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Our faculty are involved in ongoing research in mathematical modeling of biological systems, problems in discrete mathematics, problems in classical algebra and algebraic geometry, studies of differential and partial differential equations, classical functional analysis, scientific computing, least squares finite element problems and theory, design of experiments, model selection, multivariate analysis, Bayesian inference, and quality control.

The faculty of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Oakland University is comprised of scholars and educators with national and international reputations. External funding from the National Science Foundation supports ongoing research in hurricane storm surge, international conferences, and supported a program in research experiences for undergraduates (REU, 2008–2013).

Over the years, members of our faculty have been chosen as recipients of:

  • College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Engagement Award
  • Oakland University New Investigator Research Excellence Award
  • Oakland University Teaching Excellence Award
  • Oakland University Research Excellence Award
  • Mathematical Association of America (Michigan Section) Distinguished Teaching Award
  • Professor of the Year Award, Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan

To learn more about past and ongoing math research, view the Academic Genealogy of the Oakland University Department of Mathematics and Statistics. 

Chair: Anna Maria Spagnuolo (spagnuolo@oakland.edu, 248-370-4032)

Ombudsperson: Yongjin Lu (ylu2@oakland.edu, 248-370-4023)

Undergraduate Program Coordinator: Aycil Cesmelioglu (cesmelio@oakland.edu, 248-370-3438)

Chief Undergraduate Adviser: Darrell Schmidt (schmidt@oakland.edu, 248-370-3433)

Graduate Program Coordinator: Li Li (li2345@oakland.edu, 248-370-3447)

Chief Graduate Adviser: Meir Shillor (shillor@oakland.edu)

Coordinator of Scholarly Activities: Eddie Cheng (echeng@oakland.edu, 248-370-4024)

Computer Committee Chair: Serge Kruk (kruk@oakland.edu, 248-370-3428)

Faculty
Full-Time Faculty

Kevin T. Andrews, Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Illinois
  • Areas of Interest: Applicable Analysis, Functional Analysis, Operator Theory
  • Office: 451 MSC // Phone: 248-370-4025
  • E-mail: andrews@oakland.edu

Aycil Cesmelioglu, Professor

  • Ph.D. Rice University
  • Areas of Interest: Numerical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods, hybridizable DG (HDG) methods, finite element methods (FEM), fluid flow and multiphysics problems
  • Office: 349 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3438
  • E-mail: cesmelio@oakland.edu

Eddie Cheng, Distinguished Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Waterloo (Canada)
  • Recipient of 2007 Mathematical Association of America (Michigan Section) Distinguished Teaching Award
  • Recipient of 2009 Professor of the Year Award, Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan
  • Recipient of the Michigan Mathematics Prize Competition Service Award (2011)
  • Areas of Interest: Combinatorial Optimization, Linear and Integer Programming, Network Analysis
  • Office: 348 MSC // Phone: 248-370-4024
  • E-mail: echeng@oakland.edu

Dorin Drignei, Professor

  • Ph.D. Iowa State University
  • Areas of Interest: Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments, Statistical Applications, Data Science
  • Office: 554 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3425
  • E-mail: drignei@oakland.edu

Tamas Horvath, Associate Professor

  • Ph.D. Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary)
  • Areas of Interest: Numerical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) methods, Space-time HDG methods, Adjoint-based Error Estimation and Optimization
  • Office: 453 MSC // Phone: 248-370-4028
  • E-mail: thorvath@oakland.edu

Jun Hu, Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Connecticut
  • Areas of Interest: Sequential Analysis, Sampling Strategies, U-Statistics, Applications in Agriculture, Economics, Environmental Health and Tourism
  • Office: 367 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3443
  • E-mail: junhu@oakland.edu

