Alumni of the Mathematics Department

Computational Track - Recent Graduates

Srikanth Madasu (Winter 2008) srikanth.madasu@gmail.com

I arrived at Ohio Univ in fall 2007, after completing my B.E(BAchelor of Engineering) in CS from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad, India. From the day I began to stay in Athens, I fell in love with this beautiful place. I will never forget the beautiful Spring season of Athens. The places which I liked most are the New Baker Center, Stocker, Ping Center, uptown and of course Morton Hall. The classes I found interesting and challenging were Java(Dr Judd), Operating systems(Dr Drews), COmputation Theory and DAA (Dr. Jundong Liu), Linear Algebra (Dinh Huyn), and Numerical Analysis (Dr Shen). But the best part was being a member of Dr. Martin's research group. It was fun working with other graduate, and undergraduate students. I also enjoyed teaching Math113 as TA. I would like to thank Dr. Martin Mohlenkamp, Dr. Premjit Singh, Dr. Shen, Dr. Bob Klein and Chris Bailey - who helped me in many ways during my stay at Ohio Univ.

Rahul Sharma (Spring 2006), Operations Research Analyst at TransSolutions, rsharma@transsolutions.com.

I arrived at Ohio University in Fall 2004, after getting my bachelors degree in Information Systems from GGS Indraprastha University,New Delhi, India. I graduated in Spring 2006. Presently I am working as Operations Research Analyst for a company called TransSolutions www.transsolutions.com. They provide decision-support tools to efficiently design and operate transportation facilities. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the firm has its origins in the Operations Research department of American Airlines.The direction to a career in Operations Research has a lot to do with the courses that I took under my advisor, Dr. Vardges Melkonian. Some of my favorite courses included Math542 Linear and Non Linear Programming, Math543 Mathematical Modeling and Optimization, CS606 Computational Complexity , CS657 Software Modeling, CS556 Software Engineering.I enjoyed my stay as a graduate student in Athens, it is one of the most peaceful places.Another aspect I enjoyed being part of Math Department was being a Teaching Assistant. I taught Math 101, Math 113, Math 115, Math 250. If you would like to know more about my company, you can email me.

Krishna Leela Vasireddy (Spring 2006), Software Engineer at Thomson West, krishna.vasireddy@yahoo.com

I arrived at Ohio University in Fall 2004 after getting my BTech(Bachelor of Technology) degree at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology ( MGIT ), India. I graduated in Spring 2006. The classes I found most interesting were Theory of Linear and Non-linear programming (Dr. Melkonian), Numerical Analysis (Dr. Shen), Software Engineering (Dr. Chang Liu), Java and Manufacturing Applications (Dr.Judd), Database Systems I (Dr.Marling). I had an oppurtunity to work with Dr. Martin Mohlenkamp as Research Assistant. It was fun teaching Math 113 and Math 163A. I had great time as a math tutor for AAC. My favorite part of the university was (Mighty) Morton hall, uptown and Ping center. I found Athens to be the most beautiful place. After graduation, I went to work at Thomson West, in Minneapolis, MN as a software engineer. I am now a java Programmer and my main project is KCE. The classes I took about java and databases have been especially useful in my work. If you would like to find out more about my job or company, you can contact me. Apart from the teaching staff, i would like to appreciate administartive staff of Mathematics Department (Chris Bailey, Cris Milligan, Tammy Taylor) who always offered timely help.

Praburam Rambadran (Summer 2004), Software Design Engineer in Test in the Windows Security group, Microsoft Corp., praburam_rambadran@yahoo.com

