Matthias Heinkenschloss

Students and PostDocs

Graduate Students

• Jedidiah (Jed) Gohlke
  In progress.

• Elisabeth (Lisa) Giem
  In progress.

• Drew Kouri
  PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, May 2012.
  Title: An Approach for the Adaptive Solution of Optimization Problems Governed by Partial Differential Equations with Uncertain Coefficients.
  Available as CAAM Technical Report, TR 12-10.
  Position after graduation: Wilkinson Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory, IL.

• Millie Mays
  MA, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, May 2012.
  Title: Discrete Search Optimization for Real-Time Path Planning in Satellites.
  Position after graduation: Officer in the US AirForce.

• Sean Hardesty
  PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, May 2010.
  Title: Optimization of Shell Structure Acoustics.
  Position after graduation: PostDoc Rice University; Z-Terra Inc. Houston.
  Sean's research on computational modeling and optimization of violins is the described in the recent Rice News article turning math into music and video.

• Klaus Wiegand
  MA, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, May 2010.
  Title: A Numerical Study of an Adjoint Based Method for Reservoir Optimization.
  Position after graduation: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston

• Eelco Nederkoorn
  MA, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, May 2010.
  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, May 2005 (defended his thesis in 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

• Sean Hardesty (June 2010 - )
  Sean's research on computational modeling and optimization of violins is the described in the recent Rice News article turning math into music and video. Position after postdoc: Z-Terra, Houston.

• Harbir Antil (Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2010)
  Position after postdoc: Research PostDoc., Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland. Currently, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciencess, George Mason University.

• Dmitriy Leykekhman ( Aug. 2005 - July 2007; Pfeiffer-VIGRE Post-Doctoral Associate)
  Position after postdoc: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut.

• Kaveh Ghayour (Spring 2000 - Summer 2002, jointly with S. S. Collis)
  Position after postdoc: US Filter. Currently, ExxonMobil, Houston

• Mary Beth Hribar ((Fall 1997 - Summer 1998, 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.