Curriculum Vita - Jesse W. Byrne

Education: Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 1998, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Current Position: Associate Professor, Director of Actuarial Studies, Director of Graduate Studies and Vice Chairman, Department of Math and Statistics, University of Central Oklahoma.

Research Interests: Chaos, Fractal Geometry, Actuarial Science

Honors and Awards

· External Grant Writing Incentive Award ($250), Joe Jackson College of Graduate Studies and Research, May 2007.

· Faculty Merit Award for Service, Fall 2006, $500

· Herbert S. Dordick Outstanding Mentor Award ($500), August 2003.

Research Grants

· NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conference in the Mathematical Sciences, “Knots and Topological Quantum Computing,” (with C. Simmons) National Science Foundation Grant, submitted April 19, 2007. $32,200 requested; In review.

· “August De Morgan; The Man Behind the Scenes,” On-Campus Mini-Grant, January 2007. Funded for $600

· RCSA Presentation Grant, UCO Jackson College of Graduate Studies & Research, October 2006. Funded for $288.70

· Conferences, Workshops & Special Situations Grant, National Security Agency, submitted August, 2004. Funded for $6,500.

Presentation and Publications

· “Gearing Up for Mathematics” (with C. Simmons), to appear in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (a National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) journal). (accepted April 2007)

· “Ideas for Elementary School Presentations” (with C. Simmons), Proceedings of the Oklahoma-Arkansas sectional meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Northeastern State University, March 31, 2007. (accepted May 2007)

· “Properties of Some Popular Fractals” (presented by undergraduate Jennifer Holt), Oklahoma-Arkansas sectional meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Northeastern State University, March 30, 2007.

· “Math Trails: An Educational Tool” (with C. Simmons), submitted to Focus (Mathematical Association of America). (In review)

· “Mathematical Ideas: Tricks of the Trade” (with C. Simmons), Joint Mathematics Meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America, New Orleans, January 5, 2007.

· “Mathematical Ideas: Tricks of the Trade” (with C. Simmons), poster, Oklahoma Research Day 2006, University of Central Oklahoma, April 6, 2007.

· “Determining a Tail Probability for Non-normal Data” (with C. Murray), poster, Oklahoma Research Day 2005, University of Central Oklahoma, November 11, 2005.

· "Determining Tail Probability for an Unknown Distribution" (with C. Murray), technical report, Submitted to Air Traffic Simulation Incorporated, August 30, 2005.

· “Improving a Liberal Arts Math Course,” (with C. Simmons), First College-Level Mathematics Courses Session, Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society & the Mathematics Association of America, Baltimore, Maryland, January 16, 2003.

Conferences Organized

· Organized (with C. Simmons) CAM 2005 Cryptology Conference held at UCO, June 10-11, 2005. This workshop was supported by the National Security Agency. It attracted 54 participants nationwide including Plenary Speakers Dan Bernstein (Univ of Illinois-Chicago), Robert Lewand (Goucher College), and Alice Silverburg (University of California-Irvine).