.  Some faculty have been awarded federal and/or state funding for their research.  The research faculty is organized around the five following groups.

FACULTY RESEARCH AREAS:

• Analysis
  • Geometric analysis and PDE (Q.Huang, Li)
  • Operator theory (Dombrowski, Pedersen)
  • Functional analysis (Kaplan)

• Applied Mathematics
  • PDE and applications (Fang, C.Huang, Miller, Svobodny, Tian, Turyn)
  • Control and optimization (Miller, Svobodny)
  • Numerical and computational math (Fang, Miller)

• Discrete Mathematics
• Combinatorics and coding theory (Arasu, Chen, Evans, Liu)
• Graph theory and matriod theory (Evans, McKee, Slilaty, Zhou)

• Mathematics Education
  • Algebra and calculus: Concepts and reasoning  (Boester, Reed)
  • Mathematical knowledge for teaching  (Appova, Boester, Mathews, Reed)
  • Mathematical modeling  (Mathews)
  • Professional development and lesson study  (Appova, Farrell)
  • Statistical reasoning  (Dahl, Reed)

• Statistics and Probability
• Statistical theory, methods and applications (Khamis, Ratnaparkhi, Sun, Tarpey, Voss, Wang)
• Experimental design and testing hypotheses (Voss, Wang)
• Biostatistics (Khamis, Ratnaparkhi, Tarpey, Wang)
• Probability and stochastic processes (Kinateder)

RECENT FACULTY PUBLICATIONS:

• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

RECENTLY FUNDED RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP:

• "Fully Nonlinear Equations in Complex Geometry" (PI: Q.Li), funded by NSF, 2011-2014.
• "Algebraic Methods in the Study of Some Problems in Communication Engineering" (PI: Arasu), funded by NSF, 2010-2013.
• "Implementing Lesson Study and Measuring Its Impact on Teacher Development" (co PIs: Appova, Farrell, Tosa), funded by ODE, 2010-2011.
• "Two Problems in Statistical Inference" (PI: Wang), funded by NSF, 2009-2012
• "Signal Designs via Combinatorical Designs" (PI: Arasu), funded by AFOSR, 2008-2011.
• "Project KNOTtT (Kansas, Nevada, Ohio, and Texas: Transition to Teaching)" (PI: Reed), funded through OSU, 2008-2011.

GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH

• Recent Graduate Theses

For additional information regarding research, visit individual faculty web pages.