Biography:Kathleen Kavanagh
Kathleen Rose Kavanagh (also published as Kathleen R. Fowler) is an American applied mathematician whose research involves simulation-based engineering,[1] particular for problems involving air quality, water quality, and sustainable irrigation.[2] She is a professor of mathematics at Clarkson University,[1] and a director of the New York State Education IMPETUS for Career Success providing science enrichment for middle and high school students in three counties of New York State.[3]. Kavanagh is also the associate director for the Institute for STEM Education at Clarkson University.
Education and career
Kavanagh is a graduate of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. She completed her Ph.D. at North Carolina State University in 2003; her dissertation, Nonsmooth Nonlinearities in Applications in Hydrology, was supervised by Carl T. (Tim) Kelley.[4] She has been a faculty member in the mathematics department of Clarkson University since 2003,[3] and was promoted to full professor in 2015.[1] She has served as the Vice President for Education for SIAM since October 2018.[5]
Recognition
Kavanagh was a 2010 winner of the Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member of the Mathematical Association of America.[6] In 2018, Clarkson University gave her their Distinguished Teaching Award.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kathleen Fowler promoted to full professor at Clarkson University", Watertown Daily Times, May 16, 2015, https://www.nny360.com/news/kathleen-fowler-promoted-to-full-professor-at-clarkson-university/article_594bcb27-774a-510f-851c-aee50608328e.html
- ↑ Cohen, Karthika Swamy (July 16, 2018), "Inspiring Students to Solve Math of Planet Earth Problems", SIAM News, https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/inspiring-students-to-solve-math-of-planet-earth-problems
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Clarkson University Professor Kathleen Kavanagh Receives Distinguished Teaching Award, Clarkson University, May 12, 2018, https://www.clarkson.edu/news/clarkson-university-professor-kathleen-kavanagh-receives-distinguished-teaching-award
- ↑ Kathleen Kavanagh at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ SIAM Leadership, SIAM, https://www.siam.org/about-siam/leadership, retrieved 2020-10-02
- ↑ Henry L. Alder Award, Mathematical Association of America, https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/member-communities/maa-awards/teaching-awards/henry-l-alder-award, retrieved 2020-02-11
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