Curriculum Vitae
C. Sean Bohun, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
Dr. C. Sean Bohun
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Faculty of Science
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4, Canada
phone: 1 (905) 721-8668 ext. 3635
email: sean.bohun@uoit.ca
2. DEGREES
Ph.D. Mathematics, Specialization: Applied Mathematics, University of Victoria, 1998
Thesis: Existence, Uniqueness & Asymptotic Behaviour of the Wigner–Poisson System with an External Coulomb Field
Supervisor: Reinhard Illner
M.Sc. Theoretical Physics, University of Victoria, 1992
Thesis: A Self-Consistent Dirac–Maxwell Field of Solitons
Supervisor: Fred I. Cooperstock
B.Sc. Physics, University of Victoria, 1989
3. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2011 — present Associate Professor of Mathematics, UOIT
2006 — 2011 Assistant Professor of Mathematics, UOIT
2006 — present Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University
2001 — 2006 Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Penn State University, Mont Alto Campus
4. HONOURS and AWARDS
Martha A. Fisher Award for Excellence in Teaching 2003
Graduate Teaching Fellowship 1990 — 1998
Graduate Research Grant 1991 — 1992
Graduate Teaching Award 1991
Job-Track Fund 1989 — 1990
President’s Scholarship 1986
Government Scholarship 1986
Canadian Army Fund 1985
Canadian Legion Award 1984 — 1985
CIPA Sawmill Award 1984
President’s Scholarship 1984
Government Scholarship 1984
5. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2012 Member of the Canadian Applied Industrial Mathematics Society (CAIMS)
1991 — 1998, 2001 — present Member of the American Mathematical Society (AMS)
1992 — 1996, 2003 — present Member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
RESEARCH
6. CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Industrial mathematics, mathematical modelling, mathematical physics, Sobolev spaces, semigroup theory, neural networks, high speed digital communications
7. RESEARCH FUNDING
2010 NSERC Pilot Project Initiate Grant: (Research Grant)
Initial meeting with potential industrial partner Calidus-Fathom
2010 UOIT Teaching Innovation Fund: (Research Grant),
Mathematics website learning tool
2008 UOIT Technology Transfer Grant (Travel Grant),
Support for meeting with the industrial partner Firebird Semiconductors
2008-2013 NSERC Discovery Grant (Research Grant),
Mathematical modelling of crystal growth and multi-component multi-phase transport processes and applications
2007-2009 UOIT Start-up Funds (Research Grant)
8. WORKSHOP FUNDING
2012 Mitacs Workshop Grant and Fields Institute Workshop Grant: FMIPW12
2010 MITACS Workshop Grant and Fields Institute Workshop Grant: FMIPW10
2009 MITACS Workshop Grant for China/Canada Biomedical Problem Solving Workshop
2009 MITACS Workshop Grant for Maths in Medicine study group conference
2007 Fields-MITACS Problem Solving Workshop Grant
9. PATENTS
2008 Bohun, C.S., Huang, H., Nakagawa, J. & Yamamoto, M. Application on the use of thermal imaging to detect defects in rolled steel. (March-April, 2008)
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL WORK
10. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
(i) ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Wu, J., Bohun, C.S. & Huang, H. (2011). A Thermal Elastic Model for Constrained Crystal Growth with Facets. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 69 (1), 71-90.
Bohun, C.S. (2010). Mathematical models for an undisturbed soil-column. Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies, 2, 1-15.
Bohun, C.S. & Breward, C. (2009). Yolk Dynamics in Amphibian Embryos. Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies, 1, 99-119.
Wu, J., Bohun, C.S. & Huang, H. (2008). A Thermal Elastic Model for Directional Crystal Growth with Weak Anisotropy. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 69 (1), 283-304.
Wu, J., Bohun, C.S. & Huang, H. (2008). Semi-analytic solutions for a thermoelastic problem with cubic anisotropy. Journal of Crystal Growth, 310, 4373-4384.
