Mathematical Sciences Department - University of North ...



Mathematics and Statistics Department | |Phone: (910)-962-3722 | |

|University of North Carolina Wilmington | |Email: hermanr@uncw.edu |

|Wilmington, NC 28403 | |October 2008 |

Education

|Ph.D. Physics, Clarkson University – 1988 |

|M.Sc. Mathematics, Clarkson University - 1986. |M.A. Physics, Temple University - 1982 |

|B.A. Mathematics, Empire State College (SUNY) - 1981 |Physics/Math Major, Temple University - 1969-1972. |

Professional Experience

Professor in Mathematics and Statistics, UNC Wilmington, 2006-present.

Professor in Physics and Physical Oceanography, UNC Wilmington, 2008-present.

Associate Professor in Mathematical Sciences, UNC Wilmington, 1993-2006.

Assistant Professor in Mathematical Sciences, UNC Wilmington, 1990-1993.

Visiting Assistant Professor in Mathematics, St. Lawrence University, 1988-1990.

Instructor in Physics, Clarkson University, Summer 1988.

Other Experience

Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Teaching Excellence, 2006-present.

Faculty Associate for the Center for Teaching Excellence, 1997-present.

Academic Standards Committee Chair, 1999-present.

Department Webmaster, 1996-present.

Graduate Faculty, 1991-present.

Recent Recognitions

1. Induction into Million Dollar Club, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, UNCW, 2006.

2. Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year Award Nominee, 2006.

3. UNC Board of Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006.

4. Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award, UNCW, 2005-2008.

5. Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award, UNCW, 2005.

6. Research and Innovation Award, medallion awarded by ITSD for innovative use of technology, 2005.

7. Faculty Member of the Year - Award Presented at the Greek Award of Excellence Program, April 1999.

8. 2001 Recognized by CTE for Noteworthy Professional Development in Teaching

9. Recognition by Graduating Seniors – Spring 1997, Fall-Spring 1998, Fall-Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Fall-Spring 2001, Fall-Spring 2002, Fall-Spring 2003, Fall-Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Fall-Spring 2006, Fall-Spring 2007, Spring 2008.

10. Who's Who in America 2007, 2008, 2009.

11. Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Fields of Interest

Mathematical Physics, Nonlinear wave equations, Integrable and Near Integrable Systems, Dynamical Systems and Chaos, General Relativity, Geometric Methods for PDE's, Integral and Discrete Transforms (including Signal and Image Processing, Shannon Sampling Theory), Numerical Analysis and Instructional Technology

Refereed Publications

1. “Numerical Realizations of Solutions of the Stochastic KdV Equation”, Special issue of the Journal Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, to appear.

2. “Recreational boating traffic: A chronic source of anthropogenic noise in the Wilmington North Carolina Intracoastal Waterway”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122 (1), July 2007, p.151-160, 2007, jointly with Haviland-Howell, Frankel, Powel, Bocconcelli, Sayigh.

3. “Introducing Michaelis–Menten Kinetics through Simulation”, J. Chem. Educ. 2007 84 434-437, jointly with C. J. Halkides.

4. “Exploring the Connection Between Quasistationary and Squared Eigenfunction Expansion Techniques in Soliton Perturbation Theory”, Proceedings of the 2004 World Conference of Nonlinear Analysts, Nonlinear Analysis, 63, e2473-e2482, 2005.

5. “Project Numina: Enhancing Student Learning with Handheld Computers”, jointly with Barbara Heath, Gabriel Lugo, James Reeves, Ron Vetter, and Charles R. Ward, IEEE Computer Magazine, June 2005, pp 46-53. Feature article in a special issue on computers in education.

6. “Quasistationary Perturbations of the KdV Soliton”, J. Phys. A., 37 4753-4767, 2004.

7. Towards a Sharable Digital Library of Reusable Teaching Resources: Roles for Rich Metadata", jointly with D. McArthur, B. Graves, S. Giersch, D. Ward, R. Dillaman, G. Lugo, J. Reeves, R. Vetter, D. Knox, and S. Owen, Communications of the ACM, Special Issue on Digital Libraries, Vol 44, No. 5, May 2001.

8. “Fostering Multimedia Instruction in Mathematics”, Effective Teaching [Online], 1(1) 1996. Available HTTP: [1996, April 12], jointly with G. Lugo.

9. “Solution of the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation Between Two Spheres: Modified Iterative Methods”, J. Scientific Computing 11(2), 1996, pp 127-153, jointly with A.J. Jerri.

10. “Soliton Propagation in Near Integrable Discrete Systems”, Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizikia, Vol 99, 1994, pp 315-321.

11. “Numerically Induced Phase Shift in the KdV Equation”, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol 104, 1993, pp 50-55, jointly with C.J. Knickerbocker.

12. “Evolution of a Modulated KP Soliton”, Journal of Physics A, Vol. 24, 1991 pp 1161-1184.

13. “Resolution of the Motion of a Perturbed KdV Soliton”, Inverse Problems, Vol. 6, 1990, pp 43-54.

14. “The Stochastic, Damped KdV Equation”, Journal of Physics A, Vol. 23, 1990, pp 1063-1084.

15. “A Direct Approach to Studying Soliton Perturbations”, Journal of Physics A, Vol. 23, 1990, pp 2327-2362.

16. “Axially Symmetric Propagation of Small Amplitude Ion-Acoustic Waves”, Physics of Fluids B, Vol. 2, 1990, pp 1775-1779.

17. “Conservation Laws and the Perturbed KdV Equation”, Journal of Physics A, Vol. 23, 1990, pp 4719-4724.

18. “Normal Form Solutions of Dynamical Systems in the Basin of Attraction of Their Fixed Points'', Physica D, Vol. 33, 1988, pp 34-50, jointly with T. Bountis and G. Tsarouhas.

19. “A Modified Iterative Method for Nonlinear Chemical Concentration in Cylindrical and Spherical Pellets”, Chemical Engineering Communications, Vol. 52, 1987, pp 173-193, jointly with A.J. Jerri and R.H. Weiland.

Non-Refereed Publications

1. “Open Source Resources for Teaching and Research in Mathematics”, Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. Addison Wesley (NR), 2009, jointly with G. Lugo.

2. “iPods: Reducing Mathematics to Sound/Video Bites”, Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. Addison Wesley (NR), 2008, jointly with G. Lugo

3. “Tablet PC's in Mathematics: The VLC Project”, Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. Addison Wesley (NR), 146-150, 2007, jointly with G. Lugo.

4. “Developing a Mobile Learning Environment to Support Virtual Education Communities”, jointly with Barbara Heath, Gabriel Lugo, James Reeves, Ron Vetter, and Charles R. Ward, T.H.E. Journal, 32(8), March 2005 pp 33-37.

5. “Mathematics on Pocket PCs”, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. Addison Wesley (NR), 123-127, 2002, jointly with G. Lugo.

6. “Inverse Problems for Vibrating Beams”, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. Addison Wesley (NR), 128-132, 2002, jointly with G. Lugo.

7. “Can We Control Chaos in Our Computations?”, Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. Addison Wesley (NR), 155-159, 1999.

8. “On-line Toolbook Applets for Calculus”, Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. Addison Wesley, 161-165, 1998, jointly with G. Lugo.

9. “Resources on Mathematics on a Compact Disc” Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Addison Wesley, 250-253, 1996, jointly with G. Lugo.

