CURRICULUM VITAE. Mahboub Baccouch

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Mahboub Baccouch DSC 233, Department of Mathematics, 6001 Dodge st., Omaha, NE Phone: (office), (cell), Professional Experience 1. August present: James Earl Diamond Professorship in Mathematics. 2. August present: Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. 3. August August 2014: Assistant Professor(tenure-track), Department of mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. 4. August May 2008: Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Education Background Ph.D., Mathematics, Aug 2004 May 2008, Virginia Tech. Advisor: Slimane Adjerid. Dissertation: Superconvergence and a posteriori error estimation for the discontinuous Galerkin method applied to hyperbolic problems on triangular meshes. Concentration: numerical analysis, scientific computing, partial differential equations. M.S., Mathematics, Aug 2004 Dec 2005, Virginia Tech. M.S., Engineering mathematics, Aug 2003 Jan 2005, Tunisia polytechnic school, Tunisia. Advisors: Prof. Slim Choura, Prof. Sami El-Borgi, and Prof. Ali Nayfeh (Virginia Tech). Master title: Selection of physical and geometrical properties for the confinement of vibrations in nonhomogeneous beams. Content area: numerical analysis, partial differential equations, inverse eigenvalues problems, mechanics and structures, control theory. B.S., Engineering, , Tunisia polytechnic school, Tunisia. B.S., Mathematics, , Nabeul preparatory engineering institute, Tunisia. Awards (teaching and research) 1. Received the college of arts and sciences excellence in research award. It recognizes graduate faculty for preeminent achievement in research or creative activities that demonstrate originality and distinction. 2. Awarded the James Earl Diamond Professorship in Mathematics for 6 years, It is awarded for distinguished faculty performance in teaching and research. 3. Received the 2014 Kerrigan Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (Annual award to recognize excellence in teaching), founded by Mr. Patrick Kerrigan (UNO BA Math and Physics 1973). 1

2 Teaching Experience with selected teaching activities 1. Courses taught: The following undergraduate and graduate level courses are taught at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and Virginia Tech (VT) with full responsibility, including determining and grading assignments, developing tests, holding office hours, and assigning course grades: (a) Graduate level courses taught at UNO: Math 8250 (Partial differential equations) as standard and hybrid, Math 8500 (Numerical analysis I), Math 8510 (Numerical analysis II), Math 8336 (numerical methods), Math 8336 (Introduction to partial differential equations), Math 8356 (Ordinary differential equations), Math 8406 (Finite element methods). (b) Undergraduate level courses taught at UNO: Math 1950 (Calculus I), Math 1960 (Calculus II), Math 1970 (Calculus III), Math 2050 (Applied Linear Algebra), Math 2350 (Differential equations) as standard and hybrid, Math 3300 (Numerical methods), Math 4300 (Introduction to partial differential equations) as standard and hybrid. (c) Undergraduate level courses taught at VT: Math 1205 (Calculus I), Math 1206 (Calculus II), Math 2015 (Elementary calculus with trigonometry). (d) Mathematics tutor at the math emporium, a campus computer facility, Virginia Tech, Assisted students from a wide range of mathematics courses, including linear algebra, calculus I, II, III, and differential equations at the math emporium. Also proctored online tests and quizzes. 2. Creation of two hybrid online courses: Developed and implemented two new hybrid online courses for both undergraduates and graduates: (i) Math 4330/8336(Introduction to Partial Differential Equations) and (ii) Math 8250 (Partial Differential Equations). 3. Creation of a new online course: Created a completely online differential equations course (Math 2350) for undergraduates. 4. Creation of new courses: Developed two new courses (i) Math 4400/8406(Finite Element Methods) and (ii) Math 4350/8356 (Ordinary differential equations) for both undergraduates and graduates. 5. Creation of a new undergraduate concentration in Computational Mathematics: Created new undergraduate (BA and BS) concentrations in computational mathematics. 6. Creation of a new graduate concentration in Computational Mathematics: Created new graduate (MA and MS) concentrations in computational mathematics. 7. Independent Study courses: During my time at UNO, I offered and taught 22 independent study projects (8 for graduate and 14 for undergraduate) as an additional way to offer new courses (independent teaching and research courses) for undergraduate and graduate students. Each independent study course is a self-designed course of study worth 3-credit hours. The special topics studied are related to applied and computational mathematics (advanced topics and topics we do not offer in our curriculum program). 