Faculty Mentors
Dr. Hansapani Rodrigo
Assistant Professor
Email: hansapani.rodrigo@utrgv.edu
Dr. Josef Sifuentes
Assistant Professor
Email: josef.sifuentes@utrgv.edu
Dr. Tamer Oraby
Associate Professor
Email: tamer.oraby@utrgv.edu
Dr. Mike Lindstrom
Assistant Professor
Email: mike.lindstrom@utrgv.edu
Dr. Erwin Suazo
Associate Professor
Email: erwin.suazo@utrgv.edu
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
SUMMER 2024
· Lorelei Linkel (Georgia Tech), Olivia Marcum (Mississippi State), Jackson Schwedler (Texas A&M), Modeling Particulate Matter Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks, I was their mentor providing research funding for their research , the research supervisors were Tamer Oraby, Hansapani Rodrigo, REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2024).
· Blossomhill Chao (CSU, Long Beach), Daniel Gutierrez III (UTRGV), Allegra Simmons (U. Dallas), A Delayed Stochastic System Toy Model for Prion Disease Dynamics and Spreading, I was their mentor providing research funding for their research, the research supervisors were Dr. Mike Lindstrom and Dr. Tamer Oraby, REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2024).
· Tat Chan (UC Berkeley), Elliot Miler (U. Alabama), “Modeling Neuronal Oscillations in Degenerative Brain Diseases”. Mentor, the research supervisor was Dr. Mike Lindstrom, REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2023).
· Aaron Puente (UTRGV), Emmanuel Sanchez (UTRGV), Undergraduate Supervised Research Dr. Suazo and Dr. Sifuentes, "On Numerical Simulations for Fractional Partial Differential Equations with Variable Coefficients," NSF-UTRGV-REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2024).
SUMMER 2023
· Tat Chan (UC Berkeley), Elliot Miler (U. Alabama), “Modeling Neuronal Oscillations in Degenerative Brain Diseases”. Mentor, the research supervisor was Dr. Mike Lindstrom, REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2023).
· Bryan Barbosa (UTRGV), Marisa Llamas (UT Austin) and Daniel Bercero (UPRM), “Simulating 1D and 2D Diffusion Though a Physics-Informed Neural Network”, Undergraduate Supervised Research together with Dr. Rodrigo and Dr. Oraby, NSF-UTRGV-REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2023).
· Marina Nacianciano (UTRGV), Abigail Fuentes (UTRGV), Alexa Herrera (UTRGV), Undergraduate Supervised Research by Dr. Suazo and Dr. Sifuentes, "On numerical simulations for fractional partial differential equations," NSF-UTRGV-REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2023).
SUMMER 2022
· Aliah Sow (Iowa State University-NSF REU UTRGV), Undergraduate Supervised Research, "On computational simulations for Mittag Leffler function," NSF-UTRGV-REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2022).
· Carlos Montes (UTRGV), Undergraduate Supervised Research, "On Fractional Diffusion Equation," NSF-UTRGV-REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2022).
· Jeremiah Williams (University of Arizona ), Tyler Stuck (Lamar University) Undergraduate, , Yuliann Sepulveda (UTRGV) Supervised Research (other supervisors where Dr. Rodrigo, Dr. Sifuentes and Dr. Oraby), "Deep Learning and Solutions for Fractional ODEs," School of Mathematical and Statistical Science, NSF-UTRGV-REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2022).
· Macy Lembeck (Iowa State University), Sabina Iftikhar (Hampshire College), Mia Penn (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, UMBC), Undergraduate Supervised Research other supervisors where Dr. Rodrigo, Dr. Sifuentes and Dr. Oraby), "Fractional Ordinary Differential Equations and Numerical Simulations," NSF-UTRGV-REU Program on Applied Mathematics and Computational and Data Science , School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at UTRGV, (Summer 2022).