Ravindra Khattree, Distinguished Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
  • Co-Director, Center for Data Science and Big Data Analytics (CDaS)
  • Member, Center for Biomedical Research(CBR)
  • Winner of Young Statistician Award, International Indian Statistical Association (2002)
  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association (inducted 2003)
  • Elected Member of International Statistical Institute (elected in 2004)
  • Recipient of 2008 Oakland University Research Excellence Award
  • Areas of Interest: Multivariate Analysis, Experimental Designs, Statistical Quality Control, Biostatistics, Classification Problems, Bioequivalence
  • Office: 551 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3448
  • E-mail: khattree@oakland.edu

Serge Kruk, Associate Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Waterloo (Canada)
  • Areas of Interest: Optimization, Constraint Programming, Numerical Analysis
  • Office: 548 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3428
  • E-mail: kruk@oakland.edu

Li Li, Professor

  • Ph.D. SUNY-Stony Brook
  • Areas of Interest: Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic Combinatorics, Cluster Algebras
  • Office: 350 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3447
  • E-mail: li2345@oakland.edu

László Lipták, Professor

  • Ph.D. Yale University
  • Areas of Interest: Combinatorics, Alpha-critical Graphs, Stable-set Polytope, Lovasz-Schrijver Operator, 0-1 Optimization, Interconnection Networks
  • Office: 346 MSC // Phone: 248-370-4054
  • E-mail: liptak@oakland.edu

Yongjin Lu, Associate Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Virginia
  • Areas of Interest: Partial differential equations (PDE) and related control theory; long-time behavior of solutions; fluid-structure interaction; computer vision algorithm frameworks
  • Office: 450 MSC // Phone: 248-370-4023
  • E-mail: ylu2@oakland.edu 

Lucia Mazza, Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. West Virginia University
  • Area of Interest: Graph Theory
  • E-mail: lmazza@oakland.edu 

JD Nir, Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Area of Interest: Combinatorics, Graph Theory
  • Office:  550 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3435
  • E-mail: jdnir@oakland.edu 

Theophilus Ogunyemi, Associate Professor

  • Ph.D. Kansas State University
  • Areas of Interest: Bayesian Inference, Statistical Design Theory, Applied Statistics
  • Office: 373 MSC // Phone: 248-370-2890
  • E-mail: ogunyemi@oakland.edu

Subbaiah Perla, Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Rochester
  • Areas of Interest: Multivariate Statistical Methods, Quality Control, Reliability
  • Office: 544 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3429
  • E-mail: perla@oakland.edu

Harvey Qu, Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Areas of Interest: Design of Experiment, Computer Experiments, Industrial Statistics
  • Office: 371 MSC // Phone: 248-370-4029
  • E-mail: qu@oakland.edu

Giselle Saylor, Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Waterloo (Canada)
  • Areas of Interest: Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
  • Office: 344 MSC // Phone: 248-370-4238
  • E-mail: gsaylor@oakland.edu

Darrell Schmidt, Professor

  • Ph.D. Montana State University
  • Recipient of 1999 Oakland University Teaching Excellence Award
  • Recipient of 2012 Oakland University College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Engagement Award
  • Areas of Interest: L1-approximation, Constrained Approximation, Numerical Solution of Integral Equations, Delay Differential Equations
  • Office: 552 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3433
  • E-mail: schmidt@oakland.edu

Tony Shaska, Associate Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Florida
  • Areas of Interest: Computational Algebraic Geometry, Galois Theory, Algebraic Curves and Their Applications
  • Office: 548 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3436
  • E-mail: shaska@oakland.edu

Peter Shi, Associate Professor

  • Ph.D. University of Delaware
  • Areas of Interest: P.D.E., Solid Mechanics, Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Modeling
  • Office: 452 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3427
  • E-mail: pshi@oakland.edu

Meir Shillor, Distinguished Professor 

  • Ph.D. Hebrew University (Israel)
  • Recipient of 2002 Oakland University Research Excellence Award
  • Areas of Interests: Applications of Variational Inequalities and Partial Differential Equations to Models of Industrial Processes, especially to frictional contact, adhesion, material damage, and wear; Stefan problems and phase transitions; Dynamical systems and their applications to population dynamics and epidemiology
  • Office: 553 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3439
  • E-mail: shillor@oakland.edu