10. “The Poisson-Boltzmann Equation and Other Boundary Value Problems: Modified Iterative Methods”, Trends in Chemical Engineering, Vol 3, 1996, pp 103-113 jointly with A.J. Jerri.

11. “Numerically Induced Soliton Perturbations”, in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, ed. V.G. Makhankov, A.R. Bishop and D.D. Holm, World Scientific, 1995, pp 323-332.

12. “Fostering Multimedia Instruction in Mathematics.”, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Addison Wesley, 1995, pp 299-303, jointly with G. Lugo.

13. “Technology in the Calculus Classroom”, proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, 1994.

14. “Solitary Waves”, American Scientist, Jul-Aug 1992, pp 350-361.

15. “Catching the Wave”, Discovery, a UNCW publication, Fall 1992.

16. “Lax Pairs, Recursion Operators and the Perturbation of Nonlinear Evolution Equations”, in Applications of Inverse Scattering, AMS Contemporary Mathematics Series, Vol.122, 1991 pp 53-60.

17. “Normal Form Solutions of Dynamical Systems in the Basin of Attraction of Their Fixed Points”, in Progress in Chaotic Dynamics, ed. H. Flaschka, North-Holland Physics, Elsevier Publishing Co., 1989, a reprint of the article from Physica D, Vol. 33, 1988, pp 34-50, jointly with T. Bountis and G. Tsarouhas.

Editorial Letters

1. “Letter from Editor in Chief: The Open Source Movement”, Journal of Effective Teaching, 2008, 8 (2), 1-4.

2. “Letter from Editor in Chief”, Journal of Effective Teaching, 2008, 8(1), 1-2.

3. “Letter from Editor in Chief”, Journal of Effective Teaching, 2007, 7(2), 1-2.

4. “Letter from Editor in Chief”, Journal of Effective Teaching, 2007, 7(1), 1-2.

5. “Living Well Naturally Upstate”, The New York Times, Oct 2, 1979.

Classroom Software Written

1. GraphData 2002. - Graphing Tool for Jornada Handheld for graphing and analysis of Pocket Excel Data, developed in the Fall and used in 2002. Revised for Pocket PC and used in Chemistry Labs.

2. Menten-Michaelis Reaction, for Organic Chemistry, 2000. Chemical Kinetics for Biochemistry class, jointly with G. Lugo and C. Halkides. Classroom tested Fall 2000-03, adopted for class use, and later published.

3. Geometric Optics, 1998. Used in physics labs for three years.

4. LRC Circuit Laboratory, 1997. The LRC circuit software that I had written a couple of years ago. Recently granted permission for this to be put on a CD of classroom software for At Home Science, Inc.

5. Contributions to NSDL, 2000-present. Over 116 items catalogued in the iLumina Digital Library, which is part of the NSDL (NSF supported National Science Digital Library). This material has been harvested at NSDL (National Science Digital Library) and is now part of the electronic resources accessible through Randall Library and MathDL (MAA’s digital library).

6. Existential Graphs, 2003. Work for Dr. Turrisi on automating Existential Graphs for interested people at NSA. Prototype designed for doing testing of validity of statements and associated truth tables. Both a desktop and pocket PC version were developed. Also prepared presentation.

Grants

1. “Increasing and Retaining STEM Majors through Virtual Learning Communities”, National Science Foundation, $124,485, jointly with C. Ward, J. Reeves, R. Vetter, J. Reeves, G. Lugo, and D. Cohen, 2005.

2. “Integrating Digital Libraries and Traditional Libraries: A Model for Sustaining NSDL Collections”, National Science Foundation, $425,000, jointly with C. Ward, J. Reeves, R. Vetter, J. Reeves, G. Lugo, 2003.

3. UNCW grants from Provost's Office to the Numina Group, totaling $77,000, jointly with C. Ward, J. Reeves, R. Vetter, J. Reeves, G. Lugo, 2000, 2002.

4. Supplemental funding for “A Digital Library of Reusable Science and Math Resources for Undergraduate Education”, $69,635, jointly with Dr. C. Ward, Dr. G. Lugo, Dr. R. Dillaman, Dr. J. Reeves, 2002.

5. ITSD 2001-2002 Award for Information Technology Innovation, "Integrating Interactive Media in the Chemistry Laboratory with Pocket PCs and Wireless Networking", jointly with C. Ward, J. Reeves, R. Vetter, G. Lugo, B. Heath, $14,733, 2002.

6. Project Numina: Innovative Integrations of Media into Science and Mathematics Education. Pearson Education, jointly with C. Ward, R. Vetter, G. Lugo, J. Reeves, and D. White. $40,000, 2000.

7. ITSD 2000-2001 Award for Information Technology Innovation, Assessment of Underwater Ambient noise using a novel signal acquisition system linked to the Web: Applications for Teaching and Research, $15,000, jointly with Laela Sayigh, Genevieve Haviland, and Alessandro Bocconcelli, 2000.

8. A Digital Library of Reusable Science and Math Resources for Undergraduate Education, $1,143,282, jointly with Dr. C. Ward, Dr. G. Lugo, Dr. R. Dillaman, Dr. J. Reeves, 2000.

9. UNCW Web Development Team, Proposal for Online Courses - $7500, jointly with J. Brown, 1998.

10. Sponsored Graduate Summer Research Award to Srinath Vadlamani, $1000.

11. Faculty and Course Development Proposal, for development of Web Instruction at UNCW, NC General Administration, May 1997. $45,000 - jointly with 10 other members of the UNCW faculty.

12. Charles Cahill Award, "Solitary Vortices in Rotating Fluids", Spring 1996, $2500 jointly with Ram Vedantham.

13. Sponsored UNCW Undergraduate Research Grant in Science – 1996-7, Wavelets - Stipend - $1000.

14. Charles Cahill Award, "Studies in Numerical Analysis from Iterative Methods to Wavelets", Spring 1994, $1490.

15. UNCW Summer Initiative, "Nonlinear Waves", $3000, 1994.

16. Sponsored UNCW Undergraduate Research Grant in Science - 1992-3, Perturbations of Painleve' Equations, Student Stipend - $1000.

17. The MCP Project: A Coordinated Program for Introducing College Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. 36 month project with C. Ward, J. Reeves, T. Haywood, G. Lugo, J. Zimmer, and C. Cahill. NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement, $58,235.00, 1992.

18. North Carolina Board of Science and Technology - 1991-2 Soliton Dynamics in Near Integrable Systems, $4997.00. This proposal was deemed fundable, but the program was cut from the state budget.

19. Faculty Research and Development Fund - 1990-1991, Studies of Near Integrable Nonlinear Evolution Equations, $1480.

20. PEW Grant for Undergraduate Science Education, Summer 1990, To study nonlinear pulse propagation in optical fibers. Two Student Stipends $5000, Two Faculty Stipends $4000.

21. PEW Grant for Undergraduate Science Education, Summer 1989, in collaboration with C.J. Knickerbocker, St. Lawrence University. To study numerical errors in discretizations of the KdV, NLS equations. Student Stipend $2500, Faculty Stipend $2000.

Lectures Presented

1. “Are Solitary Waves Color Blind to Noise?”, MAA-SE 2008, Charleston, SC, March 2008.

