Curriculum
Vitae
LAWRENCE SCHOVANEC
Interim Dean and Professor
College of Arts & Sciences (806) 742-3383
Texas Tech University E-mail: schov@math.ttu.edu
Lubbock, TX 79409
Ph.D., Indiana University, Mathematics (1982)
M.S., Texas A&M University, Mathematics (1977)
B.S., Phillips University, Mathematics (1975)
Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Texas Tech University, 9/2009-
Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University (6/1999 – 9/2009).
Professor, Texas Tech University (1996 - present).
Acting Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University (fall 1998).
Associate Professor, Texas Tech University (1989 - 1996).
Research Fellow, U.S. Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program, Astronautics Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, CA (Summer 1987).
Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A & M University (1983 - 1984, 1985 - 1986).
Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University (1982 - 1989) (on leave, 1983 - 1984, 1985 - 86).
Mathematical Association of America
American Mathematical Society
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University (6/1999-9/2009).
The Department of
Mathematics and Statistics, with 47 tenured/tenure track faculty, 94 full time
graduate teaching assistants and approximately 20 instructors and lecturers,
teaches more student credit hours than any department at Texas Tech
University. The department teaches
approximately 58,000 student credit hours in an academic year of which 3,300
are graduate hours.
From fall 1999 to
2008, the number of graduate students in mathematics and statistics increased
by 30% and the number of doctoral students more than doubled. During the past five-years the
department has awarded 32 PhDs and 121 masters degrees.
The department had 170
undergraduate majors in fall 2007 compared to 120 in 2000, and has awarded an
average of 40 bachelor degrees for the past five years.
In 2007 the
department, with a grant from the National Science Foundation, established the
South Plains Mathematics
Scholars Program (SPMSP) to support academically talented students from low-income
families by providing scholarships for undergraduate study leading to a degree
in mathematics. The inaugural
class of 12 SPMSP scholars enrolled at Texas Tech for the fall 2008 semester
and receive nearly full
In 2008 the Department of Mathematics and Statistic, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was awarded two National Science Foundation grants that will enhance graduate and undergraduate enrollment. A G-K12 Fellowship grant of $2.7 million dollars will provide fellowships of $30,000 to doctoral-level graduate students who will partner with in-service secondary teachers to enhance interdisciplinary educational experiences for mathematics, engineering, and science teachers. A grant of $740,00 will provide $20,000 stipends to Texas Tech Noyce Scholars who will be seeking teaching certification in mathematics and chemistry.
The number of
departmental scholarship endowments has increased from 21 in 1999 to 28 while
the total amount of the endowments has grown from $680,000 to more than $1.8
million. From these endowments the
department now awards approximately $200,000 a year in undergraduate and
graduate scholarships.
In 2006, the department was awarded the statewide Collegiate
Partnership in Education Crystal Award by the Texas Association of Partners in
Education, in recognition of outreach to K-12 schools.
Since fiscal year 2000, the department has averaged than $849,456 per year in external funding. For fiscal year 2008 the department received a record amount of funding of $1,543,853.
The first endowed chair in Mathematics and Statistics, the ÒDickÓ and Martha Brooks Endowed Professorship, was established in 2004 and successfully filled in 2006.
Member, Texas Tech University Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation Task Force and Coordinator of Mathematics Core Competency Team, 2008-
Member, Graduate Program Review Committee, Mechanical Engineering, 2008-
Member, Task Force on Centers and Institutes, 2007-2008.
Chair, Search Committee for Chair of Department of Computer Science, 2006-2007
Member, Multidisciplinary Masters in Science Advisory Committee (2003- present)
TTU Faculty Representative, Federal Demonstration Partnership (2003-2006).
Chair, Graduate Program Review Committee, Electrical and Computer Engineering (2005).
Chair, Graduate Program Review Committee, Mechanical Engineering (2003).
Member, Graduate Program Review Committee, Political Science (2001).
Member, Information Technology Committee and Subcommittee on High Performance Computing (2001-2003).
Member, Bioinformatics Planning Group for Experimental Science Building (2001).
Member, University Departmental Teaching Award Selection Committee (1999 - 2001).
Member, Arts and Sciences Information Technology Committee (1999).
Member, Building Planning & Design Committee, Experimental Science Building (fall 1998).
Elected member, University Graduate Council, Mathematics and Sciences Representative (1991-1994).
Member, College of Arts and Science Dean's Search Committee (1992).
Member, Hiring Committee (1988-1990, 1991-1993, 1998 - 1999).
Chair, Hiring Committee (1993 - 1997).
Chair, Comprehensive Faculty Review Committee (1998).
Member, Awards Committee (1998 - 1999).
Member, Space Committee (1998 - 1999).
Member, Computing Committee (1992 - 1995, 1998 - 1999).
Elected member, Graduate Programs Committee (1988 - 1990, 1992 - 1994, 1997 - 1998).
Elected member, Executive Committee (1990 - 1992, 1995 - 1997).