Bohun, C.S., Frigaard, I., Huang, H. & Liang, S. (2006). A Semi-Analytical Thermal Stress Model for the Cz Growth of Type III-V Compounds. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 66 (5), 1533-1562.
Bohun, C.S., Carruthers, S.J., Edwards, R. & Illner, R. (2003). Generic Emergence of Cognitive Behaviour in Self-Generating Neural Networks. Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory, 3 (1), 43-63.
Bohun, C.S., McGee, B. & Ross, B. (2002). Electromagnetic Wellbore Heating. Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 10 (3), 353-374.
Bohun, C.S. & Cooperstock, F. I. (1999). Dirac–Maxwell Solitons, Physical Review A, 60 (6), 4291-4300.
Bohun, C.S., Illner, R., Lange, H. & Zweifel, P. F. (1996). Error estimates for Galerkin Approximations to the Periodic Schrödinger–Poisson System. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 76 (1), 7-13.
Perry, G.P. & Bohun C.S. (1992). The Newtonian limit of axially-symmetric spacetimes. Physical Review D., 46 (4), 1866-1868.
Bohun, C.S., Illner, R. & Zweifel, P.F. (1991). Some remarks on the Wigner trans-form and the Wigner–Poisson system.
Le Matematiche, XLVI (1), 429-438. Presented at the VI International Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuous Media, Università di Catania.
Thomson, D. & Bohun, C.S. (1988). A wide-angle initial field for parabolic equation models. In The Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America}, 83, Supplement 1: Proceedings of the 115th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, S118.
(ii) BOOKS
Illner, R., Bohun, C.S., McCollum, S.J. & van Roode, T. (2005). Mathematical Modelling: A case studies approach. AMS: Providence, RI.
(iii) REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Bohun, C.S., Byrne, H., Ledder, G., Moulton, D., Newby, J., Shipley, R., Ward, J. (2012). Magnetic Force for Scaffold Colonisation by Stem Cells. In Proceedings of the MBI BioSciences Problem-Solving Workshop, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Bohun, C.S. (2011). Modelling mass transfer in a rotating disk reaction vessel. In the Proceedings of the First KAUST Study Group on Mathematics for Industry jointly organized by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in association with the Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics (OCCAM), January 23-26, 2011.
Bohun, C.S. et al. (2010). Two problems on the flow of viscous sheets of molten glass. In Reports of the 26th Annual Workshop on Mathematical Problems in Industry, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, June 14-18, 2010.
Bohun, C.S. (2005). Mathematical Model of the Mechanics and Dynamics of the Tails in Dinosaurs. Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 13 (3), 219-233.
Akers, B., Bohun, C.S., Gibson, P., Hofinger, A., Lamoureux, M., Lobb, J., Mawby, B. & Roberts, M. (2004). General Statistical Design of an Experimental Problem for Harmonics. Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 12 (4), 415-438.
Aggarwala, R., Bohun, C.S., Kuske, R., LaBute, G., Lu, W. & Nigam, N. (2004). Product-Driven Data Mining. Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 12 (1), 1-24.
Baamann, K., Bergeron, C., Bohun, C. S., Burden, T., Huang, H., Kadioglu, S., Lapin, S., MeGee, B., Mubayi, A., Restrpo, J., Taylor, A. & Westbrook, R. (2004). In-Situ Thermal Remediation of Contaminated Soil. Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 12 (1), 25-36.
Bohun, C.S., Dubois, O., Hongbin, G., Mendiratta, V.B., Nigam, N., Stepankevych, K. & Vassilev, T. (2004). Modelling Quality and Warranty Cost. Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 12 (1), 37-66.
(iv) PROCEEDINGS EDITED
Editor for the Ninth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop Proceedings (2005).
Editor for the Eighth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop Proceedings (2004).
Editor for the Seventh PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop Proceedings (2003).
(v) NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Bohun, C.S. (2011). Report on the Fields/MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop. Held at the University of Toronto, August 16-20, 2010.