2. “Open Source Resources for Teaching and Research in Mathematics”, Twentieth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, San Antonio, TX, March, 2008, jointly with G. Lugo.

3. “Mobile Learning Environments and Virtual Mathematics Spaces”, MAA-AMS Joint Meetings, San Diego, CA, Jan 2008.

4. “Physics Bytes: Podcasting in the Physics Classroom”, AAPT Summer Meeting, Greensboro, NC, July 2007.

5. “How Small is Small?", UNCW Chapter of the Society for Physics Students, April 2007.

6. “Numerical Realizations of Solutions of the Stochastic KdV Equation”, The Fifth IMACS International Conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory, Athens, GA, April 2007.

7. “iPods: Reducing Mathematics to Sound/Video Bites”, Nineteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Boston, MA, February, 2007, jointly with G. Lugo.

8. “TiddlyWiki Math: Course Pages with Embedded Math”, Nineteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Boston, MA, February, 2007, jointly with G. Lugo.

9. “What Should Undergraduates Know About Gravitation?”, UNCW Physics, November, 2006.

10. “How Does a PDE Chef Bake a Cake?”, 26th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, October, 2006.

11. “Lessons on Teaching General Relativity and Differential Geometry Courses”, AAPT Workshop Syracuse, NY, July 2006, poster.

12. “Numerical Realizations of the Stochastic KdV Equation With and Without Damping”, SIAM, Boston, MA, July 2006.

13. “Using Math Journal and Other Pen-Driven Software in the Classroom”, Eighteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Orlando, FL, March, 2006, given by G. Lugo.

14. “Tablet PC's in Mathematics: The VLC Project”, Eighteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Orlando, FL, March, 2006, given by G. Lugo.

15. “Predicting the Future of the Solar System: Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Stability”, UNCW Physics, February 2006.

16. “Harmonic Analysis and the Prediction of Tides”, Mathematics and Statistics Department Seminar, Fall 2005.

17. “Revisiting Quasistationary Perturbation Theory for Equations in 1+1 Dimensions”, SIAM-SEAS 2005 Charleston, SC, March 2005.

18. “Card Shuffling as a Dynamical System”, UNCW Mathematics and Statistics Department Seminar, Fall 2004.

19. “Explorations of Signal Processing in High School and Beyond”, Seventeenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2004, jointly with G. Lugo.

20. “Review of Mathematics Software for Pocket PCs”, Seventeenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2004, jointly with G. Lugo.

21. “Exploring the Connection Between Quasistationary and Squared Eigenfunction Expansion Techniques in Soliton Perturbation Theory”, Proceedings of the 2004 World Conference of Nonlinear Analysts, Orlando, FL, July 2004.

22. “Transfer Matrix Approach to Solving Linear Geostrophic Wave Equations”, Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, November 2003.

23. “Maxima, LaTex and Maple in Pocket PC's”, Sixteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2003, jointly with G. Lugo.

24. “Soliton Propagation in Optical Fibers”, March 21, 2003, Physics Department, UNCW.

25. “Current and Future Prospects for Pocket PC's in Higher Education”, CAUSE 2003, Kuiper, Vetter, Ward, Lugo, Herman, Reeves.

26. “Mathematics on Pocket PCs”, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. Addison Wesley (NR), Orlando, FL, 2002, jointly with G. Lugo.

27. “Inverse Problems for Vibrating Beams”, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. Addison Wesley (NR), Orlando, FL, 2002, jointly with G. Lugo.

28. “The Role of Squared Legendre Functions in Perturbations of the KdV Soliton”, 20th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, October, 2002.

29. “Direct Soliton Perturbation Methods”, The Fourth Annual Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, UNCW, May 2002.

30. “Digital Libraries in Mathematics”, Math NSDL Meeting, MAA Headquarters, Washington, DC, Feb. 2002.

31. “The Lie Symmetries of the Vaidya Equation”, AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans LA, January, 2001.

32. “Models of Linear and Nonlinear Wave Propagation”, Marine Science Seminar, Center for Marine Science, Myrtle Grove, NC, October 29, 2001.

33. “Using Handheld Computers to Enhance Student Learning Using a Web-based Student Response System”, ICTCM, 14th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Baltimore, MD, November 2001, with G. Lugo.

34. “The iLumina Project and Other Digital Libraries in the Mathematics Classroom”, ICTCM, 14th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Baltimore, MD, November 2001, with G. Lugo.

35. “Mapping total environmental sound exposure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Wilmington, North Carolina Intracoastal Waterway”, Genevieve M. Haviland, Laela S. Sayigh, Adam S. Frankel, Christopher M. Powell, Alessandro Bocconcelli, Russell L. Herman, MTS/IEEE Oceans 2001, Honolul, HI, November 2001, presented by G. Haviland.

36. “On Computing the Symmetries of the Vaidya Equation”, 20th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, October, 2000.

37. “Visual Basic Modules in the Classroom”, ICTCM, 13th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Atlanta, GA November 2000, with G. Lugo.

38. “Digital Libraries for Science and Mathematics”, ICTCM, 13th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Atlanta, GA November 2000, with G. Lugo.

39. “Mathboard: Live Mathematical Content for Your Web Page”, Minicourse by Jeff Brown at ICTCM, 13th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Atlanta, GA November 2000, helped J. Brown with G. Lugo.

40. “The Perturbed Toda Lattice”, AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, D.C., January, 2000.

41. “The Modified Iterative Method for Relaxation Schemes of Solving Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems”, AMS Session on Integral Equations and Applications, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, D.C., January, 2000, with A.J. Jerri.

42. “Can We Control Chaos in Our Computations?”, ICTCM, 12th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, San Francisco, CA, November 1999.

43. “Teaching Mathematics Through Sound and Images: Mathematics of Music”, ICTCM, 12th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, San Francisco, CA, November 1999, with Lugo.

44. “On Computing the Symmetries of the Vaidya Equation”, 19th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of Virginia, Richmond, VA, October, 1999.

45. “Scattering of Rossby Waves from Piecewise-linear Topographies Using the Transfer Matrix Method”, 18th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, October, 1998

46. “Creating Web Animations for Web Instruction”, ICTCM, 11th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, New Orleans, LA, November 1998, workshop conducted with G. Lugo.

47. “On-line Toolbook Applets for Calculus”, ICTCM, 11th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, New Orleans, LA, November 1998.

48. “VIT: Using Video and Image Analysis to Enhance Calculus and Differential Equations”, ICTCM, 10th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Chicago, IL, November 1997

49. “Creating Web Animations for Web Instruction”, ICTCM, 10th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Chicago, IL, November 1997, workshop conducted with G. Lugo,.

50. “Simulating Waves on a Spider Web”, North Carolina American Association of Physics Teachers 2nd Annual Meeting, UNCW, March 1997.

51. “Assessing Learning in the MCP Project”, 9th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Reno, NV, November 17-20, 1997 with G. Lugo.

52. Workshop on "Electronic Data Acquisition in Calculus and Differential Equations”, 9th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Reno, NV, November 17-20, 1997 with G. Lugo.

53. “Symmetry Reductions of the Two-Dimensional KdV-Burgers and Zabolotskaya-Khoklov Equations”, Sixteenth SouthEastern-Atlanic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Atlanta, GA, Nov 1996.

54. “Using Computers in the Classroom”, Multimedia Presentation, North Carolina Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, Sanford, NC, April 12, 1996, with G. Lugo.

