Mathematics and Statistics

Dr. K.T. Arasu

"A New Family of Difference Sets with Singer Parameters in Characteristic Three", Designs, Codes and Cryptography, V. 28 Pages 75-91.

Dr. Chaocheng Huang

"Global Solutions to the Lake Equations with Isolated Vortex Regions", Quart. Appl. Math.  December 2003.

Dr. Qingbo Huang

"Estimates in the Generalized Companato–John-Nirenberg Spaces for Fully Non Linear Elliptic Equations", Duke Math J. V 118, Pages 1 – 17, (with L.A. Caffarelli).

Dr. Harry J. Khamis

"Nitric Oxide and Inflammatory Response in Simulated Extracorporeal Circulation", Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, V. 51, Pages 130 – 137 (coauthored).

Dr. Kimberly J. Kinateder

"Clustering Functional Data", J. of Classification: V. 20, Pages 93 – 114, (with Thad Tarpey).

Dr. Susann M. Mathews

"Challenges and Enabling Factors in Accomplishing Reform of Mathematics and Science Teacher Preparation", Teacher Education Practice, (with Basista, Farrell and Tomlin).

"Convoying Merchant Ships in Wartime", Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.

Dr. Terry A. McKee

"Chordal Bipartite, Strongly Chordal, and Strongly Chordal Bipartite Graphs", Discrete Math, V. 260, Pages 231-238.

"Dualizing Chordal Graphs", Discrete Math, V. 263, pages 207-219.

 "Restricted Circular-Arc Graphs and Clique Cycles", Discrete Math, V. 263, Pages 221-231.

"The Depths of Chordal Graphs", Congr. Numer., V. 157, Pages 203-211. 

"The Neighborhood Characteristic Parameter for Graphs", Electron. J. Combin., V. 10,  # R20, 7 pages.

"Subgraph Trees in Graph Theory", Discrete Math, V. 270, Pages 3-12. 

Dr. David F. Miller

"Relaxed Simultaneous Congruences", Applicable Algebra in Engineering Communications and Computing, Vol. 14, No. 2, Pages 33-53.

Dr. Steen Pedersen

"Spectral Gaps Resulting from Period Perturbations of a Class of Jacobi Operators", Constructive Approximations (with Dombrowski, Janas and Moszynski). 

Dr. Manley Perkel

"Expansions of Layouts of Complete Binary Trees Into Grids", Discrete Applied Mathematics, V. 131, Pages 611-642 (with Lin, Miller, Pritikin, Sudborough).

Dr. Makarand Ratnaparkhi

Book Chapter on Weighted Distributions (Book Title – Computational Statistics), with G.P. Patil, Penn. State University.

Dr. Michelle K. Reed

"Research Relevant to Teachers: The Impact of the Teacher in Reform Classrooms", Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, V. 48, Pages 46 – 48.

Dr. Daniel C. Slilaty

"An Algebraic Characterization of Projective-Planar Graphs", J. of Graph Theory, V. 42, Pages 320 – 331.

Dr. Thaddeus Tarpey

"Clustering Functional Data", J. of Classification, V. 20, Pages 93 – 114.

"Estimating the Average Slope", J. of Applied Statistics, V. 30, Pg. 389 – 395.

Dr. Emily Tian

"Nonlinear Stability Analysis of Pattern Formation in Thin Liquid Films", Interfaces and Free Boundaries, V. 5, Pages 1– 25 (with D. Wollkind).

"A Nonlinear Stability Analysis of Pattern Formation in Isothermal Thin Liquid Films", Dynamics of Continuous Discrete And Impulsive Systems, Series A: Mathematical Analysis, V. 10, Pages 759-782 (with D. Wollkind).

Dr. Larry Turyn

"Cellular Neural Networks, Asymmetric Templates and Spatial Chaos", Discr. Cont. Dyn. Sys. (special issue) pages 864 – 871.

