Dr. Kevin G. TeBeest Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics Science & Mathematics Department Kettering University • 1700 West Third Ave • Flint, MI 48504_4898 810_762_7926 ktebeest@kettering.edu

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. Interdepartmental Area of Engineering ^_ University of Nebraska^_Lincoln, 1992
  Dissertation: Linear Stability and Bifurcation of Natural Convection within Arbitrary-Gap, Concentric Spherical Annuli.
• M.S. Applied Mathematics ^_ University of Nebraska^_Lincoln, 1986
• B.S. Mathematics ^_ South Dakota State University, 1981

EXPERIENCE:

• Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics. 1998 ^_ present.
  Kettering University (formerly called the GMI Engineering & Management Institute), Flint, MI.
• Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics. Fall 1993 ^_ 1997.
  GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now called Kettering University), Flint, MI.
• Assistant Professor of Engineering Physics. 1992-93 (9-month, non tenure-track).
  South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
  
• Graduate Teaching Assistant. August 1988 ^_ December 1991.
  Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Nebraska^_Lincoln.
  While a PhD candidate, I had full responsibilities in teaching
  • graduate level finite element methods
  • junior level fluid mechanics
  • classical thermodynamics
• Graduate Research Assistant. August 1986 ^_ October 1988.
  Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Nebraska^_Lincoln.
  • Doctoral program initially supported by a two^_year NSF grant.
  
  
• Graduate Teaching Assistant. August 1981 ^_ August 1986.
  Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Nebraska^_Lincoln.
  • While a masters student, I had full responsibilities in teaching
    • calculus I, II, III and business calculus courses
    • trigonometry and algebra
• Proofreader. Summer 1985. At the University of Nebraska^_Lincoln.
  • Principal proofreader for J. David Logan's book Applied Mathematics: A Contemporary Approach (Wiley^_Interscience, 1987).
• Computer Programmer. Summer Internship, 1980. EROS (Earth Resources Observation Systems) Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD.
  • Modified, tested, and documented existing FORTRAN programs and implemented new programs to aid the analysis and computer enhancement of LANDSAT (satellite) images of the earth's surface and resources.

RESEARCH and INTERESTS:

• computational fluid dynamics
• convection and conduction heat transfer
• stability of fluid flows
• Chebyshev/Legendre tau spectral numerical methods
• numerical methods
• I use Maple extensively in my research and in the classroom

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Mathematics: Precalculus Calculus I Calculus II Calculus III Calculus for Management Majors Differential Equations & Laplace Transforms Numerical Methods & Matrices Matrix Algebra Methods of Applied Mathematics Intermediate Differential Equations Mathematical Modeling Vector Analysis

Mechanical Engineering: Thermodynamics Fluid Mechanics Dynamics Finite Element Methods Engineering Physics: Physics I & Lab Physics II & Lab Statistical Mechanics & Thermodynamics

