DIVYA EVE VERNEREY(née Devadoss) (updatedJanuary2018)

Instructor email:divya.vernerey@colorado.eduDepartmentofMathematics telephone:303-492-8906UniversityofColorado,Boulder website:http://euclid.colorado.edu/~vernered/CampusBox395,MATH242Boulder,CO80309-0395

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D.,EngineeringSciencesandAppliedMathematics,June2004NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,ILDissertationresearch:“MathematicalModelingofPolymerizationWaves"Committee:VladimirA.Volpert(chair),DavidChopp,AlvinBayliss

• M.S.,DepartmentofMathematics,June1998NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL

• B.S.,SummaCumLaude,June1995NorthCentralCollege,Naperville,ILMajors:MathematicsandComputerScience;minor:Chemistry

ACADEMICEMPLOYMENT:

• Instructor,January2014- DepartmentofMathematicsUniversityofColorado,Boulder,CO

• Lecturer,August2007-December2013DepartmentofMathematicsUniversityofColorado,Boulder,CO

• Lecturer,September2006–June2007 DepartmentofEngineeringSciencesandAppliedMathematicsNorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL

• AssistantProfessor,August2004–May2006DepartmentofMathematicsandComputerScienceSalisburyUniversity,Salisbury,MD

FELLOWSHIPSANDAWARDS:

• Fall2017,MarinusSmithAward,"ThepurposeofthisawardistoidentifyandrecognizeCUBoulderfaculty,staff,coaches,andadministratorswhohavemadeasignificantimpactonthelivesofCUBoulderstudents."

• HenryC.WelcomeFellowshipsfromMarylandHigherEducationCommission.$20,000,duration2004–2007.

• SectionNExTFellow,MathematicalAssociationofAmerica,MD-DC-VAsection,2004-2006.

• NSFtravelgranttoattendtheCanadian-American-Mexican(CAM)APSGraduateStudentConference,Merida,Mexico,October2003.

• Research/TeachingAssistantshipandFullTuitionFellowship,DepartmentofEngineeringSciencesandAppliedMathematics,NorthwesternUniversity,1999-2004.

• TeachingAssistantshipandFullTuitionFellowship,DepartmentofMathematics,NorthwesternUniversity,1995-1998.

• PresidentialScholarship(fulltuition),NorthCentralCollege,1991-1995.

COURSESTAUGHT:

1. PartialDifferentialEquations(MATH4470/5470),undergraduateandgraduateclass,UCB,Fall2015,Spring2015,Spring2014.Suggestedtextbooks:E.C.ZachmanoglouandD.W.Thoe,IntoductiontoPartialDifferentialEquationswithApplications,2ndedition,Dover,1986andK.Gustafson,IntroductiontoPartialDifferentialEquationsandHilbertSpaceMethods,3rdedition,revised,Dover,1999.Technology:Mathematica,D2L,LaTeXrequired.

2. OperationsResearch(MATH/APPM4120/5120),undergraduateandgraduateclass,Spring2018.Textbook:LuenbergerandLu,LinearandNonlinearProgramming,3rdedition,2008.Technology:MSExcel,LaTeX,D2Lrequired.

3. IntermediateNumericalAnalysisI(MATH/APPM4650),UCB,Spring2016,Spring2017.

Textbook:(Required:)R.L.BurdenandJ.D.Faires,NumericalAnalysis,9thEdition,Brooks-Cole,2010.(Suggested:)S.J.Chapman,EssentialsofMATLABProgramming,2ndEdition,Wadsworth,2008.Technology:MATLAB,D2L,LaTeXrequired.

4. OrdinaryDifferentialEquations(MATH3430),UCB,Fall2017,Fall2014.Textbook:M.Braun,DifferentialEquationsandTheirApplications,4thedition,Springer,1991.Technology:Mathematica,D2L,LaTeXrequired.

5. IntroductiontoLinearAlgebra(MATH3130),UCB,Fall2014,Fall2008.Textbook:D.Lay,LinearAlgebraanditsApplications,4thedition,Addison-Wesley,2012.Technology:D2L.

6. SeminarinGuidedMathematicsInstruction(MATH3850),UCB,Fall2017,Spring2017,

Fall2016.