I arrived at Ohio University in Fall 2002 after getting my bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Madras. I graduated in Summer 2004. The classes I found most interesting were Vector Analysis, Differential Equations, Computer Networks and Operating systems. My favorite part of the program was the flexibility that the course work provided with the courses that I could take and the number of courses and the kind of courses I could take every quarter. I would consider without any doubt that my 2 year stay in Athens was one of the best phases of my life, both academically and personally. I took a lot of interesting courses and made a lot of very good friends. My major professor was very understanding about my interests and was willing to work with me about the courses that I wanted to take, which doesn’t happen in a lot of other schools. My teaching experience was really enjoyable. I taught 3 different courses Math 163A, Math 109 and Math 113 during my stay there. Teaching was always fun and I always looked forward to my teaching assignments.  After graduation, I went to work at Lifecare Technologies in Tampa, Florida as a Software developer. I am now a Software Design Engineer in Test in the Windows Security group in Microsoft. You can find out more about it at www.microsoft.com. The classes I took about Software Engineering, Computer Networks, Operating systems have been especially useful in my work. If you would like to find out more about my job or company, you can contact me.

Harihara Ramachandra Sharma (Summer 2004), Software Development, Lexmark Printers Inc., through Analysts International Corporation, Lexington, KY, hrs_47@yahoo.com

I arrived at Ohio University in 2000 after getting my Bachelor in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, India. I graduated from Ohio University in 2004 with M.S in Mathematics (Computational Track), M.S in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering.The classes from the Computational Track that I found most interesting were:1. Math 542, Theory of linear ad non-linear programming2. Math 512 Algebraic Coding Theory3. CS 561N Data Structures4. CS 504 Design and Analysis of Algorithms5. CS 542 Operating Systems and Computer Architecture I6. CS 506 Computation Theory7. CS 544 Computer Engineering8. CS 558 Operating Systems and Computer Architecture II9. CS 575 Internet Engineering. My favorite part of the program was the degree of flexibility it gave me in choosing the courses I wanted to take. Of course, the departmental support in the form of teaching assistantship helped a lot. As for Athens and Ohio University, its a great place to do your higher studies. After graduation, I went to work for Lexmark Printers Inc., through Analysts International Corporation, in Lexington, KY, doing Software Development. I am now a Software Development Engineer and my main project is working on embedded software application development. The classes I took about Data Structures, Operating System and Algorithm Design have been especially useful in my work. If you would like to find out more about my job or company, you can contact me at hrs_47@yahoo.com.

Ritesh Kothari (Winter 2005), Business Analyst and Report Writer, ADM, Decatur, IL, kothari.ritesh@gmail.com

I arrived at Ohio University in FALL 2002 after getting my bachelors degree in COMPUTER SCIENCE at INDORE/INDIA. I graduated in winter quarter 2005. The classes I found most interesting were all the math classes and Dr. Ostermann's computer classes. My favorite part of the university was College green and Baker Center. I had so much fun throughout my stay at Ohio University.After graduation, I went to work at ADM in Decatur, IL working as a Business Analyst and Report Writer. I am now a Crystal Reports Writer and my main project is ICSS. You can find out more about it at www.admworld.com. If you would like to find out more about my job or company, you can contact me.

1959 - 1998 Alumni

1949

• Lt. Col. L. Dale Davison, BSEd. 1949, is retired from the Medical Corps, where he was a 3d U.S. Army Instructor at the Surgeon's Office in Mathematics/Physics at Lakeland College, in Mentor, OH

1950

• Alfred Lehman, BS. 1950, is retired from the University of Toronto, where he taught in the Mathematics and Computer Science Departments. He was awarded the Fulkcason prize in Combinatorics in 1991.

1959

• Janet Via Sellers, BSEd 1959, MSEd 1994 currently teaches mathematics for Miami University- Hamilton. She has previously taught in Northern Ohio and Indiana for three years. Janet taught math for Fairfield City schools until she turned 60 years old, and has been a full-time mom for 20+ years.