My Student Teaching Evaluations

• Mathematics Core Curriculum Committee (Kettering, 2002^_present)
• Applied & Computational Mathematics Curriculum Committee (Kettering/GMI, 1993^_present)
• Faculty Search Committee, Science & Mathematics Dept., Kettering University. 2004
• Principal proofreader, "Mathematics Made Simple", The Philip Lief Group for Doubleday Publishing. 2003
• Academic advisor to several math majors (Kettering/GMI)
• Chair, Applied & Computational Mathematics Curriculum Committee (Kettering/GMI, 1997^_2001)
• Co-organizer of 4th Forum on Numerics and Modeling for Partial Differential Equations, sponsored by the Great Lakes Section of SIAM; March 31, 2001.
• Co-organizer of 3rd Forum on Numerics and Modeling for Partial Differential Equations, sponsored by the Great Lakes Section of SIAM; April 1, 2000.
• Co-organizer of 2nd Forum on Numerics and Modeling for Partial Differential Equations, sponsored by the Great Lakes Section of SIAM; March 13, 1999.
• Faculty mentor to lecturer in mathematics (Kettering, 1998)
• Faculty Senate (Kettering/GMI), 1997 & 1998
  • attended meetings April^_December, 1996
• Co-organizer of the first Forum on Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, sponsored by the Great Lakes Section of SIAM; March 14, 1998.
• Academic Computing Committee (Kettering/GMI, spring 1995^_2000)
• Kettering University Web Development Advisory Team (1999). One of only three faculty selected by the Provost to advise in the development of the university's new web site.
• Engineering Mechanics Curriculum Reform Task Force (Kettering, 1999).
• Senior thesis advisor to applied math major, "Development of a Software Application for the Performance Monitoring and Diagnosis of a Public-Key Infrastructure". (Kettering, 1998)
• Academic Computing Reorganization Team (Kettering/GMI, 1996^_1997)
• Applied & Computational Mathematics Curriculum Committee (Kettering/GMI, 1993^_present)
• Chair, Applied & Computational Mathematics Curriculum Committee (Kettering/GMI, 1997^_present)
• created and maintain web site for the Applied Mathematics Program at Kettering
• created and maintain web site for the Science & Mathematics Department at Kettering
• created and maintain web site for Maple Tutorials (Kettering)
• substitute member of mathematics curriculum committee (GMI, Fall 1993, Fall 1994)
• served on statistics faculty search committee (GMI, Fall 1994^_spring 1995)
  • participated in many other faculty searches at GMI
• advisor to several applied mathematics majors (GMI/Kettering)
• substitute member of Science and Mathematics Implementation committee (GMI, Fall 1993)
• Engineering Physics Curriculum Committee (SDSU, 1992^_93)
• Physics Department Library Committee (SDSU, 1992^_93)
• Engineering College Phonathon Committee (SDSU, 1992^_93)
• advisor for senior student's Physics Colloquium (SDSU, 1993)
• masters student's examination committee (SDSU, 1992)
• evaluated an undergraduate physics textbook for Harper Collins Publishers (Fall, 1992)
• University of Nebraska Graduate Student Council (1989)

HONORS and AWARDS:

• Kettering Alumni Association Outstanding Teaching Award (2003)
• Nominated for the Outstanding Teaching Award by the GMI Alumni Association (1996)
• Received Recognition Award for Contributions to Students from the UNL Parents Association and Teaching Council (UNL, 1991)
• Recipient of Candy Fellowship in mathematics (UNL, 1981)
• Recipient of Mary Duffy Shaw Scholarship (SDSU, 1980)
• National Mathematics Honor Society of Kappa Mu Epsilon
• National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (since 1980)
• Received B.S. with honors
• On Dean's List each semester of undergraduate program

THESIS ADVISOR:

• "Development of a Software Application for the Performance Monitoring and Diagnosis of a Public-Key Infrastructure". Applied math student - Mr. Joel T. Pfauth, 1999.

BOOKS:

1. Kevin G. TeBeest, Supplemental Exercises for Zill's First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications. Publ. by Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2005. ISBN: 0-534-41893-7

INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

1. Kevin G. TeBeest, "Do Students Know How to Study?". Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Kettering University. Feb. 12, 2004

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Campo, Antonio and TeBeest, Kevin G. Teaching of Transient Heat Conduction in Various Coordinate Systems with the Method of Lines and a Symbolic Computational Algebra Code, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education. Submitted.
2. TeBeest, K.G., Numerical and Analytical Solutions of Volterra's Population Model. SIAM Review, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 484-493, Sept 1997.
3. TeBeest, K.G., Trogdon, S.A., and Douglass, R.W., Natural Convection within Spherical Annuli by Symbolic Algebra, Journal of Heat Transfer, 115:807^_809, 1993.
4. TeBeest, K.G., Trogdon, S.A., Dahl, J.R., and Douglass, R.W., Natural Convection within Spherical Annuli by Symbolic Algebra on Workstations, Computational Techniques and Numerical Heat Transfer on PCs and Workstations, ASME. AD^_Vol. 23, HTD^_Vol. 185, pp. 101^_106, 1991.
5. Douglass, R.W., TeBeest, K.G., Trogdon, S.A., and Gardner, D.R., Prandtl Number Effects on the Stability of Natural Convection between Spherical Shells, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 33, No. 11, pp. 2533^_2544, 1990.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• Mathematics Association of America (MAA)
• National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
• National Mathematics Honor Society of Kappa Mu Epsilon

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:

• Much experience with MAPLE and MACSYMA
• CRAY-2 supercomputer running UNICOS, over 100 CPU units through the NCSA
• Various workstations running UNIX and DOS
• Extensive experience in FORTRAN programming
• HTML programming
• Use of mathematical libraries EISPACK, IMSL, and LINPACK
• Graphics software TECPLOT, DISPLAA, SigmaPlot, and QUATTRO-PRO spreadsheet
• LaTeX typsetting

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