7. IntroductiontoStatistics(MATH2510),UCB,Spring2008.Textbook:McClaveandSincich,Statistics,10thedition,Pearson.Technology:scientificcalculator.

8. CalculusI:DifferentialCalculus(MATH1300),sectionsincludingHonorsRAP,UCB,Spring

2014,Spring2009,Fall2008,Spring2008,Fall2007.Textbook:Hughes-Hallett,Gleason,etal.,Calculus,5thedition,Wiley,2009.Technology:WebWork,D2L.

9. Precalculus(MATH1150),UCB,redesignedsmallsections:Spring2018,Fall2017,Spring2017,Fall2016,Spring2016.GraduateTAsandUndergraduateLAs.Textbook:S.Axler,Precalculus:APreludetoCalculus,2thedition,Wiley,2012.Technology:WebAssign,D2L,imposenocalculator.

10. Precalculus(MATH1150),UCB,largesection:Spring2016;Fall2015,Spring2015,Fall2014,Spring2014,Fall2009.GraduateTAs.Textbook:M.Dugopolski,Precalculus:FunctionsandGraphs,4thedition,Pearson,2013.Technology:WebWork,Clickers,D2L,imposenocalculator.

11. MathAnalysisinBusiness(MATH1112),UCB,Fall2015,Spring2015.Textbook:none(pedagogyofflippedclassroomwithgroupworkonmodules)Technology:EXCEL,D2L.

12. CalculusforSocialScienceandBusiness(MATH1081),UCB,Spring2013.Textbook:Lial,GreenwellandRitchey,CalculuswithApplications,10thedition,Pearson,2012.Technology:MyMathLab,Clickers,D2L.

13. FiniteMathematics(MATH1071),sectionsincludingLibbyRAP,UCB,Fall2013,Fall2012.

Textbook:Lial,Hungerford,Holcomb,FiniteMathematicswithApplications,10thedition,Pearson.Technology:MyMathLab,Clickers,D2L.

14. QuantitativeReasoningandMathSkills(MATH1012),UCB,Spring2010.

Textbook:BennettandBriggs,UsingandUnderstandingMathematics:AQuantitativeReasoningApproach,4thedition,Pearson,2008.

15. CollegeAlgebra(MATH1011),UCB,Spring2012,Fall2011,Fall2010,Spring2008.

Textbook:Young,CollegeAlgebra,1stedition,Wiley,2006.Technology:CULearn(onlinehomeworkandclasswebsite),Clickers.

16. MultivariableCalculusandVectorAnalysis:CalculusIII(MATH234),NorthwesternUniversity,Fall2006,Winter2007,Spring2007.Textbook:EdwardsandPenney,MultivariableCalculus,6thedition,PrenticeHall.

17. NumericalMethods(MATH471/571),undergraduateandgraduateclass,SalisburyUniversity,2006,Textbook:FairesandBurden,NumericalMethods,3rdedition,Thomson,2003.Technology:MAPLE.

18. MathematicalModelsandApplications(MATH465/565),undergraduateandgraduateclass,SalisburyUniversity,2007.Textbook:MakiandThompson,MathematicalModelingandComputerSimulation,Thomson,2006.

19. OrdinaryDifferentialEquationsandApplications(MATH311),SalisburyUniversity,Spring

2005.Textbook:Nagle,SaffandSnider,FundamentalsofDifferentialEquations,6thedition,Pearson,2004.Technology:MAPLE.

20. CalculusI;DifferentialCalculus(MATH201),SalisburyUniversity,Fall2005,Fall2004.Textbook:Stewart,Calculus:EarlyTranscendentals,5thedition,Brooks,2003.Technology:MAPLE.

21. IntroductiontoAppliedCalculus(MATH160),SalisburyUniversity.Textbook:Tan,AppliedCalculusfortheManagerial,LifeandSocialSciences,8thedition,Brooks-Cole.

22. TeachingAssistant,NorthwesternUniversity:Differential,IntegralandMultivariateCalculuscourses,EngineeringAnalysissequence(staticsanddynamics),LinearAlgebra,OrdinaryDifferentialEquations.Note:ConsistentlyreceivedsomeofthehigheststudentevaluationsthroughoutallcoursesandhenceassignedasLeadTAforseveralsections.Technology:MAPLE,MATLAB.

STUDENTADVISING:

• SarahLiddle,InternalMathREU,NumericalSolutionsofPDEs:airplanewingsimulation,UROPpartially-funded,UCB,Summer2017.

• QiPei,InternalMathREU,NumericalSolutionsofPDEs:airplanewingsimulation,UROPpartially-funded,UCB,Summer2017.

• TylerWettstein,InternalMathREU,NumericalSolutionsofPDEs:airplanewingsimulation,UROPpartially-funded,UCB,Summer2017.

• ElizabethParsons, Wavelet Analysis in Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Graduate Independent Study (MATH 6900), Spring 2016.

• ThomasBisbee,InternalMathREU,NumericalSolutionsofPDEs,UROPpartially-funded,UCB,Summer2015.

• EliotKersgaard,InternalMathREU,NumericalSolutionsofPDEs,UROPpartially-funded,UCB,Summer2015.

• DaltonJones,UndergraduateIndependentStudy(MATH4900),TheoryofReaction-DiffusionEquations,UCB,Fall2014.

• JuliaYoung,UndergraduateIndependentStudy(MATH4900),NumericalAnalysisof

Reaction-DiffusionEquations,UCB,Fall2014.

PROFESSIONALSERVICEACTIVITIES:

• CoordinatorforPrecalculus(MATH1150):

o Unifyallsmallsections.DutiesincludedstandardizeLaTeXbeamernoteswithfaux2clickerquestionsperday,choosedailyWebWorkassignments,composeweeklyteamworkTuesdayprojects,andabout25in-classactivelearningactivities,andquizzes,compileweeklywrittenhomeworklist,installcommonD2Lpageforallsectionswithnewsfeed,gradebook,andcontents.UCB,Spring2018,Fall2017,Spring2017,Fall2016,Spring2016,Fall2015,Spring2015,Fall2014.

o Weeklymeetingswithundergraduatelearningassistants(SIGMI).SeparatemeetingwithgraduateTAsandinstructors.

o AttendedOITworkshoponintegratingclickersintolargelectures,2009.

o AttendedFTEPworkshoponlearninggoalsandcoursedesign,August2015.DiscussedBloom’staxonomy.

o InFall2015redesignedlargelectureprecalculustobecomesmalllecturesandincorporateactivelearning.Spring2016sawpilotclass.

o AttendedPreCalculusandCalculusInnovationWorkshoptodiscuss,inparticular,

active-learning,onlinehomeworksystemsandopeneducationalresources,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL,November2015.

o AttendedIBLworkshop,UCB,Boulder,CO,August2016.

o Attended42ndAMATYCAnnualConferencetolearnaboutmatheducation

terminologyandpractices,Denver,CO,November2016.

• MathClubmentor.Everytwoweekshavefacultyspeakersforundergraduatestudents(withfreepizzaanddrinks);makeposters.Soughttohavelinkonmathdepartmentwebsite,startedmathclubmailinglist;ledPi-dayandcareerday(todiscussgraduateschool,actuarialstudiescertificate);had200t-shirtsdesignedandmadeforMathClub(QED),Fall2015–current.

• Hadabout50t-shirtsdesignedandmadeforCUMathAlumniandFriends(AfterMath),Fall

2017

• InitiatedaMathsubjectexamGREpreparatoryclassforundergraduates.Metweeklyforaproblemsolvingsessionwith4students,Summer2015,Summer2016,Summer2017.

• ReceivedGraduateFacultyMembershipandhencewasamemberofDaltonJones’M.S.

thesiscommittee,“OnSynchronizationinNetworksofCoupledOscillators”,Spring2015.

• MentoringCommitteemember(C.Farsi,chair),UCB,Spring2014.Tasksinvolveddiscussingformalsystemformentoringfaculty,inparticular,thementor/protégéduties.

• UndergraduateCommitteemember,UCB.J.Clelland(chair)Fall2015–Spring2017;Fall

2014,N.Thiem(chair),Spring2015.Tasksinvolvedobservingfellowfacultyforteachingportfolio,writinglearninggoalsforcourses,evaluaterequisites.WorkwithUCBDataAnalyticstodetermineplacementforstudents(assumingALEKSexamgoingextinct).