55. “MCP Calculus CD-ROM", Multimedia Presentation ,, 8th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Houston, TX, November 16-19, 1995 with G. Lugo.

56. Workshop on “Hypermedia Instruction in Mathematics”, 8th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Houston, TX, November 16-19, 1995, with G. Lugo.

57. “Painleve' Analysis of Perturbed Nonlinear Evolution Equations”, Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC, Oct 1995.

58. “Soliton Perturbations in Continuous and Discrete Systems”, KdV '95, International Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 23-26, 1995.

59. “Technology in the Calculus Classroom”, Seventh International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Orlando, FL, Nov 17-19, 1994.

60. “Technology in the Calculus Classroom”, NC State, Raleigh, NC, Oct, 1994.

61. “Numerically Induced Soliton Perturbations”, at the 10th Workshop on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Dynamical Systems, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, Sept 11-18, 1994.

62. “Technology in the Calculus Classroom”, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, June, 1994.

63. “Chaos and Dynamical Systems on the PC”, Mathematical Sciences Department, UNCW, Wilmington, NC, Apr. 1994.

64. “Solitary Wave Propagation in the Ocean and the Atmosphere”, Physics Department, UNCW, Wilmington, NC, Feb. 1994.

65. “A Perturbation Theory for Gravitational Solitons”, International Lanczos Conference, Raleigh, NC, Dec 1993.

66. “Technology in the Calculus Classroom”, Sixth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Parsipanny, NJ, Nov 4-7, 1993.

67. “Soliton Dynamics for Near Integrable Differential-Difference Equations”, at the 9th Workshop on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Dynamical Systems, Lecce, Italy, Sept 3-12, 1993.

68. “Solitons and the Inverse Scattering Transform”, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Apr. 1993.

69. “Solitons and the Inverse Scattering Transform”, Amoco Research Center, Tulsa, OK, Dec. 1992.

70. “Soliton Dynamics for Near Integrable Differential-Difference Equations”, at the Midwest-Southeastern Atlantic Second Joint Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Nov. 1992

71. “The Perturbed Toda Lattice”, at the joint meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America, Orono, ME, Aug. 1991.

72. “A Direct Approach to Studying Soliton Perturbations”, at the Southeastern -Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, Nov. 1990.

73. “Lax Pairs, Recursion Operators and the Perturbation of Nonlinear Evolution Equations”, American Mathematical Society Summer Research Conference on Inverse Scattering and Applications, Amherst, MA, June 1990.

74. “Soliton Dynamics in the Presence of Perturbations”, at the Mathematical Sciences Department of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, 1990.

75. “Modifying Relaxation Schemes for Solving Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems”, at the joint meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America, Louisville, KY, 1990.

76. “The Solution of the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation Between Two Spheres- A Modified Iterative Method”, at the American Mathematical Society's Centennial Meeting, Providence, RI, 1988.

77. “Soliton Perturbations”, at the Mathematics Department of St. Lawrence University, Canton NY, 1988.

78. “Soliton Perturbations”, at the Physics Department of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 1988.

79. “Application of Normal Forms to Dynamical Systems”, at the Physics Department of New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 1988.

Pre-2000 Workshops

These do not include numerous seminars presented at UNCW and St. Lawrence University on solitary waves, inverse scattering, integrability, wavelets, Painleve' Analysis of ODE's and PDE's, nonlinear evolution equations, chaos and other subjects for the Applied Analysis Seminars and several MACS Club Seminars and other special presentations for students and faculty.

1. Chemistry Education Seminars - Fall 1999 - Weekly discussion on how students learn. Conducted by Distinguished Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Dr. J. Dudley Herron

2. "Creating Web Animations for Web Instruction", ICTCM, 11th & 12th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, New Orleans, LA, 1998 and Chicago, IL, 1997, with G. Lugo.

3. "The Life of Teaching - What Can Happen When the Whole Person Enters the Classroom", Jane Tompkins, Faculty Workshop, Sponsored by CTE , April 7, 1998. Also attended her lecture the night before and was invited to a roundtable discussion.

4. Carolina Colloquy for Teaching Summer Conference, "Teaching in the Prime of Your Career: Issues & Challenges for Experienced Faculty", July 23-24, UNCW. Local co-organizer.

5. "Delivering On-Line Courses: The How-To's of Development Design and Implementation", sponsored by the College Board, San Francisco, CA, May 8-9, 1997.

6. North Carolina Science Teachers Association Meeting, Oct. 1994, Raleigh, NC. Demonstrated the use of technology in the classroom.

7. Multimedia/Powerpoint/Web Instruction Workshops, UNCW, Dec 1992-present. Aided with over 20 three -two and a half day workshops for faculty of UNCW and half-day workshops.

8. "Carolinas Summer Institute in Computational Science'', at the North Carolina Supercomputing Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, May 18th-June 5th, 1992; reunions on Jan 22-23, 1993, Apr 23-4, 1994; and, four Concert Videoconferences during 1993.

9. "Using Technology to Teach Mathematics and Science'', 1991 and 1992, Durham, NC. Presentation of the use of technology in the classroom.

10. Symposium on College Mathematics Reform and Teaching, UNCW, March 1992.

11. North Carolina Science Teachers Association Meeting, Oct. 1991, Raleigh, NC. Demonstrated the use of technology in the classroom.

12. "Integrating Calculus and Physics'', minicourse at AMS MAA Joint Meetings, Orono, ME, August 1991.

13. New Faculty Seminar on Exemplary Teaching, Western Carolina University, NC, August 1991

14. "Using Technology to Teach Mathematics and Science'', May 3-4, 1991 at the North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC.

15. AMS Summer Research Conference at Amherst on Inverse Scattering and Applications, Amherst, MA, June 1990.

Attendance at Meetings

1. MathDL Workshop, MAA Headquarters, Washington DC, October 17-19, 2008.

2. MAA-SE 2008, Charleston, SC, March 2008.

3. 20th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, San Antonio, TX, March, 2008.

4. MAA-AMS Joint Meetings, San Diego, CA, January 2008.

5. AAPT Summer Meeting, Greensboro, NC, July 2007.

6. The Fifth IMACS International Conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory, Athens, GA, April 2007.

7. 19th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Boston, MA, Feb. 2007.

8. Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications Workshop, "The Evolution of Mathematical Communication in the Age of Digital Libraries", Minneapolis, MN, December 2006.

9. 26th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Conference on Differential Equations, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, October 2006.

10. AAPT Workshop on General Relativity, Syracuse, NY, July, 2006.

11. SIAM Meetings, Boston, MA, July, 2006.

12. SIAM-SEAS 2005 Charleston, SC, March 2005.

13. 17th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2004.

14. 2004 World Conference of Nonlinear Analysts, Orlando, FL, July 2004.

15. Math NSDL Meeting, Washington, DC, May 16, 2004.

16. NSDL Reusable Learning Workshop, Washington, DC, May 14-15, 2004.

17. "attended" the Cavli-CERCA Conference on the Future of Cosmology. It was streamed from Friday through Sunday, Oct. 10-12,2003. The lectures are archived at

18. Math NSDL Meeting, Mathematical Sciences Conference Group on Digital Educational Resources, MAA Headquarters, Washington, DC, March 2003.

19. Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society - Regional Conference, Wrightsville Beach, NC, November 2003.