Bohun, C.S. (2011). Report on the 2010 International Workshop on Industrial Problems. 2010 China/Canada Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China. December 13-18, 2010.
Huang, H & Bohun C.S. (2008). Defects Detection by Thermal Imaging: Part 2, Moving Sheet. Technical Report to Nippon Steel, June 15, 2008.
Huang, H & Bohun C.S. (2008). Defects Detection by Thermal Imaging: Part I. Technical Report to Nippon Steel, February 12, 2008.
Bohun, C.S. (2005). Math Professor Publishes Book on Mathematical Modeling. The Bridge. 14 (14), p. 5.
Bohun, C.S. (2005). News in Brief. The Record Herald. September 20.
Bohun, C.S. (2005). Professor publishes his first book. The Record Herald. April 1.
Bohun, C.S. (2004). Second PIMS Crystal Growth Workshop. Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Magazine. 8 (1), p. 11.
Bohun, C.S. (2002). PIMS-MITACS Crystal Growth Workshop. Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Magazine. 6 (2), p. 22.
12. SHORT COURSES IN INDUSTRIAL APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Developing a Mathematical Model for a Stirling Engine (2012). The Ninth Annual Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Modelling a cadaver decomposition island (2010). The Seventh Annual Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Modelling time of death with a cadaver decomposition island (2010). UK Graduate Modelling Camp, Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics, Oxford, England.
Modelling the release of a chemical breaker (2008). The Fifth Annual Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
The mathematical modelling of a Stirling engine (2005). The Eighth PIMS Graduate Industrial Math Modelling Camp, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Optimal design of a biolistic gene gun (2004). The Seventh PIMS Graduate Industrial Math Modelling Camp, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
13. PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA
Bohun, C.S. (2012). An Introduction to Modern Industrial Mathematics: Modelos Reales para Problemas Reales. Applied Mathematics Seminar, Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, September 19, 2012.
Bohun, C.S. (2011). Interfacial Behaviour in Tunnel Engineering. In Proceedings of the Fields-MITACS Industrial Problems Workshop, The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Science, Toronto, Ontario, August 11-15, 2008.
Bohun, C.S. et al. (2011). Modelling of CO2 Laser Polishing of Glass. In Reports of the Fourth Montreal Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, Montreal, August 19, 2011.
Bohun, C.S. (2010). Estimating the chemical constituents of modern electrolysis cells. Open Mathematical Problems from Industry and Elsewhere, OCCAM, December 9, 2010.
Bohun, C.S. (2010). Modelling a cadaver decomposition island to estimate time of death, a case study in industrial mathematics. Modelling and Computational Science Seminar, UOIT, University of Ontario Institute of Technology October 14th 2010.
Aziz, Z.A. et al. (2010). Mathematical Considerations for Induction Motors. In Reports of the Third Workshop on Industrial Applications, City University of Hong Kong, December 2009.
Bohun, C.S. (2009). The Role of Modern Mathematics in the Biomedical Field. 2009 China-Canada Biomedical Problem Solving Workshop, May 10, 2009.
Bohun, C.S. (2008). Modelling the release of a chemical breaker. Presented at the Fifth Annual Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, June 2008. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S. (2008). Modelling the Czochralski Growth of Type III-V Binary Semiconductors. Workshop on Model Validation and Verification, Banff, April 2008. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S. (2008) Modelling the Czochralski Growth of Type III-V Binary Semiconductors. McGill/ CRM Applied Mathematics Seminar, March 4, 2008. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S. (2007). Rapid Computation of Thermal Stess in Crystals with Facets and Allowing for Material Anisotropy. Presentation Canada-China Workshop on Industrial Mathematics, Banff International Research Station, August 2007. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S. (2007). Air/Water Two-Phase Bubbly Flow. Presented at the 11th PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of Alberta, June 2007.
Bohun, C.S. (2006). Mathematical Models for an Undisturbed Soil-Column. In Reports of the Second Workshop on Industrial Applications, City University of Hong Kong, December 4-8, 2006.