Departmental Coordinator for United Way Campaign (1988 - 1990)
President, Texas Association of Academic Administrators in Mathematical Sciences (2004-2005)
Panelist and group discussion leader, Mathematical Association of America Professional Enhancement Program Workshop: ÒLeading the Academic Department.Ó Washington D.C. (June, 2004).
President-elect, Texas Association of Academic Administrators in Mathematical Sciences (2003-2004).
Invited presenter and panel participant: ÒPerceived Challenges for Mathematics Departments for the Next Ten Years.Ó Annual Fall Meeting of the Texas Association of Academics Administrators for Mathematical Sciences, Waco, TX (October 2002).
Member, IEEE Control System Society's Technical Committee on Biosystems and Control.
Member, Selection Committee, Outstanding Texas University Teacher Award, Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America (2001-2002).
Member, Physical Sciences Panel for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Advanced Research/Technology Program Review Team (1998).
Member, Advisory Board for the 3rd International Conference on Composites Engineering, New Orleans (1996).
Special Session: ÒNeuromotor Control,Ó 2002 American Control Conference, Anchorage, AL. Co-organizer W.P. Dayawansa TTU (May 2002).
Workshop: ÒMotor Control Problems in the Brain,Ó 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia. Co-organizer, Bijoy Ghosh, Washington University, St. Louis (December 2000).
Special Session: ÒControl of Biological Systems,Ó 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, co-organizer, Bijoy Ghosh, Washington University (December 2000).
Workshop: ÒBiological approaches to control system problems,Ó 2000 American Control Conference, Chicago, IL. Co-organizer, Bijoy Ghosh, Washington University (June 2000).
National Science Foundation Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences Regional Conference: ÒSuperconvergence in Finite Element Methods,Ó Texas Tech University. Co-organizer, Z. Zhang, TTU (May 2000).
Special Session: ÒMathematics and Medicine,Ó SIAM National Meeting, Kansas City, MO. Co-organizer C. Martin (July 1996).
Special Session: ÒMathematical Modeling of Physiological Systems,Ó Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems 1996, St. Louis, MO (June 1996).
Special Session: ÒBioengineering,Ó 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering, New Orleans, LA (1995).
National Science Foundation; Swedish Research Council; American Society of Mechanical Engineers Publications; American Control Conference Proceedings; International Journal of Fracture; International Journal of Solids and Structures; Journal of Mathematical and Computer Modeling; Journal of Engineering Fracture Mechanics; Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids; Journal of Applied Mechanics; IEEE Journal of Automatic Control; IEEE Control Magazine; Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics; Academic Press; Harcourt Brace Press; Birkhauser Publications; SIAM Press
1. Tina Gaumond, Ph.D. Expected graduation: Spring 2010
2. Jeremy Hedges, M.S., August 2005. Thesis: ÒA perturbation analysis of nonlinear constrained vibrations.Ó
3. Jacqueline Fowler, M.A., August 2005. Report: ``Essential Resources and Cost Effectiveness of Online Mathematics Course."
4. Zachary Kemp, M.S., May 2004. Thesis: ÒThe Stability and Control of Musculotendon Dynamics.Ó
5. Samantha Bouquin, M.S., May 2004. Thesis: ÒThe Dynamics of a Constrained, Nonlinear Oscillator.Ó
6. Stephanie Miller, M.S., May 2002. Thesis: ÒDynamical Models of Cranial Kinesis.Ó
7. Doug Meador, M.S., August 2000. Thesis: ÒThe Dynamics and Control of a Planar Articulating Segmental Model.Ó
8. Allen Miller, M.S., August 2000. Thesis: ÒVibrations of Nonhomogeneous media and the Prediction of Mechanical Resonance in Human Tibia.Ó
9. Jaysyn Voshell, M.S., August 1999. Thesis: ÒStress Analysis of the Femur.Ó
10. Pamela Lockwood-Cooke Ph.D., December 1998 (co-directed with C. Martin). Dissertation: ÒA Dynamic 3D Model of Human Eye Movement.Ó
11. Albert McSpadden, M.S., May 1998. Thesis: ÒA Mathematical Model of Human Saccadic Eye Movement.Ó
12. Yssa DeWoody Ph.D., May 1998 (co-directed with C. Martin). Dissertation: ÒThe Role of Musculoskeletal Dynamics and Neuromuscular Control in Stress Development and Remodeling in Bone.Ó
13. Rob Robleto, M.S., August 1997. Thesis: ÒAnalysis of Musculotendon Dynamics of Hill-Based Models.Ó
14. Tamas Jakab, M.S., May 1997. Thesis: ÒA Mathematical Model of Muscular Control.Ó