Dr. Dan Voss

"On Adaptive Estimation in Orthogonal Saturated Designs", Statistica Sinica, V. 13, pages 727 – 737 (with W. Wang).

Dr. Weizhen Wang

"On Adaptive Estimation in Orthogonal Saturated Designs", Statistica Sinica, V. 13, pages 727 – 737 (with D. Voss).

Dr. K.T. Arasu

Colloquium:         Resent Results on Pseudorandom, Arrays Colloquium, Ohio State University, Spring 2003.

Invited:     Series of talks at Anna University, India, Summer 2003. 

Dr. Joanne M. Dombrowski

Invited:     Eigenvalues and Spectral Gaps Related to Periodic Perturbations of Jacobi Matrics, Banach Center, Warsaw, Poland, August 2003.

Dr. Anthony B. Evans

Invited:     Orthomorphisms of Finite Groups, AMS Sectional Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana University, April 4-6, 2003.

Colloquium:         The Existence of Complete Mappings of Finite Groups, University of Dayton, April 20, 2003.

Contributed:         Representations of Graphs Modulo n, DIMACS Institute, Rutgers University, July 13-18, 2003. 

Dr. Ann M. Farrell

Invited:     Integrated Mathematics and Other Gr 7-12 Mathematics Education Issues, Middle Cities Math Meeting, Holiday Inn-South, Dayton, Ohio, December 2003. 

      Distributed Learning Workshop; Mathematics Courseware Pilot Site, Columbus State Community College, December 6, 2003.

      Stand Up and be Counted, Collaborative 21 Principals Institute,  Springfield Inn (Clark County principals and curriculum directors), December 3, 2003.

      Stand Up and be Counted, Collaborative 21 Principals Institute,  Montgomery  County Education Services Center, (Montgomery County principals and curriculum directors), December 2, 2003.

      Distributed Learning Workshop Mathematics Courseware, Ohio Mathematics Association for Two-Year College Faculty, October 17, 2003.

ACT and SAT and Integrated Math  (COMAP and Core-Plus), Oakwood School Board (Public Meeting), September 8, 2003. 

Distributed Learning Workshop Mathematics Courseware, Middle and high school algebra teachers, in UD-WSU Summer Workshops, June 26, 2003.

Recommendations of the Governor's Commission on Teaching Success, Teacher Education Council at WSU, April 25, 2003.

Recommendations of the Governor's Commission on Teaching Success, Ohio Mathematics Education Leadership Spring Conference at WSU, March 29, 2003. 

Colloquium:         Recent Changes in Gr7-12 Mathematics in Ohio, Sinclair Community College, October 24, 2003.

Contributed:         Mathematics Connections within a Program for Preparing Middle School Mathematics Teachers, AMTE Annual Conf., Atlanta, GA January 30 – February 1, 2003. 

Dr. Chaocheng Huang

Invited:     Global Solutions to the Lake Equations, AMS Sectional Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana, March 2003.

Dr. Qingbo Huang

Invited:     Parabolic Monge-Ampere Equations in the Gauss Curvature Flow, Cortona, Italy, June 2003 (one-hour presentation).

Dr. Alexander J. Kaplan

Contributed:         Residually-Finite Groups, Quasidiagonal Extensions and Subquotients of UHF-algebras, Ukraine, August, 2003 (two-hour presentation).

Dr. Harry J. Khamis

Invited:     Analysis of Categorical Variables in Research, WSU SOM, February, 6, 2003.

Dr. Susann M. Mathews

Invited:     Science and Mathematics Integration: Challenges and Opportunities, Keynote address at the annual MSaTER's Conference, Columbus, Ohio, November, 2003.

Introduction to Fathom and Using It in University Mathematics Classes, Key College Workshop in Reform in Teaching Mathematics, Chicago, Illinois, February, 2003.

Contributed:         A Season of Science and Math Professional Dev., School Science and Math Association, Columbus. Ohio, October, 2003.