Dellar, P.J., Hjorth, P.G., Bohun, C.S., Ockendon, J.R. (2006). Etch Rate Prediction for Ion Milling Machines. In Reports of the Second Workshop on Industrial Applications, City University of Hong Kong, December 4-8, 2006.
Bohun, C.S. & Breward, C. (2006). Yolk Dynamics in Amphibian Eggs. In Proceedings of the First Fields-MITACS Industrial Problems Workshop, The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Science, Toronto, Ontario, August 14-18, 2006.
Bohun, C.S. & Breward, C. (2006). Yolk Dynamics in Amphibian Eggs. Presented at FMIPW (Fields/MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop), Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, August 2006.
Bohun, C.S. (2006). Organising a successful Graduate Industrial Mathematical Modelling Camp. Presented at MISGSA (Mathematics in Industry Study Group–South Africa), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 2006. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S., Gravesen, J. & Laurie, H. (2006). Polar Plots of Diamond Surface Energy. Presented at MISGSA (Mathematics in Industry Study Group–South Africa) 2006, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 2006.
Bohun, C.S. (2005). Modelling a Gas Burst Gene Gun. Presented at Shepherd University, West Virginia, October 2005. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S., Jamali, P., et. al. (2005). Modelling a Stirling Engine. In Proceedings of the eighth Graduate Mathematical Modelling Camp. University of Lethbridge, Alberta. May 2005.
Bohun, C.S. (2005). Crystal Growth from 3D to 1D. Presented at The Canada-China Workshop on Industrial Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, May 2005. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S., Javidnia, H. & Krakovska, O. (2004). Optimal Design of a Gas Flow Gene Gun. In Proceedings of the seventh Graduate Mathematical Modelling Camp. University of Victoria, British Columbia, May 2004.
Bohun, C.S. (2004). The Wigner–Poisson System with an External Coulomb Field: existence, uniqueness and asymptotic behaviour. Presentation of paper at CAIMS/CMS meeting held in Halifax, Canada, June 2004. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S. (2004). The Wigner–Poisson System. Presented at York University, Canada, June 2004. (invited talk)
McGee, B.C.W., Huang, H., et al. (2004). The Thermodynamic Bubble Problem and Its Relevance for In-Situ Thermal Remediation. Presented at Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, in Monterey, California.
Bohun, C.S. (2003). Crystal Growth from 3D to 1D. Presented at York University, Canada, June 2003. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S., Frigaard, I., Huang, H., & Liang, S. (2003). A Perturbation Model for the Growth of ZnS Crystals. Presented at The International Conference on PDE and Applied Analysis. Wuhan, China.
Aggarwala, R., Bohun, C.S., et al. (2002). Determining Geological Properties by a Hybrid Seismic-Magnetotelluric Approach.
In Proceedings of the sixth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop. University of British Columbia.
Barannyk, L., Bohun, C.S., et al. (2002). Resistance Monitoring. In Proceedings of the sixth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop. University of British Columbia.
Bohun, C.S. (2002). Mathematical Modelling of Crystal Growth. Presented at the MITACS Third Annual General Meeting, University of British Columbia.
Bohun, C.S., Bouhennache, T., et al. (2001). Modelling InSb Czochralski Crystal Growth. In Proceedings of the fifth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop. University of Washington.
Agyemang, I., Bolton, M., et al. (2000). Electromagnetic Wellbore Heating. In Proceedings of the fourth PIMS Industrial Problem
Solving Workshop. University of Alberta.
Biswanger, K., Bohun, C.S., et al. (2000). Optimal Design of a Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems Actuator. In Proceedings of the third PIMS Graduate Industrial Math Modelling Camp.} Simon Fraser University.
Batten, L., Bohun, C.S., et al. (1999). Classification of Chemical Compound Pharmacophore Structures. In Proceedings of the third PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop.} University of Victoria.