15. Rajan Alex Ph.D., May 1994. Thesis: ÒAn Analytical and Finite Element Analysis of Fracture in Nonhomogeneous Viscoelastic Material.Ó
16. Valissa Kay Smith M.A., May 1994. Thesis: ÒA Radial Bound for the Filled Julia Set.Ó
17. Yancey Nunez, M.S., May 1993. Thesis: ÒProblems of Optimal Design in Solid Mechanics.Ó
18. Kesheng Yu, M.S., May 1992. Thesis: ÒAnalytic Representations of Biharmonic Functions with Applications to Mixed Boundary Value Problems.Ó
19. Donald Ryan, M.S., May 1991. Thesis: ÒIntegral Equations with Cauchy Type Kernels with Applications in Dislocation Theory.Ó
20. Brian Christiansen, M.S., May 1991. Thesis: ÒThe Numerical Solution of a Fredholm Integral Equation with a Weakly Singular Kernel.Ó
21. Bijan Pashaie, M.S., May 1990. Thesis: ÒWave Propagation in a Nonhomogeneous Elastic Rod.Ó
22. Doug Kellam, M.A., August 1990. Thesis: ÒA Regular Perturbation Analysis of the Nonlinear Equation of Motion for a Vibrating Rod.Ó
23. Scott Brisendine, M.S., May 1988. Thesis: ÒAn Opening Mode Crack in a Nonhomogeneous Elastic Material.Ó
24. William Todd Timmons, M.S., May 1988. Thesis: ÒAn Analysis of an Antiplane Shear Crack in a Nonhomogeneous Elastic Medium.Ó
Calandra Brazille, MS Mathematics (2007). Menaka Navaratrna, MS Mathematics (2006). Kyle Kundomal, MS Mathematics (2006). Tina Gaumond, MS Mathematics (2005). Preeda Meekangvan, MS Mechanical Engineering (2004). Cody Moody, MS Mechanical Engineering (2004). Channa Navaratna, PhD Mathematics (2003). Pantaleon Perera, PhD Mathematics (2003). Duminda Randeniya, MS Mathematics (2003). Menaka Navaratna, MS Mathematics (2003). Nilmini Wijeratne, MS Mathematics (2003). Kimberly Drews, PhD Mathematics (2002). C. Navaratna, MS Mathematics (2001). Nadara jah Kirupaharan, MS Mathematics (1999). Sumanmalee Sugathadasa, MS Mathematics (1999). N. Wang, MS Mathematics (1999). Pantaleon Perera, MS Mathemtics (2001).Kathleen Gilliam, PhD Mathematics (1998). James Conn, MS Mathematics (1998). Karen Siekerd, MS, Royal Institue of Technology, Stockholm (1997). Gabriella Pinter, PhD Mathematics (1997). Jack Tomlinson, PhD Mathematics (1997. Andres Balough, PhD Mathematics (1997). Istvan Lauko, PhD Mathematics (1997). David Thrasher, MS Mathematics (1997). Heinrik Ergstadt, MS, Royal Institue of Technology (1996). Nwojo Agwu, PhD Mathematics (1996). Karl Havlak, PhD Mathematics (1996). Ron Howard, MS Mathematics (1996). Bian Ango, PhD Mathematics (1995). Glenn Bear, MS Mathematics (1995). Zaichao Xu, MS Mathematics (1994). Kimberly McGowen, MS Mathematics (1994). Jianqu He, PhD Mathematics (1993). Russel Simmons, MA Mathematics (1993). Qiu Shi Zheng, MS Mathematics (1992). Xiaoning Li, MS Mathematics (1992). Kendall Richards, PhD Mathematics (1991). Carrie Chatfield, MA Mathematics (1991). Lihua Xie, MS Mathematics (1991). Tai-Lang Jong, PhD Electrical Engineering (1990). Issam Ayoubi, PhD Mathematics (1989). Allan Smith, MS Electrical Engineering (1989). Kallappa Koti, PhD Mathematics (1988). Jim Cox, MS Mathematics (1988). George Pappus, MS Electrical Engineering (1987).
Recipient of President's Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech University (1996).
Charter member, Texas Tech University Teaching Academy.
Recognized as a ÔFavorite ProfessorÕ at the 2003 and 2004 College of Engineering Annual Honors Convocation.
Invited presentation to the TTU Success Center ÒLast Lecture SeriesÓ (2001).
Senior Personnel and Faculty Mentor for National Science Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (Summers 2007 and 2006).
Faculty Mentor for TTU Summer Mathematics Academy (Summer 2006).
PI and Co-PI on two NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grants that provided for the establishment of classroom-computer laboratories for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Poster presentation, ÒNSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Grant Projects.Ó MAA Special Session, Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS-MAA, San Diego, California (January 1997).
Presentation, ÒComputer Algebra Systems and the Internet as Tools for Independent Mathematics Study and Development.Ó Technology in Instruction Roundtable, sponsored by the Texas Tech University Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (1997).
Panel member, Department of Communication Studies, graduate student teaching seminar. Panel discussion on ÔTeaching EffectivenessÕ (October 1996).
Faculty Mentor, Clark Scholars Program (1999, 1995).
