Faculty
"If there were no sheep there would have been no wolves..."
—From a song by Notis Sfakianakis
—From a song by Notis Sfakianakis
Andreas A. Artemiou
Assistant Professor (Statistics)
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistics, Dimension Reduction, Kernel Methods
Juergen Bierbrauer
Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Coding theory
- Design theory
- Cryptography
"Science is the most genuine guide in life."
—Mustafa Kemal (1881 - 1938)
—Mustafa Kemal (1881 - 1938)
Cafer Caliskan
Visiting Assistant Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Combinatorics
- Coding Theory
- Cryptology
"Mathematics is like cooking, it requires confident guesswork and improvisation, experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way."
—Paraphrased from "Sir Vidia's Shadow" by Paul Theroux
—Paraphrased from "Sir Vidia's Shadow" by Paul Theroux
Stefaan De Winter
Assistant Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Projective geometry
- Algebraic and geometric combinatorics
- Combinatorial and group theoretical stud
Jianping Dong
Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical Genetics
- Statistics, especially smoothing techniques, analysis of contingency tables, and density estimation
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Applied Statistics; Environmental Statistics
Kathleen A. Feigl
Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Finite element methods for fluids
- Modeling and simulation of viscoelastic fluids
Yuichiro Fujiwara
Visiting Scholar
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Combinatorics
- Information Theory
- Quantum Information Theory
Clark R. Givens
Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Applied linear algebra
- Signal processing
- Mathematical physics, especially differential geometry and general relativity
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Inverse problems in partial differential equations
- Numerical optimization
- Mathematical software
Ann M. Humes
Senior Lecturer
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- First-Year College Mathematics
- Mathematics Education
Renfang Jiang
Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical genetics, especially wavelet-based methods
- Combinatorial group theory
- Low dimensional topology
"How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science."
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Probability and Statistics
Melissa S. Keranen
Assistant Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Combinatorial designs
- Graph decompositions
- Graph colorings
Todd R. King
Associate Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Applied mathematics
- Online and hybrid (online/classroom) education
Robert W. Kolkka
Associate Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Viscoelasticity, bifurcation and stability theory
- Polymer rheology
Donald L. Kreher
Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Design theory
- Combinatorial algorithms
Alexander E. Labovsky
Assistant Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Turbulence Modeling, Computational Fluid dynamics
- High-accuracy numerical methods for PDEs
- Uncertainty Quantification, high-dimensional integration
"You have chosen wisely"
Links of Interest
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Applied Mathematics
- Fluid Flow
- Evolutionary Ecology
- Finance
- PDEs
Iosif Pinelis
Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Probability, including exact inequalities and limit theorems
- Mathematical statistics
- Optimization
- Evolutionary modeling
- Operations research
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistics
- Forest Biometrics
Qiuying Sha
Associate Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical Genetics
- Applied Statistics
Ethan C. Smith
Assistant Professor
906-487-2068
ethans@mtu.edu
ethans@mtu.edu
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Number Theory, especially the distribution of prime numbers
Shari L. Stockero
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
- Preservice Mathematics Teacher Education
- Teacher Professional Development
- Teacher Noticing
- Teacher Learning
- Use of Video Cases in Teacher Education
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
—Theodore Roosevelt
—Theodore Roosevelt
Allan A. Struthers
Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Algorithms that can be parallelized on GPUs
- Applications of differential equations to science and engineering
Franz X. Tanner
Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Computational fluid dynamics, especially the modeling of sprays and multiphase flows
Zhengfu Xu
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
- High order methods for PDE's
- Computational modeling of Nafion material
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"
—Ronald Reagan, American revolutionary
—Ronald Reagan, American revolutionary
Fabrizio Zanello
Associate Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Combinatorial Commutative Algebra
- Enumerative Combinatorics
- Partition Theory
Le (Adam) Zhang
Assistant Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Agent based modeling for computational biology
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Statistical genetics
- Bioinformatics
- Theoretical Statistics