20. 16th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Chicago, IL, November 2003.

21. Math NSDL Meeting, Mathematical Sciences Conference Group on Digital Educational Resources, MAA Headquarters, Washington, DC, February 2002.

22. The Fourth Annual Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, UNCW, May 2002.

23. 20th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Conference on Differential Equations, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, October 2002.

24. 15th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Orlando, FL, November 2002.

25. AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, LA, January, 2001.

26. ICTCM, 14th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Baltimore, MD, November 2001.

27. Math NSDL, Washington, DC, March 15-17, 2001.

28. 2001 UNC TLT Collaborative Conference, UNCW, May 23-25, 2001.

29. Math NSDL Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 2, 2001.

30. UNCW - Universidad de Concepcion Teleconference, January 16, 2001

31. 13th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Atlanta, GA, November 2000.

32. 20th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, October, 2000.

33. AMS MAA Joint Meetings, Washington DC, January 2000.

34. 12th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, San Francisco, CA, November 1999.

35. Connected Curriculum Project CCP Developer's Conference, Duke University, May, 1999.

36. 19th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of Virginia, Richmond, VA, October, 1998.

37. Carolina Colloquy for Teaching Summer Conference, "Teaching in the Prime of Your Career: Issues & Challenges for Experienced Faculty", UNCW, 1998.

38. Marine Science Joint Meeting between University of Charleston and UNCW, Mar 28, 1998.

39. 11th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, New Orleans, LA, November 1998.

40. 18th Annual Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, October, 1998.

41. 10th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Chicago, IL, November 1997.

42. North Carolina American Association of Physics Teachers 2nd Annual Meeting, UNCW, March 1997. Attended and helped organize.

43. 9th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Reno, NV, November 17-20, 1996 .

44. Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Oct 1996.

45. North Carolina Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, Sanford, NC, 1996.

46. 8th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Houston, TX, November 16-19, 1995.

47. Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, N.C. State University, Raleigh, NC, Oct 1995.

48. KdV '95, International Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 23-26, 1995.

49. 7th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Orlando,FL, Nov 17-19, 1994.

50. 10th Workshop on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Dynamical Systems, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, Sept 11-18, 1994.

51. International Lanczos Conference, Raleigh, NC, Dec 1993.

52. 6th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Parsipanny, NJ, Nov 4-7, 1993.

53. Southeastern Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, Oct. 1993. Attended and helped organize.

54. 9th Workshop on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Dynamical Systems, Lecce, Italy, Sept 3-12, 1993.

55. North Carolina Colloquy for Teaching Excellence, UNCW, May 1993.

56. AMS MAA Joint Meetings, Orono, ME, August 1991.

57. Southeastern Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, November 1990.

58. AMS MAA Joint Meetings, Louisville, KY, January 1990.

59. AMS Centennial Meeting, Providence, RI, August 1988.

Courses Taught

Courses at UNCW

|Course |Title |

|MAT 111 |College Algebra |

|MAT 112 |Trigonometry |

|MAT 152 |Basic Calculus with Applications |

|MAT 162 |Calculus with Analytic Geometry |

|MAT 261 |Multivariate Calculus |

|MAT 335 |Linear Algebra (DIS) |

|MAT 361 |Differential Equations |

|MAT 365 |Vector Calculus |

|MAT 366 |Advanced Calculus I |

|MAT 367 |Advanced Calculus II/Later Renamed Principles in Applied Math |

|MAT 475 |Nonlinear Dynamical systems and Chaos |

|MAT 491 |Perturbation Methods (DIS) |

|MAT 495 |Senior Seminar |

|MAT 499 |Honors Work in Mathematics |

|MAT 415/515 |Introduction to Complex Variables |

|MAT 516 |Complex Analysis |

|MAT 518/418 |Applied Analytical Methods I |

|MAT 519/419 |Applied Analytical Methods II |

|MAT 525/425 |Numerical Analysis I |

|MAT 526 |Numerical Analysis II (DIS) |

|MAT 531 |Linear Algebra |

|MAT 563/463 |Ordinary Differential Equations |

|MAT 564 |Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos |

|MAT 599 |Thesis Hours |

|MSC 591 |Underwater Acoustics and Signal Processing I (DIS) |

|MSC 591 |Fourier Analysis of Times Series in Physical Oceanography (DIS) |

|PHY 101 |Elementary College Physics I |

|PHY 102 |Elementary College Physics I |

|PHY 201 |General Physics I |

|PHY 202 |General Physics II |

|PHY 311 |Mathematical Physics (Several times as DIS as well) |

|PHY 335 |Modern Physics (DIS) |

|PHY 411 |Electricity and Magnetism I |

|PHY 412 |Electricity and Magnetism II |

|PHY 444 |Quantum Mechanics |

|PHY 445 |Optics |

|PHY 490 |Introduction to General Relativity |

|PHY 495 |Senior Seminar |

|PHY 591 |Underwater Acoustics and Signal Processing II (DIS) |

|HON 110 |Honors Course in Chaos – Team Taught |

|HON 120 |Honors Seminar-The First Three Minutes of the Universe |

|HON 210 |Honors Seminar – The Legacy of Albert Einstein |

|CSC 105 |Introduction to Computing and Computer Applications |

|SCI 501 |Introduction to Natural Sciences I – Team Taught |

|SCI 502 |Introduction to Natural Sciences II – Team Taught |

Courses at SLU

Concepts in Mathematics, Differential Equations, Fortran, Pascal, Numerical Analysis, Honors.

Other Courses – General Physics III, Statistics, assorted physics labs.

Undergraduate Work

1. Honors Projects

a. Lisa Soberano, “The Mathematical Foundation of Image Compression”, Mathematics, Advisor, 2000.

b. Scott Watson, “An Exposition on Inflationary Cosmology”, Physics, CoAdvisor, 2000.

c. Bradley Marshall: “Dark Soliton Behavior in Fiber Optics Subject to Perturbations”, Physics, Advisor, 1994.

d. Mark Hays, “Numerical Simulations of Solitons”, St. Lawrence University, Mathematics, CoAdvisor, 1989.

2. Honors Thesis Committees

a. Graham Medlin, Physics, May 2009.

b. Matthew Reese, “Beam Test Result for a Prototype PbWO4 Calorimeter”, Physics, May 2008.

c. Charles White, “Triangulation of tagged and non-tagged whales”, Computer Science, 2007.

d. Justin Zoppe, “A variational solution to the time-dependent Schrodinger equation by a restricted superposition of frozen Gaussian wavepackets”, Chemistry, 2005.

e. Jason Whitehead, “Exploration of calcium selectivity in protein: analysis of Ca2+ -binding proteins employing crystal structure census, computational analysis, and glass electrode potentiometry”, Chemistry, 2005.

f. Greg Cockrell, “The radiation chemistry of formic acid and oxalic acid in aqueous solutions”, Chemistry 2005.

g. James Harrington, “The Possible Role of Relativistic Effects in the Formation of Cadmium Complexes with Crown Ethers”, Chemistry, 2004

h. Lanette Marett, “Determination of micromolar levels of alcohols in aqueous samples by enzymatic conversion of alcohols to aldehydes, DNP derivitization of aldehydes, and HPLC analysis”, Chemistry, May 2003.

i. Lindsay Boone, “Progress towards the synthesis of novel Acyl Homoserine lactones and other quorum sensing derivatives”, Chemistry, Dec. 2003.

j. David Sutherland, “Study of Tides in the Onslow Bay”, Mathematics, Spring 2001.

k. William Hodge, “Two-Level Models”, Physics, Spring 2001.

l. Donna Gardner, “Optimization of a High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method to Determine Formaldehyde”, Chemistry, 2000.

m. Matthew Cheely, “A Fractal Analysis of Flick Motoneurons in the Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus”, Biology, 2000.

n. Mickie Marlowe, “Nuclear DNA Content of Six Species of Desmids”, Biology, 1998.