Poster presentation, ÒLaboratory Approaches in Undergraduate Mathematics.Ó MAA Special session, Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS-MAA, Cincinnati, Ohio (January 1994).
Co-organizer of a workshop in conjunction with the Teacher Outreach Program, a national leadership program for teachers in science and mathematics, sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Program. The workshop introduced high school and college mathematics teachers to instructional methods that incorporate technology into the classroom experience (summer 1994).
Biomechanics and physiological control systems.
Solid mechanics with an emphasis on fracture in elastic and viscoelastic media.
1. Co-Principal Investigator: ÒISISP: Integrated STEM Initiative on the South Plains,Ó (PI: Guy Bailey, Co-PIÕs: Jaclyn Canas, Jerry F. Dwyer, Juan S. Munoz). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $977,962 (2009-2013).
2. Co-Principal Investigator: Supplement to ÒTexas Tech Noyce Scholars Program.Ó (PI: J. Dwyer, Co-PIÕs: D. Casadonte, T. Stephens, M. Strauss). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $148,111 (2009-2013).
3. Co-Principal Investigator: ÒTexas Tech Noyce Scholars Program.Ó (PI: J. Dwyer, Co-PIÕs: D. Casadonte, T. Stephens, M. Strauss). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $740,975 (2008-2013).
4. Senior Personnel: ÒMultidisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Computation and Control of Biological and Biologically Inspired Systems.Ó (PI: P. Seshaiyer,). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $170,707 (2006-2007).
5. Principal Investigator, ÒTexas Tech University Connectivity to the vBNS,Ó (Co-PIÕs: D. Ethridge, D. Smith, S. Mitra, H. Temkin). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $350,000 (TTU matching funds: $435,000) (1999-2002).
6. Co-Principal Investigator, ÒScientific Computing Environments for the Mathematical Sciences,Ó (PI: R. Anderson, Co-PI: D. Gilliam). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $49,002 (TTU matching funds: $60,000) (1999-2002).
7. Co-Principal Investigator, ÒCBMS Regional Conference for the Mathematical Sciences,Ó (PI: Z. Zhang). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $27,000 (1999-2000).
8. Principal Investigator, ÒTechnology Center for Teacher Preparation,Ó (Co-PI's: G. Harris, D. Gilliam). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $40,000 (TTU matching funds: $50,000) (1998-2001).
9. Co-Principal Investigator, ÒKnowledge Based Action Planning and Control Problems in Engineering and Biology,Ó (PI: B. Ghosh, Washington University, St. Louis; Co-PIÕs: P. Ulinski, University of Chicago; C. Martin, W. Dayawansa, Texas Tech University). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $229,000 (Total award: $704,000, with University of Chicago, Washington University, St. Louis) (1997-2001).
10. Principal Investigator, ÒThe Mathematics of Muscular Control and Bone Remodeling.Ó Funded by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Advanced Research Program. Amount: $35,550 (1996-1998).
11. Project Director, ÒMathematical Sciences Computing Research Environments: Computational Issues in Problems of Biomechanics,Ó (PI: C. Martin). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $38,672 (1996-1997).
12. Project Director, ÒHealth Care in Rural West Texas for the Twenty-First Century,Ó (PI: C. Martin). Funded by Digital Corporation Equipment Grant. Amount: $160,000 (1996).
13. Co-principal Investigator, ÒA Computer Laboratory for Undergraduate Mathematics,Ó (Co-PI: D. Gilliam). Funded by National Science Foundation. Amount: $50,000 (TTU matching funds: $50,000) (1992-1995).
14. Co-principal Investigator, ÒAnalytical and Computational Methods in the Fracture of Composite and Damaged Materials,Ó (Co-PI: Marc Stromberg). Funded by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Advanced Research Program. Amount: $80,000 (1989-1991).
15. Co-principal Investigator, ÒAnalytical and Computational Methods in the Fracture of Composite and Damaged Materials.Ó Supplemental support for minority student: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Advanced Research Program. Amount: $13,334. (1991-1992).
16. Principal Investigator, ÒFracture in Solid Propellant: Damage Effects Upon Crack Propagation.Ó Funded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Research Initiation Program. Amount: $22,381 (1988-1989).
17. Research Associate, ÒInteractive Analysis of Von Karmen Plate Equations,Ó (PI: Joseph Minor). Funded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Amount: $3,767 (summer 1985).
18. Co-Principal Investigator: ÒA Dynamic Model of Avian Kinesis,Ó (Co-PIÕs: S. Chatterjee, A. Barhorst). Funded by TTU Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Seed Grant. Amount: $18,673 (2002).
19. Principal Investigator, ÒComputer Algebra Systems and the Internet as Tools for Independent Mathematics Study and Development.Ó Funded by Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, Texas Tech University. Amount: $4,503 (summer 1996).
20. Faculty Investigator (with graduate student Brian Christiansen), ÒFinite Element Modeling of Boundary Value Problems Associated with Fracture in Nonhomogeneous Material.Ó Texas Tech University Graduate School Research Award. Amount: $800 (summer 1992).
