in progress

Ph.D., mechanical engineering

University of Notre Dame

   Advisor: Michael M. Stanišić

   Research area: Theoretical kinematics

in progress

Ph.D., mathematics

University of Notre Dame

   Advisor: Joachim Rosenthal

   Research area: Enumerative combinatorics

2003

B.S.M.E. with high honors, mechanical engineering 

Tri-State University

   Major: Mechanical Engineering, concentration in Mechanism Design.

   Minor: Physics.

   Undergraduate GPA: 4.0/4.0.

2003

B.S. with high honors, mathematics 

Tri-State University

   Major: Mathematics, concentration in Combinatorics.

   Undergraduate GPA: 4.0/4.0.

A block decomposition algorithm for computing rook polynomials.  (preprint available at arXiv:math.CO/0407004)

The inverse rook problem on Ferrers boards.  (preprint available at arXiv:math.CO/0407007)

2004

Best Oral Presentation Award

  AME Graduate Student Conference

  University of Notre Dame

2004

Applied Mathematics Fellowship

  Center for Applied Mathematics

  University of Notre Dame

2004

Graduate Research Fellowship

  National Science Foundation

2003

R. B. Stewart Award

  (valedictorian)

  Tri-State University

2003 

Outstanding Senior in Mathematics

  Tri-State University

2003

Gold Key award for scholastic achievement

  Tri-State University

2001-2003

Tri-State University President’s Honor List

2000-2001

Cedarville University President’s Honor List

2007, Spring

AME 20241, Solid Mechanics, TA

2006, Fall

AME 20212, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, TA

2006, Spring

AME 90921, Spatial Kinematics, TA

2005, Fall

AME 20212, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, TA

2005, Spring

AME 302, Differential Equations, Controls and Vibrations II, TA

2005, Spring

MATH 126, Calculus II (for engineering, science and math majors), TA

2004, Fall

AME 301, Differential Equations, Controls and Vibrations I, TA

2004, Spring

AME 302, Differential Equations, Controls and Vibrations II, TA

2003, Fall

AME 301, Differential Equations, Controls and Vibrations I, TA

4/2004

Panelist, Teaching Seminar

   Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame

2/2005

Female Faculty Perspectives

   Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Notre Dame

9/2004

Dream…Build…Learn: Effective Uses of Technology

   Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Notre Dame

9/2004

Helpful Hints for New TAs

   Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Notre Dame

4/2004

Participant, Teaching Seminar

   Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame

10/2006

The inverse rook problem on Ferrers boards

AME Graduate Student Conference

University of Notre Dame

10/2005

Enumerating real solutions of kinematic equations

AME Graduate Student Conference

University of Notre Dame

4/2005

Rook theory: the inverse problem

Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference

University of Minnesota

3/2005

A scenic route to rook theory

  Graduate Student Seminar

  University of Notre Dame

10/2004

Inverse kinematics of constrained parallel mechanisms

  AME Graduate Student Conference

  University of Notre Dame

03/2004

Block decomposition of rook polynomials

  CAM Graduate Student Research Workshop

  University of Notre Dame

03/2003

Reduction theorems on rook polynomials

  MAA Indiana Section Meeting, Butler University

  Butler University

01/2003-04/2003

Series of weekly lectures on rook theory

  Tri-State University