• SummerInternalREU(pilotprogram)Committeemember(N.Thiem,chair),UCB,Spring

2014.Tasksincludeddiscussfacultyparticipation,studentrecruitment,graduatestudentverticalintegration.

• HelpproctorAnalysispreliminaryexamforgraduatestudents,UCB,August2014.

• ComputerCommitteemember,UCB,2009.Helpedset-upWebWorkfortheDepartmentof

MathematicsCalculusserieswithCU’sOIT.

• MathematicsFacultySearchcommitteemember,SalisburyUniversity,2006.Dutiesinvolvedreviewandselectionofapplicants,organizationofinterviewsandrecommendationtodepartment.

• FacultyadvisorforStudentMCM-ICMmathematicalmodelinggroup,SalisburyUniversity,

2005.Advisedtwogroupsofthreestudentsinpreparationfornationalmathematicalmodelingcompetition.

• Judgeinundergraduatestudentposter/talkatlocalAMSconferences,SalisburyUniversity,

2004.

• Facultyco-advisortoMathClub,SalisburyUniversity,2004-2006.MonthlymeetingswithMathmajorstopublishundergraduateflyerwithMathProblemoftheMonthandthelike.

• OfferedMathGREpreparatorysessionsforundergraduates,SalisburyUniversity,2005-

2006.

RESEARCHINTERESTS:

• Partialdifferentialequations,specifically,systemsofnonlinearreaction-diffusionequations,mathematicalmodelingusingbothanalyticalandcomputationalmethods.

• Expansionofmathematics,physics,andchemistrytodevelopmathematicalmodelsofthefrontalpolymerizationprocess.

• Mathematicalbiology,inparticular,tissueengineeringandtissuegrowth,whichcanleadtopropagationofdegradationfronts.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Devadoss,D.E.,Volpert,V.A.“MathematicalModelingofPolymerizationWaves”2004(thesis).

• Devadoss,D.E.,Pojman,J.A.;Volpert,V.A.“MathematicalModelingofThiol-EneFrontal

Polymerization,”Chem.Eng.Sci.2006,61,1257-1271.

• Devadoss,D.E.,Volpert,V.A.“MathematicalModelingofRadiallyPropagatingPolymerizationWaveswiththeGelEffect,”AppliedMath.andComputation.2006,172,1036-1053.

• Devadoss,D.E.,Volpert,V.A.“ModelingIsothermalFree-RadicalFrontalPolymerizationwithGelEffectUsingFreeVolumeTheory,withandwithoutInhibition,”J.MathematicalChem.2006,39,73-104.

PRESENTATIONS:

• Vernerey,D.,Machen,R.,&Stalvey,H.E.(2017).Developinganactivelearningenvironmentinprecalculus.SpecialsessiononActiveLearninginUndergraduateMathematics,AMSspringsoutheasternsectionalmeeting.Charleston,SC,March10–12,2017.

• Vernerey,D.,Stalvey,H.,&Machen,R.AdvisorDay,ACollaborationBetweenFacultyandStudentAffairsandtheResults;SASC/MATHregardingPrecalculus,February14,2017.

• InvitedDepartmentSeminar,DepartmentofAppliedMathematics,UniversityofColorado,Boulder,NonlinearReaction-DiffusionEquations,2007.

• InvitedDepartmentColloquium,AugsburgCollege,Minneapolis,MN,MathematicalModelingofFrontalPolymerizationwithEncapsulatedInitiators,2007.

• AMS-SIAMJointMeeting,NewOrleans,LA,FrontalPolymerization,January2006.

• MAAMeeting;Baltimore,MD;PolymerizationWaves,November2004.

• Mathematics:AttheFrontofGoodChemistry;TheEasternShoreHighSchoolCompetition;

SalisburyUniversity,Salisbury,MD,November2004.

• InvitedDepartmentColloquium,NorthParkUniversity,Chicago,IL,MathematicalModelingofIsothermalFrontalPolymerization.2004.

• AMS-SIAMJointMeeting,Phoenix,AZ,MathematicalModelingofFrontalPolymerization,

January2004.

• APS,CAMGraduateStudentPhysicsMeeting,Meridia,Mexico,October2003.

• MetricSpaces;ACCAStudentResearchSymposium,WheatonCollege,Wheaton,IL,October1993