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Professional Activites Report: Office of the Dean

January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2014

Table of Contents

Publications, Presentations, Editorships, and Talks

Books Published

  • A. S. Ackleh, E. J. Allen, R. B. Kearfott and P. Seshaiyer, Classical and Modern Numerical Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice, Taylor and Francis, (2009).

Edited Volumes

  • A. S. Ackleh, L.J.S. Allen, G. Canziani, S. Henson, J. Li and Z. Ma, Eds., Special Issue of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 5(4) (2008).

Editorship

  • A. S. Ackleh, Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2009-present.

Journal Papers (Published)

  1. A. S. Ackleh, M. Delcambre, K. L. Sutton, and D. Ennis, Structured models for the spread of Mycobacterium marinum: foundations for a numerical approximation scheme, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 11 (2014), 679-721.
  2. A. S. Ackleh, K. L. Sutton, D. Ennis, A. Mallick and K. N. Mutoji, A structured model for the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium marinum between aquatic animals, Journal of Biological Systems, 22 (2014), 29-60.
  3. A. S. Ackleh, R. J. Sacker and P. Salceanu, On a Discrete Selection-Mutation Model, Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 20 (2014), 1383-1403.
  4. J. E. Banks, J. Stark, R. I. Vargas and A. S. Ackleh, Deconstructing the Surrogate Species Concept: A Life History Approach to the Protection of Ecosystem Services, Ecological Applications, 24 (2014), 770-778.
  5. A. S. Ackleh and P. Salceanu, Robust Uniform Persistence and Competitive Exclusion in a Nonautonomous Multi-Strain SIR Epidemic Model with Disease-Induced Mortality, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 68 (2014), 453-475.
  6. A. S. Ackleh, B. Ma and J. Thibodeaux, A Second Order High Resolution Finite Difference Scheme for a Structured Erythropoiesis Model Subject to Malaria Infection, Mathematical Biosciences, 245 (2013), 2-11.
  7. A. S. Ackleh and J. Thibodeaux, A Second-Order Finite Difference Approximation for a Mathematical Model of Erythropoiesis, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 29 (2013), 1821-1836.
  8. A. S. Ackleh and B. Ma, A Second Order High Resolution Scheme for a Juvenile-Adult Model of Amphibians, Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization, 34 (2013), 365-403.
  9. J. Cleveland and A. S. Ackleh, Evolutionary Game Theory on Measure Spaces: Well-Posedness, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 14 (2013), 785-797.
  10. R. Chiquet, B. Ma, A. S. Ackleh, N. Pal, and N. Sidorovskaia, Demographic Analysis of Sperm Whales Using Matrix Population Models, Ecological Modeling, 248 (2013), 71-79.
  11. M. W. Totaro and B. N. Guidry, The Advanced Database Course and the IS 2010 Model Curriculum: An Experiential Approach to Learning, International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education (IJIOME), 5 (2013), 115-129.
  12. B. N. Guidry and M. W. Totaro, MIS Students and the Systems Analysis and Design Course Project: A Proposed Experiential Approach, International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 13 (2013), 121-139.
  13. B.G. Fitzpatrick, R. Scribner, A. S. Ackleh, G. Jacquez, J. Rasul, R. Rommel and N. Simonsen, Forecasting the Effect of the Amethyst Initiative on College Drinking, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36 (2012), 1608-1613.
  14. A. S. Ackleh, K. Deng and X. Yang, Sensitivity Analysis for a Structured Juvenile-Adult Model, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 64 (2012), 190-200.
  15. J.M. Cushing and A. S. Ackleh, A Net Reproductive Number for Periodic Matrix Models, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 6 (2012), 166-188.
  16. A. S. Ackleh, G.E. Ioup, J.W. Ioup, B. Ma, J.J. Newcomb, N. Pal, N. Sidorovskaia and C. Tiemann, Assessing the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact on Marine Mammal Population Through Acoustics: Endangered Sperm Whales, Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 131 (2012), 2306-2314.
  17. A. S. Ackleh, J. Carter, K. Deng, Q. Huang, N. Pal and X. Yang, Fitting a Structured Juvenile-Adult Model for Green Tree Frogs to Population Estimates from Capture-Mark-Recapture Field Data, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 74 (2012), 641-665.
  18. P. Zhang and A. S. Ackleh, A Discrete Stage-Structured Two Species Competition Model with Sexual and Clonal Reproduction, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 6 (2012), 2-16.
  19. J. R. Tanner, G. Stewart, M. W. Totaro and M. Hargrave, Business Simulation Games: Effective Teaching Tools or Window Dressing?, American Journal of Business Education, 5 (2012), 115-128.
  20. A. S. Ackleh, J. Carter, N. Pal and X. Yang, A Case Study of Green Tree Frog Population Size Estimation by Repeated Capture-Mark-Recapture Method with Individual Tagging, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 81 (2011), 1879-1895.
  21. A. S. Ackleh, R. Chiquet and P. Zhang, A Discrete Dispersal Model with Constant and Periodic Environments, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 5 (2011), 563-578.