21. Faculty Investigator (with graduate student Bijan Pashie), ÒThe Energy Release Rate for Crack Propagation in Bonded Composite Material.Ó Texas Tech University Graduate School Research Award. Amount: $800 (summer 1989).
22. Faculty Investigator (with graduate student Rajan Alex), ÒOptimal Design of Cementless Stem Implants.Ó Texas Tech University Graduate School Research Award. Amount: $800 (summer 1993).
23. Principal Investigator, ÒFracture in Damaged Viscoelastic Media.Ó Funded by State Organized Research Fund, Texas Tech Institute for University Research. Amount: $2,842. (1988-1989).
24. Faculty Investigator (with graduate student Bijan Pashaie), ÒFracture in Damaged Media.Ó Texas Tech University Graduate School Research Award. Amount: $800 (summer 1988).
25. Principal Investigator, ÒNumerical Analysis and Graphic Display of Crack Models in Viscoelastic Solids.Ó Funded by State Organized Research Fund, Texas Tech Institute for University Research. Amount: $1,600 (1987-1988).
26. Principal Investigator, ÒBoundary Value Problems for Nonhomogeneous Elastic Bodies.Ó Funded by College of Arts and Sciences New Faculty Grant, Texas Tech University. Amount: $1,500 (1983).
(* Denotes non-refereed or expository publication)
1. A Neuro-Muscular Elasto-Dynamic Model of The Human Arm--Part 1: Model Development, (with Alan Barhorst). Journal of Bionics Engineering, 6(2) 93-107 (2009).
2. A Neuro-Muscular Elasto-Dynamic Model of The Human Arm--Part 2: Musculotendon Dynamics, (with Alan Barhorst, Cody Moody). Journal of Bionics Engineering, 6(2) 108-119 (2009).
3. Application of hybrid parameter methods to biomechanical systems, (with A. Barhorst). Proceedings of the 2008 Chinese Control and Decision Conference. Yantai, China, 830-843 (2008).
4. A Nonlinear Dynamical Model and Response of Avian Cranial Kinesis (with A. Barhorst, S. Chatterjee, T. Burton). Journal of Theoretical Biology, 240(1), pp: 32-47 (2006).
5. Dynamic Model of The Human Arm (with C. Moody, A. Barhorst). Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Washington D.C, 6 pp (2004).
6. Effects of control strategies on stress development in skeletal structures (with A. Barhorst). Proceedings of 2002 American Control Conference, Anchorage, AL, 2319-2323 (2002).
7. Modeling and Control of 3D Eye Movement with Musculotendon Dynamics (with A. Polpitiya, B. Ghosh). Proceedings of the 2002 IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 6pp (2002).
8. Modeling Human Movement Systems: Ocular Dynamics and Skeletal Systems. IEEE Control Magazine, Vol. 21, 70-79 (2001).
9. Approximations of Elliptical Arclength and Related Inequalities (with R. Barnard, K. Pearce). Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 260, 295-306 (2001).
10. Optimal Motor Control Strategies and a Hybrid Approach to Stress Analysis in Skeletal Systems (with A. Barhorst). Proceedings 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington VA, 236-240 (2001).
11. A Forward Dynamic Model of Gait with Application to Stress Analysis of Bone (with Y. Dewoody, C. Martin). Journal of Mathematical and Computer Modeling, Vol. 33, 121-143 (2001).
12. A Hybrid Approach to Stress Analysis in Skeletal Systems, (with A. Barhorst). Proceedings of 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, 271-277 (2000).
13. The Control and Mechanics of Human Movement Systems (with C. Martin). Dynamical Systems, Control, Coding, and Computer Vision: New Trends, Interfaces, and Interplay, ed. G. Picci and D. Gilliam, Birkhauser, 173-202 (1999).
14. An Application of Direct Dynamics to Stress Development in Bone (with Y DeWoody, C. Martin). Proceedings of the Mathematical Theory of Network and Systems-98 Symposium, ed. A. Beghi, et al., 995-998 (1999).
15. A Direct Dynamic Approach to Stress Development in Bone (with Y. DeWoody, C. Martin). Proceedings of 20th International Conference of IEEE Medicine and Biology Society, Hong Kong, 2474-2477 (1999).
16. Ocular Dynamics and Control (with C. Martin). Proceedings of the 1999 IFAC World Congress, Beijing, China, 5pp (1999).
17. A Dynamic 3-d Model of Ocular Motion (with P. Lockwood-Cooke, C. Martin). Proceedings of 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, AR, 406-409 (1999).
18. *Modeling Human Motor Control (with W. P. Dayawansa). The Science Corner: Lubbock Magazine, 42-45 (1999).
19. Muscle Mechanics and Dynamics of Ocular Motion (with C. Martin). Journal of Mathematical Systems, Estimation, and Control, Vol. 8, No. 2, 233-236 (summary). Complete manuscript (15pp): birkhauser.com/journals/jmsec/download.html (1998).
