A NC native (Durham), I spent my academic years at NC State University, completing the MS in Operations Research (1982) and PhD in Applied Mathematics (1986), and returning to finish the requirements for a BS in Physics (2016), My first BS was in Mathematics (1979). I taught Math and Computer Science during my graduate terms, and remained on the CSC staff on and off for nearly 20 years as Visiting Assistant or Adjunct Associate Professor teaching courses in C++, Fortran, Numerical Analysis...
A NC native (Durham), I spent my academic years at NC State University, completing the MS in Operations Research (1982) and PhD in Applied Mathematics (1986), and returning to finish the requirements for a BS in Physics (2016), My first BS was in Mathematics (1979). I taught Math and Computer Science during my graduate terms, and remained on the CSC staff on and off for nearly 20 years as Visiting Assistant or Adjunct Associate Professor teaching courses in C++, Fortran, Numerical Analysis and Algorithms/Data Structures. Most of my career has been spent with the US Government (DoD) as either a Mathematician or Operations Research Analyst, the latter being essentially an interdisciplinary mix of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Systems Engineering. My interests and expertise are broad, ranging from optimization of linear and nonlinear systems, numerical linear algebra and analysis of differential systems to large scale distributed simulation via message passing communication networks. I have also worked in industry in network design and analysis and network planning software. So I bring a varied perspective to the types of mathematics and computing techniques that are useful in applications as well as an interest, and ability, to communicate the concepts needed to apply those techniques from first principles.
