John Zweck

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Affiliate Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County Department of Mathematics and Statistics 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 Office: MP 424 Phone: (410) 455-2424 Fax: (410) 455-1066 zweck 'at' math.umbc.edu Ph. D., Mathematics, Rice University, 1993 B.Sc. (Honours), Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia, 1988 I am a member of UMBC's Center for Advanced Studies in Photonics Research (CASPR) CV [pdf]

Teaching:

• Spring 2008 Office Hours: Mon 10-11, Wed 12:05-1 and by appointment
• Math 423/673, MW 2:30-3:45 in ACIV 210
• Math 251 Section 0201, MW 11-12:05 in SOND 003
• Previous Courses
• Course Objectives for Teachers and Students of Math 251 (Multivariable Calculus)
• Math/Stat TA Training Web Page
• "You can Change the World with Science and Math", Talk at CNMS Welcome Week Event, Fall 2006 [pdf]
• Results of survey on Study Habits and Transition from High School to UMBC
• Guidelines for Math/Stat Course Study Groups

Research Interests:

• Optical Fiber Communications
• Computational Anatomy
• Human and Computer Vision
• Differential Geometry
• Simulation-Based Engineering Science

My Research Website

Ongoing Research Projects:

• Modeling of short pulse laser systems. Joint work with Curtis Menyuk (CSEE, UMBC) and several experimentalists.
  
  
• Modeling and experiments of optical fiber systems, including studies of both fiber transmission and optical receivers. Joint work with Curtis Menyuk, Gary Carter, Li Yan, and students in CSEE, UMBC. [These projects received NSF funding up until 2007.]
  
  
• Computational modeling of quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy sensors. Joint work with Mathematics Graduate student Noemi Zakarias together with Anatoliy Kosterev in the Laser Science Group at Rice University, Sue Minkoff (Math and Stat, UMBC) and Curtis Menyuk (CSEE, UMBC). Undergraduate Mike Reid is also contributing to the project. [This project is sponsored by the NSF Engineering Research Center on Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the Environment (MIRTHE).]
  
  
• Analysis of anatomical surfaces: Curvature of discrete surfaces with boundary, diffeomorphic mean curvature flow, correlations between anatomical structure and neurological function. Joint work with Laurent Younes, Tilak Ratnanather, Sirong Zhang and Michael Miller in the Center for Imaging Science at The Johns Hopkins University and UMBC Undergraduate Researchers.
  
  
• Statistics on Manifolds. Joint work with Anindya Roy (Math and Stat, UMBC) and Statistics Graduate student Justin Jacobs.

Some Research Resources:

Resources for Course on Modeling Optical Fiber Communications Systems and for our Optical Communications Simulator (OCS) software code

Optical Communications Simulator (OCS) software code Documentation

Sephirot Cluster Statistics

Research Opportunities (undergraduate and graduate) [pdf]

Pointer to very interesting report to NSF by panel of experts on
Simulation-Based Engineering Science

Applied Mathematics Colloquium