  22. A. S. Ackleh, B. Ma, P. Salceanu, Persistence and Global Stability in A Selection-Mutation Size-Structured Model, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 5 (2011), 436-453.
  23. A. S. Ackleh and R. Chiquet, Competitive Exclusion in A Discrete Juvenile-Adult Model with Continuous and Seasonal Reproduction, Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 17 (2011), 955-975.
  24. A. S. Ackleh, B.G. Fitzpatrick, G.M. Jacquez, J. Rasul, R. Rommel, R. Scribner and N. Simonson, Heavy Episodic Drinking on College Campuses: Does Changing the Legal Drinking Age Make A Difference?, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72 (2011), 15-23.
  25. A. S. Ackleh, K. Deng and Q. Huang, Stochastic Juvenile-Adult Models With Application To A Green Tree Frog Population, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 5 (2011), 64-83.
  26. J.E. Banks, J.D. Stark, R.I. Vargas and A. S. Ackleh, Parasitoids and Ecological Risk Assessment: Can Toxicity Data Developed for One Species be Used to Protect an Entire Guild?, Biological Control, 59 (2011), 336-339.
  27. B. Guidry, D. Stevens and M. Totaro, The Systems Analysis and Design Course: An Educators’ Assessment of the Importance and Coverage of Topics, Journal of Information Systems Education, 22 (2011), 331-345.
  28. W. Austin and M. W. Totaro, High School Students’ Academic Performance and Internet Usage, Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 12 (2011), 41-54.
  29. B. N. Guidry and M. W. Totaro, Convention Center Management: A Systems Analysis & Design Course Project (Teaching Case), Journal of Information Systems Education, 22 (2011), 15-17.
  30. D. Stevens, M. Totaro and Z. Zhu, Assessing IT Critical Skills and Revising the MIS Curriculum, Journal of Computer Information Systems, 51 (2011), 85-95.
  31. W. Austin and M. Totaro, Gender Differences in the Effects of Internet Usage on High School Absenteeism, Journal of Socio-Economics, 40 (2011), 192-198.
  32. M. W. Totaro, S. H. Y. Hsu and Z. Zhu, The SOA Platform for Small and Medium Businesses: A Conceptual Framework, International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 5 (2011), 22-34.
  33. A. S. Ackleh and K. Deng, Stability of a Delay Equation Arising from a Juvenile-Adult Model, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 7 (2010), 729-737.
  34. J.E. Banks, A. S. Ackleh and J. Stark, The Use of Surrogate Species in Risk Assessment: Using Life History Data to Safeguard Against False Negatives, Risk Analysis, 30 (2010), 175-182.
  35. A. S. Ackleh, J. Carter, L. Cole, J. Monte, T. Nguyen and C. Pettit, Measuring and Modeling the Seasonal Changes of an Urban Green Treefrog (Hyla Cinerea) Population, Ecological Modeling, 221 (2010), 281-289.
  36. A. S. Ackleh and P. Zhang, Competitive Exclusion in a Discrete Stage-Structured Two Species Model, Mathematical Modeling of Natural Phenomenon, 4 (2009), 156-175.
  37. R. Scribner, A. S. Ackleh, B. G. Fitzpatrick, G. Jacquez, J. Thibodeaux, R. Rommel and N. Simonsen, Ecosystem Modeling of College Drinking: Development of a Deterministic Model for Testing Alcohol Control Policies, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70 (2009), 805-821.
  38. A. S. Ackleh, B.G. Fitzpatrick, S. Scribner, N. Simonsen and J. Thibodeaux, Ecosystem Modeling of College Drinking: Parameter Estimation and Comparing Models to Data, Mathematical and Computer Modeling, 50 (2009), 481-497.
  39. A. S. Ackleh and K. Deng, A Nonautonomous Juvenile-Adult Model: Well-Posedness and Long-Time Behavior via a Comparison Principle, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 69 (2009), 1644-1661.
  40. S. Pathikonda, A. S. Ackleh, K. H. Hasenstein and S. Mopper, Invasion, Disturbance and Competition: Modeling the Fate of Coastal Plant Populations, Conservation Biology, 23 (2009), 164-173.
  41. A. S. Ackleh and R. Chiquet, The Global Dynamics of a Discrete Juvenile-Adult Model with Continuous and Seasonal Reproduction, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 3 (2009), 101-115.
  42. J. Tanner, M. W. Totaro, T-N. Pham and T. Noser, Math Skills and Undergraduates' Performance in Business Statistics: A Relationship Analysis, International Journal of Education Research, 4 (2009), 127139.
  43. J. R. Tanner, T. C. Noser and M. W. Totaro, Business School Administrators’ and Faculty Perceptions of Online Learning: A Comparative Study, Issues in Innovation, 3 (2009), 102-124.
  44. J. R. Tanner, T. C. Noser and M. W. Totaro, Business Faculty and Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of Online Learning: A Comparative Study, Journal of Information Systems Education, 20, (2009), 29-40.
  45. J. R. Tanner, T. C. Noser, M. W. Totaro and M. Bruno, Business School Administrators’ Perceptions of Online Learning, International Journal of Education Research, 4 (2009), 40-54.
  46. J. R. Tanner, G. Stewart, G. Maples and M. W. Totaro, How Business Students Spend Their Time—Do They Really Know?, Research in Higher Education Journal, 3 (2009), 76-84.
  47. J. Tanner, M. W. Totaro and P. A. Lanier, MIS Faculty Perceptions of IT Certifications, Business Research Yearbook: Global Business Perspectives, 16 (2009), 343-348.