1961

• Dr. Neil Holden, former Vice President Chase Insurance Agency, received his B.S. degree from Ohio University in 1961. Subsequently, he received his M.B.A and D.B.A. degrees from Indiana University in Quantitative Business Analysis.
  Dr. Holden joined CIT in 1982 as Vice President of Planning. Following Manufacturers Hanover Trust's purchase of CIT, he transferred to MHT's Industry Specialists Group in 1986. In this position he directed industry analysts in the process, technology, and financial areas. After MHT's merger with Chemical, Neil's focus shifted predominantly to insurance in the Industry Specialists Group of Chemical Bank. Following the Chemical-Chase merger, he transferred to Chase's Insurance Agency, and was responsible for new product development. Prior to joining the Bank, Dr. Holden worked for Union Carbide Corporation. He started as a Programmer/Analyst, became an internal consultant in Management Science, and then shifted towards economics, serving as Chief Economist. He took a respite in 1969-70 with Midland Mutual Life, and then returned to Union Carbide. At Midland he initiated variable annuities and a broker/dealer for mutual funds. Dr. Holden is a member of The Forecasters Club of New York (past President). Other activities include the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts and The Planning Forum (past member of the New York Board of Directors). Since September 1999, Dr. Holden has been back at Ohio University as an Executive in Residence in the Finance department. He has been teaching courses on Risk Management & Insurance and Financial Markets & Institutions. In addition, he has been participating in the Insurance Institute.

1973

• Ms. Ying-Chien Chang, a 1973 M.S. graduate, also has a BS degree in physics from Taiwan.  She worked as a physics research programmer at Purdue University while her husband was a student there.  After her family moved to Athens in 1968, she served as a high school mathematics teacher in the Federal Hocking School District.  She is now retired and has become a very active dinosaur hunter.  She had a distinctive dino find in Mongolia in 1996.  Ms. Chang does volunteer work for many paleontology museums in the western U.S.  She loves paleontology, geology, astronomy, and certainly mathematics.  She is a very enthusiastic educator and likes to work with young people. Ms. Chang has two wonderful sons: Dennis Wen, a medical doctor at the University of Missouri, and Andy Wen, a music professor at Millersville State University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Chang has recently pledged an annual contribution to the Department to establish the Ying-Chien Chang Graduate Scholarship in Mathematics. The scholarship is designated for an outstanding graduate student in our program.

• Silas Hammond, a 1973 M.S. graduate, is a Senior System Engineer at Chemical Abstracts in Columbus Ohio. He is am a project leader for computer systems , leading 10-12 staff in developing new search and display files for the online search system, STN International. Silas has worked at CAS for 25 years. His son, Jonathan Hammond, goes to OU and is an Education major in History.

1981

• Sharifah N.A. Syed Zamir, a 1981 B. Sc.graduate from our department who also holds an M. Ed. from Ohio University (1982) recently finished his doctoral studies at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The title of his doctoral thesis is "Integers subtraction schemes of Form Two Students". He is presently a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Science Education.  His immediate plans include teaching courses on Algorithms and Computers in Mathematics Education.

• Tom Gerke received a Master's in Mathematics Education in 1981. A resident of Columbus, Ohio, Tom teaches math to ninth graders at the Groveport Madison School District. He has two sections of Geometry and four sections of Freshman (remedial) Math. This is Tom's 29th year of teaching.

1982

• Anil Kumar Sahai, MS, 1982, is President and CEO of Performance Vision, Inc, a California based Information Technology company that develops products and services related to the Internet. Anil holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of California-Santa Cruz and a Master's from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Prior to his involvement in industry, Anil held faculty appointments and taught at universities in the United States, Austria, Japan and China.

1984

• Dorcas Oladunni Abolarin, B.S. Ed. 1984, is now the principal of Cherubim and Seraphim College in Laduba, Nigeria, West Africa.

1985

• Davender S. Malik, a 1985 Ph.D. graduate, has recently published two books with Springer-Verlag as part of the "Fuzziness and Soft Computing" series. The books are Fuzzy Mathematics in Medicine (with J.N. Mordeson and S.C. Cheng) and Fuzzy Discrete Structures (with J.N. Mordeson). Prior to these books, and also jointly with Mordeson, Malik published FUZZY COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA, a research monograph , published by World Scientific Press, which was the first book devoted entirely to Fuzzy Abstract Algebra. Dr. Malik is also the author of FUNDAMENTALS OF ABSTRACT ALGEBRA, a textbook on Modern Algebra, published in 1997. That book, co-authored with John N. Mordeson and M.K. Sen, is part of the International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics of McGraw Hill. A faculty member at Creighton University, Dr. Malik was promoted to Full Professor of Mathematics in 1999-2000. In addition to the afore-mentioned books, he has authored more than thirty papers on abstract algebra and information science.

• Adnan Abu Solqan, M.Sc. 1985, is now a math instructor at An-Najah National University in Nablus, West Bank, via Israel.

1986

• Danny Clark received his B.S. in Math Education in 1982 and his M.S. of Mathematics In 1986. He is currently supporting mathematics faculty nationwide as a full-time math faculty consultant for Academic Systems. In this capacity, he assists colleagues in the implementation and application of the multi-media courseware developed by Academic Systems. Danny also serves as a Key Accounts consultant for The College Board, where he supports institutions natiowide in the setup and configuration of ACCUPLACER, which is a college placement program developed by The College Board and ETS and now supported by Vantage Technologies. Danny continues to teach mathematics courses at St. Petersburg Junior College, Clearwater, Florida part-time, as teaching mathematics is and always will be one of his lifelong passions. He currently resides in Dunedin, Florida with plans to possibly relocate somewhere north of Florida soon.

1988

• Maitta Kweeyarn,a 1988 graduate, owns her own business "WORLDWIDE SAT-TRONIX CO. LTD", a computer shop in Bangkok, Thailand

• Michael Richardson received his B.S. Ed. in 1988. He is in his tenth year of teaching mathematics at the Pike County Joint Vocational School in Piketon, Ohio. His school will soon have a media center with 25 computers hooked to a server using Maple V release 4.

• Edy Soewono, Ph.D. 88, is currently a Senior Lecturer at  the Math. Dept. at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. He is also the director of the center of mathematics (a multidisciplinary research center) at the same institute.

1989

• Iris A. Nance, a 1989 B.S. graduate, worked in the Property/Casualty Actuarial department for Nationwide Insurance in Columbus, OH for 6 years. She now works at home (in Franklin Furnace, OH) as an actuarial consultant for Risk Consultants and Actuaries,Ltd., which is located in Columbus, OH.

• Ananda Gunawardena, Ph. D. 1989, is currently a Senior Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University. He has published the text "Interactive Linear Algebra", co-authored by Elias Deebe, through Springer-Verlag. Dr. Gunawardena is presently completing another textbook "Basic Linear Algebra with MATLAB Drills" with S. K. Jain.

1990

• Jorge Gutierrez Jorge Gutierrez , a 1990 M.S. graduate, who holds a 1997 Ph.D. in Meteorology from the University of Reading in England as well as a 1988 M.Sc. in Physics from Ohio University, has been teaching and doing research at the Escuela de Fisica of the Universidad de Costa Rica and the Centro Investigacion Geofisicas of that University since August 1997. In addition, Jorge conducts collaborative research with Physicists at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Jorge was the 1999 recipient of a prestigious Award for Research in Physics granted jointly by the National Foundation for Science and Technology of Costa Rica and the Third World Academy of Sciences en Trieste, Italy.

• William Young Jr., a 1990 MS graduate is presently a mathematics instructor at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN. From 1997 to 1999, he taught various undergraduate math courses at the University of Minnesota. Prior to that, from 1991 to 1997, William completed graduate course work in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cincinnati and Bowling Green State University.

• Sugeng Yuwono , is a mathematics alumni who is working as statistics lecturer in IBMT ( Institute of Business, Management and Technology).

1992

• Chienchih Chen, a 1992 MS graduate ,has been a civil structural engineer working with China Engineering Consultant Inc. (CECI) of Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. since his graduation from Ohio University. Previous to coming to our department, he worked for Fu-Tai Engineering Co. Ltd. from 1984 to 1990.