8. Students research projects: I advised more than 20 undergraduate and graduate students on various projects (6 months to one year). These projects are mixture of teaching and research. Typically these students present their work at conferences and participate in the student research and creative activity fair at the university of Nebraska at Omaha. 9. Honors credit for undergraduate students: I supervised and graded many honors credit projects related to the following undergraduate courses: Math 1960 (Calculus II), Math 2350 (differential equations), and Math 3300 (Numerical methods). 10. Honors credit for graduate students: I supervised and graded one honors credit project related to Math 8250 (graduate partial differential equations). 11. Service as adviser for M.S. thesis: I have served as a main adviser for 2 M.A. students. 2

3 12. Service as member of Ph.D. Committees: I served as a Ph.D. Supervisory Committee member for 6 Ph.D. students. 13. Teaching Grants (a) Creation of a new online course in mathematics for undergraduates: Math 2350 (Differential Equations) offered in Fall Funded by the Distance Education Developmental Mini-Grant Proposals, UNO, Summer Funded. (b) Creation of a new online course in mathematics for undergraduates: Math 2350 (Differential Equations) offered in Fall Funded by the Distance Education Developmental Mini-Grant Proposals, UNO, Fall Funded. (c) Development and implementation of internet courses in advanced mathematics (Hybrid online courses). It is part of the project UNO and MCC STEPping Together, NSF STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program), July Funded. Research Experience My research interests are in numerical analysis, scientific computing, computational and applied Mathematics. More specifically, my expertise and work experience are in the following areas: numerical methods for ordinary differential equations (ODEs), partial differential equations (PDEs), and stochastic differential equations (SDEs) arising in several applications in biology, physics, and engineering, development and implementation of efficient high order numerical methods for ODEs, PDEs, and SDEs, including finite element (FE) methods, discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods, and local DG (LDG) methods, derivation of a priori error estimates and convergence rates for high order numerical methods, explore the superconvergence properties of numerical schemes (one of the applications of these superconvergence results is the design of asymptotically exact a posteriori error indicators, which are useful in adaptive computations.), derivation of a posteriori error estimators, which are of great practical applications as they allow us to know how close we are from the exact solution without actually knowing it, construction of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) algorithms, development of numerical schemes with applications to wave propagation problems, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), biology, and finance. Papers in Refereed Journals 1. M. Baccouch, Asymptotically exact posteriori error estimates for the local discontinuous Galerkin method applied to nonlinear convection-diffusion problems, Journal of Scientific Computing 76 (3) , M. Baccouch, Superconvergence of the semi-discrete local discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear KdV-type problems, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical System- B, doi: /dcdsb M. Baccouch, Optimal error estimates of the local discontinuous Galerkin method for the two-dimensional sine-gordon equation on Cartesian grids, International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling. Accepted, M. Baccouch, A stochastic local discontinuous Galerkin method for stochastic two-point boundaryvalue problems driven by additive noises, Applied Numerical Mathematics 128 (2018)