Journal Papers (Accepted)

  1. A. S. Ackleh and P. Salceanu, Competitive exclusion and coexistence in an n-species Ricker model, Journal of Biological Dynamics.
  2. A. S. Ackleh, M. Delcambre and K. L. Sutton, A Size-Structured Model for the Spread of Mycobacterium marinum Using a Second-Order High Resolution Finite Difference Scheme, Journal of Biological Dynamics.
  3. A. S. Ackleh, J. Z. Farkas, X. Li and B. Ma, Finite Difference Approximations for a Size-Structured Population Model with Distributed States in the Recruitment, Journal of Biological Dynamics.
  4. A. S. Ackleh, Mark L. Delcambre and K. L. Sutton, A second order high resolution finite difference scheme for a size-structured model for the spread of Mycobacterium marinum, Journal of Biological Dynamics
  5. A. S. Ackleh and J. Z. Farkas, On the Net Reproduction Rate of Continuous Structured Populations with Distributed States at Birth, Computers and Mathematics with Applications.

Book Chapters

  1. A. S. Ackleh and P. L. Salceanu, Competitive Exclusion Through Discrete Time Models, Theory and Applications of Difference Equations and Discrete Dynamical Systems (Z. Alsharawi, J.M. Cushing, S. Elaydi, eds), Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, Volume 102, (2014), 3-21.

Conference Papers (Published)

  1. J.E. Banks, A. S. Ackleh and J.D. Stark, Population Models & Data in Applied Ecology: Surrogate Species, Simulation and Modeling Related to Computational Science and Robotics Technology, F. Kojima, F. Kobayashi and H. Nakamoto (eds.), Proceedings Series, IOS Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (2012), 34-43.
  2. A. S. Ackleh, K. Deng and Q. Huang, Difference Approximation for an Amphibian Juvenile-Adult Dispersal Model, Dynamical Systems Differential Equations, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Supplement, Proceedings of the 8th AIMS International Conf, (2011), 1-12.
  3. A. S. Ackleh, K. Deng and Q. Huang, Existence-Uniqueness Results and Difference Approximations for an Amphibian Juvenile-Adult Model, American Mathematical Society Contemporary Mathematics, 513 (2010), 1-23.
  4. T. Noser, J. Tanner, M. Totaro and T-N. Pham, Basic Mathematical Skills and Undergraduates’ Performance in a Business Statistics Course: A Relationship Analysis, Proceedings of the 2009 Meeting of the Academy of Business Disciplines, Ft. Myers Beach, Florida, November 5-7, 2009, 11 (2009), 16 (see http://rwahlers.iweb.bsu.edu/abd2009/index.pdf)
  5. P. Lanier, J. Tanner, M. Totaro and G. Gradnigo, Survey Research Response Rates: Internet Technology vs. Snail Mail, Proceedings of the 2009 Meeting of the Academy of Business Disciplines, Ft. Myers Beach, Florida, November 5-7, 2009, 11 (2009), 11 (see http://rwahlers.iweb.bsu.edu/abd2009/index.pdf)
  6. J. R. Tanner, T. C. Noser, M. W. Totaro and T-N. Pham, An Analysis of the Relationship Between Math Skills and Undergraduates’ Performance in Business Statistics, Proceedings of the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference 2009, April 23-26, Dallas, Texas.
  7. K. Lopez, L. Price and M. Totaro, Changing Undergraduate Business Students’ Perceptions About Learning Mathematics Through a Redesigned Finite Mathematics Course, Proceedings of the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference 2009, April 23-26, Dallas, Texas.
  8. J. Agrusa, W. Agrusa, J. Tanner and M. Totaro, Thailand as a Tourist Destination: What Do International Travelers Think?, Proceedings of the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference 2009, April 23-26, Dallas, Texas.
  9. J. Tanner, P. Lanier and M. Totaro, MIS Faculty Perceptions of IT Certifications, Proceedings of the International Academy of Business Disciplines 2009 Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, April 2- 4, 2009.

