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Department of Mathematical Sciences, Ph. D. Alumni
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The following is a list of Alumni from the Ph.D. Program in Mathematical Sciences. This information is constantly being updated, and currently is not complete. To view the theses of these students, you can go to the Digital Dissertation Search Engine, or simply use the KentLink Library search engine. Please, also check the joint list of our Ph.D and M.Sc. graduates.
| Name | Year of Graduation | Advisor | Thesis | Occupation/Currently at |
| Paul Abraham | 1993 | Joe Diestel | "Some Limit Theorems for Sequences of Vector Measures." | Faculty, KSU(Stark) |
| John Alexopoulos | 1992 | Joe Diestel | "Weakly compact sets in Banach Space." | Faculty, KSU(Stark) |
| Mahmoud Atwa | 1982 | John Fridy | "Core filling sequence transformations." | |
| Mark Baer | 2000 | John Fridy | "Summability methods based on geometric series." | |
| James Baglama | 1997 | Lothar Reichel | "Krylov subspace methods with application to liquid crystal modeling.'' | Faculty, University of Rhode Island |
| George Barrick | 2000 | Chuck Gartland | "Analysis of numerical methods for 1-D liquid Crystal Display optics" | Applied Mathematician, Rocketcalc. |
| Diomedes Barcenas | Joe Diestel | Facultu, Uni. des Andes (Merida, Venezuela) | ||
| Tim Barton | 1982 | Richard Aron; Joe Diestel and Sean Dineen | "Bounded Reinhardt Domains In Complex Banach Spaces." | Systems Director, University of Chicago |
| Bob Beggs | 1978 | T.N. Bhargava | "Generalized metrics, quasi-uniformities, and separation axioms ." | |
| Alain Belanger | 1986 | Joe Diestel | "Averaging Techniques In The Predual Of A W*-Algebra." | |
| Alan Benander | 1980 | Frank Sandomierski | "Projective concepts in torsion theories ." | |
| Barbara Benander | 1982 | Frank Sandomierski | "Torsion theory and modules of finite length." | |
| Nilson Bernardes | 1998 | Per Enflo | "Some problems on iteration theory and on polynomials." | Faculty, Federal Univ. Rio de Janeiro (Fluminense) |
| Juan Bes | 1998 | Richard Aron | "Three problems on hypercyclic operators." | Faculty, Bowling Green State University |
| Zineddine Boudhraa | 1994 | Victor Nicholson | "Blowing up in the Grassmann manifold" | |
| Arthur Brown | 1977 | Victor Nicholson | ||
| Kai Brunkalla | 2001 | Per Enflo | "Perturbation of hypercyclic and supercyclic operators." | Faculty, Walsh University |
| Qingying Bu | 2002 | Joe Diestel | "Banach-Valued Sequence Spaces And Tensor Products." | Faculty, University of Mississippi |
| C. Cardassi | 1986 | Joe Diestel | (got her degree from Sao Paulo) | |
| Antonia Cardwell | 2005 | Richard Aron | NORM ATTAINING OPERATORS AND WEAKLY DENSE SEQUENCES | Assistant Professor, Millersville University of Pennsylvania |
| James Chalmers | 2002 | Joe Diestel | A geometric approach to Boltzmann's law." | Entrepreneur, sells computation. |
| Larry Chu | 1985 | John Fridy | "Summability methods based on the Riemann zeta function." | |
| Yu Chu | 1983 | John Fridy | "L-L integral transformations." | |
| Thomas Clarke | 1976 | Frank Sandomierski | "On -1-projective modules." | |
| Jeff Connor | 1983 | Joe Diestel, John Fridy; | "Some applications of functional analysis to summability theory." | Chairman, Professor, Ohio University. |
| Joseph Creekmoke | 1980 | Joe Diestel | "Geometric and linear topological properties of Lorentz function spaces." | |
| Gulliermo Curbera | Joe Diestel | Uni de Seville(Spain) | ||
