Curriculum Vitae

GEORGE F. BARRICK, Ph.D.

March, 2004

Dept. of Mathematics Case Western Reserve U. - 10900 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, OH 44106 (216)368-4997    gee_eff_bee_three_at_post_office_dot_cwru_dot_edu    http://home.cwru.edu/~gfb3/ this document:    http://www.math.kent.edu/~gbarrick/cvitae2004.03.html

1156 Hampton Rd. Kent, OH 44240-3283 (330)677-0279 gee_barrick_at_kent_dot_edu

EDUCATION

2000 Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics), Kent State University

Dissertation: "Analysis of numerical methods for 1-D liquid crystal display optics"
Research Supervisor: Eugene C. Gartland, Jr.

1983 M.A. (Pure Mathematics), Kent State University

EXPERIENCE

Visiting Asst. Professor August 2002 -- present
C.W.R.U. Dept. of Mathematics

Lectured and advised students in baccalaureate-level courses. Wrote examinations and learning resource web-sites. Continued research in liquid crystal dynamics and optics.

Research Fellow June 2001 -- August 2002
K.S.U. Liquid Crystal Institute

Developed experiments and coded software for design of liquid crystal components in optical data transmission devices. Assisted with management of laboratory local area computer network.

Instructor September 1998 -- May 2001
K.S.U. Mathematical Sciences Dept.

Lectured and advised students in remedial and baccalaureate courses. Wrote learning resource web-sites.

Web Master January 2001 -- July 2001
K.S.U. Mathematical Sciences Dept.

Designed, wrote and coded web-site used to inform prospective graduate students.
See:   http://www.math.kent.edu/grad/graduate.html

Graduate Assistant/Instructor September 1988 -- August 1998
K.S.U. Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Cuyahoga Community College - Div. of Mathematics and Technologies
Cleveland State University - Div. of Special Studies

Duties alternated between teaching and research. Investigated numerical methods for liquid crystal optics, designed algorithms and implemented software used in computational optics. Taught and tutored remedial courses in basic algebra as well as introductory statistics and calculus.

Quality Control Engineer May 1989 -- August 1989
Chardon Industrial Rubber Co., Chardon OH

Consulted with fabrication and process engineers on control of industrial processes for molding, milling and hardening of rubber products.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Interests

Analysis and numerical solution of differential equations arising in computational physics. Recent research has applied numerical methods for highly oscillatory o.d.e.'s to the optics of planar anisotropic liquid crystals. Also investigating applications of liquid crystals to optical data communication systems. See my research statement.

Publications

• Computing the liquid crystal director field in optical phased arrays, Optical Engineering, April 2004.
• An interpolating polynomial method for liquid crystal display optics, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., August 2002.
• Faster transfer matrix computation for LCD optics, SID 2002 Digest, May 2002.
• Analysis of numerical methods for 1-D liquid crystal optics, K.S.U. Dissertation, December 2000.

Presentations

May 2002	Society for Information Display, Boston MA. Faster transfer matrix computation for LCD optics. article:  in PDF.
Jul. 1998	SIAM Annual Meeting, Toronto ON Canada. Efficient numerical approaches for highly oscillatory solutions of an o.d.e.  b.v.p. system arising in liquid-crystal display optics. slides:  in Postscript,   PDF.
Apr. 1997	Graduate Student Senate Research Colloquium, Kent OH. Numerics for line-of-sight distances. article:  in Postscript,   PDF.

Technical Reports

1. A mathematical model for the effect of surfactants in the production of photographic films, with D. Ross (adviser) et al.
   IMA Pre-print Series #1422-2 (September 1996), IMA, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis MN.
   pre-print of the paper:  in Postscript,   PDF.
2. A Mathematical Model for an Exhaust Oxygen Sensor, with D. Baker (adviser) et al.
   IMA Pre-print Series #1422-6 (September 1996), IMA, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis MN.
   pre-print of the paper:  in Postscript,   PDF.

Conferences and Workshops

• Society for Information Display 2002, Boston MA.
• ALCOM Symposium on Optical Beam Steering 2000, The Liquid Crystal Institute - Kent OH.
• SIAM Annual Meeting 1998, University of Toronto - Toronto ON Canada.
• IMA Workshop in Mathematical Modeling for Instructors and Graduate Students 1996,
  University of Minnesota - Minneapolis MN.

TEACHING

Have lectured, graded and written materials for courses in Calculus I, Calculus II, Remedial Arithmetic, Beginning Algebra, Trigonometry, Intermediate Algebra, Business Calculus, Elementary Probability & Statistics, Linear Algebra, and Discrete Mathematics. Participated in efforts to implement cooperative learning strategies in calculus, and also taught graphing calculator sections of intermediate algebra. Refer to my teaching statement.

PROGRAMMING SKILLS

Programming Languages	Fortran, C, C++, JAVA, Matlab, Perl
Operating Systems	HP-UX, Linux, MS Win2K
Packages and Libraries	BLAS, LAPACK, Java.net, Java.awt
Publishing	LaTeX, HTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, JavaScript

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Society for Information Display
• American Mathematical Society
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

REFERENCES

Prof. Philip J. Bos	K.S.U. Liquid Crystal Institute	(330)672-2511
Prof. Christopher Butler	C.W.R.U. Mathematics Dept.	(216)368-2881
Ms. Kathleen Wolf	K.S.U. Dept. Of Mathematical Sciences	(330)672-3301