Plenary and Keynote Presentations

  1. A. S. Ackleh, Competitive Exclusion and Coexistence in Discrete Population Models, The 19th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, May 26 - 30, 2013, Muscat, Oman (Plenary).
  2. A. S. Ackleh, A Continuous Structured Model for Amphibians: Numerical Approximation and Parameter Estimation, Third Palestinian Conference on Modern Trends in Mathematics and Physics, Hebron, Palestine, July 16-18, 2012, (Plenary).
  3. A. S. Ackleh, Selection-Mutation Models With and Without Size Structure, Biomath 2011: International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 15-18, 2011, (Keynote).
  4. A. S. Ackleh, A High Resolution Finite Difference Scheme for a Juvenile-Adult Amphibian Model, Third Conference of the Euro-American Consortium for Promoting the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences, Albena, Bulgaria, June 20-25, 2011, (Plenary).
  5. A. S. Ackleh, A Juvenile-Adult Structured Model and a Selection Mutation Model. Conference on Mathematical Biology: Modeling and Differential Equations, Barcelona, Spain, February 9-13, 2009, (Plenary).

Colloquia and Seminar Talks

  1. A. S. Ackleh, University of Stirling, Scotland, August, 2011.
  2. A. S. Ackleh, Trinity University, March, 2009.
  3. A. S. Ackleh, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, July, 2009.
  4. A. S. Ackleh, Weizmann Institute of Science, July, 2009.
  5. A. S. Ackleh, University of Florida, March, 2008.