4 5. M. Baccouch, A Family of High Order Numerical Methods for Solving Nonlinear Algebraic Equations with Simple and Multiple Roots, International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics 3 (2017), M. Baccouch, Superconvergence of local discontinuous Galerkin method for the sine-gordon equation on Cartesian grids. Applied Numerical Mathematics 113 (2017) M. Baccouch, An optimal a posteriori error estimates of the local discontinuous Galerkin method for the second-order wave equation in one space dimension, International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling 14 (2017) M. Baccouch, A superconvergent local discontinuous Galerkin method for two-point nonlinear boundaryvalue problems for second-order ordinary differential equations, Journal of Numerical Algorithms, To appear. DOI: /s M. Baccouch, Superconvergence of the local discontinuous Galerkin method for the sine-gordon equation in one space dimension, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 333 (2018) M. Baccouch, A posteriori error estimates and adaptivity for the discontinuous Galerkin solutions of nonlinear second-order initial-value problems, Applied numerical mathematics 121 (2017) M. Baccouch, A posteriori error estimator based on derivative recovery for the discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws on Cartesian grids, Numerical methods of partial differential equations 33 (2017) M. Baccouch, A posteriori local discontinuous Galerkin error estimates for the one-dimensional sine- Gordon equation. International Journal of Computer Mathematics 95 (2018) M. Baccouch, Superconvergence of the discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear second-order initial-value problems for ordinary differential equations, Applied numerical mathematics 115 (2017) M. Baccouch, H. Temimi, Analysis of optimal error estimates and superconvergence of the discontinuous Galerkin method for convection-diffusion problems in one space dimension. International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling 13 (2016) M. Baccouch, A recovery-based error estimator for the discontinuous Galerkin method for transient linear hyperbolic conservation laws on Cartesian grids. International Journal of Computational Methods 14 (2017) M. Baccouch, Optimal a posteriori error estimates of the local discontinuous Galerkin method for convection-diffusion problems in one space dimension, Journal of Computational Mathematics 34(2016) M. Baccouch and B. Johnson, A high-order discontinuous Galerkin method for Itô stochastic ordinary differential equations. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 308 (2016) M. Baccouch, Analysis of a posteriori error estimates of the discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Applied Numerical Mathematics 106 (2016) M. Baccouch, A posteriori error analysis of the discontinuous Galerkin method for two-dimensional linear hyperbolic conservation laws on Cartesian grids, Journal of Scientific Computing 68 (2016) M. Baccouch, Optimal energy-conserving local discontinuous Galerkin method for the one-dimensional sine-gordon equation. International Journal of Computer Mathematics 94 (2017) M. Baccouch, Superconvergence and a posteriori error estimates of the DG method for scalar hyperbolic problems on Cartesian grids, Applied Mathematics and Computation 265 (2015) M. Baccouch, Recovery-based error estimator for the discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear scalar conservation laws in one space dimension, Journal of Scientific Computing 66 (2016)

5 23. M. Baccouch, Asymptotically exact local discontinuous Galerkin error estimates for the linearized Korteweg-de Vries equation in one space dimension, International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling 12 (2015) M. Baccouch, Asymptotically exact a posteriori local discontinuous Galerkin error estimates for the one-dimensional second-order wave equation, Numerical methods of partial differential equations 31 (2015) M. Baccouch, A superconvergent local discontinuous Galerkin method for the second-order wave equation on Cartesian grids, Computers and Mathematics with Applications 68 (2014) M. Baccouch, The local discontinuous Galerkin method for the fourth-order Euler-Bernoulli partial differential equation in one space dimension. Part I: Superconvergence error analysis, Journal of Scientific Computing 59 (2014) M. Baccouch, The local discontinuous Galerkin method for the fourth-order Euler-Bernoulli partial differential equation in one space dimension. Part II: A posteriori error estimation, Journal of Scientific Computing 60 (2014) M. Baccouch, A posteriori error estimates for a discontinuous Galerkin method applied to one-dimensional nonlinear scalar conservation laws, Applied Numerical Mathematics 84 (2014) M. Baccouch, S. Adjerid, A Posteriori local discontinuous Galerkin error estimation for two-dimensional convection-diffusion problems. Journal of Scientific Computing 62 (2014) M. Baccouch, Superconvergence of the local discontinuous Galerkin method applied to the one-dimensional second-order wave equation, Numerical methods of partial differential equations 30 (2014) M. Baccouch, Superconvergence and a posteriori error estimates of a local discontinuous Galerkin method for the fourth-order initial-boundary value problems arising in beam theory, International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Series