Hon Yiu (Henry) So, Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. McMaster University (Canada)
  • Areas of Interest: Reliability Analysis, Survey Sampling, Distributional Theory, Missing Data, Misclassification, Biostatistics, Machine Learning, Statistical Computation.
  • Office: 369 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3449
  • E-mail: hso@oakland.edu 

Anna Maria Spagnuolo, Professor and Chairperson

  • Ph.D. Purdue University
  • Recipient of 2023 Distinguished Professor of the Year Award, the Michigan Association of State Universities
  • Areas of Interests: Fluid Flow in Porous Media, Numerical Analysis, Modeling, Computation, Mathematical Biology, Computation of Disease Processes
  • Office: 368D MSC // Phone: 248-370-4032
  • E-mail: spagnuolo@oakland.edu

Matthew Toeniskoetter, Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. Purdue University
  • Areas of Interest: Commutative Algebra, Multiplicative Ideal Theory, Valuation Theory
  • Office: 454 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3444
  • E-mail: toeniskoetter@oakland.edu

Nghia Tran, Associate Professor

  • Ph.D. Wayne State University
  • Recipient of 2019 Oakland University New Investigator Research Excellence Award
  • Areas of Interest: Optimization, Mathematical Programming, Variational Analysis
  • Office: 444 MSC // Phone: 248-370-4030
  • E-mail: nttran@oakland.edu

Stuart S. Wang, Professor, on leave

  • Ph.D. Cornell University
  • Areas of Interest: Jacobian Conjecture, Automorphisms of Polynomial Rings, Separable Algebras
  • Office: 448 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3432
  • E-mail: swang@oakland.edu

Wen Zhang, Professor

  • Ph.D. Southern Methodist University
  • Areas of Interest: Scientific Computation, Numerical ODEs and PDEs, Applied Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Applications in Biology, Materials Science and Mechanics.
  • Office: 446 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3442
  • E-mail: w2zhang@oakland.edu
Adjunct and Visiting Faculty

Jorge Mello, Visiting Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. Institute of Mathematics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Office:  361 MSC // Phone: 248-370-4033
  • E-mail: jorgedemellojr@oakland.edu

Christopher Winfield, Visiting Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
  • Office: 387 MSC // Phone: 248-370-3445
  • E-mail: cwinfield@oakland.edu
Honorary Adjunct Faculty

Gary C. McDonald

  • Ph.D., D.Sc. (honoris causa) Purdue University
  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association (inducted 1982)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (inducted 1986)
  • Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (inducted 1990)
  • Recipient of the 2007 American Statistical Association Founders Award
  • Areas of Interest: Decision Theory, Linear Models, Data Analysis, Ranking and Selection, Ridge Analysis
  • E-mail: mcdonald@oakland.edu
Part-Time Faculty

Lisa Capouellez, Special Lecturer

Nicole Dambrun, Special Lecturer

Michael Gosling, Special Lecturer

Gerald Kotasek, Special Lecturer

Pawel Marcinek, Special Lecturer

Mbengue (Faly) Mbagne, Special Lecturer

Janice Moore, Special Lecturer

Jane Mullally, Special Lecturer

Oanh Nguyen, Special Lecturer

Chris Place, Special Lecturer

  • Fellow of the Society of Actuaries
  • Office: 391 MSC
  • Phone: 248-370-3440
  • E-mail: cplace@oakland.edu

Ashrafur Rahman, Special Lecturer

  • Ph.D. University of Western Ontario
  • Office:  457 MSC
  • Phone: 248-370-3007
  • E-mail: rahman2@oakland.edu

Sabah Saleem, Special Lecturer

  • Ph.D. Lancaster University, England
  • Office: 393 MSC
  • Phone: 248-370-4031
  • E-mail: sdsaleem@oakland.edu

