Below is a list of graduate level courses I have taken. For courses which are topical or project oriented, the topic of study has been listed in parentheses. Courses are listed by institution, department, and number. CHEM = Chemistry, CSCI = Computer Science, MATH = Mathematics, SCIC = Scientific Computation.
Western Washington University
- MATH 504: Abstract Linear Algebra
- MATH 510: Mathematical Modeling
- MATH 521: Methods of Math Analysis I
- MATH 522: Methods of Math Analysis II
- MATH 528: Functional Analysis
- MATH 530: Fourier Series and PDEs
- MATH 535: Nonlinear Optimization
- MATH 538: Complex Variables
- MATH 560: Topics in Geometry (Integral Geometry)
- MATH 562: Differential Geometry
- MATH 573: Numerical Linear Algebra
- MATH 575: Numerical Analysis
- MATH 577: Topics in Numerical Analysis (Numerical PDEs)
- MATH 595: Teaching Algebra & Precalculus
- MATH 691: Required Project (Data Mining)
University of Minnesota
- CHEM 8066: Professional Conduct of Chemical Research
- CHEM 8541: Dynamics
- CSCI 5107: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics I
- CSCI 5108: Fundamentals of Computer Graphics II
- CSCI 5451: Introduction to Parallel Computing: Architectures, Algorithms, and Programming
- CSCI 8314: Sparse Matrix Computations
- SCIC 8190: Supercomputer Research Seminar (Multiscale Modeling)
- SCIC 8888: Thesis Credit: Doctoral
The lists above explain why I do not call myself a chemist, even though my research is mainly in computational chemistry of some sort. I develop computational chemistry software and models for the purpose of others to do computational experiments rather than doing such experiments myself. I wish not to be called "chemist", "biochemist", or "computational chemist". I also do not like to be called "computer scientist" as my focus is on computation and not computers. Thus, I prefer to be called something on the order of "mathematician", "applied mathematician", "computational mathematician", or "computational scientist" -- in that order -- as it reflects not only my formal training, but also my personality and way of thinking.