Bohun, C.S. (1999). Existence, Uniqueness and Asymptotic Behaviour of the Wigner–Poisson System with an External Coulomb Field. First PIMS Postdoctoral Fellows Conference. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (invited talk)
Agapov, V. E., Ait-Haddou, R., et al. (1998). On Seismic Imaging: Geodesics, Isochrons, and Fermats Principle. In Proceedings of the second PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop. University of Calgary.
Akhtar, A., Aggarwala, B., et al. (1998). Torsion in Multistrand Cables. In Proceedings of the second PIMS Industrial Problem
Solving Workshop. University of Calgary.
Bohun, C.S., Bona, A., et al. (1998). Air Impact on Green Sand. In Proceedings of the first PIMS Graduate Industrial Math
Modelling Camp. Simon Fraser University.
Bohun, C.S. (1995). The Wigner–Poisson System in the presence of external Coulomb potentials. In Workshop on Theory and Applications on the Wigner Representation in Quantum Kinetic Theory. University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada. (invited talk)
Bohun, C.S. & Welsh, M.S. (1993). Solutions to Systems of Differential Equations having Degenerate Eigenvalue Structure. TRIUMF preprint TRI-PP-93-7.
Bohun, C.S. (1992). The Ginzburg–Landau Model of Superconductivity. University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
Bohun, C.S. (1992). Some Attempts to Model Elementary Particles in Field Theory. University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
Bohun, C.S. (1991). Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for a Phase Space Function to be a Wigner Distribution. University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
Bohun, C.S. (1991). A Self-Consistent Dirac–Maxwell Field of Solitons. University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
Bohun, C.S. (1991). Axially Symmetric Static Gravitational Fields. University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
Bohun, C.S. (1988). The Ajax Paschydyne Crystal Puller. Crystar Research Inc., Victoria, Canada.
Bohun, C.S. (1988). A Wide-Angle Initial Field for Parabolic Equation Models. Defense Research Establishment Pacific, Victoria, Canada.
Bohun, C.S. (1987). Measurement of the Current through Cordova Channel Using Spatial Aperture Filters. Institute of Ocean Sciences, Victoria, Canada.
14. CONFERENCES ATTENDED
2012 Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop on Medical Imaging, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada.
2012 MBI BioSciences Problem-Solving Workshop, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
2012 The Twenty-eighth Annual Workshop on Mathematical Problems in Industry, University of Delaware.
2012 Shanghai Study Group with Industry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
2012 Workshop on Surfactant Driven Thin Film Flow, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada.
2011 The International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science – AMMCS 2011, Waterloo, Canada (Session Organizer: Industrial Mathematics SS-IM).
2011 The Fourth Montreal Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, Montreal, Canada.
2011 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics – ICIAM 2011, Vancouver, Canada.
2011 First KAUST Study Group in Mathematics for Industry, KAUST, Saudi Arabia.
2011 The Impact of Applied and Computational Mathematics in the 21 Century, KAUST, Saudi Arabia.
2010 China/Canada Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, Chongqing China.
2010 Open Mathematical Problems from Industry and Elsewhere – To Mark the Retirement of John Ockendon, Oxford England
2010 Workshop on Fluid Motion Driven by Immersed Structures, Fields Institute, Toronto Canada.
2010 Fields/MITACS Industrial Problem Workshop (FMIPW10), Fields Institute, Toronto Canada.
2010 The Twenty-sixth Annual Workshop on Mathematical Problems in Industry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
2009 Third Workshop in Industrial Applications, City University of Hong Kong.
2009 International Conference Variational and Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.
2009 Fields/OCCAM/MITACS Math in Medicine study group conference, Toronto, Canada.
2009 China/Canada Biomedical Problem Solving Workshop, Nankai University, China.
2008 Fields/MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada.
2008 Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
2008 The Twenty-fourth Annual Workshop on Mathematical Problems in Industry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.
