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Kathleen R. Fowler
Associate Professor of Mathematics
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Where
to find me:
Offiice:
Offce Hours: TBA
Phone: (315) 268-2376
Email: kfowler@clarkson.edu
Mailing Address:
Clarkson University
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
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My
professional and academic history is contained in my vita
(pdf version)
My publications are also listed below.
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Teaching:
(These links are pretty old…everything current is on
Blackboard)
MA726 Graduate Seminar in Applied Mathematics Communication (Spring 2008)
Calc I (MA131)
Calc II (MA132)
Calc III (MA231)
Numerical Methods(MA377)
Intro to Applied Optimization (MA579)
Engineering Math (MA330)
Other Links:
Research
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I am grateful to the American Institute of Mathematics for
funding our Workshop on
Derivative-Free Hybrid
Optimization Methods for Solving Simulation-based Problems in Hydrology
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We had four teams compete in the 2009
COMAP
International Mathematical Contest in Modeling
We had THREE Meritorious Winning Teams and an OUTSTANDING Team
with the MAA Award!
Congratulations to our students!
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I am an affiliate of the
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In summer of 2004 I visited
for four weeks thanks to a grant from the
Association for Women in
Mathematics
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Publications:
B.
Zhang, K.R. Fowler, M. Grace,
G.A. Gray, K.R. Fowler, J.D. Griffin, A Hybrid Optimization Scheme for Solving the Hydraulic Capture Problem with an Unknown Number of Wells, The First International Conference on Soft Computing Technology in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Funchal, Madeira, Portugal 1-4 September 2009.
K.R. Fowler, E.W. Jenkins, S.M. LaLonde,Chris Cox, A Simulation-based Optimization Approach to Polymer Extrusion Filter Design, accepted to Filtration, to appear in July 2009.
Aiman Q. Jaradat, K. Fowler, Stefan J. Grimberg , and Thomas M. Holsen, and Rajat S. Ghosh, Treatment of Storm Water Containing Low Levels of PCBs Using Natural Media Filtration (NMF), accepted to Enviornmental Engineering Science, 2009.
Aiman Q. Jaradat, K. Fowler, Stefan J. Grimberg , and Thomas M. Holsen, Transport of Colloids and Associated Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals Through a Natural Media Filter,
Journal of Environmental Engineering, 135(1), 36-45, January 2009.
K.R. Fowler, E.W. Jenkins, S.M. LaLonde, Understanding the Effects of Polymer Extrusion Filter Layering Configurations Using Derivative-Free Optimization, submitted to Optimization and Engineering, August 2008.
V.
Krishnamurthy,
K.R. Fowler, J.P. Reese, C.E. Kees, J.E. Dennis, Jr., C.T. Kelley, C.T. Miller, C. Audet, A.J. Booker, G. Couture, R.W. Darwin, M.W. Farthing, D.E. Finkel, J.M. Gablonsky, G. Gray, T.G. Kolda, A Comparison of Derivative-free Optimization Methods for Water Supply and Hydraulic Capture Community Problems, Advances in Water Resources, 31(5), 743-757, May 2008.
K.R. Fowler, S.M.Lalonde, E.W.
Jenkins, C.L.Cox A Simulation-based Optimization Approach to Polymer
Extrusion Filter Design, submitted to the Proceedings of the American
Filtration and Separations Society Annual Conference, (May 19-22) Valley
Forge, PA 2008.
J. Qian, K.R. Fowler, A.R. Ferro, Estimating the Resuspension Rate and Residence Time of Indoor Particles, The Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, Vol. 58, pp. 502-516, April 2008.
K.R. Fowler, B. McClune, E.W. Jenkins, C. L. Cox, B. Seyfzadeh, Design Analysis of a Polymer Filter Using a Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm, Separation Science and Technology, 43(4) 710-726, March 2008.
K.R. Fowler, G.A. Gray, M.S. Olufsen, Modelling Heart Rate Regulation Part II: Parameter Identification, The Journal of Cardiovascular Engineering, 8(2), 109-119, April 2008.
P.Turner, K.R. Fowler, D. Wick, M. Ramsdell, G. Gotham, E. Glasgow, C. French, BOCES-University Partnerships as a Model for Educational Outreach: K-16 STEM Professional Development, the Proceedings for the Inaugural Math and Science Symposium, Knoxville, TN, October 2007.
T. Hemker, K.R. Fowler, M.W. Farthing, O. Von Stryk, A Mixed-integer Simulation-based Optimization Approach With Surrogate Functions in Water Resources Management, accepted to appear in Optimization and Engineering, DOI: 10.1007/s11081-008-9048-0, June 2008.
M.P. Petito, K.R. Fowler, Adaptive Implicit Temporal Integration of ODEs with Interval Computations, submitted to Reliable Computing, April 2007, in revision.
L.S. Matott, S.L. Bartlelt-Hunt, A.J. Rabideau, and K.R. Fowler, Application of Heuristic Techniques and Algorithm Tuning to a multilayered sorptive barrier system, Environmental Science \& Technology, 40, 6354 - 6360, 2006.
G.A. Gray and K.R. Fowler,
Approaching the Groundwater Remediation Problem Using Multi-fidelity
Optimization, proceedings of the XVI
International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources,
Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2006.
T. Hemker, K.R. Fowler , and O. Van Stryk, Derivative-Free Methods for Handling Fixed
Costs in Optimal Groundwater Remediation Design, proceedings of the XVI International
Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Copenhagen, Denmark,
June 2006.
K.R. Fowler and C.T. Kelley, Pseudotransient Continuation for Nonsmooth Nonlinear Equations, SIAM Journal of Numerical Analysis, 43(4), 2005, pages 1385-1406.
K.R. Fowler, C.T. Kelley, C.E. Kees, and Cass. T. Miller, A Hydraulic Capture Application For Optimal Remediation Design, Proceedings of the XV International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, C.T. Miller, M.W. Farthing, W.G. Gray, G.F. Pinder, editors, 2004.
C.T. Kelley, K.R. Fowler, C.E.
Kees, Simulation of Nondifferentiable Models for groundwater Flow and
Transport, Proceedings of the XV International Conference on Computational
Methods in Water Resources, C.T. Miller, M.W. Farthing, W.G. Gray, G.F. Pinder,
editors, 2004.
K.R. Fowler, C. T. Kelley, C. T. Miller, Mark S. C. Reed, C. E. Kees, Robert W. Darwin,J.P. Reese, and M.W. Farthing, Solution to a Well-Field Design Problem with Implicit Filtering, Optimization and Engineering(5) 207–234, May 2004.
A. Battermann, J. M. Gablonsky, A. Patrick, C. T. Kelley, T. Coffey, K.
Kavanagh (Fowler) , and C. T. Miller,
Solution of a Groundwater Flow Problem With Implicit Filtering ,
Optimization and Engineering, (3), 2002, 189-199.