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| Interests |
Computational sciences in general. In particular mathematical
optimization theory and iterative methods for nonlinear
problems. Current research is in the area of algorithms
for constrained optimization problems and interior-point
methods for linear and nonlinear programming.
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| Support |
Principal Investigator or Co-Principal
Investigator on the following grants or contracts:
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “The Enhancement and
Support of Graduate Education for Underrepresented Minority
Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics”,
2005 - present
- National Science Foundation, “Engaging People
in Cyberinfrastructure (EPIC)”, 2005 - present
- National Science Foundation, “K-16 Outreach Activity:
“Math is Cool” -- Building on Success”,
2004 - present
- National Science Foundation “The Rice University
Mathematics Leadership Institute”, 2004 - present
- National Science Foundation, “Rice-Houston Alliance
For Graduate Education and The Professoriate”, 2004
- present
- National Science Foundation, “ITR: Virtual Grid
Application Development Software (VGrADS)”, 2003
- present
- National Science Foundation, “Engineering Bridges”,
2002 - 2004
- National Science Foundation, “CS-CAMP”, 2002
- present
- National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
(NACME), “Reginald H. Jones Distinguished Service
Award”,
2002 - 2005
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “Investing in the Future:
Promoting Graduate Education for Underrepresented Minorities”,
2001 - 2005
- National Science Foundation, “7th US-Mexico Workshop
on Numberical Analysis”, 2001
- RGK Foundation, “The Center for Excellence in Equity
in Education”, 2000 - 2003
- Department of Energy/Los Alamos National Laboratory, “Los
Alamos Computer Science Institute (LACSI)”, 1999
2002
- National Science Foundation, “Summit Meeting on
Promoting National Minority Leadership in Science and
Engineering”,
1999
- National Science Foundation, “GK-12”, 1998
- 2003
- National Science Foundation, National Computational Science
Alliance, “Access and Inclusion”, 1998 - present
- National Science Foundation, National Partnership for
Advanced Computational Infrastructure, “Access and
Inclusion”,1998 - present
- Exxon Education Foundation, “Complex Problems Related
to Industry”, 1998
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “Engineering and Science
Underrepresented Minority Ph.D.s Recruitment and Retention
Conference”, 1998
- Exxon Education Foundation, “Complex Problems Related
to Industry” 1997
- National Science Foundation, “Presidential Award
for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Mentoring”,
1996 - 1999
- Exxon Education Foundation, “Complex Problems Related
to Industry”, 1996
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, “The Enhancement and
Support of Graduate Education Activities for Underrepresented
Minority Students in Mathematical Sciences”, 1995
- 2001
- Department of Energy, “Extensions and Applications
of Interior-Point Methodology in Nonlinear Programming”,
1995 - 1999
- Exxon Education Foundation, “Complex Problems Related
to Industry”, 1995
- Exxon Education Foundation, “Complex Problems Related
to Industry”, 1994
- Exxon Education Foundation, “Complex Problems Related
to Industry”, 1993
- National Science Foundation, “6th Mexico-United
States Workshop on Numerical Analysis”, 1991-1992
- Department of Energy, “Research on Trust-Region
Algorithms for Nonlinear Programming” , 1990 - 1995
- Air Force Office of Sponsored Research, “Integrated
Approaches to Parallelism in Optimization and the Solution
of Inverse Problems”, 1989 - 1995
- National Science Foundation, “5th Mexico-United
States Workshop on Numerical Analysis”, 1988 - 1989
- Air Force Office of Sponsored Research, “Quasi-Newton
Methods for Large-Scale Nonlinear Equations and Constrained
Optimization”, 1986 - 1989
- Department of Energy, “Quasi-Newton Methods for
Large-Scale Nonlinear Equations and Constrained Optimization”,
1985 - 1989
- Air Force Office of Sponsored Research, “Research
in Constrained Optimization”, 1985 - 1986
- National Science Foundation, “4th Mexico-United
States Workshop on Numerical Analysis”, 1984 - 1985
- Department of Energy, “Research on Quasi-Newton
Methods for Unconstrained and Constrained Optimization”,
1982 - 1985
- National Science Foundation, “3rd Mexico-United
States Workshop on Numerical Analysis”, 1981 - 1982
- Department of Energy, “Extension of Quasi-Newton
Methods to Constrained Optimization”, 1980 - 1981
- Department of Energy, “Extension of Quasi-Newton
Methods to Constrained Optimization and to General Systems
of Nonlinear Equations and Inequalities”, 1976 -
1980
- ERDA, “Extension of Quasi-Newton methods to Constrained
Optimization and to General Systems of Nonlinear Equations
and Inequalities”, 1975 - 1976
- Office of Naval Research, “Probability Density Estimation”,
1972 - 1975
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