      Technology Use in Pre-service Middle School Content Courses, MAA MathFest, Boulder, Colorado, July 2003.

      Mathematics Connections Within a Program for Preparing Middle School Math Teachers, Assoc. of Mathematics, Atlanta, Georgia, January, 2003. 

Dr. Richard Mercer

Invited:     One Week Projects in a Computer Lab, 16^th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Math, Chicago, Illinois, October 31, 2003. 

Contributed:         Honors Level College Courses;  "Looking Toward College" event at Beavercreek High School, January 30, 2003. 

Dr. Terry A. McKee

Invited:     Chordal Bipartite Analogs of 2-Trees and Isolated Failure Immunity, American Mathematical Society, Special Session on Graph and Design Theory, Indiana University, April 4-6, 2003

Contributed:         Spanning (2-) Trees of Intersection Graphs and Hunter-Worsley-Type Set Bounds, 16^th Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, Georgia State Univ., May 15-17, 2003.

Minimal Separators Versus Maximal Bicliques, 37^th Midwest Graph Theory Meeting, Valparaiso University, September 19-20, 2003. 

Dr. David F. Miller

Contributed:         Domain Optimization for Stochastic Diffusions,  SIAM Conference Snowbird, Utah, May 27-31, 2003. 

Dr. Manley Perkel

Invited:     Embedding Complete Binary Trees into Grids, AMS Sectional Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana, April, 2003. 

Dr. Makarand V. Ratnaparkhi

Invited:     Analysis of Compositional (Multivariate) Time Series Arising in Microfinance Banking, Golden Jubilee Statistical Conference, University of Pune, Pune, India, December 21 – 23, 2003. 

Contributed:         Manifold of Weighted Lognormal and Inverse Gaussian Distributions and   Related Estimation Problems, International Statistical Institute, Berlin, Germany, August 13-18, 2003. 

      Two-Stage Shrinkage Estimation of Variance/Entropy of Normal Distribution Using Bootstrap Method, Meeting of ENBIS and ISIS3, Barcelona, Spain, August 21-22, 2003.

Dr. Michelle K. Reed

Contributed:         Building a Community of Support Through Professional Development, NCTM Annual Conference, April 12, 2003.

      Recent Research: Implications for Math Teachers and Teaching, OCTM Conference, October 2, 2003.

      Technology Use in Preservice Middle School Content Courses, MAA MathFest, August 1, 2003.

Dr. Munsup Seoh

Colloquium:         Introduction to S-Plus, Biomedical Computing Initative, WSU, March 13, 2003.

Dr. Daniel C. Slilaty

Invited:     Flow and Coloring Duality of Imbedded Graphs and Signed Graphs, AMS Sectional Meeting, Louisiana, March 15, 2003.

      Hyperplane Arrangements and Graph Orientations, AMS Sectional Meeting, Binghamton, NY, October 11, 2003.

Connectivity in Signed Graphic Matroids, Advances in Graph and Matroid Theory Conference, Ohio State University, December 16, 2003.

Dr. Thaddeus Tarpey

Invited:     Identification of Placebo Responders Among Drug Treated Subjects, Spring ENAR meeting, Tampa Florida, March 31, 2003. 

Contributed:         Identification of Placebo Responders Among Drug Treated Subjects, Joint Meeting of ASA, Tampa, Florida, August 6, 2003. 

      The Exaggeration Effect: Students' Estimation of Exam Performance, Dayton Chapter of ASA, WSU, November 21, 2003.

Dr. Emily Tian

Contributed:         Homoclinic Structure in Zakharov Equations, Dynamics and Bifurcation Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado, May 19 – 22, 2003.

Dr. Larry Turyn

Contributed:         Cellular Neural Networks: Mosaic Solutions, Butler Memorial Conference, Alberta, Canada, June 19, 2003. 

Dr. Dan Voss

Invited:     Statistics and Multiplicity, Colloquium, Kansas City, December 14, 2003.