Annette Stanesa, Special Lecturer

My Tran, Special Lecturer

Thomas Van Houten, Special Lecturer

Herbert Vasquez, Special Lecturer

  • M.A. Central Michigan University
  • Office: 391 MSC
  • Phone: 248-370-3440
  • E-mail: hvasquez@oakland.edu

Kari Wasen, Special Lecturer

Nicole Weibe, Lecturer

Wala Zein, Special Lecturer

Ervisa Zhamo, Special Lecturer

Sherri Zimmerman, Special Lecturer

Graduate Associates
Graduate Teaching Associates

Md. Shakhawat (Symon) Alam

Nicole Baker

Peter Bandyk

Jeffery (JD) Bigger

Joe Cooper

Sukanya Das

Josh DeCoste

Daniel Loscher

Jurgen Mezinaj

Sara Mezuri

Huy Ngoc Pham

Dylan Solesby

Bright Tetteh-Kpakpah

Nghia (Jack) Vo

Connor Willcock

Research Assistants

Jezerca Hodaj

Hailey Naugle

Stephanie Peach

Lexi Radjewski

Staff

Jeanine LaGorio
Department Secretary
368E MSC
(248) 370-3426
jlagorio@oakland.edu

Industrial Advisory Committee
  • Dr. Ian Bradbury, Peaker Services, Inc.
  • Dr. Jeffrey D. Tew, Tata Consulting Service
  • Dr. Charles W. Wampler, II, GM
  • Dr. Lili Zhao, Corewell Health

The faculty has been enhanced by the establishment of an Industrial Advisory Committee. The Committee consists of persons who have been trained in the mathematical sciences and who are leaders in their respective corporations. They serve the department collectively in the following ways:

  • Provide continuing contacts for exchanges of information.
  • Provide technical advice in the development of applied mathematics programs at the Bachelors, Masters, and Ph. D. levels.
  • Are available for occasional seminars at the University to keep us informed of developments in the field or are able to suggest other persons who might fill this role.
  • Are a source of problems and projects for the development of clinical components within our programs.
  • Are able to assist in identifying possible internship positions for selected students.

Our active relationship with this Committee was begun in 1978-79. All objectives on the above list have been achieved. Exchange visits and exchange of information have occurred. Assistance has been given in new program development, particularly in relation to the Masters programs in Industrial Applied Mathematics and Applied Statistics. The existence of these Masters programs is of great value to undergraduate students as well as graduate students. Many undergraduate majors come to the University with advanced standing. Others seek to accelerate their programs. Courses in the Masters programs are available to these students to increase the depth and quality of their own programs. The clinical component affords the opportunity to study real problems. Finally, information has been received on the availability of internships, and several students have been employed under this type of arrangement in the summer months. As time goes on, these industrial relationships will be expanded and strengthened to the benefit of both faculty and students.

Emeriti and Retired Faculty
  • Baruch Cahlon, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Tel Aviv University (Israel)
  • Charles Ching-an Cheng, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Rutgers University

  • J. Curtis Chipman, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Dartmouth College

  • David J. Downing, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Iowa Recipient of 1983 Oakland University Teaching Excellence Award

  • George F. Feeman, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Lehigh University

  • Jerrold Grossman, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Recipient of 1990 Oakland University Marion Wilson Award, 1992 Oakland University Teaching Excellence Award, 1994 Mathematical Association of America (Michigan Section) Distinguished Teaching Award, 2005 Mathematical Association of America (Michigan Section) Distinguished Service Award, 2007 Mathematical Association of America Certificate of Meritorious Service, 2011 Oakland University College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Engagement Award

  • Bo-nan Jiang, Associate Professor, retired, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin

  • Robert Kushler, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

  • Louis Jack Nachman, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. The Ohio State University

  • Irwin E. Schochetman, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Maryland at College Park

  • Sze-Kai Tsui, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

  • J. Barry Turett, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. University of Illinois

