Personal Information

Zack with the Hagia Sofia in the background Zackary R. Kenz
     Fourth-Year Graduate Student, Applied Mathematics
     CRSC/CQSB Webmaster (with Clay Thompson)
     CRSC/CQSB Technical Support (with Clay Thompson and Keri Rehm)
Curriculum Vitae

Center for Research in Scientific Computation
Department of Mathematics
North Carolina State University

Office: Cox 509E (919-515-2386)
Advisor: H.T. Banks
Support: GAANN Fellowship, Computational Science (Fall 2008 - present)

My Erdos Number is 4.


Mathematical Interests

Distributed parameters in an electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation context
Inverse problem methodology, in particular studying the estimation of distributed parameters
Signal processing related to inverse problems
Elasticity, applications to seismic waves in soil and to bodily tissue
Nonlinear filtering, with applications to HIV infection modeling


Current Research Projects and Associated Publications/Reports   (Full Project List)

Distributions of material parameters, in the context of nondestructive evaluation using electromagnetic interrogation (Apr 2011-present)

Connections between concepts in chattering controls, Priesach hysteresis, mixing distributions, and functional analysis (May 2010-present)
     • H.T. Banks, Z. R. Kenz, W. C. Thompson. A Review of Selected Techniques and Applications of Inverse Problem Measure Estimation. Currently writing.
     • ―. Computational Comparisons of Techniques for the Estimation of Probability Measures. Currently writing.

Detection of cardiac stenoses using viscoelastic models (Oct 2010-present)


Upcoming Presentations and/or Conferences   (Past Presentations/Conferences)

No upcoming presentations.


Seminars

Applied Mathematics Graduate Student Seminar, North Carolina State University.
     • Gave current research talks on: 31 Aug 2009, 13 Sept 2010, 26 Sept 2011


Service

Treasurer, University Graduate Student Association (May 2010 - May 2011; May 2011-present)
President, Mathematics Graduate Student Association (May 2009 - May 2010)


Current Courses - Spring 2012   (Previous Coursework)

MA 591, Special Topics: Stochastic Systems (H.T. Banks)
MA 797V, Special Topics in Applied Mathematics: Validation and Verification (R.C. Smith)
MA 893, Doctoral Supervised Research (H.T. Banks)



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