20. The Energy Release Rate for Antiplane Fracture in Nonlinear and Nonhomogeneous Elastic Material. Developments in Mechanics: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Midwestern Mechanics Conference, Rapid City, SD, Vol. 19, 11.1-11.4 (1998).
21. A Control Model of Eye Movement (with C. Martin). Proceedings of 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 1135-1140 (1997).
22. Dynamical Systems Approach to Target Motion, Perception and Ocular Control (with Bijoy Ghosh, C. Martin, E.P. Loucks). Systems and Control in the Twenty-First Century: Progress in Systems and Control, Birkhauser, ed. C. Byrnes, et al., Boston, Vol. 22, 185-204 (1997).
23. Technology in the Mathematics Preparation of Pre-Service K-12 Teachers at Texas Tech University (with Gary A. Harris). Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, 222-226 (1997).
24. Fatigue Effects in Models of Muscular Control (with C. Martin). In Computational Neuroscience, ed. James Bower, Academic Press, San Diego, 385-391 (1996).
26. Energy Release Rate Calculations for Fracture in Nonhomogeneous and Nonlinear Material. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Composites Engineering, New Orleans, LA, 741-744, (1996).
27. Muscular Control and Stress Fractures (with C. Martin). Proceedings of 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering, New Orleans, LA, 178-180 (1995).
28. A Quasi-Statically Propagating Crack in a Nonhomogeneous Viscoelastic Material. Proceedings of 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering, New Orleans, LA, 221-223 (1995).
29. A Numerical Method for Problems of Fracture in a Nonlinear Composite Material (with Marc Stromberg). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Composites Engineering, New Orleans, LA, 659-662 (1995).
30. Fatigue Effects in Muscular Control (with C. Martin). In Eighth IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 188-196 (1995).
31. Problems of Optimal Design with Application to Prosthetic Design and Stress Prediction (with C. Nunn, C. Martin). In Eighth IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 278-285 (1995).
32. Quasi-Static Mode III Fracture in a Nonhomogeneous Viscoelastic Body: Erratum (with Joseph M. Herrmann). Acta Mechanica, Vol. 106, No.1-2, 107-109 (1994).
33. Dynamic Steady-State Mode III Fracture in a Nonhomogeneous Viscoelastic Body (with Joseph M. Herrmann). Acta Mechanica, Vol. 106, No.1-2, 41-55 (1994).
34. A Power Series Method for Solving Initial Value Problems Utilizing Computer Algebra Systems (with John T.White). International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Vol. 47, 181-189 (1993).
35. *Wave Propagation in a Nonhomogeneous Rod. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference on Applied Mathematics, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, 44-59 (1991).
36. Quasi-Static Mode III Fracture in a Nonhomogeneous Viscoelastic Body (with Joseph M. Herrmann). Acta Mechanica, Vol. 85, 235-249 (1990).
37. *Riemann-Hilbert Boundary Value Problems in Fracture Mechanics. Proceedings of 6th Annual Conference on Applied Mathematics, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, 331-350 (1990).
38. An Efficient Algorithm for Generating Implicitly Defined Functions (with Edward Allen, et al.). International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Vol. 31, 137-145 (1990).
39. A mode III Crack Terminating Asymmetrically at a Wedge-shaped Inhomogeneity (with B. Pashaie). Advances in Fracture and Fatigue for the 1990's: Proceedings of the ASME PVP Conference, Honolulu, HI, 213-221 (1989).
40. The Dynamic Energy Release Rate for Crack Propagation in Viscoelastic Media (with Jay R. Walton). Proceedings of the Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 166-170 (1989).
41. Some Aspects of Crack Behavior in a Nonhomogeneous Material (with T. Timmons). Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 33, No. 5, 745-751 (1989).
42. The Dynamic Energy Release Rate for Two Parallel Steadily Propagating Mode III Cracks in a Viscoelastic Body (with Jay R. Walton). International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 41, 133-155 (1989).
43. An Antiplane Shear Crack in a Nonhomogeneous Elastic Material. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 32, No. 1, 21-28 (1989).
44. A Mode III Crack Problem in a Bonded Composite Material. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 31, No. 3, 437-449 (1988).
45. On the Stress Singularity for an Antiplane Shear Crack at the Interface Between Two Bonded Inhomogeneous Elastic Material (with Jay R. Walton). Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 55, No. 1, 234-238 (1988).
46. The Energy Release Rate for a Quasi-Static Mode I Crack in a Nonhomogeneous Linearly Viscoelastic Body (with Jay R. Walton). Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 28, No. 4, 445-454 (1987).
47. *Fracture in Damaged Media: An Inhomogeneous Material Approach. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Technical Report, Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, Edwards AFB, CA (1987).
48. The Quasi-Static Propagation of a Plane Strain Crack in a Power-Law Inhomogeneous Linearly Viscoelastic Body (with Jay R. Walton). Acta Mechanica, Vol. 67, 61-77 (1987).