  • Stephen J. Wright, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. Indiana University
DECEASED FACULTY
  • Harvey J. Arnold, Ph.D. Princeton University
  • Louis R. Bragg, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
  • John Dettman, Ph.D. Carnegie Institute of Technology
  • Jon Froemke, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
  • William C. Hoffman, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
  • G. Philip Johnson, Ph.D. University of Minnesota
  • Donald G. Malm, Ph.D. Brown University
  • James H. McKay, Ph.D. University of Washington
PHDS AWARDED

Anthony Kulick

  • Thesis Title: Transportation Related Algorithm Design and Application
  • Thesis Adviser: Professors Eddie Cheng and Dan Steffy
  • Year: 2024
  • Present position: High School Mathematics Teacher at Notre Dame Prep

Samar Madi

  • Thesis Title: Optimal cut-points for diagnostic variables in complex surveys
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Dorin Drignei
  • Year: 2023
  • Present position: Biostatistician at Intra-Cellular Therapies

Dinh Dong Pham

  • Thesis Title: A hybridized discontinuous Galerkin scheme for the coupled Stokes-Darcy flow and transport
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Aycil Cesmelioglu
  • Year: 2022
  • Present position: Data Scientist at Altair

Thi Tu Trinh Tran

  • Thesis Title: Unique solutions to convex l1-optimization problems via second-order analysis
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Nghia Tran
  • Year: 2021
  • Present position: Data Scientist at Ford Research

Josua Illian

  • Thesis Title: Gröbner basis for the double determinantal ideal
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Li Li
  • Year: 2020
  • Present position: Professor of Mathematics at Mott Community College 

Zhixin Lun

  • Thesis Title: Some contributions to multivariate non-normality: Simulation, Computations and Missing Data Imputation
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Ravindra Khattree
  • Year: 2020
  • Present position: Postdoc Scholar at University of California San Francisco

Brian Wu

  • Thesis Title: Computationally efficient model selection for big time series data
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Dorin Drignei
  • Year: 2020
  • Present position: Visiting Assistant Professor at Kalamazoo College

Stephanie Ashburn

  • Thesis Title: The Complexity of Building Optimal Expression Directed Acyclic Graphs
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Daniel Steffy
  • Year: 2019
  • Present position: Machine Learning Engineer at RENU Property Management

Niko Kaso

  • Thesis Title: Facet-Inducing Inequalities of the Convex Hull of Integer Solutions of At-Least and At-Least-m-different Predicates
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Serge Kruk
  • Year: 2019
  • Present position: Senior Optimization Scientist at Optilogic

Chris Melekian

  • Thesis Title: Matching Preclusion and Generalizations
  • 2019 Most Outstanding Dissertation Award in the STEM category
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Eddie Cheng
  • Year: 2019
  • Present position: Senior Analyst, GM Financial

Karimah Sweet

  • Thesis Title: Small categories of homological dimension one
  • Thesis Adviser: Professor Charles Ching-an Cheng
  • Year: 2018
  • Present position: 

Pawel Marcinek

  • Thesis Title: Computational topics in nonlinear models for debonding, approximation of noisy signals and curve fitting
  • Thesis Adviser: Distinguished Professor Meir Shillor and Associate Professor Serge Kruk
  • Year: 2018
  • Present position: Special Instructor at OU

Nofe Al-Asuoad

  • Thesis Title: Mathematical models, analysis and and simulations in epidemiology, population dynamics, and heart tissue
  • Thesis Adviser: Distinguished Professor Meir Shillor
  • Year: 2017

Ryan Nierman

  • Thesis Title: Combinatorial Approaches to Continuous Problems
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Serge Kruk
  • Year: 2017
  • Present position: Senior Financial Analyst at Marcus & Millichap Real Estate; Adjunct Assistant Professor at Madonna University; Co-Director of Debate at Wylie E. Groves High School.