B 5 (2014) M. Baccouch, Global convergence of a posteriori error estimates for a discontinuous Galerkin method for one-dimensional linear hyperbolic problems, International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling 11 (2014) M. Baccouch, Superconvergence and a posteriori error estimates for the local discontinuous Galerkin method for convection-diffusion problems in one space dimension. Computers and Mathematics with applications 67 (2014) M. Baccouch, Asymptotically exact a posteriori LDG error estimates for one-dimensional transient convection-diffusion problems, Applied Mathematics and Computation 226 (2014) S. Adjerid, M. Baccouch, A Superconvergent Local Discontinuous Galerkin method for elliptic problems. Journal of Scientific Computing 52 (2012) M. Baccouch, A local discontinuous Galerkin method for the second-order wave equation, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (2012) M. Baccouch, S. Adjerid, Discontinuous Galerkin error estimation for hyperbolic problems on unstructured triangular meshes. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 200 (2010) S. Adjerid, M. Baccouch, Asymptotically exact a posteriori error estimates for a one-dimensional linear hyperbolic problem, Applied Numerical Mathematics 60 (2010) S. Adjerid, M. Baccouch, The discontinuous Galerkin method for two-dimensional hyperbolic problems. Part II: A posteriori error estimation, Journal of Scientific Computing 38 (2009) S. Adjerid, M. Baccouch, The discontinuous Galerkin method for two-dimensional hyperbolic problems. Part I: Superconvergence error analysis, Journal of Scientific Computing 33 (2007)

6 41. M. Baccouch, S. Choura, S. El-Borgi, A. Nayfeh, Selection of Physical and Geometrical Properties for the Confinement of Vibrations in Non-Homogeneous Beams, Journal of Aerospace Engineering 19 (2006) S. El-Borgi, S. Choura, C. Ventura, M. Baccouch, Modal Identification and Model Updating of a Reinforced Concrete Bridge, Journal of Smart Structures and Systems 1 (2005) Papers Submitted to Refereed Journals 1. M. Baccouch, Asymptotically exact a posteriori error estimates for the local discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear third-order Korteweg-de Vries equations in one space dimension, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical System - B, Under review. 2. M. Baccouch, A second-order finite difference method for stochastic linear second-order boundaryvalue problems driven by additive noises, submitted to the Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Under review. 3. M. Baccouch, An adaptive local discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear two-point boundary-value problems, submitted to the journal of Numerical Algorithms, Under review. 4. M. Baccouch, A posteriori error analysis of the local discontinuous Galerkin method for the sine- Gordon equation in one space dimension, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Under review. 5. M. Baccouch, A family of high order derivative-free iterative methods for solving root-finding problems, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Under review. 6. M. Baccouch, A finite difference method for stochastic nonlinear second-order boundary-value problems driven by additive noises, submitted to the Journal of Mathematical Methods and in the Applied Sciences, Under review. 7. M. Baccouch and S. Kaddeche, Efficient Chebyshev pseudospectral methods for viscous Burgers equations in one and two space dimensions, submitted to the International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Under review. 8. M. Baccouch, H. Temimi, M. Ben-Romdhane, The discontinuous Galerkin method for stochastic differential equations driven by additive noises, submitted to the journal of Applied Numerical Mathematics, Under review. 9. M. Baccouch, H. Temimi, M. Ben-Romdhane, Optimal error estimates and superconvergence of an ultra weak discontinuous Galerkin method for fourth-order boundary-value problems, submitted to the journal of Applied Numerical Mathematics, Under review. 10. H. Temimi, M. Ben-Romdhane, M. Baccouch, An Iterative Finite Difference Method for Approximating the Two-Branched Solution of Bratu s Problem, submitted to the journal of Applied Numerical Mathematics, Under review. Book Chapters 1. S. Adjerid, M. Baccouch, Adaptivity and error estimation for discontinuous Galerkin methods, in: X. Feng, O. Karakashian, Y. Xing (eds.), Recent Developments in Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Methods for Partial Differential Equations, vol. 157 of The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, Springer International Publishing, 2014, pp M. Baccouch, The discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for ordinary differential equations, in Radostina Petrova (Ed.), Perusal of the Finite Element Method, InTech, DOI: /64967, ISBN ,