| Tim Davis | 1994 | Chuck Gartland | "Finite element analysis of the Landau/de Gennes minimization problem for liquid crystals in confinement." | Mathematician, Goodyear Aerospace |
| James De Franza | 1978 | John Fridy | St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY | |
| Ahmad Deeb | 1987 | John Fridy | "Matrix transformations of subsequences, rearrangements, and stretchings", | |
| Steve Demko | 1973 | Richard Varga | "Bounding the number of character degrees using geberalized relative primeness conditions." | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Patrick Dowling | 1986 | Richard Aron; Joe Diestel | "The analytic Radon-Nikodym property in Banach spaces" | Miami University |
| Larry Downey | 2001 | "Some problems in linear and multi-linear operator theory." | Faculty, Penn State, Erie (Behrend) | |
| Carrie Dugan | 2007 | |||
| Ghazi Eid | 1983 | Frank Sandomierski | "Classical quotient rings with perfect topologies." | |
| Barbara Faires | 1974 | Joe Diestel | "Grothendieck spaces and vector measures." | Faculty, Westminster College |
| Bao Qi Feng | 2001 | Andrew Tonge | "Matrix inequalities." | Faculty, KSU (Tuscarawas) |
| Cecilia Fernandez | 1998 | Richard Aron | "Some problems concerning multilinear and holomorphic maps on Banach spaces." | Faculty, Federal Uni. Rio deJaneiro (Fluminense) |
| Natacha Fontes | 2004 | Laura Smithies, Alfred Cavaretta | "Multi-dimensional polynomial inequlitis; norms of interpolation operators." | Faculty, Westminster College (PA) |
| Benjamin Freed | 1975 | Jack Neuzil | "Embedding contractible 2-complexes in Euclidean 4-space." | Clarion University |
| Gerd Fricke | 1971 | Robert Powell | "Products of functions of bounded index and applications." | Faculty, Morehead State University |
| Fransisco Garcia | 2007 | |||
| Charles Giel | 1978 | Charles Cleaver | "Packing and separated sets in normed linear spaces." | |
| Berhane Ghaim | 2003 | Joe Diestel | "On the geometry of Banach space operators." | Faculty, Baldwin Wallace college |
| Dan Gonsor | Alfred Cavaretta | "Some theoretical issues concerning computer aided geometric design." | mathematician, Boeing Air | |
| Rohitha Goonatilake | 1997 | Kazim Khan | "On probabilistic aspects of summability theory." | Faculty, Texas A&M/International College |
| Nickolette Haase | 1979 | Frank Sandomierski | "On semiprime ideals." | |
| Warren Hickman | 1974 | Richard Varga | "Some extensions of G-functions for the partitioned matrix case." | Faculty, Westminster College |
| Terje Hoim | 2000 | Per Enflo | "Some problems in operator theory and the geometry of Banach spaces." | Faculty, Florida Atlantic University |
| Marsha Jones | 1979 | Darrell Turnidge | "Coherence and torsion theories." | |
| Sun M. Kim | 2004 | Lothar Reichel | "Orthogonal polynomials, quadrature rules, and linear algebra.'' | new Ph. D. |
| Constantine Kliorys | 1978 | John Fridy | "Diophantine equations and combinatorial identities obtained from units in quartic fields." | Gannon University, Erie PA |
| Yuriy Kolomiyets | 2006 | Andriyevskyy and Allouba | "Asymptotic behavior of randomly perturbed dynamical systems" | |
| Janice Kover | 2001 | Per Enflo | "Perturbation of norm attaining operators." | Faculty, KSU (Stark) |
| Alan Krautstengl, | 1995 | Richard Varga | " Matrix vectorial norms and their application to the Gerschgorin theory for block partitioned matrices." | Faculty, NYU in Prague/Mathematics Institute(Prague) |
| Lala Krishna | 1979 | Richard Varga | "Asymptotic rates of convergence for the symmetric successive overrelaxation (SSOR) method." | Faculty, University of Akron |
| Miguel Lacruz | 1991 | Per Enflo | "Four aspects of modern analysis." | Faculty, Universdad de Sevilla |
| Mulatu Lemma | 1994 | John Fridy | "Some power series transformations and weighted means transformations that preserve absolute convergence." | Faculty, Savannah State University |
| Mark Leeney | 1985 | Frank Sandomierski | "Quotient category representations." | Faculty, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland |
| Chris Lennard | 1988 | Andrew Tonge; Joe Diestel | "Operators and Geometry of Banach spaces." | Faculty, University of Pittsburgh |
| Bryan Lewis | 2000 | Lothar Reichel | "Krylov methods for signals, systems and control.'' | Entrepreneur, heads own company, Rocketcalc. |
| Hongcheng Li | 2007 | |||
| Xiezhang Li | 1990 | Richard Varga | "An adaptive method for solving nonsymmetric linear systems evolving application of SCPACK." | Faculty, Georgia Southern University |
| Charles Maepa | Joe Diestel | Faculty, Uni. Pretoria (South Africa) | ||
| Mousa Marouf | 1989 | John Fridy | ||
| Carmen Mareno | Joe Diestel | Faculty, Uni de Seville(Spain) | ||
| Ibraham Masri | 1990 | Andrew Tonge | "Estimates for norms of multilinear Hankel operators and absolutely summing multipliers." | Faculty, Hebron Technical College |
| Mike McConnell | 1996 | Frank Sandomierski | "Localization in left Noetherian rings." | Faculty, Clarion State |
| John McVey | 2001 | Mark Lewis | "Bounding the number of character degrees using generalized relative primeness conditions." | mathematician, NSA |
| Sami Mkaddem | 1998 | Chuck Gartland | "Numerical modeling of confined liquid crystal systems." | Applied Mathematician, Rocketcalc. |
| Abdel Mohammad | 1987 | Frank Sandomierski | ||
| Ali Mohammad | 1987 | Frank Sandomierski | "Projective concepts relative to classes of modules." | |
| T.J. Morrison | 1976 | Joe Diestel; R.H. Lohman | "Denjoy integration in Frechet spaces." | Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Wei Chen Ni | 1975 | Richard Varga | "Rational approximation on unbounded sets." | |
| Timothy Norfolk | 1984 | Richard Varga | "On the Zeros and poles of Pade approximants to certain confluent hypergeometric functions." | Faculty, University of Akron |
| Beth Osikiewicz | 2000 | Andrew Tonge | "Norm estimates for operators on Hp and Lp." | Faculty, KSU (Tuscarawas) |
| Jeff Osikiewicz | 1997 | John Fridy | "Summability of matrix submethods and spliced sequences." | Faculty, KSU (Tuscarawas) |
| Richard Patterson | 1997 | John Fridy | "Some theorems in the theory of divergent double sequences." | Faculty, North Florida State University |
| Pawel Pawlowski | 1997 | Per Enflo | "Distribution of the roots polynomials and derivatives." | Financial Mathematics, Summit Systems Inc., New York, NY |
| Fernando Prioietti-Orlandi | 1981 | Richard Varga | ||
| Asthagiri K. Rajappa | 1983 | Richard Aron; Joe Diestel | "Weak continuity of non-linear maps between Banach spaces." | Faculy, Miami University |
| Wan Soo Rhee | 1979 | Olaf Stackelberg | "Studies on the rate of convergence in the Central Limit Theorem." | Department of Operations Research, Ohio State University |
| Arden Ruttan | 1976 | Richard Varga | "Best complex rational approximations of real functions." | Faculty, The Department of Computer Science, KSU |
| Giuseppe Saluzzo | Joe Diestel | Faculty, Uni. Catania (Sicily, Italy) | ||
| Juan Benigno Seoane | 2006 | Richard M. Aron and Vladimir I. Gurariy | CHAOS AND LINEABILITY OF PATHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA IN ANALYSIS | Department of Mathematical Analysis. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. UCM. Madrid, Spain. |
| Chikkana Selvaraj | 1987 | Alfred Cavaretta | "Rates of convergence and saturation classes for certain trigonometric interpolation operators." | Faculty, Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State Univerity - Shenango, Sharon PA |
| Suguna Selvaraj | 1988 | John Fridy | "Matrix summability of classes of geometric sequences." | Faculty, Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State Univerity - Shenango, Sharon PA |
| C.J. Seifert | 1977 | Joe Diestel; Robert Lohman | "Averaging in Banach spaces." | Faculty, Univeristy of Central Aransas. |
| Boris Shekhtman | 1980 | Richard Varga | "Interpolation in abstract spaces." | Faculty, University of South Florida |
| Richard Shoop | 1973 | Robert Powell | "Applications of summability methods to fourier series and series of legendre polynomials." | |
| Abdallah Shuibi | 2003 | Lothar Reichel | "Numerical methods for large-scale ill-posed problems.'' | Faculty, DePaul University |
| Thaddeus Shura | 1990 | Robert Lohman | "The ë-property in normed linear spaces." | Faculty, KSU (Salem) |
| Heather Snell | 2001 | Victor Nicholson | "A new matrix method for the Alexander invariant and the Hosokawa polynomial." | Faculty, Cuyahoga CC |
| Tim Sorenson | 1990 | Steve Gagola | "Characters which vanish on all but three conjugacy classes." | Faculty, Augustana College (S. D.) |
| Angela Spalsbury | 1996 | Per Enflo | "Cyclic vectors and extremal vectors of linear operators." | Faculty, Youngstown State University |
| Emily Sprague | 2003 | Joe Diestel | "Uniform integrability and related topics." | Faculty, University of Wisconsin College system |
| Gary Stanek | 1982 | Olaf Stackelberg | "Studies in the Iterated Logarithm Law for non-stationary processes and applications." | Youngstown State University |
| S. Stehle | 1981 | Joe Diestel | "On the hereditary Dunford-Pettis property." | |
| Carl Stitz | 2000 | Victor Nicholson, Jack Neuzil | "Linking numbers and Jones polynomials for lens spaces and other 3-manifolds." | Faculty, Lakeland CC |
| Timothy Straney | 1999 | Meera Sitharam | "Boolean functions on finite Abelian groups." | Youngstown State Univerity, Youngstown OH |
| Joseph Thomas | 1975 | Frank Sandomierski | "On torsion theories generated by ideals." | |
| Vilmar Trevisan | 1992 | Per Enflo, Paul Wang. | "Univariate polynomial factorization." | Faculty, Uni. do Rio de janeiro do Sul |
| Tony Weston | 1993 | Per Enflo | "Some nonlinear problems in functional analysis." | Faculty, Canisius |
| James Whitehead | 1979 | Frank Sandomierski | "On projective modules." | Entrepreneur |
| David Wilson | 1982 | Victor Nicholson | Mathematician, US Army. | |
| Brian Wright | 2007 | |||
| Jeff Zeager | 1993 | John Fridy | "Statistical convergence analogues of some matrix summability theorems." | Faculty, Lorain County CC |
| Gerd Zeibig | 2004 | Andrew Tonge | "Categotical methods in functional analysis." | Financial Mathematician, Murex (NYC) |
| Reinhardt Zeller | 1994 | Chuck Gartland | "Parallel numerical solution of the Landau/de Gennes minimization problem for liquid crystals in a slab geometry." | Mathematics Department, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale MI |
| Qin Zhang | 1998 | Lothar Reichel | "Iterative methods for linear ill-posed problems.'' | Mathemtician, Towers Insurance |