Invited Conference and Workshop Talks

  1. A. S. Ackleh, A Structured Model for the Spread of Mycobacterium marinum, The 10th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Madrid, Spain, July 7-11, 2014.
  2. A. S. Ackleh, A Structured Model forthe Transmission Dynamics of Mycobacterium Marinum Between Aquatic Animals, SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Charlotte NC, August 4-7, 2014.
  3. M. W. Totaro, Insights into IT, Presenter, sponsored by South Louisiana Community College IT Club, February 6, 2013, South Louisiana Community College, Ardoin Building, Lafayette, Louisiana.
  4. A. Ackleh, Finite Difference Approximations for Measure-Valued Solutions of a Hierarchically Size-Structured Population Model, The Fourth International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems, Lubbock, Texas, October 4-6, 2013.
  5. A. Ackleh, Stability Analysis of Small Perturbations of Pure Selection Models on Measure Spaces, Modeling with Measure: From Structured Populations to Crowd Dynamics, Leiden, The Netherlands, August 26-30, 2013, (Open Problem Lecture).
  6. A. Ackleh, Measure-Valued Solutions to Selection-Mutation and Structured Population Models, Leiden, The Netherlands, August 26-30, 2013, (Tutorial Lecture).
  7. A. S. Ackleh, Persistence and Competitive Exclusion for a Nonautonomous Multi-Strain SIR Epidemic Model with Nonlinear Host Mortality, Joint Mathematical Meeting, Boston, MA, January 4-8, 2012.
  8. A. S. Ackleh, A High Resolution Second-Order Computational Method for a Continuous Structured Erythropoiesis Model, BIOCOMP 2012 Mathematical Modeling and Computational Topics in Biosciences, Vietri sul Mere, Italy, June 4-8, 2012.
  9. A. S. Ackleh, A Stage-Structured Dispersal Model with Constant and Periodic Environments, Joint Mathematical Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2011.
  10. A. S. Ackleh, Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center – LADC: Assessing the Long-Term Impact and Recovery of Marine Mammal Populations after the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Marine Mammals Commission Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 10-12, 2011.
  11. A. S. Ackleh, Using Statistical Modeling and Acoustic Data to Access the Gulf Oil Spill Impact on Sperm Whales, Istanbul Conference on Mathematical Methods and Modeling in Life Sciences and Biomedicine 2011, Istanbul, Turkey, August 15-19, 2011.
  12. A. S. Ackleh, Competitive Exclusion in a Juvenile-Adult Model with Continuous and Seasonal Reproduction, Joint Mathematical Meeting, San Francisco, California, January13-16, 2010.
  13. A. S. Ackleh, A Nonlinear Evolutionary Game Replicator-Mutator Model on the Space of Measures, The 8th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Dresden, Germany, May 25-28, 2010.
  14. A. S. Ackleh, An Evolutionary Game Replicator-Mutator Model on Measure Spaces, Joint SIAM/RSME-SCM-SEMA Meeting Emerging Topics in Dynamical Systems and Partial Differential Equations, Barcelona, Spain, May 31-June 4, 2010.
  15. A. S. Ackleh, A Structured Juvenile-Adult Model with Application to Amphibians, The 8th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Dresden, Germany, May 25-28, 2010.
  16. A. S. Ackleh, Structured Juvenile Adult Models with Application to Amphibians, SIAM Conference on Life Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, July 12-15, 2010.
  17. A. S. Ackleh, Juvenile-Adult Models with Application to a Green Tree Frog Population, 4th International Conference on Neural, Parallel and Scientific Computation, Atlanta, GA, August 11-14, 2010.
  18. A. S. Ackleh, Persistence and Global Stability in a Size-Structured Model with Selection and Mutation, AMS Sectional Meeting 1063, Los Angeles, CA, October 9-10, 2010.
  19. A. S. Ackleh, Deterministic and Stochastic Juvenile-Adult Models with Application to Amphibians, Joint AMS/MAA Mathematical Meeting, Washington, D.C., January, 2009.
  20. A. S. Ackleh, Deterministic and Stochastic Juvenile-Adult Models with Application to Amphibians, South African Symposium for Numerical and Applied Mathematics, Stellenbosch, South Africa, April, 2009.
  21. A. S. Ackleh, Competitive Exclusion Results for a Discrete Stage-Structured Model with Application to Blue and Yellow Irises, Istanbul Conference on Mathematical Methods and Modeling in Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Istanbul, Turkey, August, 2009.
  22. A. S. Ackleh, Competitive Exclusion in a Discrete-Time, Stage-Structured Population Model, The Second International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems, Huntsville, Alabama, October, 2009.
  23. A. S. Ackleh, A Replicator-Mutator Model on the Space of Measures, AMS Meeting 1053, Boca Raton, Florida, October, 2009.

Contributed Talks

  • A. S. Ackleh, Ecosystem Modeling of College Drinking: Parameter Estimation and Comparing Models to Data, Annual RSA Research Conference, San Diego, CA, June 20-24, 2009.

Journal Referees

  • A. S. Ackleh, SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics, Journal of Mathematical Biology, Journal of Biological Dynamics, Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal of Scientific Computing, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications.
  • M. W. Totaro, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery (CACM), Systems Research and Behavioral Science (SRBS), Journal of Computer Information Systems.

Organized Special Sessions or Conferences

  • A. S. Ackleh, Co-organizer of the Fifth Conference of the Euro-American Consortium for Promoting the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences, Albena, Bulgaria, June 24-29, 2013.
  • A. S. Ackleh, Co-organizer of the workshop Modeling with Measures: from Structured Populations to Crowd Dynamics, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, August 26-30, 2013.
  • A. S. Ackleh and P. Salceanu, Co-organizers of the special session on Modeling in Biology, Ecology and Epidemiology, Third Conference of the Euro-American Consortium for Promoting the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences, Albena, Bulgaria, June 20-25, 2011.
  • A. S. Ackleh, Co-organizer of minisymposium on Continuous and Discrete Dynamical Systems with Applications to Biology, Joint SIAM/RSME-SCM-SEMA Meeting Emerging Topics in Dynamical Systems and Partial Differential Equations, Barcelona, Spain, May 31-June 4, 2010.

Graduate Student Production

Ph.D. Students who Graduated (Chair/Co-Chair of Committee)

*denotes students who have received support from external grants.