7 Conference Proceedings 1. S. El-Borgi, S. Choura,C. Ventura, M. Neifar, M. Annabi, M. Baccouch, and R. Maalej, Output-only modal identification of existing reinforced concrete structures. In Proceedings of the 1st International Operational Modal Analysis Conference, IOMAC 2005 Aalborg University, Encyclopedia articles 1. S. Adjerid and M. Baccouch, Galerkin methods for parabolic problems. Scholarpedia 5(10): (2010), URL: methods. Dissertation 1. M. Baccouch, Superconvergence and A posteriori Error Estimation for the Discontinuous Galerkin Method Applied to Hyperbolic Problems on Triangular Meshes, Doctoral Dissertation Virginia Tech (2008) Advisor:Prof. Slimane Adjerid (Virginia Tech). 2. M. Baccouch, Selection of physical and geometrical properties for the confinement of vibrations in nonhomogeneous beams, Master thesis Advisors: Slim Choura, Sami El-Borgi, and Ali Nayfeh (Virginia Tech). Research Grants 1. Summer Fellowship, Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Partial Differential Equations. Summer research support from the college of Arts and Sciences, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Summer Funded. 2. EPSCoR Grant, The Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Two Dimensional Hyperbolic Problems on Triangular Meshes, funded by the NASA Nebraska Space Grant & EPSCoR Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, June-Dec Funded. 3. NSF project entitled Discontinuous Galerkin Error Estimation for Convection and Convection-diffusion Problems, S. Adjerid (PI, Virginia Tech) and M. Baccouch (Co-PI), Grant Number DMS- Computational Mathematics program ), Sept Aug. 2014, $384, Submitted Dec Rejected June EPSCoR Grant, Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Partial Differential Equations, funded by the NASA Nebraska Space Grant & EPSCoR Grant Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Oct Mar Funded. 5. NSF project entitled Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Convection and Convection-diffusion Problems: Error Estimation, Stabilization and Adaptivity, S. Adjerid (PI, Virginia Tech) and M. Baccouch (Co-PI), Grant Number DMS- Computational Mathematics program ), Sep Aug. 2015, $309, Submitted Dec Rejected June Summer Fellowship, A new numerical method for solving convection-diffusion problems, funded by the University Committee on Research and Creative Activity (UCRCA), Summer Funded. 7. NSF project entitled Superconvergent local discontinuous Galerkin methods for wave propagation problems: Algorithms, a posteriori error estimates, and adaptivity, M. Baccouch (PI), Grant Number DMS- Computational Mathematics program, July June 2017, $199, Submitted Dec Rejected June Summer Fellowship, Robust numerical methods for solving a wide range of problems in engineering, funded by the University Committee on Research and Creative Activity (UCRCA), Summer Funded. 9. NSF project entitled Local discontinuous Galerkin methods for partial differential equations: Superconvergence, a posteriori error estimates, and adaptivity, M. Baccouch (PI), Grant Number DMS- Computational Mathematics program, July June 2018, $199, Submitted Dec Rejected September

8 10. Summer Fellowship, Development and analysis of advanced numerical methods for scientists and engineers, funded by the University Committee on Research and Creative Activity (UCRCA), Summer Funded. 11. NSF project entitled Local discontinuous Galerkin methods for convection-diffusion and wave equations: Superconvergence, a posteriori error estimates, and adaptivity, M. Baccouch (PI), Grant Number , DMS- Computational Mathematics program, July June 2019, $199, Submitted Dec Rejected June Summer Fellowship, New efficient and accurate numerical schemes for stochastic differential equations, funded by the University Committee on Research and Creative Activity (UCRCA), Summer Funded. 13. NSF project entitled Stochastic local discontinuous Galerkin methods for stochastic partial differential equations driven by Wiener processes, M. Baccouch (PI), Grant Number , DMS- Computational Mathematics program, 7/1/2017-6/30/2022, $299, Submitted Dec Rejected June Summer Fellowship, On the approximations of solutions to stochastic heat and wave equations via the local discontinuous Galerkin method, funded by the University Committee on Research and Creative Activity (UCRCA), Summer Funded. 