3. Senior Seminars (MAT 495/PHY 495)

a. Mary Margaret McEachern, Physics, 2009, pending.

b. Fernando Schiefelbein, Hilbert-Huang Transform, 2008.

c. Colin Kreutzer, “Relativity and the Search for Gravitational Waves”, Physics 2008.

d. Adam Santoro, “Nonlinear Resonances in the Solar System”, 2007.

e. Diana Streng, “Gravitational Lensing”, Physics, 2006.

f. Michael Grissom, “Mechanics of Surfing”, Physics, 2006

g. Joseph Griffin, Nonlinear ODEs and Drugs, 2006.

h. Theresa Rowlands, “Relativity and the Gravitational Positioning System”, Physics, 2006.

i. Emilea Grove, “Chemical Kinetics”, 2004.

j. Elaine Braman, Physics, Dusty Plasmas, 2004.

k. Jerry Lee Jones, Nonlinear Dynamics, Physics, 2004.

l. Albert Lee, “Relativity and GPS”, 2004.

m. Joe Kitchins, “The Hydrogen Atom”, 2003.

n. Samuel Biddle, The Dripping Faucet and Chaos, 2003.

o. Eric Fales, “The Riemann Hypothesis”, 2001.

p. Scott Watson, “Inflationary Cosmology”, 2000.

q. Lisa Soberano, Mathematical Foundations of Image Processing, 2000.

r. Holly Smith, Chaotic Dynamics of Hyperion, 1999.

s. Corbin West, “Elliptical Geometry and Applications”, 1999.

t. Scott Baker, Solitons, 1998

u. Kimberly Meares, “Slider-Block Dynamics and Applications in Geology”, 1997

v. Jamie Kirby, Wavelets, 1996

w. Adam Brand, Plotting Hydrogen Wavefunctions, 1995

x. Amy Brown, Penrose Tilings, 1995

y. Tobias Friske, Wavelets, 1995

z. Farrah Scodius, Spectral Analysis of EKGs, 1995

aa. Laura Weisenhorn, Solitary Waves, 1995

ab. Kurt Van Devere, Chaotic Dynamics, 1994.

ac. Bradley Marshall, Numerical Solution of Schrodinger Equation, 1994.

4. Scott Watson, supervised him for his two seminar talks in September, 1998 on the "Relativistic Correction to Mercury's Orbit".

5. Mandy Hill and Gwen Jones (Grad), Presented semester long signal analysis seminars for their research with G. Lugo, 1998.

6. Society of Physics Students Talk, Presented a talk on Chaos, May, 1998.

7. Sponsor for undergraduate research proposal in Wavelet Transform, Undergraduate Research Fellowship Competition, Spring 1996.

8. Sponsor for undergraduate research proposal in nonlinear optics, UNCW Undergraduate Research Grant in Science, 1994.

9. Sponsor for undergraduate research proposal in Painleve' analysis, UNCW Undergraduate Research Grant in Science, 1992.

10. Supervised undergraduate project on Inverse Scattering for the Regularized Wave Equation, Fall 1993.

11. Study of perturbations of Painleve' equations, 1992-3, one undergraduate student.

12. Study of nonlinear pulse propagation in optical fibers, 1990, two undergraduate students, PEW Grant.

13. Study of numerical errors in discretizations of the KdV, NLS equations, 1989. two undergraduate students, PEW Grant.

Graduate Work

1. Thesis Committees

a. Larry Tingen, Julia Sets for the Hurwitz and Other Zeta Functions, in progress, advisor, 2009.

b. Rebecca Wilkinson, “Numerical Explorations of Cake Baking Using the Nonlinear Heat Equation”, advisor, 2008.

c. David Neal, “Finite Difference Approximations of Advection-Diffusion Equations for Modeling Shark Populations”, advisor, 2007.

d. Chris Canady, “Examination of Tidal Currents in Onslow Bay Measured by Moored Acoustical Doppler Current Profilers”, Marine Science, 2007.

e. Andrew Rose, “Numerical Simulations of the Stochastic KdV Equation”, advisor, 2006.

f. Ben Speckhart, “Shallow Water Response to Hurricanes in Onslow Bay, N.C”, Marine Science, 2004.

g. Genevieve Haviland, “Recreational boating traffic and environmental noise in the Wilmington, North Carolina intracoastal waterway: possible implications for bottlenose dolphins”, Biology, 2002.

h. Sarah Ives, “Julia and Mandelbrot Sets of Riemann Zeta Function”, advisor 2001.

i. Curtis Wayne Martin, Synchronization in Communications, advisor 2001, not completed.

j. Srinath Vadlamani, “Lie Symmetries of the Vaidya Equations”, advisor 2001.

k. Michael Key, “Rossby Wave Scattering in the Two-Layer Model”, advisor 2001.

l. Donald Turner, Computing Digits of Pi, advisor 2000, not completed.

m. Kathy Langone, Nonthesis option, “Controlling Chaos in Dynamical Systems”, advisor 1998.

n. Matthew Griffith, “Moments and Densities of Traveling Wave Solutions of Stochastic Burgers-Like Equations”.

o. A. Acuna, “Lie Symmetries of the Zabolotskaya-Khoklov and Two Dimensional KdV-Burgers Equations”, advisor 1996

p. Stephen Felzer, “Rational and Complex Periodic Points of Polynomial Functions”, 1996.

q. Valerie Melvin, “Theory and Application of a Maximum Principle for the Optimal Control of Serially Connected Flexible Structures”, co-advisor 1993.

r. S. Supanyachotskul, “Scattering of Rossby Waves off a Periodic Barrier”, advisor 1996, not completed.

s. Robin Glover, “The Onset of Chaos in Two-Dimensional Discrete Maps”, advisor 1994.

t. Jorge Zazueta, “Symmetry Reductions of Partial Differential Equations”, advisor 1992

2. Helped students prepare talks for MAT 595 Seminar or advised on thesis work, including my official students.

3. Special courses offered in Rossby Waves, Wave Scattering, Symmetry Groups in Differential Equations

4. Conducted special course for one student on Linear and Nonlinear Waves, Spring 1994.

5. Supervised Graduate Summer Research in symmetry reductions of PDE's, 1992.

6. Wrote and graded several comprehensive exams in PDEs.

Service to the Department

1. Department Webmaster 1996-present.

2. Technology Committee 1996-7, 1998-2009, Chair 1998-2001, 2002-4

3. Peer Observation Committee 1999-2003, 2004-2009

4. Library Committee 1992-3, 2002-2003, 2007-2009, Chair 2007-2009.

5. Graduate Advisors 1993-4, 1998-9, 2004-2005, 2007-2009.

6. Mathematics Interest Group 1991-present Convenor 1998-9

7. Mathematics Advisory Committee 2006-present

8. Space Subcommittee 2008-present

9. Lower Division Mathematics Courses 1990-1997

10. Applied Math Interest Group 1990-1997 Convenor 1994-6

11. Graduate Student Interest Group 1992-1997 Convenor 1993-4

12. Curriculum Committee 1993-6, 1998-9 Convenor 1998-9

13. SACS Subcommittee 2001, Chair, Wrote Section 5.2 and 5.3 for Department

14. Search Committee for Numerical Analysis 1998-9

15. Outcomes Assessment Committee 1996-7

16. Personnel Committee 1994-95 Chaired Search Subcommittee

17. Committee on Software 1993-4

18. Committee on Outcome Assessment 1993

19. Physics Committees

i. Lab Development, consultant, 1999-2001.

ii. Chair Selection Committee - 1998-9.

iii. Tenure-Track Faculty Selection -1998-9, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2006-2007, 2007-2008.

iv. Textbook Adoption, 2003.