Alexander N. Wiggins

  • Thesis Title: On the Properties and behavior of the Condition Number for Learning Algorithms
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Dan Steffy
  • Year: 2017
  • Present position:  

Manoj Bahugunna

  • Thesis Title: Analytics of Asymmetry and Transformation to Multivariate Normality Through Copula Functions with Applications in Biomedical Sciences and Finance
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Ravi Khattree
  • Year: 2017
  • Present position: 

Alaa Elkadry

  • Thesis Title: Statistical Analysis of “Randomly Sourced Data” 
  • Thesis Advisor: Professors Gary McDonald and Subbaiah Perla
  • Year: 2017
  • Present position: Assistant Professor, Marshall University

Kevin Jang Pate

  • Thesis Title: Quadratic Homogeneous Keller Maps
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Charles Cheng
  • Year: 2016
  • Present position:

Lubjana Beshaj

  • Thesis Title: Integral Binary Forms with Minimal Height
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Tony Shaska
  • Year: 2016
  • Present position: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, The West Point Military Academy 
  • email: Lubjana.Beshaj@usma.edu

Ervisa Zhamo

  • Thesis Title: Contributions to the Statistical Analysis of Computer Experiments
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Dorin Drignei
  • Year: 2016
  • Present position: Special Instructor at OU

Amera H. Almusharrf

  • Thesis Title: Delay Differential Equations and the Logistic Model with Two Delays
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Anna Spagnuolo, Co-advisor: Professor Meir Shillor
  • Year: 2016
  • Present position: Assistant Professor, The Royal Commission Yanbu Colleges & Institutes (RCYCI)

Valmira Hoxhaj

  • Thesis Title: Some Contributions to Statistical Data Analytics with Applications in Finance
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Ravindra Khattree
  • Year: 2016
  • Present position: Biostatistician, Allergan, California

Mohamad K. Abdallah

  • Thesis Title: Fault-Tolerant Hamiltonian-Connectivity of 2-Tree Generated Networks
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Eddie Cheng
  • Year: 2016
  • Present position: Associate Professor, American University at Kuwait
  • email: mkabdall@oakland.edu

Robert Connolly

  • Thesis Title: Matching Preclusion and Conditional Matching Preclusion Problems for the Folded Petersen Cube
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Eddie Cheng
  • Year: 2014
  • email: rdconnol@oakland.edu

Areej M. A. Alshorman

  • Thesis Title: Mathematical Models of HIV Latent Infection with Time Delays and Age Structure
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Libin Rong
  • Year: 2015
  • Present position: 

Tom Hayman

  • Thesis Title: Facet-Inducing Inequalities of the Convex Hull of Integer Solutions of Application-Driven Structures of Multiple All-Different Predicates
  • Thesis Advisor: Professors Serge Kruk and Laszlo Liptak
  • Year: 2014
  • Present position: Teacher

Madhuri Lolla

  • Thesis Title: Comparison of Numerical Methods for 2D Crystals Under Anisotropic Surface Free Energy and Through Evolution
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Wen Zhang
  • Year: 2012
  • Present position: Visiting Lecturer at the Math Dept in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Kasia Pawelek

John Purcell

  • Thesis Title: Modelling, Numerical Analysis, and Simulations of Nonlinear Dynamic Beams
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Meir Shillor
  • Year: 2011
  • Present position: Department of Mathematics, Macomb Community College
  • email: purcellj@macomb.edu  

Susan Toma

  • Thesis Title: Facet-Inducing Inequalities of the Convex Hull of Integer Solutions Satisfying the Comb Structure of the Multiple-Alldifferent Predicate
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Serge Kruk
  • Year: 2009
  • Present position: Professor and Associate Dean, Madonna University
  • email: stoma@madonna.edu  

Rakinawasan Sanjeeva

  • Thesis Title: Automorphism Groups of Algebraic Curves over Finite Fields
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Tony Shaska
  • Year: 2009
  • Present position: Senior Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Daniel Coffield