2014
  • Mark Delcambre, Advisor: A. S. Ackleh
2012
  • *Baoling Ma, (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Advisor: A. S. Ackleh
2011
  • *Qihua Huang, (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta), Advisors: A. S. Ackleh and K. Deng
  • *Pei Zhang, (Assistant Professor, Wilkes University), Advisor: A. S. Ackleh
2009
  • Ross Chiquet, (Master Instructor and Assistant Department Head, University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Advisor: A. S. Ackleh
  • *John Cleveland, (Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Richland), Advisor: A. S. Ackleh

Funding

External Funding

A. S. Ackleh
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Nonautonomous Structured Population Models with Application to Amphibians and Associated Diseases, 2013-2016, $235,000. Grant number DMS-1312963.
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Computer Simulation Model Upgrade for Hurricane, Sea-Level, and Wetland Ecosystem Application, 2013-2014, $50,000.
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Modeling Population with Explicit Spatial Component, 2013-2014, $26,500.
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Graphic Visualization Tool and Animation Product of Mekong River Flow, Dam Effects and Impact on Food Security, 2011-2014, $169,486.
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Graphic Visualization Tool and Animation Product of Mekong River Flow, Dam Effects and Impact on Food Security, 2011-2013, $150,000.
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Modeling Nutria Dynamics, 2011-2012, $16,000.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, RAPID: Modeling of Short-Term and Long-Term Marine Mammal Population Trends in the Vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring Cues, 2010-2011, $192,197.
  • Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health, Ecological Modelling of College Drinking, 2009-2010, $100,000.
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Modeling Nutria Population Dynamics, 2009-2010, $12,000.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Continuous Structured Population Models with Application to Green Tree Frogs, 2007-2010, $250,000.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, UBM: Training Undergraduate Students in Mathematics and Biology at UL Lafayette, 2005-2011, $534,000.
  • Co-investigator, National Institutes of Health, Ecological Modeling of College Drinking, 2005-2009, $1,027,351.
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, A Spatially Explicit Model for Nutria Population Dynamics and Management, 2003-2008, $42,956.
M. W. Totaro
  • Yuan An, M. Totaro, C. Chen, T. Hu, W. Ke, J. Li, X. Lin, M. Rogers, V. Raghavan, I-Y. Song, W. Xu, Multi-Industry Semantic Discovery Tool Sets for Data Integration, Data Warehousing, and E-Science, Funded project (July 2012 – Jun 2013), Center for Visual and Decision Informatics (CVDI): An NSF Industry/University Collaborative Research Center, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Drexel University; $132, 200 (funded).
  • S. Dwiveldi and M. W. Totaro, Developing Multidisciplinary Lean Manufacturing Course through Virtual Reality and Inquiry-Based Learning, BORSF, $154,239, BORSF Multidisciplinary (2009-10), $139,957 (funded).
  • K. Lopez, L. Price and M. Totaro, Strengthening the Analytical Thinking and Mathematical Decision-Making Skills of Business Students in a Finite Mathematics Course, LEQSF (2008-09)-ENH-TR-55, $80,359 (funded).

Other

Awards/Honors

  • M. W. Totaro, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for Undergraduate Students: School of Computing and Informatics, Student Technology Enhancement Program (STEP), University of Louisiana at Lafayette; $18, 187.10 (Funded: 2012).
  • M. W. Totaro, UL Lafayette Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, 2012 Academic Year (Received 2013)
  • M. W. Totaro, UL Lafayette Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, 2011 Academic Year (Received 2012)
  • M. W. Totaro, Cajun Card Access for F.G. Mouton 207 BSAT Lab, Student Technology Enhancement Program (STEP), University of Louisiana at Lafayette; $3,900 (Funded: 2009).
  • M. W. Totaro, Events-Planning Modeling and Simulation: Application of System Dynamics, Summer Research Award (2009).

Other Professional Activities

  • A. S. Ackleh, Director of Computational and Visualization Enterprise (CAVE), University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2010-2013.
  • M. W. Totaro, Graduate Faculty Representative (Outside Observer), The Changing Life-Cycle of America’s Youth: A Test of Arnett’s Theory of Emerging Adulthood, Dissertation Defense, Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, Lauren A. Menard, March 16, 2010.

Offices Held and Professional Memberships

  • A. S. Ackleh, American Mathematical Society (AMS)
  • A. S. Ackleh, Society of Mathematical Biology (SMB)
  • A. S. Ackleh, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • A. S. Ackleh, International Society of Difference Equations (ISDE)
  • M. W. Totaro, Professional Member, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)