Service to the University

1. Appointed Faculty Associate for the Center for Teaching Excellence, 1997 to 2009.

2. University Committees

a. Academic Standards Committee, Chair, 1999-2009.

b. Faculty Senate - Attended meetings as voting Committee Chair 1999-2009.

c. Honors Council, Ex Officio 2000-9.

d. CTE Advisory Committee, 1997-2009.

e. CTE Faculty Liaison, 2002-present.

f. Engineering Task Force, 2007-2008.

g. BOG Award Committee, 2006-2007, Chair 2007.

h. Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award Committee, 2006.

i. Faculty Senate Hearings Panel 2005-2007.

j. Student Support and Technology Committee 2005-2007.

k. SACS Self Study Subcommittee, Section 5.2 on Instructional Support – Chair, 2000-2001.

l. SACS Self Study Section V Committee, 2000-2001.

m. Science, the Humanities and Society, 1999.

n. Search Committee for CTE Hiring Technology Consultants, 1999.

o. Commencement Speaker Selection Committee, 1999

3. Convocation, Freshman Orientation Faculty Presentation. August 2007, 2008.

4. Evolution Learning Community 2007-2009.

5. Community of Scholars - Worked with a group under Dr. Burt to develop the document describing the Community of Scholars concept for a network of faculty/staff support. 2004.

6. Credit and Grade Transfer for Study Abroad - Special Meeting, Nov 2002.

7. WAC, Writing Across the Curriculum Task Force, Spring 2001.

8. Attended three seminars on Coastal Fluid Dynamics in 1997 at UNCW.

9. Attended a meeting with officials from N.C. State to discuss efforts at interdisciplinary work in the marine sciences and cooperation between the two schools.

10. M. S. Program in Marine Sciences: Service on two subcommittees, reviewing applications for the first postdoc to the program, and reviewing student applications for the program.

11. Helped draft a proposal for the M.S. in Marine Sciences. Chair of one subcommittee (Supporting Fields) and a member of another (Library).

12. Attended two Satellite Broadcasts: "Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines", Randall Library, Sept 21, 1995; "From Reality to Virtuality New Tools for Distributed Learning", Randall Library, Mar 21, 1996.

13. Helped with several workshops aimed at Instructional Technology for public school teachers. One of these was "Creating Multimedia for the World Wide Web." Part of the workshop series "Professional Development for Math Teachers Using the World Wide We,." by Paul Shotsberger.

14. Made several presentations to outside groups: The College News Association of the Carolinas , Visiting dignitaries, etc.

15. In 1996 a group of faculty formed WITS (Web Instructional Technology Support ) under CTE. Chair of this group, whose concern was the investigation of the use of current technology in teaching at UNCW with a focus on web instruction.

16. CoCoordinator (with G. Lugo) of MUG (Multimedia Users Group), which was formed at UNCW in 1993. This group met several times this to view new software, and discuss issues related to using multimedia and the world wide web in the classroom. He was a member since 1993 and CoCoordinator since 1994.

17. Assistant in Multimedia Workshops for Faculty Development (1992-1997). These workshops featured Toolbook, Powerpoint, and Instruction on the Web. There were about 3-5 workshops/year. This effort began as an offshoot of the NSF funded MCP Project. The first workshops, Developing Hypermedia Classroom Applications, were a professional development program for UNCW faculty and sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence providing several two and a half day workshops in Toolbook.

18. Member of Ad Hoc Committee on Establishment of Honors Program, 1992.

19. Member of the Graduate Faculty from 1991 to the present.

20. General College Advisor, 1991-1996.

Service to the Community

1. Summer Ventures, “Mathematical Modeling”, 2008.

2. AP workshops in Math (2007, 2008) and Physics (2008).

3. Work with AP Math teachers, 2005. Scheduled to work with AP training in 2006.

4. Science Olympiad – Designed and Ran Physics Events 1993-2008, Electric Circuits 2006-2008, Simple Machines, 2007-08, Balloon Race 2002-2003, 2006-2007, Practical Data Gathering 2006, and Physics of Music Event 2004. Helped with Practical Data Gathering Events 1993-2005.

5. NC PIMS – Advised in NSF Grant Supported K-12 program in training teachers in the physical sciences, 2004.

6. Judge in Regional Science Fair, 2005.

7. Chaired Session at Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems Conference, UNCW, May 2002

8. Taught Summer Ventures as a co-instructor of "Computer Applications in Physics", 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001. Developed this course with Dr. Lugo.

9. Member of the WHQR Community Advisory Board 1993-2002.

10. Volunteer Resource for Scope, Sequence, and Coordination of Secondary School Science, a North Carolina Project for Reform in Science Education.

11. Advisor to New Hanover High School SuperQuest Team, which was a finalist in the (national) proposal competition in 1993, and awarded honorable mention (nationally) for completed paper, 1995. Each member of the team got $1000 and worked at Cornell University for three weeks. Their school was given a workstation as well.

12. Attended National Superquest Presentations, which were held at Cornell University in 1993.

13. Volunteer for the Middle School Science Olympiad, 1993, 1994, 1995.

14. Judge for North Carolina Southeast Regional Science and Mathematics Fair , 1992-4, and the District Student Academy of Science Research Paper Competition, 1992.

15. Reviewed the questions for the science section of the county quiz bowl, sponsored by the New Hanover Public Library in 1991.

16. Numerous consulting calls, such as local engineers, police department, or not local questions on solitons.

On-Campus Initiatives

1. Revived The Journal of Effective Teaching, as Editor-in-Chief 2005-2009.

2. Continued Work in Technology –podcasting, blogs, and more.

3. Advisor, Mathematics and Statistics Club, 2004-2007.

4. Member of the Faculty Web and File Management Committee on the electronic management of electronic resources at UNCW, 2004.

5. WebPage Primer Workshop Series of Three Workshops - Offered 3 times

a. File Management and Directory Structures

b. Introduction to HTML

c. Introduction to FrontPage

6. WCDT2002 Team Leader - Many Workshops and Planning Meetings, Meetings with Tyndall, Chancellor, and planning/redesign for the next round following 2002. Basically took half a year with weekly/biweekly meetings and into Summer Session I conducting weekly faculty training.

7. Testing Citrix Server Applications for UNCWs Mobile Computing Software Services

8. WCDT2001 Team Leader

9. TLT Conference - May 2001.

10. Developed and team-taught a new course for the School of Education. SCI 501-502 is a course in Natural Science, which is part of a new Master of Science Program for public school teachers, 1997-8.