49. *Book Review: Ray Methods for Waves in Elastic Solids. In Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, Vol. 15, 551-553 (1986).
50. A Griffith Crack Problem for an Inhomogeneous Elastic Material. Acta Mechanica, Vol. 58, 67-80 (1986).
1. Contributed talk: ÒApplication of hybrid parameter methods to biomechanical systems,Ó 2008 Chinese control and Decision Conference, Yantai, China (July 2008).
2. Invited talk: ÒThe Control and Biomechanics of Human Movement Systems," NSF sponsored conference on Emerging Frontiers in Control Theory Research and Innovative Applications, in honor of W.P. Dayawansa. Texas Tech Unversity (April, 2007).
3. Invited session talk: ÒA hybrid parameter systems approach to modeling elastodynamic effects in biomechanical systems.Ó International Conference on Information and Automation and Control, Colombo, Sri Lanka (December, 2005).
4. Invited session talk: ÒModeling Hybrid Parameter Multiple Body Systems with Application to Biomechanics.Ó AMS Fall Central Section Meeting, Lincoln, NE (October, 2005).
5. Invited session talk: ÒControl of hybrid parameter systems.Ó SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, New Orleans, LA (July, 2005).
6. Invited session talk: ÒA neuro-muscular-elasto-dynamic model of the human arm.Ó AMS Spring Central Section Meeting, Lubbock, TX (April, 2005).
7. Invited Talk: ÒA Hybrid Parameter Approach to Modeling Human Movement Systems.Ó Computation and Control and Biological Systems VII, Bozeman, MT (August, 2003).
8. Invited talk: Karacher Colloquium: ÒControl and Biomechanics of Human Movement Systems.Ó Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma University, (September, 2003).
9. Invited session talk: ÒDynamics of Avian Kinesis.Ó Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems 2002, University of Notre Dame (August 2002).
10. Invited session talk: ÒEffects of Control Strategies on stress development in skeletal structures.Ó 2002 American Control Conference, Anchorage, AL (May 2002).
11. Invited session talk: ÒOptimal Motor Control Strategies and a Hybrid Approach to Stress Analysis in Skeletal Systems.Ó First SIAM Conference on Life Sciences, Boston, MA (March 2002).
12. Invited session talk: ÒOptimal Motor Control Strategies and a Hybrid Approach to Stress Analysis in Skeletal Systems.Ó Special Session: ÒNeural and Biomechanical Modeling in the Life Sciences,Ó 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington, VA (June 2001).
13. Workshop presentation: ÒMuscle Dynamics and Control.Ó Workshop: ÒMotor Control Problems in the Brain,Ó 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia (December 2000).
14. Invited session talk: ÒA Hybrid Approach to Stress Analysis in Skeletal Systems.Ó Session: ÒControl of Biological Systems,Ó 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia (December 2000).
15. Poster presentation: ÒA Hybrid Approach to Stress Analysis in Musculoskeletal Systems.Ó DARPA Teaming Workshop: Exoskeletons for Human Performance Augmentation, Herndon, VA (2000).
16. Colloquium: ÒHuman Movement Systems and Optimal Control Strategies.Ó Department of Neuroscience, Washington University, St. Louis (November 2000).
17. Invited talk: ÒOptimal Control of Human Movement Systems.Ó Computation and Control VII, Bozeman, MT (August 2000).
18. Workshop presentation: ÒControl of Eye and Limb Movements.Ó Workshop: ÒBiological approaches to control system problems,Ó 2000 American Control Conference Chicago, IL (July 2000).
19. Invited session ÒA Dynamic 3-d Model of Ocular Motion.Ó Session: ÒDynamic Problems in Vision and Motor Control,Ó 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, AZ (December 1999).
20. Colloquium: ÒA Forward Dynamic Model of Gait with Application to Stress Development in Skeletal Members.Ó Division of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago (May 1999).
21. Colloquium: ÒThe Dynamics and Control of Human Movement Systems.Ó Center for Biocybernetics and Intelligent Systems, Washington University, St. Louis (February 1999).
22. Contributed talk: ÒA Forward Dynamic Model of Gait with Application to Stress Analysis of Bone.Ó Texas System Days, Lubbock, Texas (November 1998).
23. Contributed talk: ÒMusculature Effects on Stress Distribution in Bone.Ó 1998 Symposium, Center for Applied Human Biomechanics, Texas Tech University (November 1998).
24. Invited session talk: ÒA Direct Approach Utilizing Musculoskeletal Dynamics and Neuromuscular Control to Determine Stress Development in Bone.Ó Session: ÒBiomechanics and Biomathematics,Ó 35th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Pullman, WA (September 1998).
25. Invited session talk: ÒSome Modeling Issues in Hill Based Systems.Ó Session: ÒBiomechanics and Biomathematics,Ó 35th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Pullman, WA (September 1998).
