CV for Derek Handwerk Contact​
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Information 908 W. Lake St. Unit 209 Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 email: handwerk ‘at’ math ‘dot’ colostate ‘dot ‘edu phone: (801) 870­7874 Interests Applied Mathematics, Dynamical Systems, Oscillations, Math Biology, Neural Networks, modeling, programming, cycling. Education Colorado State University, ​
Fort Collins, Colorado Ph.D Mathematics, ​
In Progress University of Washington, ​
Seattle, Washington M.S. Applied Mathematics, June 2014 University of Utah​
, Salt Lake City, Utah B.S. Applied Mathematics, May 2013 Teaching Colorado State University Math 340​
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Introduction to Differential Equations, Fall 2015 Summer Schools/Workshops MSRI Systems Biology (Summer 2015) ​
­ Coordinators: Steve Altschuler, Lani Wu. Projects Neural Network Project Group project for Math 633 (CSU). Analyzed and applied deep belief network code and results from Geoffrey Hinton paper published in Science. Created custom network code to better understand process. Used Hinton code and class code to analyse and classify large data sets. Data sets include MNIST number data as in paper and Sepsis patient data. Continuation methods to detect Hopf bifurcations in a large network Masters talk at UW. Found specific current values which when applied to sensory neurons in C.Elegans caused oscillations in motor neurons. Explored potential oscillations in other neurons. CFD laminar flow in T­pipe Project for AA 544 (UW). Coded in Fortran a CFD model of laminar flow in a T­shaped pipe to recreate literature results and study formation of circulation zones. Bose­Einstein Condensation in 3D Final Project for AMath 581 (UW). Using MATLAB simulated and visualized Gross­Pitaevskii system. Hodgkin­Huxley Final Project for Math 5470 (UU). Paper on the history and behavior of the original HH equations and simplified Fitzhugh­Nagumo equations. Swarming Final Presentation for Math 5120 (UU). Presented results from ​
Do travelling band solutions describe cohesive swarms?​
by Edelstein­Keshet, Watmough, Grunbaum.​
J. Math. Biol. (1998) 36: 515­549 GPS Model Final Project for Math 5600. Using numerical techniques programmed a basic satellite, receiver, vehicle GPS model in Java to track positions over time. Class Experience Colorado State University Math 546, PDEs II ​
(Evans) Math 561, Numerical Linear Algebra​
(Trefethen and Bau) Math 633, Industrial and Applied Mathematics Project/paper based class. Analysis of large data sets. Deep belief networks (Geoffrey Hinton Science paper), Sparse representation of signals, K­SVD (Aharon, Elad, Bruckstein). Math 517, Real Analysis ​
(Rudin) Math 545, Intro to PDEs ​
(Strauss) Math 560, Linear Algebra ​
(Lax) University of Washington AMath 503, Methods for PDEs AMath 583, High Performance Scientific Computing AA 544, Turbulence Modeling and Simulation AMath 600, Independent Study​
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on Optimal Control Reading ​
Optimal Control: An Introduction to the Theory with Applications​
by Leslie Hocking under supervision of Prof. Mark Kot. AMath 502, Dynamical Systems and Chaos AMath 582, Computational Methods for Data Analysis AMath 585, Numerical Analysis of Boundary Value Problems AMath 501, Vector Calculus and Complex Variables​
. AMath 581, Scientific Computing University of Utah Math 5910, Supervised Reading Independent Study with Professor James Keener. Reading An Introduction to Systems Biology ­ Design Principles of Biological Circuits by Uri Alon Math 5600, Survey of Numerical Analysis Math 5470, Chaos Theory Math 5410, ODEs Math 5310, Modern Algebra I Math 5120, Math Biology II Mathematical models of spatial processes in biology including pattern formation in the embryo and during tissue differentiation, applications of traveling waves to population dynamics, epidemiology, and chemical reactions, and models for neural patterns. Math 5110, Math Biology I Mathematical modeling in the biological and medical sciences. Topics include continuous and discrete dynamical systems describing interacting and structured populations, resource management, biological control, reaction kinetics, biological oscillators and switches, and the dynamics of infectious diseases. Math 5010, Intro to Probability Math 4400, Intro to Number Theory Math 3220, Foundations of Analysis II Math 3210, Foundations of Analysis I Math 3160, Complex Variables Math 3010, History of Mathematics Math 2280, Intro to Differential Equations Math 2270, Linear Algebra Math 2200, Discrete Mathematics Math 1210, 1220, 2210, Calculus Series CS 1410, Object­Oriented Programming CS 2420, Algorithms and Data Structures Programming 4+ years experience with MATLAB. 2+ years experience with Python 2+ years classroom and extracurricular experience with Java. Classroom experience with Fortran, OpenMP, MPI. Relevant Work Information Graduate Teaching Assistant, ​
Colorado State University (​
August 2015 ­ Present) Tutor​
, T. Benny Rushing Mathematics Center, University of Utah (​
August 2012 ­ May 2013)​
Grader​
, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah (​
August 2012 ­ May 2013)​
Recommendations Eli Shlizerman, Assistant Professor, shlizee ‘at’ uw.edu Iluiana Oprea, Associate Professor, juliana ‘at’ math.colostate.edu