Matthias Heinkenschloss

Students and PostDocs

Graduate Students

• Sean Hardesty
  In progress.

• Drew Kouri
  In progress.

• Klaus Wiegand
  In progress.

• Eelco Nederkoorn
  MA, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, July 2009.
  Title: Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Linear-Quadratic Convection Dominated Elliptic Optimal Control Problems.
  Available as CAAM Technical Report, TR 09-27.
  Position after graduation: DotX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Jonah Reeger
  MA, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, May 2009.
  Title: A Comparison of Transcription Techniques for the Optimal Control of the International Space Station.
  Position after graduation: Officer in the US AirForce.

• Kary Green
  MA, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, August 2006.
  Title: Optimal Sensor Placement for Parameter Identification.
  Position after graduation: Petroleum Geo-Services. Houston, TX.

• Patricia Howard
  MA, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, August 2006.
  Title: Multigrid Methods for Elliptic Optimal Control Problems.
  Available as CAAM Technical Report, TR 06-14.
  Position after graduation: Arete Associates, CA.

• Denis Ridzal
  PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, April 2006.
  Title: Trust-Region SQP Methods with Inexact Linear System Solves for Large-Scale Optimization.
  Available as CAAM Technical Report, TR 06-02.
  Position after graduation: von Neumann Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories, NM.

• Agata Comas
  PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, December 2005.
  Title: Time-Domain Decomposition Preconditioners for the Solution of Discretized Parabolic Optimal Control Problems.
  Available as CAAM Technical Report, TR 06-01.
  Position after graduation: Veritas DSG Inc., Houston.

• Hoang Nguyen
  PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, August 2004.
  Title: Domain Decomposition Methods for Linear-Quadratic Elliptic Optimal Control Problems.
  Available as CAAM Technical Report, TR04-16.
  Position after graduation: Software Development, Biostatistics and Applied Mathematics Department, MD Anderson, Houston.

• Zhen Wang
  PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, December 2003.
  Title: A Generalized Trust Region SQP Algorithm for Equality Constrained Optimization.
  Available as CAAM Technical Report, TR03-18.
  Position after graduation: Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Beijing University Of Technology.

• Jesse A. Pietz
  MA, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, May 2003.
  Title: Pseudospectral Collocation Methods for the Direct Transcription of Optimal Control Problems.
  Available as CAAM Technical Report, TR03-10.
  Position after graduation: Officer in the US AirForce.

PostDocs

• Kaveh Ghayour (jointly with S. S. Collis)
  Position after postdoc: US Filter

• Mary Beth Hribar (jointly with J. E. Dennis)
  Position after postdoc: Cray Inc

Undergraduate Students

• Tianlai Lu (summer 2006, supported through an NSF REU grant). Tianlai is completing his undergraduate degree at Rice U.
• Faisal Amlani (summer 2005, supported through an NSF REU grant). After finishing his undergraduate degree, Faisal Amlani joined the PhD program in Applied Mathematics at CalTech.
• James R. Noll (summer 2002, supported from a Brown Undergraduate Research Grant, Rice U.).
  After finishing his undergraduate degree, James Noll joined the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio.
  
• Scott Harrison (summer 1999, supported by the W. M. Keck Center for Computational & Structural Biology).
  After finishing his undergraduate degree, Scott Harrison pursued his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.