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PEOPLE The success of any project depends on the people and how well they have worked interconnectedly to solve the problem. |
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Professors |
Autar Kaw, Ali Yalcin, Duc Nguyen, Mary Sacre-Besterfield, Ron Miller, Ram Pendyala, Renee Clark, Udai Kudikyala, Gwen-Lee Thomas, Glen Besterfield, Melinda Hess, Jim Eison, Steven Barnicki, Egwu Kalu, Henry Welch, Sudeep Sarkar, Venkat Bhethanabotla, Ram Pendyala |
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Graduate Students |
Nathan Collier, Jai Paul, Troy Biersack, Son Ho, Shenique Johnson, Praveen Chalasani, Coung Nguyen, John Daly, Sri Harsha Garapati, Luke Snyder, Vladimir Ristevski, Daniel Miller, Subhash Kadiam, Ahmed Mohammed, Rifat Aras, Pavitravas, Keith P. Christian II, S Ellie Volisin |
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Undergraduates |
Ginger Fisher, Carrie B, Aaron C, Christopher Gilbert, Michael Keteltas, Paul Sanders, Kevin M, Loubna G, Shenique Johnson, Charlie Barker, Aaron McGee, Erin S, Amanda Stephan, Jamie Trahan, Fabian Farelo, Christian Martinez, Luke Snyder, Ana Torres, Brian Demenezes, Eric Allard, Sean Rodby, Matthew Emmons, Dan Miller, Lauren Kintner, Vincent Shatlock, Carl S, Russell Aveney, Abbi Lambert, Laura Blanco |
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Autar Kaw of University of South Florida is the main developer of the web-based resources and the lead investigator of four of the five grants received to develop, assess and implement these resources. He has been teaching Numerical Methods at USF for the last 27 years. He brings expertise in numerical methods, open courseware development, and programming to the grant. |
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Ali Yalcin of University of South Florida has conducted assessment evaluation on topics of incorporating a research problem in numerical methods, incorporating experiments in a numerical methods course, effect of homework grading on performance, concept test evaluation and use of multiple-choice tests in a final examination. He also developed most of the industrial engineering problems and the module on optimization. | |||||||||
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Duc Nguyen of Old Dominion University has been implementing and assessing all the web-based resources in his Numerical Methods course. He developed the Fast Fourier Transform module and the videos for the Optimization module. | |||||||||
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Mary Besterfield-Sacre of University of Pittsburgh is the head evaluator of the grant on the assessment of the inverted classroom. | |||||||||
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Ron Miller of Colorado School of Mines is a consultant on the development of the Concept Inventory. He is providing webinars, conducting the Delphi process with several Numerical Methods instructors, and providing one-on-one consultation with the concept inventory developers. | |||||||||
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Ram Pendyala of Arizona State University has been implementing and assessing the numerical methods modules in his Numerical Methods course | |||||||||
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Renee Clark of University of Pittsburgh is developing survey instruments, conducting focus groups, and evaluating results for the assessment of the inverted classroom. | |||||||||
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Udai Kudikyala of Mississippi Valley State University implemented and assessed the web-based resources in his Numerical Methods course. | |||||||||
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Gwen Lee-Thomas of Old Dominion University led the assessment of the prototype tools of unlimited attempt self-assessed quizzes and chess-like games for Cholesky decomposition. | |||||||||
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Glen Besterfield of University of South Florida conducted assessment of the prototype grant and developed some of the industrial engineering problems. |
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Melinda Hess of University of South Florida conducted assessment of the second grant. |
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Jim Eison of University of South Florida developed the assessment tools of the prototype grant. |
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Steven Barnicki of Milwaukee School of Engineering implemented and assessed the web-based resources in his Digital Computation course. |
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Egwu Kalu of Florida A&M University developed parts of the regression module, and implemented and assessed the web-based resources in his Numerical Methods course. |
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Henry Welch developed most of the electrical
engineering physical problems for the open courseware.
