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Department Leadership


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Ralucca Gera
Professor, Department Chair, and Program Manager for the Network Science Academic Certificate
Department of Applied Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics Group
Ph.D, Distinguished Alumna of Western Michigan University

Research Interests: Personalized and Individualized Education, Network Science, Data Science, Complex Networks, Social Networks, Graph Theory, AI-based Adaptive Adult Education and the Future of Teaching & Learning. 

Frank Giraldo
Distinguished Professor, Associate Chair, and Program Manager for Scientific Computing Certificate
Department of Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing Group
Ph.D, University of Virginia
fxgirald@nps.edu

Research Interests: Galerkin Methods, Time-Integrators, Navier-Stokes equations, atmospheric and ocean modeling, space weather, high-performance computing, reduced-order modeling via neural networks

Gabriela Stanica
Lecturer, Academic Associate Chair, and Faculty Council Alternate Rep
Department of Applied Mathematics
MA, SUNY Buffalo

Research Interests: Discrete Mathematics, Logic, Combinatorics, Mathematical Education.

Faculty title

Faculty


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Anthony Austin
Associate Professor and Faculty Council Rep
Department of Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing Group
Ph.D, University of Oxford

Research Interests: Numerical linear algebra, approximation theory and algorithms, high-order methods, high-performance computing, computational complex analysis.

Robert Bassett
Associate Professor and OR Faculty Council Rep
Departments of Operations Research (Joint appointment in Applied Mathematics)
Ph.D, UC Davis

Research Interests: Optimization, Statistics, Applications to Signal Processing and Point Estimation, High-performance Computing

Carlos Borges
Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing Group
Ph.D, UC Davis

Research Interests: Numerical Analysis, Numerical Linear Algebra, Applied Approximation Theory, Orthogonal Polynomials, Floating-point Computation.

Jong Chung
Lecturer
Department of Applied Mathematics
PhD, Naval Postgraduate School
jong.chung@nps.edu
Kim Clark
Lecturer
Department of Applied Mathematics
MS, Texas Tech
kimberly.clark@nps.edu
Ralucca Gera
Professor, Department Chair, and Program Manager for the Network Science Academic Certificate
Department of Applied Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics Group
Ph.D, Distinguished Alumna of Western Michigan University

Research Interests: Personalized and Individualized Education, Network Science, Data Science, Complex Networks, Social Networks, Graph Theory, AI-based Adaptive Adult Education and the Future of Teaching & Learning. 

Frank Giraldo
Distinguished Professor, Associate Chair, and Program Manager for Scientific Computing Certificate
Department of Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing Group
Ph.D, University of Virginia
fxgirald@nps.edu

Research Interests: Galerkin Methods, Time-Integrators, Navier-Stokes equations, atmospheric and ocean modeling, space weather, high-performance computing, reduced-order modeling via neural networks

Hongde Hu
Lecturer
Department of Applied Mathematics
PhD, McGill University
hongde.hu@nps.edu
Wei Kang
Professor and Research Board Alternate
Department of Applied Mathematics, Applied Analysis Group
Ph.D, UC Davis

Research Interests: Nonlinear Control Theory - Computational Optimal Control and Estimation, Normal Forms and Bifurcations. Applications - Space Systems, Automobile, Semiconductor, and other Industries.  

Arthur J. Krener
Research Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics, Applied Analysis Group
Ph.D, UC Berkeley

Research Interests: Control and Estimation. Home Page

Thor Martinsen
Associate Professor (Permanent Military Professor), Associate Provost Academic Affairs, Academic Council Alternate, and PhD Committee Member
Department of Applied Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics Group
Ph.D, Naval Postgraduate School

Research Interests: Cryptography, Coding-Theory, Cyber Security, Electronic Warfare. 

Luke Spence
Lecturer
Department of Applied Mathematics
MS in Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School
luke.spence@nps.edu
Gabriela Stanica
Lecturer, Academic Associate Chair, and Faculty Council Alternate Rep
Department of Applied Mathematics
MA, SUNY Buffalo

Research Interests: Discrete Mathematics, Logic, Combinatorics, Mathematical Education.

Pantelimon Stanica
Professor, Program Manager for Secured Communications Certificate, and Chair of PhD Committee
Department of Applied Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics Group
Ph.D, SUNY Buffalo

Research Interests: Cryptography & Coding Theory, Boolean Functions, Logic and Discrete Mathematics, Number Theory, Graph Theory, Combinatorial Mathematics, Algebra.

Lucas Wilcox
Professor, Academic Council Rep, and PhD Committee Member
Department of Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing Group
Ph.D, Brown University

Research Interests: Computational Mathematics.

Hong Zhou
Professor and Associate Chair for Research
Department of Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing Group
Ph.D, UC Berkeley

Research Interests: Scientific Computation, Mathematical Modeling of Nonlinear Phenomena, Structure and Flow Properties of Complex Polymeric and Nano-Composite Fluids. 

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Emeritus Title

Retired Faculty


 

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David Canright
Emeritus Associate Professor
Ph.D, UC Berkeley

Research Interests: Fluid Dynamics, Materials Processing, Cryptography, Orbital Mechanics, Acoustics, Fractal Geometry.

Don Danielson
Professor
Ph.D, Harvard University

Research Interests: Use Theory and Software to Model Dynamics of Fluids and Structures, Improve Analytical and Numerical Techniques of Satellite Orbits.

Fariba Fahroo
Professor
Program Officer, AFOSR
Ph.D, Brown University

Research Interests: computational optimal control theory, data-driven modeling, control of distributed parameter systems, uncertainty quantification

Hal Fredricksen
Professor
Ph.D, University of Southern California

Research Interests: Application of Combinatorial Techniques to problems of Digital Communications, Cryptography and Computer security, Coding and Informational Theory.  

Chris Frenzen
Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics, Applied Analysis Group
Ph.D, University of Washington

Research Interests: Asymptotic Analysis, Dynamical Systems, Applied Mathematics. Home Page

 

Toke Jayachandran
Professor
Ph.D, Case Institute of Technology
Beny Neta
Emeritus Professor and Volunteer
Ph.D, Carnegie-Mellon University

Research Interests: Finite Elements, Orbit Predictions, Parallel Computing.

Guillermo Owen
Emeritus Distinguished Professor
Ph.D, Princeton University

Research Interests: Game Theory, Terrorism and Low-intensity Conflict, Voting, Economic Equilibrium.

Craig Rasmussen
Professor
Ph.D, University of Colorado

Research Interests: Graph Theory, Network Design and Optimization, Heuristic Algorithms in Combinatorial Optimization. 

Clyde Scandrett
Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics, Applied Analysis Group
Ph.D, Northwestern University

Research Interests: Active Materials, and the Coupling between Elastic, Fluid, and Piezoelectric media, Wave Propagation Phenomena, Electromagnetic Wave Propagation, The Biot Theory of Wave Propagation in Porous Media.

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Julie Samples
Program Management Analyst
Department of Applied Mathematics
Julie.Samples@nps.edu
831-656-3095

 

 

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