  • Thesis Title: A Model for Single Phase Flow in Horizontally Fractured Porous Media Using Homogenization Techniques
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Anna Spagnuolo
  • Year: 2009
  • Present position: Associate Professor, University of Michigan - Flint

Feiyi Jia

  • Thesis Title: Contributions to Bayesian Ranking and Selection Rules and to Randomized Response Survey Analysis
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Gary McDonald
  • Year: 2009
  • Present position: Statistician, MED Institute, Inc.
  • email: felisiajia@hotmail.com  

Jayantha Lanel Gan Hewage

  • Thesis Title: Complex Root Isolation
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Charles Cheng
  • Year: 2009
  • Present position: Senior Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Galbodayage Sujeeva Wijesiri

  • Thesis Title: Theta Functions of Algebraic Curves with Automorphisms
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Tony Shaska
  • Year: 2008
  • Present position: Senior Lecturer, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Renuka Menike Rathugamage

  • Thesis Title: Models and Analysis for Adhesive Contact, Material Damage, or Cardiac Waves
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Meir Shillor
  • Year: 2008
  • Present position:

Nart Shawash

  • Thesis Title: Relationships among Popular Interconnection Networks and Their Common Generalization
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Eddie Cheng
  • Year: 2008
  • Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Detroit Mercy.
  • email: shawasnm@udmercy.edu

Mbagne Faly Mbengue

  • Thesis Title: Analysis of Models for Nonlinear Dynamic Beams with or without Damage or Frictionless Contact
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Meir Shillor and Professor Kevin Andrews
  • Year: 2008
  • Present position: Lecturer, Oakland University
  • email: mfmbengu@oakland.edu  

Daniel Kirkwood

  • Thesis Title: A Hybrid Algorithm For The Common Real Zero Problem
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Charles Cheng
  • Year: 2008
  • Present position: Mathematician, National Security Agency

Nibedita Bandyopadhyay

  • Thesis Title: Models and Methodologies for Recurrent Event Data
  • Thesis Advisor: Professors Ananda Sen and Ravi Khattree
  • Year: 2006
  • Present position: Senior Statistician, Johnson & Johnson
  • email: nbandyop@oakland.edu  

George Zhengzhi Xia

  • Thesis Title: Some Contributions to Multiple Comparison Methods for Longitudinal Data and General Linear Mixed Effects Methods
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Subbaiah Perla
  • Year: 2006
  • Present position: Senior Research Analyst, Macomb Institutional Research, Macomb Community College
  • email: xiag@macomb.edu  

Racheal Zhang

  • Thesis Title: Some Analytical Characteristics of the Ridge Regression Trace
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Gary McDonald
  • Year: 2005
  • Present position: Bioinformatics/Statistical Analyst, Van Andel Research Institute
  • email: rzhang_mi@yahoo.com  

Lazaros Kikas

  • Thesis Title: Interconnection Networks and the k-Disjoint Path Problems
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Eddie Cheng
  • Year: 2004
  • Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Detroit Mercy.
  • email: kikasld@udmercy.edu  

Pulak Ghosh

  • Thesis Title: A Bayesian Approach to Bioequivalence Trials
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Ravindra Khattree
  • Year: 2003
  • Present position: Associate Professor, Biostatistics at Emory University, School of Public Health, Quantitative Methods & Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
  • email: pulak.ghosh@iimb.ernet.in  

Anuradha Roy

  • Thesis Title: Some Contributions to Discrimination and Classification with Repeated Measures Data with Special Emphasis on Biomedical Applications
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Ravindra Khattree
  • Year: 2002
  • Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Management Science and Statistics, University of Texas at San Antonio.
  • email: anuradha.roy@utsa.edu  

Xeuzhang Hou

  • Thesis Title: Analysis and Control of a Torsional Flexible Robot Arm - An Operator Approach
  • Thesis Advisor: Professor Sze-kai Tsui
  • Year: 2000
  • Present position: Professor, Mathematics Department, Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • email: xhou@towson.edu
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