Suzanne L. Weekes
Associate Department Head and
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Director
Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachussetts, 01609
Phone : (508) 831-5267
E-mail: sweekes@wpi.edu
Education
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Ph.D., Mathematics and Scientific Computing
The University of Michigan, 1995. |
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M.S., Applied Mathematics, The University of Michigan, 1990. |
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B.S., Mathematics,
Indiana University, 1989. |
Research Interests
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Numerical Methods for Wave Motion through Spatio-Temporal Composites
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Industrial Mathematics
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Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws
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Porous Media Flow, Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Numerical Analysis
Recent Teaching
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MA2051 Ordinary Differential Equations - D term 2012
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MA1024 Calculus IV (Multivariable Calculus) - B term 2011
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MA3231 Linear Programming - A term 2011, A term 2010
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MA3457/CS4033 Numerical Methods for Calculus and Differential Equations - B term 2010
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MA501 Engineering Mathematics - Fall 2009
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MA1022 Calculus II (Integral Calculus) - B term 2009
Recent Service
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Co-chair, Organizing Committee,
Women in Mathematics Symposium, IPAM, UCLA. Feb 24-26, 2011
Conference poster
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WPI REU Program in Industrial Mathematics and Statistics,
WPI, Worcester, MA. 1998 -- 2012.
2011 REU poster
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Co-Director, MSRI-UP summer
program, Berkeley, CA. Summer 2007-2011
2011 MSRI-UP poster
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Dimensions summer program for middle
school girls, Summer 2010
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Organizing Committee,
Career Options for Women in Mathematical Sciences, IMA, Minneapolis, MN. April 2009
- Organizing Committee, SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers, Philadelphia, PA. Oct. 2007
Sites of Interest
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WPI Chapter of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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Association for Women in Mathematics
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The Most Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics
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Northeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America
Fall 2004 Meeting