26. Invited talk: ÒA Direct Dynamics Approach to Human Movement Systems.Ó Computation and Control VI, Bozeman, MT (August 1998).
27. Invited session talk: ÒA Direct Dynamic Approach to Stress Development in Bone.Ó Session: ÒBiomechanics,Ó Mathematical Theory of Network and Systems 1998, Padova, Italy (July 1998).
28. Invited session talk: ÒDynamics of Ocular Motion.Ó Session: ÒDynamic Vision and Control,Ó Mathematical Theory of Network and Systems 1998, Padova, Italy (July 1998).
29. Colloquium: ÒDynamics and Control.Ó Department of Mathematics and System Science, Washington University, St Louis (March 1998).
30. Contributed talk: ÒEffects of Musculoskeletal Dynamics On Stress Development in Bone.Ó Southern Biomedical Conference on Bioengineering, San Antonio, TX (January 1998).
31. Invited talk: ÒOcular Dynamics and Control.Ó Conference on the Mathematics of Life Sciences, Lubbock, TX (January 1998).
32. Invited session talk: ÒA Control Model of Eye Movement.Ó Session: ÒControl, Identification, and Filtering Problems in Vision,Ó 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA (December 1997).
33. Invited session talk: ÒThe Energy Release Rate for Antiplane Fracture for Nonlinear and Nonhomogeneous and Material.Ó Session: ÒFracture,Ó 25th Midwestern Mechanics Conference, Rapid City, SD (October 1997).
34. Poster presentation: ÒNSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Grant Projects.Ó MAA special session, Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS-MAA, San Diego, CA (January 1997).
35. Invited talk: ÒMuscle Mechanics in the Control of Eye Movement.Ó Computation and Control V, Bozeman, MT (August 1996).
36. Contributed talk: ÒEnergy Release Rate Calculations for Fracture in Nonhomogeneous and Nonlinear Material.Ó Third International Conference on Composites Engineering, New Orleans, LA (July 1996).
37. Invited session talk: ÒA Control Theoretic Model of Musculoskeletal Injury.Ó Session: ÒMathematical Modeling of Physiological Systems,Ó Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems 1996, St. Louis, MO (June 1996).
38. Workshop presentation: ÒMuscle Models with Application to Physiological Systems.Ó Workshop: ÒControl Problems in Vision,Ó Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems 1996, St. Louis, MO (June 1996)
39. Contributed talk: ÒA Numerical Method for Problems of Fracture in a Nonlinear Composite Material.Ó Second International Conference on Composites Engineering, New Orleans, LA (August 1995).
40. Poster presentation: ÒFatigue Effects in Muscular Control: The Monosynaptic Reflex.Ó Fourth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Monterey, CA (July 1995).
41. Poster presentation: ÒFatigue Effects in Muscular Control.Ó Eighth IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, Lubbock, TX (June, 1995).
42. Invited session talk: ÒControl of Muscular Contraction by the Stretch Reflex.Ó Session: ÒControl Theory and Medicine,Ó Third SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, St. Louis, MO (May 1995).
43. Invited talk: ÒBiomechanical Aspects of Stress Fractures.Ó Symposium on Mathematics and Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX (April 1994).
44. Poster presentation: ÒLaboratory Approaches in Undergraduate Mathematics.Ó MAA special session, Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS-MAA, Cincinnati, OH (January 1994).
45. Colloquium: ÒFracture in Viscoelastic Media.Ó Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Dallas (October 1993).
46. Contributed talk: ÒDynamic Fracture in a Nonhomogeneous Viscoelastic Body.Ó Second International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Washington D.C. (July 1991).
47. Contributed talk: ÒDynamic Fracture in a Nonhomogeneous Viscoelastic Body.Ó Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of Southwestern Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Lubbock, TX (May 1991).
48. Contributed talk: ÒWave Propagation in a Nonhomogenous Rod.Ó Seventh Annual Conference on Applied Mathematics, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK (April 1991).
49. Contributed talk: ÒQuasi-Static Mode III Fracture in a Nonhomogeneous Body.Ó 11th U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Tucson, AZ (May 1990).
50. Colloquium: ÒDamage Models and Damage Effects in Viscoelastic and Elastic Fracture.Ó Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University (April, 1990).
51. Contributed talk: ÒRiemann-Hilbert Boundary Value Problems in Fracture Mechanics.Ó Sixth Annual Conference on Applied Mathematics, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK (April 1990).
52. Contributed talk: ÒThe Dynamic Energy Release Rate for Crack Propagation in a Viscoelastic Media.Ó Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (January 1989).
53. Colloquium: ÒFracture in Damaged Elastic and Viscoelastic Media.Ó US Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, Edwards AFB, CA (August 1987).
54. Contributed talk: ÒFracture in Viscoelastic Media.Ó SIAM Texas-Oklahoma Section Meeting, Austin, TX (April 1987).
55. Colloquium: ÒThe Energy Release Rate and Viscoelastic Fracture.Ó Department of Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterrey, CA (December 1986).