11. Dr. Herman has sponsored several teams of students to compete in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.

a. 1995 One the team (Bradley, Frazelle, Rowell) placed Honorable Mention

b. 1996 One team (Bradley, Frierson, Kirby) placed as Successful Participants.

c. 1999 Two Teams, Successful Participants (Canning, Dudley, Gibson), Honorable Mention (Albert, Fuller, G. Watson).

d. 2000 Two Teams, Successful Participants (G. Watson, S. Watson, Fuller),Honorable Mention (Soberano, Cheely).

12. Mathematics Faculty Advisor for the MACS Club since Spring 1995.

13. Signal Processing Seminar Series. Fall 1998 - conducted with G. Lugo. Participants included students and faculty from other disciplines. This benefited an honors project and Masters Thesis in the Biological Science Department.

14. Relativity Seminar Series. This seminar series began April and continued through Spring 1999.

15. Lectures on Fluid Dynamics, Part I: General Fluid Dynamics in Rotating Systems, Jan 30, 1998; Part II: Linear and Nonlinear Rossby Waves, Feb 6, 1998.

16. Master of Science in Instructional Technology, March 5, 1998. Attended and participated in the program and discussions.

17. Carolina Colloquy for University Teaching Conference, preliminary work for the conference, which was held July 23-24, 1998.

18. UNC Professional Development Advisory Committee - Helped field questions by the committee about faculty development in teaching and learning at UNCW.

19. Web Course Page Showcase - Jan 22, 1998 Helped with preparations.

20. Review of Technology at UNCW - Graves Visit, attended open session for faculty and helped with position statement from CTE

21. 1998 Course Showcase - Nov 5, 1998 Helped with preparations. Title, "Are Online Courses Better?"

22. Roundtable Discussion with Jane Tompkins. April 7, 1998.

23. Member of CDT98 - Course Development Team - First organized and grant supported group of faculty working on putting course materials on the web.

24. The Toda lattice, Differential Difference Equations and the Inverse Scattering Transform, - 3 Lectures, Spring 1996.

25. Painleve' Tests and Solutions to PDE's, Fall 1996

26. Given many presentations to the MACS (Mathematics and Computer Science) Club. These included talks on Chaos, Bucky Balls and Geodesic Domes, and Using Matlab as a Visualization Tool.

27. Organized a seminar for new graduate students in the Fall of 1992. Several members of the department gave short 15 minute talks on their area of expertise.

28. Given many individual lectures for students and work with a group during 1990-2 in studying the application of differential geometry to the study of partial differential equations. This included a summer seminar series on Hamiltonian Systems in 1991.

29. Attended other seminars and classes over the years. For example, he attended Dr. Dankel's course on Stochastic Differential Equations in Fall 1990, Dr. Sadek's lectures on Control Theory in 1992.

30. Active member in the weekly Applied Analysis Seminar. During 1990-1996 he assumed the role of scheduling the talks. Throughout he has made many contributions to this series with lectures on Soliton Theory, Inverse Scattering, Perturbations of the KdV equation, Painleve' Analysis, Controlling Chaos, Wavelets, and many other subjects.

31. Helped to organize two successful regional meetings at UNCW. In 1993 the Southeastern Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations was held here with about 90 participants. In 1997 the North Carolina American Association of Physics Teachers 2nd Annual Meeting was held here with about 80 participants.

Service to Professional Organizations

1. Committee on Technologies in Mathematics Education (CTME), MAA. 2009-2012.

2. CTME – Attended Meeting, San Diego, Jan 2008.

3. Web SIGMAA - Attended Meeting, San Diego, Jan 2008.

4. MAA Faculty Liaison, 2004-present.

5. Partner in Mathematic Gateway, , Meetings in Washington, DC, 2004-2006, 2008.

6. iLumina, NSDL Digital Library. ,

a. Weekly meetings since 2000, including summers to create digital library and tools.

b. Published 116 items to library in physics and mathematics.

c. Physics Editor, Reviewed numerous submissions to library.

7. Member of Numina Group since 2000,

a. Weekly meetings since 2000, including summers.

b. Meetings with publishers, representatives from software/hardware companies, such as HP and Data Harvest, people from other universities and administrators.

8. Review of Data Harvest Software, 2002.

9. Chair -Committee on Mathematics Taxonomy -Authored Core Subject Taxonomy for Mathematics Education - National Group - people.uncwil.edu/hermanr/mathtax - reported in FOCUS Aug/Sep 2002 and at NSDL web site, May 2002.

10. Mathematical Sciences Conference Group on Digital Educational Resources- Member 2001-present Served as a chair of the Committee on Mathematics Taxonomy and authored Core Subject Taxonomy for Mathematics Education and reported on this at the March meeting. - people.uncwil.edu/hermanr/mathtax.

11. ICTCM - Baltimore, MD, Met with Editor JOMA, PI of MathDL, MathForum representatives, Math Discipline Team Co-Leader from MERLOT, and others to discuss connections between digital libraries in mathematics. Led to a second major meeting held in 2002 and national recognition for work on the National Mathematics Taxonomy if Education.

12. Chaired Session at Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems Conference, UNCW, May 2002

13. A regular referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review, Physics Letters A and Physical Review E since 1992.

14. A regular referee for Journal of Physics A and Inverse Problems since 2000.

15. Refereed for IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Optics Letters, Arabian Journal of Scientific Engineering, Wave Motion, Journal of Mathematical Physics, and Astronomische Nachrichten/ Astronomical Notes.

16. Reviewed several research grant proposals for the NSF (Classical Analysis, Applied Mathematics) 1992-95

17. Reviewed grant proposal for 2003 and 2001 Cooperative Grants Program U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation.

18. Peer Review of colleagues for promotion: C. Knickerbocker (SLU), A.J. Jerri (Clarkson), E.K. Kaufman (Arkansas)

19. Reviews for publishers:

a. Reviewed Physics Textbook: Cutnell and Johnson, 6th Ed. Reviewed text chapter and got three students to fill out a student review as compared to the book they had used already.

b. Review of Two Modules for Project Links, out of Department of Mathematical Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY. Apr 1999

c. Review of Chapter for Calculus Text - W.H. Freeman and Company Pub., July 1999

d. Linear Difference Equations with Discrete Transform Methods, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.

e. Calculus Connections: A CD-ROM and Calculus lab manual for John Wiley & Sons. This consisted of two semesters worth of materials and lasted over a six month period.

f. Introduction to Integral Equations with Applications, 2nd Edition, Marcel-Dekker, 1993.

g. Integral and Discrete Transforms with Applications and Error Analysis, Marcel-Dekker, 1992.

h. Calculus: A Prospectus, John Wiley & Sons, 1992.

20. Consulting opportunities, including a major trip to AMOCO, Tulsa, OK to discuss Internal Solitary Waves in the South China Sea in 1992.

21. On local organizing committee for the Southeastern Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, Oct. 1993.

22. On local organizing committee for the North Carolina American Association of Physics Teachers 2nd Annual Meeting, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, March 1997.

23. Trip to Virtual Reality Lab at UNC. - One of two faculty members to accompany a group of undergraduate students on trip to the Virtual Reality Lab in Chapel Hill. 1999, 1997.

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