15. NSF project entitled Local discontinuous Galerkin methods for stochastic partial differential equations, M. Baccouch (PI), DMS- Computational Mathematics program, Grant Number , DMS- Computational Mathematics program, 9/15/2018-9/14/2021, $178, Submitted Dec Rejected June M. Baccouch, H. Temimi, and M. Ben-Romdhane, Project entitled New efficient and accurate numerical methods for stochastic differential equations arising in biology, finance, and mechanical engineering. Funded by Kuwait Foundation for the advancement of Sciences (KFAS), Jan Dec Research collaboration between the Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska at Omaha and the International Centre for Applied Mathematics and Computational Bioengineering (ICAMCB), Department of Mathematics & Natural Sciences, Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait. Funded. Professional Activities and Service Master s Thesis Directed and Dissertation Committee member 1. Ruth Kellett, M.A. Mathematics, Jan Dec Subhaditya Shom, Ph.D. student, Aug May Bora Pulatsu, Ph.D. student, Aug May Bryan Johnson, M.S. Mathematics, Aug May Naji Albakay, Ph.D. student, Carl Hart, Ph.D. student, Hyun Hong, Ph.D. student, Matt Blevins, Ph.D. student,

9 Conference and Mini-symposia organization 1. Organized a AMS special session on Recent Developments in Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Differential Equations. Fall Central Sectional Meeting. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. October 20-21, Organized and hosted the Midwest Numerical Analysis Day The conference was held at the University of Nebraska at Omaha on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 from 8:00am- 6:00 pm. The conference is organized to provide an open opportunity for faculty, postdocs and graduate students in numerical analysis, scientific computing and related application areas, mainly from the Midwest region, to get together, exchange ideas, and promote collaborations. 3. Organized a SIAM Mini-symposium entitled Recent Developments in Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Partial Differential Equations. The 3nd Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Sep. 29- Oct 1, Organized a SIAM Mini-symposium entitled Recent Developments in Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Partial Differential Equations. The 2nd Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section. University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas. Sep. 30- Oct 2, Organized a AMS special session on Discontinuous Galerkin methods for partial differential equations: Theory and applications. Fall Western Sectional Meeting. University of Denver, Colorado. Oct 8-9, Organized a SIAM Mini-symposium entitled Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Partial Differential Equations: Theory and Applications. The 1st Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section. Missouri S&T University, Rolla, Missouri. April 11-12, Plenary Speaker and Workshop leadership 1. Plenary Speaker, Analysis of a posteriori error estimates of the discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Midwest Numerical Analysis Days 2014, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, May 3, Seminar, A superconvergent local discontinuous Galerkin method for the second-order wave equation on Cartesian grids. Special Seminar (2 days), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May 13 and 14, Computational Mathematics Workshop, Discontinuous Galerkin methods for deterministic and stochastic differential equations. Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. March 18-21, Computational Mathematics Workshop, Advanced numerical methods for differential equations: Implementation, Theory, and Applications. Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. June 24-29, Invited Colloquia 1. Colloquium, A survey of numerical methods for ordinary and partial differential equations. Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. June 27, Colloquium, Numerical methods for stochastic differential equations. Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. March 20, Colloquium, Discontinuous Galerkin methods for differential equations: Superconvergence, a posteriori error estimates, and adaptivity. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina. February 15, Colloquium, Asymptotically Exact DG and LDG Error Estimates for Convection and Convectiondiffusion Problems. Computational and Applied Mathematics Seminar, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Feb. 14,