• John J. Schommer, Ph.D. 92, joined the University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tennessee, faculty in 1994. Prior to that he had taught at the University of New Orleans , Duke University , and Ohio University . He also spent two years teaching in the math department at Central Catholic High School in Portland OR, where he also served as the boys' tennis coach. The Schommers adopted a little girl in the spring of 1999; Mary Catherine Schommer ( Chang Xiao-Hua ) was born in China. John's major research interests are in point-set topology.

1993

• Mohammad Saleh, Ph. D. 1993, Mohammad Saleh, Ph. D. 1993, is a member of the organizing committee of the Third International Palestinian Conference on Mathematics and Mathematics Education, which will be held August 9-12, 2000 in Bethlehem.

1996

• Corey Boby, a 1996 Math M.S. Graduate, is presently working at the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences in Hot Springs Arkansas. He is married to Theresa Watson, a fellow Ohio University Math Alumni. If you would like to visit Corey's webpage, click here

1997

• Sujal Tannon, a 1997 Ph.D. graduate, is working as a Mathematician/Scientific Programmer at Schaffer Corporation.

• Jason McKitrick, B.S. 1997, is employed as an Internal Auditor for Nationwide Insurance Enterprise. Currently he is working on the Y2K project at Nationwide.

• Savita Barthwal, Ph. D. 1997 is now working at Digital Corporation in Boston, MA.

• Tate Skinner, BSEd. with Emphasis in Math 1997, MSEd. 1999 in Classroom Teaching is currently a geometry / integrated math teacher at Felicity High School in Felicity, OH. Tate is planning to begin his doctorate of Education in 2000 at either the University of Cincinnati or Ohio University.

• Quingyin Yan, a 1997 Ph.D. graduate, is currently employed as a system analyst at BASS Inc., in Dayton, Ohio. He defended his Ph.D. dissertation in Applied Mathematics in March 1997, under the direction of Sergiu Aizicovici. He has co-authored four research papers (jointly with Professor Aizicovici), three of which have already been published. Yan is currently working on the design , development and testing of the BASSpoint Software System.

• Chris Puin, a 1997 Ph.D. graduate, is working as a "cryptologic mathematician" for the National Security Agency. He recently completed his dissertation in the area of representation theory of finite groups under the guidance of Tom Wolf. A paper written jointly be Tom and Chris was recently published in the Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. Chris has also written another paper which has been submitted to the Journal of Algebra. Before coming to OU, he completed Masters degrees at Michigan State University and the University of Notre Dame.

• Iyad Kanj, a 1997 Math M.S. graduate in the Computer Science emphasis program has moved to Texas A&M university to pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Science.  His research interest s are in Theoretical Computer Science. Before coming to Ohio University, Mr. Kanj earned Bachelor degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science at the American University of Beirut.

• Boris Friedman a 1997 Ph.D. graduate, is currently employed as a software developer at one of the Columbus, Ohio laboratories of Lucent Technologies, Inc. (former AT&T Bell Labs). He recently finished his dissertation on finite group and representation theory directed by Tom Wolf. One or two papers related to his thesis "Schur indices and degrees of Brauer characters in finite solvable groups" will soon be submitted for publication. Currently, Boris is working on software R&D for equipment and provisioning of local telephone networks.

• Ed Prokop, M.S. 1997, is a mathematician at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, VA. Ed works on image analysis and statistical classifiers in the advanced computation department. He is also a statistics graduate student at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

• Daneen Shears, MS 1997, is taking some time off from teaching at West Virginia University-Parkersburg and Ohio Valley College to take care of her children. A baby boy, Chance Leslie, joined the Shears family (Daneen, Lance and daughter Adeena) on December 3, 1999. Daneen also does some telecommuting consulting work from home as time allows it.

1998

• Pramod Kanwar, a 1998 Ph.D. graduate, spent one year as assistant professor of Mathematics at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, before returning to Ohio University as a faculty member at the Zanesville campus.

• Jamal Tartir, a 1998 Ph.D. graduate, is an assistant professor at Youngstown State University, Ohio

1999

• Mark McKibben, a 1999 graduate, is an assistant professor at Goucher College, MD.