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Sudeep Sarkar developed most of the computer science physical problems for the open courseware. | |||||||||
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Venkat Bhethanabotla developed some of the chemical engineering physical problems for the open courseware. | |||||||||
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Nathan Collier was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He worked on developing the mathematical simulations in all four languages for the grant in 2002-03. He contributed knowledge of computer programming of numerical methods, and a different perspective on how students learn best. He taught Computational Methods Laboratory for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He finished his PhD in Civil Engineering from University of South Florida, and is currently a Research Scientist at Oakridge National Laboratory. |
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Jai Prakash Paul was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He completed his undergraduate degree from Bangalore University, India. He loves mathematics and taught mathematics to students taking the GRE and the GMAT in India.into other languages |
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Troy Biersack was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He developed MathCAD simulations in Summer 2002. He graduated in August 2004. |
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Son Ho was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida developed worksheets in Maple for use of advanced numerical methods, such as Finite Difference, Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods in Mechanical and Civil Engineering problems in Summer 2003. |
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Praveen Chalasani was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He graduated in May 2006. He worked on the Simultaneous Linear Equations and Ordinary Differential Equations modules during 2005-06. |
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Coung Nguyen was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He graduated with MS in Mechanical Engineering in August 2006. He worked on extending the Ordinary Differential Equations module to other majors and proofread all its documents. He works for Honeywell in Arizona. | |||||||||
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John Daly was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He graduated with MS in Mechanical Engineering in May 2007, and developed web pages for the open courseware that would allow visitors to access the web pages in multiple ways. He works for Pall Aerospace Engineering. |
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Sri Harsha Garapati was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He extended the Differentiation module to other engineering majors. He reformatted the Introduction to Matrix Algebra Book and the Numerical Methods for Applications book. He developed annotations and description of the YouTube videos of the course. He works for Optimum Engineering in Illinois. | |||||||||
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Luke Snyder was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He developed MATLAB worksheets for the Introduction to Scientific Computing module in Spring 2008. He revised MATLAB modules for the Interpolation module in Summer 2008. He reformatted the Numerical Methods for Applications book. He developed Respondus files for automatic grading of HW problems. He works for Lockheed Martin, Texas. | |||||||||
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Daniel Miller was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He graduated with a MSME degree from USF in 2011. He is the co-author of the textbook: Introduction to Programming Concepts with MATLAB. He also co-developed the self-assessment quizzes for MATLAB programming. | |||||||||
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Vladimir Ristevski was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He graduated with a MS in Mechanical Engineering. He edited the textbook examples from different majors. | |||||||||
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Subhash Kadiam was a graduate student in Civil Engineering at Old Dominion University. He assisted in developing the Fast Fourier Transform module worksheets in MATLAB. | |||||||||
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Ahmed Mohammed was a graduate student in Civil Engineering at Old Dominion University. He graduated in August 2007 with MS in Civil Engineering. He assisted in developing games for the simultaneous linear equations module. He is currently working as a structural engineer at Associated Consultants, Inc in Portland, Oregon. | |||||||||
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Rifat Aras was a graduate student in Civil Engineering at Old Dominion University. He helped in developing the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module through computer implementation of finding Fourier coefficients, and computing the Discrete Fourier Transform and Fast Fourier transforms using Mathematica language. | |||||||||
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Pavitravas was a graduate student in Civil Engineering at Arizona State University. He helped in collecting assessment data, implementing web-resources in the classroom, and performing analysis of student assessment and survey data. | |||||||||
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Keith P. Christian II was a graduate student in Civil Engineering at Arizona State University. He helped collect numerical methods assessment data, implemented website resources in the classroom, and performed analysis of student assessments and survey data relating to numerical methods at Arizona State University. He graduated with a BS in civil engineering from Arizona State University, and is pursuing a graduate transportation engineering degree at Arizona State University. | |||||||||
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S Ellie Volisin was a graduate student in Civil Engineering at Arizona State University. She helped to collect assessment data, implemented web resources in the numerical methods classroom, and performed analysis of student assessment and survey data at Arizona State University. | |||||||||
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Ginger Fisher, an alumni of Mechanical Engineering, began programming mathematical simulations for roots of equations and interpolation using Mathcad in 2001. She works for Shell Oil Company. |
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Carrie B, an alumni of Mechanical Engineering, developed Mathcad simulations in Spring 2002, and graduated in Summer 2003. |
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Aaron C is an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering. He contributed toward writing historical anecdotes, and typing/illustrating many of the textbook documents during Fall 2001 and Spring 2002. |