      Statistics: Precision Guesswork, Honors Seminar of Metropolitan Dayton, presented at WSU, November 13, 2003.

Dr. Weizhen Wang

Invited:     Adaptive Estimation in Orthogonal Saturated Designs, Statistical Research Conference, Dayton, OH (ASA sponsored),  June 5. 2003.

Colloquium:         Exact Inferences on Proportions, Colloquium, University of Dayton, April 10, 2003. 

Dr. Dan Voss

New Directions in Experimental Design, Chicago, Illinois, May 15 – 17, 2003.

Spring Research Conference, Dayton, Ohio, June 5, 2003.

Dr. Weizhen Wang

Statistical Research Conf. for Industry, Dayton, Ohio, June 3 – 5, 2003. 

Dr. K.T. Arasu

Design, Codes and Cryptography

Dr. Harry J. Khamis

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

International Journal of Statistical Sciences

Journal of Modern and Applied Statistical Methods

Dr. Makarand V. Ratnaparkhi

Communications in Statistics

Journal of Environmental & Ecological Statistics

Dr. Munsup Seoh

InterStat (electronic journal)

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Dr. K.T. Arasu (Co-chair of Colloquium Committee)

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. Deshpande from Univ. of Pune India  - Statistics

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. Sritharan from Univ. of Dayton – Discrete Math

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. A. Potts from Univ. of Magdeburg – Algebraic Combinatorics

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. N. Roberts from Ohio State Univ. - Discrete Math

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. X. Chengdqian from Yanshan Univ. – Discrete Math

Dr. Qingbo Huang

Hosted Colloquium - Mark Oxley from AFIT – Analysis

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. Lieberman from Iowa State Univ. – Analysis

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. Guseppe Di Fazio from Cantania Univ. (Italy) – Analysis

Mrs. Mindy Diesslin

Co-Coordinator of General Education Workshop, WSU, September 4, 2003.

Dr. Harry J. Khamis

Presenter – Quest for Community, A Call to Action, May 9, 2003.

Presenter – Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day, April 24, 2003 at the Statistical Consulting Center. 

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. Eugene Seneta from Univ. of Sydney (Australia) – Statistics

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. Adrienne Stolfi, WSU-SOM – Biostatistics

Mrs. Linda K. Lester

Co-Coordinator of General Education Workshop, WSU, September 4, 2003.

Dr. Makarand V. Ratnaparkhi

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. A. Kshirsagar from Univ. of Michigan – Statistics

Dr. Michelle K. Reed

Hosted Colloquium - Karen King from National Science Foundation – Math Education

Hosted Colloquium - Stephen Pape from Ohio State University – Math Education

Dr. Munsup Seoh

Community Summit on Eliminating Institutional Racism, October 25, 2003 at University of Dayton. 

Dr. Daniel C. Slilaty

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. T. Jiang from Miami University – Discrete Math

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. T. Dowling from Ohio State University – Discrete Math

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. Y. Raffoul from University of Dayton – Partial Differential Equations and Ordinary Differential Equations

Dr. Thomas P. Svobodny

Co-Organizer of NCSI Computational Science Workshop, December 1-5, 2003. 

Dr. Thaddeus Tarpey (Co-chair of Colloquium Committee)

Ohio Statistics Day (WSU & Dayton Chapter of ASA), October 24, 2003. 

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. T. Nichols from Univ. of Michigan – Statistics

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. C. Sugar from Univ. of Southern California – Statistics

Dr. Emily Tian

Co-Organizer of NCSI Computational Science Workshop, December 1 – 5, 2003.

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. Z. Lu from Loughborough University – Applied Math

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. D. Wollkind from Washington State University – Applied Math

Hosted Colloquium - Dr. D. Terman from Ohio State University – Applied Math

Dr. Jim Vance Jr

Co-Organizer of NCSI Computational Science Workshop, December 1 – 5, 2003. 

Dr. Dan Voss

Ohio Statistics Day (WSU & Dayton Chapter of ASA), October 24, 2003. 

