Curriculum Vitae
Appointments:
Professor, 2014--present
Associate Professor, 2009--2014
Assistant Professor, 2005--2009
Department of Mathematics
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Adjunct Professor, 2014--present
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Research Fellow, 2015--present
Institute for Health Care Delivery Research
Intermountain Healthcare
Salt Lake City, Utah
Arnold Ross Assistant Professor, 2002--2005
Department of Mathematics
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Post-Doctoral Mentor: Bjorn Sandstede
Research Assistant and Associate Instructor, 1995--2002
Department of Mathematics
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Ph.D Advisor: Kevin Zumbrun
Education:
Ph.D. Mathematics, 2002.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
M.A. Mathematics, 1997.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
B.S. Mathematics, 1995.
Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Grants:
Principal Investigator, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, WMD-C,
"Spectral Graph Theory, Tree Decomposition, and Pseudospectral Graph Theory",
Grant No. HDRTA1-15-0049, 5/12/15 to 5/11/18, $450,000.
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, DUE,
"TUES Phase 2: A New Curriculum in Applied and Computational Mathematics",
Grant No. 1323785, 09/15/13 to 08/31/17, $599,918.
Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, EAR,
"Structure and Reactivity at the Mineral-Water Interface",
Grant No. 1227215, 09/15/12 to 08/31/14, $215,489.
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, DMS,
CAREER, "Interdisciplinary Mentoring Program in Analysis, Computation, and Theory",
Grant No. 0847074, 06/15/09--05/31/14, $400,000.
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, DMS,
CSUMS, "Information and Decision Algorithm Laboratories",
Grant No. 0639328, 09/15/06--09/15/10, $704,848.
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, DMS,
Applied Mathematics, "Stability of Traveling Waves",
Grant No. 0607721, 08/01/06--07/31/09, $152,206.
Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, DMS,
EMSW21-MCTP, "Center for Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics",
Grant No. 0636648, 10/01/06--09/30/10, $1,269,972.
Awards:
Department Distinguished Mentoring Award, Brigham Young University, 2014.
Department Distinguished Research Award, Brigham Young University, 2013.
Department Distinguished Service Award, Brigham Young University, 2012.
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2009--2014.
College Young Scholar Award, Brigham Young University, 2010.
University Young Scholar Award, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Department Distinguished Mentoring Award, Brigham Young University, 2009.
Rothrock Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2001.
Rocky Mountain Space Grant Consortium Scholarship, 1991, 1992, 1994.
Department and University Service:
Undergraduate Advisor, 2013--present
Director of Graduate Studies, 2010--2012
Co-Producer, We Use Math, a short documentary film on careers in mathematics, 2010
Graduate Committee, 2009--2012
Departmental Organizer, CPMS Spring Research Conference, 2006--2010
Public Relations Committee, Fall 2005--2012
Chair, Public Relations Committee, 2006--2009
Department Representative, BYU Employee Giving Campaign, 2006--2008
Professional Service:
Vice Chair SIAM Activity Group on Applied Mathematics Education, 2015-present
SIAM Education Committee 2012-present
Steering Committee: SIAM-NSF Workshop on Modeling across the Curriculum I&II, 2012-2014.
Panelist, National Science Foundation, 2006, 2008, 2009.
Reviewer, Mathematical Reviews, 2006--2009
Referee, Journal of Nonlinear Science, Mathematics of Computation, Physica D.,
Journal of Differential Equations, IEEE Transactions of Automatic Control,
Mathematische Nachrichten, Proceedings of the American Controls Conference,
SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences.
Scholarly Presentations:
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Spring 2015.
Colloquium, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Spring 2015.
IMACS Waves 2015: Nonlinear Evol. Eqns. and Wave Phenomena, Athens, Spring 2015.
Applied Math Seminar, North Carolina State University, Spring 2015.
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City, Winter 2015.
AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio Winter 2015.
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Cambridge, Summer 2014.
SIAM Annual Meeting, Chicago, Summer 2014.
Colloquium, Arizona State University, Fall 2013.
SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, Summer 2013.
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Spring 2013.
Colloquium, University of Texas, San Antonio, Winter 2013.
AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, Winter 2013.
BYU Computational Public Economics Conference, Park City Winter 2012.
Applied Math Seminar, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Fall 2012.
SIAM Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Summer 2012.
SIAM Conference on Financial Mathematics and Engineering, Minneapolis, Summer 2012.
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Seattle, Summer 2012.
AMS Sectional Conference, Midwestern Section, Lawrence Kansas, Spring 2012.
American Controls Conference, San Francisco, Summer 2011.
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Reno, Winter 2011.
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Philadelphia, Summer 2010.
SIAM Conference on Emerging Topics in Dyn. Sys. and PDE, Barcelona, Spring 2010.
Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics Seminar, University of Michigan, Winter 2010.
Ellis B. Stouffer Mathematics Colloquium, University of Kansas, Fall 2009.
Association for Women in Mathematics Chapter Seminar, University of Kansas, Fall 2009.
Statistics Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Fall 2009.
Applied Math Seminar, Indiana University, Fall 2009.
Mathematics Colloquium, University of Wyoming, Fall 2009.
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird Spring 2009.
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Miami, Winter 2009.
Computational and Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Kansas, Winter 2008.
SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, Mesa Fall 2007.
SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird Spring 2007.
Applied Math Seminar, Florida State University, Winter 2007.
Physics Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Fall 2006.
AMS Sectional Conference, Western Section, Salt Lake City, Fall 2006.
Statistics Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Fall, 2006.
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Seattle, Fall 2006.
Workshop Stability and Instability of Nonlinear Waves, Seattle, Fall 2006.
SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, Boston, Summer 2006.
Applied Math Seminar, Brigham Young University, Winter 2005.
Electrical Engineering Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Winter 2005.
Hyp2004-Tenth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems, Osaka, Fall 2004.
Differential Equations Seminar, University of Michigan, Fall 2003.
Mathematics Colloquium, Brigham Young University, Summer 2003.
Applied Math Seminar, The Ohio State University, Spring 2003.
Hyp2002-Ninth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems, Pasadena, Spring 2002.
Applied Math Seminar, Indiana University, Fall 2001.
Graduate Students Supervised:
Joshua Lytle, PhD expected 2016
Abraham Frandsen, MS expected 2015
Stasha Bown, MS 2013
Jared Webb, MS 2013
Daniel Dowler, MS 2013
Preston Redd, MS 2013
Jeffrey Hendricks, MS 2013
James Taylor, PhD 2013
Rebecca Dorff, MS 2013
Mason Victors, MS 2013
Jonathan Baker, MS 2012
McKay Heasley, MS 2011
Spencer Patty, MS 2011
Sarah McBride Lou, MS 2011
Joshua Lytle, MS 2011
Yuren He, MS 2009
Steven Lutz, MS 2009
Jeremy West, MS 2009
Blake Barker, MS 2009
Eric Elliason, MS 2006
Honors Theses Supervised:
Preston Redd, 2011
Christina Burton, 2010
Patents:
System and method for monitoring physical activity, filed Jan 30, 2014
Robust watermarking for digital media, USPTO 8,588,461, Awarded Nov 19, 2013