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Christopher Gilbert, an alumni of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida, contributed by updating historical anecdote essays, drew the logo and the title images in Fall 2002. |
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Michael Keteltas, a honors college alumni of the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of South Florida, compiled historical anecdotes, example stories, and a targeted database for dissemination of the website. He also typed and revised a number of the textbook documents. He started working on the project in Fall 2002. He graduated in May 2004 and is a graduate student in University of California, Davis (Read more). |
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Paul Sanders, an alumni of Mechanical Engineering program at the University of South Florida, proofread the textbook notes and PowerPoint presentation documents of nonlinear equations and interpolation. He worked on the project in Spring 2003 and graduated in Summer 2003. He finished his MS in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. |
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Kevin M, a honors alumni of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida, proofread the textbook documents, developed XML files for electronic tagging, revised problem sets, and indexed the matrix algebra book. He worked on the project from Summer 2003 to Spring 2004. He graduated in May 2004 and works for the Navy (read more). |
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Loubna G, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida, developed background documents and Maple simulations for integration in Spring 2004. She graduated in May 2004 and owns her own business. |
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Shenique Johnson, an honors undergraduate in the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of South Florida developed power point presentations for integration. She graduated in August 2004. |
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Charlie Barker is a senior in the undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF. He extended the integration and ordinary differential equation modules of the textbook chapters and PPTs to other engineering majors. |
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Aaron McGee, an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF extended the simultaneous linear equations modules to other majors, and developed PowerPoint presentations for the same module.
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Erin S, an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF conducted a concept inventory for the course. She developed multiple-choice quizzes based on the inventory. |
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Amanda Stephan,
an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program at USF. She
conducted a concept inventory for the course and also
conducted an extensive web survey of Numerical Methods courses taught in
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Jamie Trahan graduated with undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida in May 2008. She developed worksheets for Simultaneous Linear Equations and Regression modules. | |||||||||
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Fabian Farelo developed the worksheets for the Regression and Simultaneous Linear Equation modules. | |||||||||
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Christian Martinez helped in developing the concept inventory for the course. | |||||||||
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Luke Snyder developed the MATLAB worksheets for Introduction to Scientific Computing module. | |||||||||
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Ana Torres developed the worksheets for the Differentiation module. | |||||||||
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Brian Demenezes is an alumni of the mechanical engineering department of USF. He co-developed the experiments for the numerical methods course. | |||||||||
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Eric Allard is an alumni of the mechanical engineering department of USF. He co-developed the experiments for the numerical methods course. | |||||||||
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Sean Rodby translated the worksheets to other computational packages for Introduction to Scientific Computing module, proofread the text, multiple-choice tests and problem sets of the Numerical Methods with Applications book. | |||||||||
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Matthew Emmons developed the solutions manual for the multiple-choice tests and the problem sets. He also converted the multiple-choice questions to the Flash format. | |||||||||
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Dan Miller annotated the YouTube videos for the course. He proofread the textbook examples from majors other than the general engineering. | |||||||||
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Lauren Kintner revised and proofread all the PPTs for the website, proofread the textbook examples from majors other than the general engineering, and co-developed the endless online quizzes. | |||||||||
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Vincent Shatlock developed, proofread and tested endless online quizzes, and proofread the Programming Concepts book. He published several Wolfram demos for Numerical Methods topics. He also transcribed most of the YouTube audiovisual lectures for purposes of developing transcripts and close captioning the digital audiovisual lectures. | |||||||||
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Carl S graduated in December 2011, and proofread and developed PPTs for the Partial Differential Equation module in Summer 2011. | |||||||||
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Russell Aveney proofread and revised the Optimization module. He also revised the self-assessment quizzes for use as homework assignments. | |||||||||
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Abbi Lambert developed captions and transcripts for several digital audiovisual lectures, uploaded closed-captions for most of the digital audiovisual lectures, and converted several multiple-choice tests to Flash platform. | |||||||||
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Laura Blanco developed captions and transcripts for several digital audiovisual lectures, revised textbook notes, updated YouTube video descriptions and tags, and converted several multiple-choice tests to Flash platform. | |||||||||
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Benjamin Rigsby assisted in editing quizzes for personal response systems, and proofreading online quizzes. | |||||||||
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Humberto Isaza assisting in development of video lectures and PowerPoint presentations for Matrix Algebra, and online quizzes for learning management systems. | |||||||||
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