10 Conference Presentations (Invited) Selected conference presentations from 2015-present: 1. Asymptotically Exact a Posteriori Error estimates for the Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Nonlinear Convection-Diffusion Problems. Midwest Numerical Analysis Days 2018, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. April 14-15, A Stochastic Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Stochastic Boundary-value Problems Driven by Additive Noises. The 3rd Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Sep. 29- Oct 1, Stochastic discontinuous Galerkin methods for stochastic differential equations. AMS Sectional Meetings, University of Denver, Colorado. Oct 8-9, A posteriori error analysis of the discontinuous Galerkin method for two-dimensional linear hyperbolic conservation laws on Cartesian grids. The 2nd Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section. University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas. Sep. 30- Oct 2, High-Order and Energy-Conserving Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for the Sine-Gordon Equation. Midwest Numerical Analysis Days 2016, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI. April 23, Superconvergence and recovery type a posteriori error estimators for the Discontinuous Galerkin method for hyperbolic problems. Midwest Numerical Analysis Days 2015, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. April 25, A High-Order Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Itô Stochastic Ordinary Differential Equations. The 1st Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section. Missouri S&T University, Rolla, Missouri. April 11-12, Recovery-Based Error Estimators for the DG Method for Scalar Conservation Laws. The 1st Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section. Missouri S&T University, Rolla, Missouri. April 11-12, Synergistic Activities 1. I serve on the board of the research conference series Midwest Numerical Analysis Day (MWNADAY). 2. I served as a referee for the journals: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Applied Mathematics Letters, Computational Physics, Applications of Mathematics, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Scientific Computing, Applied Numerical Mathematics, Computational Physics, Advances in Numerical Analysis, International Journal of Computer Mathematics, Inverse Problems in Science & Engineering, International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science & Mechanics. 3. I reviewed (i) more than 40 journal papers related directly to my research and (ii) 7 textbooks (3 graduate and 4 undergraduate level). 4. I am serving as a consulting professor with the Saylor Foundation, 2012-present. 5. I am serving as a consulting professor with the QwidgetCo (the quantum widget company) which specializes in quantum computing, quantum many-body systems, and quantum information processing, present. Meetings, grant writer s seminars, and workshops 1. I attended the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), January 10-13th, 2018 in San Diego, CA to interview assistant and associate professors for the department of mathematics at UNO. I interviewed more than 40 candidates (20-40 minutes each). 2. Write Winning Grants Workshop. I attended a one-day grant-writing seminar on May 7, 2012 from 8:30 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. 3. Attended the first NSF Regional Grants Conference of fiscal year 2009 in Omaha and was hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on October 20-21,

11 Service to department, college, and university 1. I served on the following department, college, or university committees: Committee on Committees (chair and member), Colloquium coordinator (chair and member), Math Awareness Month (chair and member), Math student research (chair and member), Curriculum committee (member), Master of Arts/Master of science graduate program committee (member), Research/Grants/Scholarship coordinator (member), Undergraduate research coordinator, Master of Arts for Teachers of mathematics) grad program committee (member), Ad-hoc Calculus Textbook selection Committee (member). 2. I organized and co-organized the annual high school contest for high school students several times. 3. I organized and co-organized the Math Awareness Month (MAM) event 5 times each year in April (featuring talks by students from UNO enrolled in the Kerrigan research minigrant program). 4. Served on FUSE (Fund for Undergraduate Scholarly Experiences) panel review for the academic year. This program supports faculty-mentored undergraduate student research. 5. Served on GRACA(Graduate Research and Creative Activity) panel review for the academic year. This program supports faculty-mentored graduate student research and creative activity. 6. Organized the Midwest Numerical Analysis Day 2017 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 from 8:00am - 6:00 pm. 7. Wrote and graded many MA and MAT comprehensive exams for graduate students. 8. Made arrangements for many graduate students to take their M.S comprehensive exams. Membership in Professional Organizations Member of the American Mathematical Society. 11