2008 MITACS Model Validation and Verification Workshop, Banff, Canada.
2008 The Fields Symposia on the Mathematics of Transportation. Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada.
2007 The 6th Study Group on Industry and Applied Mathematics, Nanjing, China.
2007 The Canada-China Workshop on Industrial Mathematics, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada.
2007 The Eleventh PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
2007 The 25th annual SONAD, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada.
2006 The Second Workshop on Industrial Applications, City University of Hong Kong,
2006 The Tenth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2006 Fields/MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada.
2006 MISGSA (Mathematics in Industry Study Group–South Africa) 2006, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2005 China – Canada Industrial Mathematics Conference. Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
2005 The Canada-China Workshop on Industrial Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
2005 The Ninth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
2004 The Eighth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
2004 Joint Meeting of CAIMS and CMS, Halifax, Canada.
2003 First Joint Meeting of CAIMS and SIAM, Montreal, Canada.
2003 The Seventh PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
2002 The MITACS Third Annual General Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
2002 Meeting of the MITACS project Mathematical and Computational Modelling of Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Processes, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
2002 The Sixth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
2001 The Fifth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
2001 MAA Section Meeting, Penn State — Altoona, Altoona, PA.
2000 The Fourth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
2000 The Third PIMS Graduate Industrial Math Modelling Camp, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
1999 The Third PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
1998 The First PIMS Postdoctoral Fellows Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
1998 The Second PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
1998 The First PIMS Graduate Industrial Math Modelling Camp, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
1997 Canadian Mathematical Society Winter 1997 Meeting, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
1995 Workshop on Theory and Applications on Wigner Representation in Quantum Kinetic Theory, University of Victoria, Canada.
1994 TRIUMF Summer Institute (TSI), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
1993 TRIUMF Summer Institute (TSI), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
1993 Lake Louise Winter Institute (Collider Physics), Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Canada.
1992 Summer Nuclear Institute at TRIUMF (SNIT), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
1992 Lake Louise Winter Institute (Symmetry and Spin in the Standard Model), Chateau Lake Louise, Lake Louise, Canada.
1991 Canadian Mathematical Society Winter 1991 Meeting, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
1990 Gravitation: A Summer Institute, The Banff Centre for Conferences, Banff, Canada.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
17. RECENT UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
2012 200172 – MMT† (Math Modelling) Fall Co-Instructor
2012 MATH 4060U – Industrial Mathematics Spring Instructor
2012 MATH 3050U – Mathematical Modelling Summer Instructor
2012 MATH 2070U – Numerical Methods Spring Instructor
2011 MATH 3040U – Optimization Fall Instructor
2011 MATH 4030U – Applied Functional Analysis Spring Instructor
2011 MATH 3050U – Mathematical Modelling Spring Instructor
2010 MATH 4060U – Industrial Mathematics Fall Instructor
2010 MATH 4030U – Applied Functional Analysis Spring Instructor
2010 MATH 3050U – Mathematical Modelling Spring Instructor
†Models Matemàtics de la Technologia, Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (4th year course).
18. RECENT GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
2011 MCSC 6010U – Mathematical Modelling Fall Instructor
2010 MCSC 6010U – Mathematical Modelling Fall Instructor
19. THESIS/PROJECTS SUPERVISED
MSc. – students supervised
Mathematical Modelling of the Plunger Pump Operation with Numerical Methods for Simulating the Flow Across the Valve, Sept.2009–Dec. 2011.
Graduate student committees
2012 MSc. Mathematical Modelling Of The Blood Pressure Signal, External Examiner.
2012 PhD. Design, Analysis and Optimization of Hybrid Photochemical Hydrogen Production Systems, External Examiner.
2012 PhD. Development, Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Copper-Chlorine (Cu-Cl) Based Integrated Systems for Hydrogen Production, External Examiner.
2011 MSc. Identification and Annotation of Concurrency Design Patterns in Java Code using Static Analysis, External Examiner.
2011 MSc. Numerical methods for simulating diffusion in cellular media, Committee Member.
2011 MSc. Graphene and Graphane Functionalization using Hydrogen and Nitrogen: Electronic, Optical and Vibrational Signatures, External Examiner.
