Assistant Engineer
Resume:
Russell Carden
Rice University
Department of Computational
and Applied Mathematics Email: Russell.L.Carden@rice.edu6100 Main St. MS 134 Homepage: http://www.caam.rice.edu/~rlc2/
Houston, TX 77057-1892, USA
Education
Rice University,
Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics
Doctorate of Philosophy April 2009-August 2011
Adviser: Dr. Mark Embree
PhD Thesis Ritz Values and Arnoldi Convergence for Hermitian Matrices .
Master of Arts June 2007- April 2009
Masters Thesis Ritz Values and Arnoldi Convergence for Nonsymmetric Matrices
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi,
Department of Mathematics
Master of Science January 2004 - May 2007
Masters Thesis Acceleration of New Iterations for Linear Systems and their
Preconditioners
Texas A&M University-Kingsville,
Department of Physics
Bachelors of Science July 1998 - May 2002
Publications
Honors
SIAM Student Paper Prize (one of three awarded), 2010
Inverse Problems article selected for IOP Select designation, 2009
Gene Golub Summer School on Numerical Linear Algebra, Brindisi, Italy, 2010
Rice Harianna Butler Scholarship for 2010
Refereed a paper for Linera Algebra and its Applications
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Experience
Postdoctoral Instructor, Rice CAAM Department (Fall 2011-present). Taught a section of
Matrix analy-
sis. Worked with Dan Sorensen on software for the Discrete Empircal Interpolation method
for Model
Reduction. Looking into inverse spectral problems with Steve Cox. Continued working with
Mark
Embree.
Graduate Research Assistant, Rice CAAM Department (2008-2011). Worked with Professor Mark
Embree on problems related to my PhD.
Lab Instructor, Rice CAAM Department (Fall 2010-Spring 2011). Held recitation and
operated physical
lab for matrix analysis. Students perform experiments that illustrate and utilize
techniques from matrix
analysis.
Teaching Assistant, Rice CAAM Department (2008-2009). Held recitation and developed
homework
solutions for the following courses: Computational Science, Matrix Analysis, and
Differential Equa-
tions.
Teaching Assistant, TAMUCC Mathematics Department (2006). Conducted computer labs for the
following courses: Calculus I & II and Statistics for Life Sciences.
Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Water Supply Studies at TAMUCC (2005-2007).
Worked on
a bacteria loading model for the Oso Creek Total Maximum Daily load program for fecal
indicator
bacteria.
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Engineer, C Services of Robstown, TX(2001-2006). Designed controllers and automation
systems for
chemical injection pumps. Worked with Microchip brand microcontrollers. Controllers were
for Txam
limited of Corpus Christi, TX.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, TAMUK Physics Department (2000-2002). Worked under
Daniel
J. Suson, assisting in the study of the Data Acquisition system of the Gamma Ray Large
Area Space
Telescope. Included an internship at the Naval Research Laboratory as part of the ASEE
Summer
Faculty Research program.
Lab Instructor, TAMUK Physics Department (1999-2002). Managed three section of the
freshman
astronomy lab during the fall and spring semesters.
Presentations
A Simple Algorithm for the Inverse Field of Values Problem. Society for Industrial and
Applied
Mathematics Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2010.
A Simple Algorithm for the Inverse Field of Values Problem. International Linear Algebra
Society
Conference, Pisa, Italy, June 2010.
Eigenvalues and the Inverse Field of Values Problem. Fourth Annual Texas Applied Math
Meeting for
Students, University of Houston, March 2010.
A Simple Algorithm for the Inverse Field of Values Problem. Fourth Annual Texas Applied
Math
Meeting for Students, University of Houston, March 2010.
A Simple Algorithm for the Inverse Field of Values Problem. Graduate Seminar, Rice
University,
October 2009.
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Ritz Values and Restarted Arnoldi for Non-Self Adjoint Matrices. Graduate Seminar, Rice
University,
November 2008
Extension and Acceleration of Diagonal Preconditioners. Joint Mathematics Meeting, New
Orleans,
LA, January 2007.
DAQEngine:
Computer Skills
Languages: C/C++, Python, Matlab, and Assembly.
Standard Numerical Packages: BLAS, LAPACK, ADOL-C
Parallel Computation: MPI, PETSC.
Operating System: Linux, Windows.References
Mark Embree
Professor, CAAM Department of Rice University
6100 Main St. - MS 134
Houston, Texas 77005-1892
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Danny Sorensen
Professor, CAAM Department of Rice University
6100 Main St. - MS 134
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Houston, Texas 77005-1892
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Richard Tapia
Professor, CAAM Department of Rice University
6100 Main St. - MS 134
Houston, Texas 77005-1892
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Professor, Math Department of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, CI 316
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5866
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Rick Hay
Assistant Director, Center for Water Supply Studies of Texas A&M University-Corpus
Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, NRC 3100
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
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Last updated: January 31, 2012
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