Hosted Colloquium - J. Bailor from Miami University – Statistics

Dr. Kimberly J. Kinateder

Winter and Spring 2003

Dr. Weizhen Wang

Fall 2003  

Ms. Karen Kramer Brackenridge

Nominated for Faculty Member of the Year by the office of Student Life,

Certificate of Appreciation from Greek Life Community.

Certificate of Appreciation from Office of Disability Services for generous and outstanding service, May 30, 2003. 

Dr. Ann M. Farrell

Interviewed by Dayton Daily News reporter when former student and winner of WSU Graduate Council Scholarship named her one of his role models.

WSU Athletic Department  - scholar athlete named her as faculty member who was most influential in her success. 

Nominated for Association for Women in Mathematics Louise Hay Award. 

Dr. Qingbo Huang

Outstanding Teaching Award, COSM

Dr. Jim Vance Jr

Certification of Appreciation from Office of Disability Services for generous and outstanding service, May 30, 2003. 

Dr. K.T. Arasu

Provided 100 hours of research experience for five regional high school teachers (funded by NSF)

Dr. Ann M. Farrell

Mentor for STARS student, who is conducting research on the relationship between middle and high school students' reading achievement and performance in mathematics proficiency exams. 

Dr. Susann M. Mathews

Mathematics consultant for Engaging Math and Technology, sponsored by the Upper Miami Valley Tech Prep Consortium for regional and secondary mathematics teachers.

Dr. Richard Mercer

WSU Institutional representative for the Goldwater Scholarship Competition (responsible for publicity, recruiting candidates, selecting nominees).

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Ms. Karen Kramer Brackenridge

Volunteer high school girls golf coach for Sycamore High School in Cincinnati. 

Mrs. Dora E. Douglas

Volunteer at the Schuster and Victoria Theatres.

Ms. Marlene J. Eby

Volunteer at the Schuster and Victoria Theatres as well as the Dayton Art Institute. 

Dr. Kimberly J. Kinateder

Middle school youth leader at Northwest Chapel in Dublin Ohio.

Head of nature preserve, local leadership committee in Dublin Ohio. 

Dr. Richard Mercer

Served as judge at West District Science Day at Central State University, held March 22, 2003. 

Mr. Ray J. Otto

Prepared math questions for the High School Academic Tournament held at Tipp City High School, October 18, 2003. 

Dr. Michelle K. Reed

Member and secretary of Board of Trustees, St. Joseph Montessori School in Galloway Ohio.

Treasurer for Central Ohio Writers of Literature for Children in Galloway Ohio. 

Dr. Munsup Seoh

Member of Planning Committee and webmaster of website for State of the State Conference.

Member of Steering Committee and webmaster of website for Federation Against Intolerance and Racism.  Presented its Solidarity Resolution to the City of Trotwood and Jefferson Township. 

Webmaster of website for Asian American Council of Dayton.

Member of Statewide Advisory Board, and Dayton Regional Advisory Board, and data management director, for Asian American Youth Against Tobacco Project.

President of the Affiliate Association of WSU Retiree Association and board member as the representative to the Board of Trustees.

Member of the Organizing Committee for Martin Luther King's Birthday Celebration in Dayton.

Member of NAACP.

Member of Planning Committee of Dayton Wallpaper Project.

Chair of Christian Education Committee, webmaster, and member of Publication Committee for Dayton Korean United Methodist Church. 

Member Core Leadership Team for Dayton South District United Methodist Church.

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Dayton Area Korean Association.

Member of the Education Caucus and Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Caucus, Community Summit on Eliminating Institutional Racism.

Dr. Larry Turyn

Temple Shalom Choir in Springfield Ohio

Interfaith Social Action Group (Justice Action Mercy) in Springfield Ohio. 

 

Buschor, Betsy                             MS                  Applied Statistics

Li, Haoyue                                   MS                  Applied Statistics