2010 MSc. Optimization Algorithms in Compressive Sensing (CS) Sparse Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Committee Member.
2010 MSc. Physical and Chemical Analysis of Pig Carcass Decomposition in a Fine Sand, Committee Member.
2009 MSc. Mass Transport in the Cathode Electrode of a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell, Committee Member.
2008 PhD. Two dimensional flow of variable viscosity fluids, External Examiner.
Undergraduate students supervised
2010-2011 Undergraduate thesis: Modelling Stormwater Management Ponds.
2010 Summer research student: Optimal delivery of a limited vaccination. (NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award)
2010 Summer research student: Creating a mathematics web site for first year calculus. (Teaching Innovation Fund)
2010 Summer research student: Creating a mathematics web site for first year calculus. (Teaching Innovation Fund)
2009-2010 Undergraduate thesis: Optimal Flu Vaccination in a Multiple Group Model.
2009-2010 Undergraduate thesis: Constructing a Leg and Assessing its Injuries.
2009 Summer research student: The Optimal Production of High Quality Crystalline Semiconductors.
2009 Summer research student: Determining the Crystal Quality and Cross Sectional Shape as a Function of Seed Orientation for the Cz Growth of Modern Quality Semiconductors.
2008-2009 Undergraduate thesis: Modelling and Optimization of Cz Crystal Growth.
2008-2009 Undergraduate thesis: Predicting the Nucleation and Growth of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes.
2008 Summer research student: Optimization of the Czochralski method for InSb crystal growth. (NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award)
2008 Summer research student: Optimal Design of a Biolistic Gene-Particle Delivery System. (Winner of the poster session for Science at the 2008 UOIT Research Fair) (SUSRA)
2007-2008 Undergraduate thesis: A Model for the Release of an Encapsulated Breaker.
2007-2008 Undergraduate thesis: Modelling the Growth of Silicon Nanowires.
Other supervision
2008-2009 Mathematical Contest in Modelling Competition.
SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
20. University Service
(1) Committees and Administrative Responsibilities
2012 Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Dean Search Committee.
2012 Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Assistant or Associate Professor in Alternative Energy Systems Engineering Search Committee.
2011 Mathematics Sessional Hiring Committee (July).
2011 Academic Council, Curriculum and Program Review Committee
2007 — present UOIT Admissions and Scholarship Activity.
2006 — present Discipline representative at high school visits, Science Scholars Dinner and graduate student recruitment activities.
(ii) Other University Service
2010 EPRC Review Committee for Oxford Mathematical Sciences Program (invited participant).
2007 — present & Ontario University Fair, Toronto Ontario.
2006 — present & Undergraduate Orientation.
2006 — 2011 & UOIT Convocation Platform Party.
21. Professional Service
(1) Conference Organizational Committees
2011 — 2012 Organizing committee for the 2012 Fields/MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop on Medical Imaging,
Toronto, Canada.
2011 AMMSC Session Organizer, Waterloo, Canada. [SS-IM I Industrial Mathematics I (July 25); SS-IM II Industrial Mathematics II (July 25); CS-DSDE I Applications of Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations I (July 28)
2009 — 2010 Organizing committee for the 2010 Fields/MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, Toronto, Canada.
2008 — 2009 Organizing Committee for the China/Canada Biomedical Problem Solving Workshop, Nankai University, China
2008 — 2009 Organizing committee for the Fields Math in Medicine study group conference, Toronto, Canada.
2007 — 2008 Organizing committee for the 2008 Fields/MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, Toronto, Canada.
2006 Planning committee for the 2006 Fields/MITACS Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop, Toronto, Canada.
2005 Planning committee for the 2006 GIMMC/IPSW.
2003 Co-organizer of a mini-symposium at the joint CAIMS/SIAM meeting in Montreal, MS26:Mathematics and Computer Simulation in Kinetic Theory.
2002 Planning committee for the Sixth PIMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop.