Department of: Mathematics and Statistics

 

Chair: Joanne Dombrowski

 

Phone: 937-775-2081

 

Email: mthstt@math.wright.edu


1.  Refereed publications and book chapters

 

Dr. Arasu

 

Determination of All Possible Orders of Weight 16 Circulant Weighing Matrices, Finite Fields & Applications, 12, 2006, Pages 498 – 538.

 

On Abelian (2^(2m+1)(2^(m-1)+1), 2^m(2^m+1), 2^m) Difference Sets, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A. V. 113, 2006, pages 1120 – 1137.  

 

Circulant Weighing Matrices of Weights, 2 2t,  Designs, Codes and Cryptography, V. 41, 2006, Pages 111 – 123.

 

Existence Status of Some Previously Open Abelian Difference Sets, Discrete Math, 306, 2006, pages 1467 – 1473.

Dr. Chen

 

               On Abelian (2^(2m+1)(2^(m-1)+1), 2^m(2^m+1), 2^m) Difference Sets, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A. V. 113, 2006, pages 1120 – 1137.  

Dr. Evans

 

Latin Squares Without Orthogonal Mates, Designs, Codes and Cryptography, V. 40, 2006, pages 121 – 130.

 

Complete Mapping & Sequencing of Finite Groups, CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs, 2nd edition, pages 345-352.   

Dr. C Huang

 

Global Smooth Nonconstant Vortex Patches in Bounded Domains, Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences, V. 22, 2006,  pages 227 – 238.

Dr. Q. Huang

 

On the Mean Oscillation of the Hessian of Solutions to the Monge-Ampere Equation, Advances in Mathematics, V. 207, 2006, pages 599 – 616. 

 

On a Priori C^ {1,alpha} and W^{2,p} Estimates for a Parabolic Monge-Ampere Equation in the Gauss Curvature Flows, American Journal of Mathematics, V. 128, 2006, pages 453 – 480.

Dr. Khamis

 

Comparison of Male and Female Breast Concer Incidence Trends, Tumor Characteristics, and Survival, Annals of Epidemiology, V. 15, pages 773 – 780.

 

Academic Consulting Profile: Wright State University, The Statistical Consultant, V. 23, May, 2006, pages 11 – 14.

 

5-FU Uptake in Peritoneal Metastases After Pretreatment With Radioimmunotherapy or Vasoconstriction: An Autoradiographic Study in the Rat,

Anticancer Research, V. 25, pages 917 – 922.

Dr. Liu

 

Weights Modulo a Prime Power in Divisible Codes and a Related Bound, IEEE Trans Inform Theory, V. 52, 2006, pages 4455 – 4463. 

Dr. Mathews

 

Where is the Moon Tonight?, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, V. 11, September 2006, Pages. 467 – 475.

Dr. McKee

 

S-minimal Unions of Disjoint Cycles & More Odd Eulerian Characterizations, Congressus Numerantiaum, V. 177 2005/06, pages 129-132.

 

Chords and Connectivity, Bulletin of the Institute for Combinatorics & Its Application V. 47, 2006, pages 48 – 52.

 

Chordless Cycles in Line Graphs, Congressus Numerantium, V. 182, 2006, pages 29-35.

Dr. Slilaty

 

Bias Matroids with Unique Graphical Representations, Discrete Math, V. 306, 2006, Number 12, pages 1253 – 1256.

 

Algebraic Characterizations of Graph Imbeddability in Surfaces and Pseudosurfaces, Journal of Knot Theory Ramifications, V. 15, 2006, Number 6, pages 681 – 693. 

Dr. Sun

 

Bahadur Representation for sample Quantiles Under Weak Dependence, Statistics and Probability Letters, 76, 2006, pages 1238 – 1244.

 

Bootstrapping the Sample Quantile of a Weakly Dependent Sequence, Sankhya, V. 68, 2006, Part 1, pages 130 – 166.

Dr. Tarpey

 

Estimation in Regression Models with Externally Estimated Parameters, Biostatistics, V. 7, 2006, pages 115 – 129.

 

Allometric Extension for Multivariate Regression Models, Journal of Data Science, V. 4, pages 479 – 495.

Dr. Voss

 

Analysis of Orthogonal Saturated Designs, Chapter 12 in Screening: Methods for Experimentation in Industry, Drug Discovery, and Genetics, pages 268 – 286, Springer Science and Business Media Inc. 

 

On Adaptive Testing in Orthogonal Saturated Designs, Statistica Sinica, V. 16, pages 227 – 234. 

Dr. Wang

 

Smallest Confidence Intervals for One Binomial Proportion, Journal of Statistics Planning and Inference, V. 136, pages, 4293 – 4306. 

 

Analysis of Orthogonal Saturated Designs, Chapter 12 in Screening: Methods for Experimentation in Industry, Drug Discovery, and Genetics, pages 268 – 286, Springer Science and Business Media Inc. 

 

On Adaptive Testing in Orthogonal Saturated Designs, Statistica Sinica, V. 16, pages 227 – 234. 

 

2.  Presentations and invited talks

 

Dr. Arasu

Invited Talks:

Selfdual Codes, OSU Denison Conference, Columbus OH

Perfect Sequences, University of Scranton

Perfect Sequences, University of Hawaii

Presentations:

Perfect Sequence Construction, WSU

 

Dr. Chen

Invited Talks:

Relative Difference Set Fixed by Inversion, University of South Florida

Presentations:

Relative Difference Set Fixed by Inversion, East Tennessee State University, TN

Twisted Kronecker Product of Cocyclic Generalized Hadamard Matrices, Florida Atlantic University, FL.

 

Dr. Dombrowski

Invited Talks:

Jacobi Matrices: Absolute Continuity, Eigenvalues and Spectral Gaps, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Jacobi Matrices: Absolute Continuity, Eigenvalues and Spectral Gaps, Lund University, Sweden

 

Dr. Evans

Invited Talks:

Latin Squares, Orthogonal Mates & Groups, Carlton University, Canada

Latin Squares, Orthogonal Mates & Groups, OSU, Columbus OH

Presentations:

Latin Squares, Orthogonal Mates & Groups, WSU      

 

Dr. Huang

Invited Talks:

Alexandrov Type Inequalities & Regularity of Weak Solutions of the Reflector Problem, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Geometric Properties of Cross Sections & Regularity of the Monge-Ampere Equation, Beijing Normal University, China.

Regularity of Solutions to the Monge-Ampere Equation, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

Presentations:

Alexandrov Type Estimates for the Reflector Antenna Problem & Application to the Regularity of Weak Solutions, Special Session of the AMS meeting, Cincinnati, OH.

Dr. Khamis

Invited Talks:

Is My Data Valid? Statistical Pitfalls, Operator Training Committee of Ohio, Columbus, OH

Buffon’s Needle Problem – Variations & Applications, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Dr. Kinateder

Invited Talks:

Busy Period of the M/M/1 Queue with Constrained Workload, AFIT, WPAFB, OH

An Ito Formula for Domain-Valued Processes Driven by Stochastic Flows, Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

 

Dr. Liu

Invited Talks:

Weights Modulo:  A Prime Power in Divisible Codes & a Related Bound, Wichita State University, Kansas      

 

Dr. Mathews

Invited Talks:

Using Fathom to Study Real-World Problems, Ohio Technology Summit, Columbus, OH

Presentations:

An Experiment to Change University Teaching, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Tampa, FL

 

Dr. McKee

Invited Talks:

Thinking Outside of the Graph, CombinaTexas’ 06 Conference of Graph Theoretical Chemistry & Bioinformatics, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX

Presentations:

Chordless Cycles in Line Graphs, 37th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Chord-Set Subgraphs, 42nd MIdwest GrapH TheorY (MIGHTY) Meeting, Ohio State University-Marion, Marion, OH

Minimal Weak Separators of Chordal Graphs, 19th Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Chordal Multipartite Graphs & Chordal Colorings, 13th SIAM Discrete Mathematics Conference, University of Victoria, Canada

Minimal Weak Separators of Chordal Graphs, 43rd MIdwest GrapH TheorY (MIGHTY) Meeting, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN.

The Fundamlental Theorem of Superficial Trivia, Purdue-Indiana Math Club, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN

 

Dr. Mercer

Presentations:

Mathematica Technology Update, Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Orlando, FL

 

Dr. Miller

Presentations:

On Characterizing Stopping Time Functionals on Diffusions as Solutions to Boundary Value Problems for Use in Domain Optimization, Miami University, Oxford, OH

 

Dr. Ratnaparkhi

Invited Talks:

Certain Open Mathematical & Statistical Research Problems in Indian Classical Musicology, Ahmednagar College, India

The Role of the Statistican in Scientific Research, Ahmednagar College, India

Statistics in Biological Sciences, Ahmednagar College, India

Modeling Length-Biased Data Using Weighted Distributions, Miami University, Oxford, OH

 

Dr. Slilaty

Presentations:

Representability of Signed Graphs Over Vector Spaces, WSU

Regular Signed-Graphic Matroids, XXVIII OSU Denison Conference, Ohio State University

Signed-Graphic Matroids, University of Mississippi

 

Dr. Sun

Presentations:

Bahadur Representation for Sample Quantiles Under Weak Dependence, Joint Statistical Meeting, Seattle, WA

 

Dr. Tarpey

Presentations:

Latent Regression Analysis, Joint Statistical Meeting, Seattle, WA

 

Dr. Tian

Presentations:

Nonlinear Study of Electric Field Induced Pattern Formation in Thin Liquid Films, Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces, Orville, OH

 

Dr. Turyn

Presentations:

CNN on Triangular Lattice: Preliminary Results, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX

 

Dr. Voss

Invited Talks:

Iterative Stepdown Tests: Analysis of Orthogonal Saturated Factorial Designs, Joint Statistical Meetings, Seattle, WA

 

Dr. Wang

Invited Talks:

Foundation of Statistical Tests with Partioned Alternative Hypotheses, Beijing Normal University, China.

New Results for Stepwise Tests in Orthogonal Saturated Designs, International Conference on Design of Experiments and its Applications, Tianjin, China

 

3.  Invitations to participate or chair symposia

 

None

 

4.  Editorial board memberships

 

 

Dr. Arasu

International Journal Designs, Codes & Cryptography

 

Dr. Khamis

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Computer Methods & Programs in Biomedicine

International Journal of Statistical Sciences

Journal of Modern & Applied Statistical Methods 

       

5.  Granting Agency Study Section Memberships

 

None

 

6.  Offices held in National professional organizations

 

Dr. Sun
            American Statistics Association, Dayton Chapter, Secretary/Treasure

 

Dr. Tarpey

            American Statistics Association, Dayton Chapter, President

 

7.  Special events, symposia or colloquia

 

Dr. Arasu

 

Latin Squares, Orthogonal Mates and Groups, Anthony Evans, WSU

 

Structure & Linear-time Recognition of 4-Leaf-Powers, R. Sritharan, University of Dayton

Dr. Chen

 

Bayesian Variable Selection in Clustering High Dimensional Data, Naijun Sha, University of Texas at El Paso

 

Representability of Signed Graphs Over Vector Spaces, Daniel Slilaty, WSU

 

Coulter-Mathews Bent Functions and Their Duals, Xiang-dong Hou, University of South Florida

Dr. Huang

 

Stable-Stationary Harmonic Maps to Spheres, Changyou Wang, University of Kentucky

 

Pricing & Hedging in Multidimensional Incomplete Markets Under Stochastic Interest Rates, Srdjan D. Stojanovic, University of Cincinnati  

 

Large Deviations for Stochastic Navier-Stokes Equations:  A PDE Approach, Andrzel Swiech, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Khamis

 

An Overview of the OSU Statistical Consulting Service, Thomas Bishop, Ohio State University

 

An Examination of the Efficiency of the Sequential Parallel Design in Psychiatric Clinical Trials, Roy N. Tamlura, Eli Lilly & Company

 

Multilevel Analysis Methods: Hierarchical Linear Models, Bev Grunden, WSU

 

Statistical Consulting Center and Adrienne Stolfi, WSU, Department of Pediatrics, Boonshoft School of Medicine 

Dr. Kinateder

 

Some Limits Theorems a Cumulative Degradation, Jeffrey P. Kharoufeh, Editor, Operations Research Letters and for IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Dr. McKee

 

Hamiltonian Paths and Cycles in Touraments, Art Busch, University of Dayton

 

Dr. Miller

 

Elementary Proof of a Classical Sufficient Condition, Dean A. Carlson, American Mathematical Society Mathematical Reviews

Dr. Reed

 

Improving Mathematics Instruction: Is There a Road Map? Barbara Moses, Bowling Green State University

Dr. Seoh

 

Computational Approaches to Understanding Organic Evolution, Sudhindra R. Gadagkar, University of Dayton

Dr. Slilaty

 

Induction on Highly Connected Graphs and Matroids, Xiangqian Zhou, Syracuse University

Graph Structures and Excluded Minors, John Maharry, Ohio State University

Distinguishability of Locally Finite Trees, Xiangqian Zhou, Syracuse University

Dr. Sun

 

Occupation Laws for Some Nonhomogeneus Markov Chains, Sunder Sethuraman, Iowa State University

Dr. Tarpey

 

Large Sample Interval Mapping Method for Genetic Trait Loci in Finite Regression Mixture Models, Hanfeng Chen, Bowling Green State University 

 

Foundation of Statistical Tests with Partitioned Alternative Hypotheses (1), Weizhen Wang, WSU

 

Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Geographically

                        Structured Populations, Seongho Song, University of Cincinnati

Dr. Voss

 

An Exact Percolation Threshold Point in a 4-Dimensional Hyper-Cube, Sasuke Miyazima, Chubu University, Nagoya Japan (visiting Ohio Univ.)

 

A Candidate Set Free Algorithm for Generating Optimal Split Plot Designs, Bradley Jones, Systems Developer, SAS Institute

 

8.  Faculty who were awarded professional development leave

 

Makarand Ratnaparkhi, Pune India, Challenges underlying the assessment of tonal quality of a violin using the statistical analysis of vibration modes of violin plates. 

 

9.  Faculty, staff or students who were given awards locally, nationally or internationally

 

None

 

10.  Outreach programs

 

Ms. Brackenridge

 

Volunteer Assistant Coach High School Girls Golf Team

Ms. Diesslin

 

Local food coordinator for Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)

Prepared and served dinner for WSU Methodist Student Organization 

Ms. Douglas

 

Volunteer for Dayton Arts events, Victoria, Schuster & Loft

Dr. Evans

 

Horizons School, Science Fair judge, Cincinnati

Dr. Kinateder

 

Pre-school Sunday School Teacher

Dr. Mathews

 

Acting Co-Director of the WSU EXCEL Center

Appointed representative, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Dr. Mercer

 

Institutional Representative for the Goldwater Scholarship Competition (recruits, and selects nominees)

Beavercreek Scholastic Chess Club, Grades K-8, Beavercreek

Mr. Otto

 

Worked as Higher-Ed Facilitator for the WOMAT data analysis institute

Ms. Snellings

 

Attended National Association for Curriculum Supervisors

Advisor, Youth Spiritual Affirmation

Nominated High School Teacher of the Year, Dayton Public School System

Dr. Vance

 

Volunteer math tutor for 8th grade student

Webmaster for Grace United Methodist Church, Dayton

Volunteer Master of Ceremonies for 1st Annual Dayton Asian Cultural Festival

Dr. Voss

 

Board of Directors member, Honors Seminar of Metropolitan Dayton, Inc. Orientation Committee Chair

COSM Exploring Science Programs; three one-hour presentations/shows on “Mathematics & Puzzles”. 

Ms. Zizzo

 

Completed online professional development course in Breakthrough Mathematics

Attended Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference

Presented, Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Detroit MI

Volunteer, March of Dines, Cancer Association

Volunteer, Hospice of Dayton

 

11.  Student clubs and activities

 

None

 

12.  Undergraduate honors students

 

Julie Seger

 

13.  Off campus or special interest courses

 

Dr. Farrell

 

Charity Adams Earley Academy, Faculty Retreat, Dayton

 

Oscar Mayer Public School, Research Lesson, Chicago 

 

Ohio Science & Mathematics Education Policy Advisory Council

 

Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics, one hour session on math courses in Algebra, introductory Statistics, & Geometry, Toledo, OH

Dr. Khamis

 

Invited search committee member for university in Uppsala Sweden (north of Stockholm), to recruit statistics faculty         

 

Gamma Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society of International Scholars

 

Medeiras Elementary School, Predicted the adult height of 19 students in Mrs. A. Freeman’s 3rd grade class, Turlock, CA

Dr. Mathews

 

Charity Adams Early Academy, Professional Development for Elementary Teachers

 

External evaluator for mid-point of mathematics and science education research at University of Kentucky

Dr. Pedersen

 

Worked on two chemistry projects with a private company

Dr. Reed

 

Proctored Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics contest, 100 high school students

 

Treasurer, Central Ohio Writers of Literature for Children

 

14.  Graduate students

 

Adkins, Nathan – Mathematics.  Instructor of mathematics at Edison Community College

 

Atem, Folefac   - Statatistics

 

Chatterjee, Arunava – Statistics. Working at Millward Brown, Inc. Alpharetta, GA

 

Dubrois, Jeffrey – Statistics.      Working at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, WPAFB, OH

 

Ewald, Kenneth - Applied Mathematics

 

Hu, Wanting -   Statistics

 

Lee, Miryoung – Statistics.        Working at Life Span Health Research Center, WSU, SOM

 

Li, Minewi - Statistics

 

Powder, David - Mathematics

 

Stroman, Eiko  - Statistics