Research Teaching Vitae
L. R. Ritter, Assistant Professor
Office: D150
Phone: 678-915-3951
E-mail:
lritter@spsu.edu
Office Hours:
Do not be troubled by your difficulties with Mathematics, I can assure you mine are much greater. Albert Einstein
Courses
Spring 2009
MATH 3312 section 1 Text ISBN 053495190-2
MATH 4406 section 1 Text ISBN 0-534-41887-2
MATH 2254 section 8 Text ISBN 0-321-18558-7.
Fall 2008 MATH 2306 sMATH 3310
Summer 2008 MATH 2253
Spring 2008 MATH 2254 MATH 2254 (Honors) MATH 3256
Fall 2007 MATH 2253 (Honors) MATH 1113
Summer 2007
MATH 2253
MATH 2306
Spring 2007
MATH 3312
MATH 2254
Fall 2006
MATH 1113
MATH 2253
Learning Outcomes for Mathematics Courses at SPSU
Students with Disabilities: can get assistance from the ATTIC 678-915-7361 .Education
- B.S., Mathematics, University of Texas at Dallas, 1998
- M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Texas at Dallas, 1999
- Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, 2003
Vitae
Research Interests
- Frontal Polymerization
- Integral Equations
- Mathematical Biology
- Cardio-vascular disease
Papers/ Publications
"On Initiation of Polymerization Waves in Thermal Free-Radical Frontal Polymerization" Ph.D. Thesis, Northwestern University, 2003
"Stability analysis of a model of atherogenesis: An energy estimate approach II" With A.I. Ibragimov, C.J. McNeal, and J.R. Walton, J. of Comp. and Math. Meth. in Med. , To Appear ***
"Stability analysis using an energy estimate approach of a reaction-diffusion model of atherogenesis" With A.I. Ibragimov, C.J. McNeal, and J.R. Walton, Proceedings of the 7th AIMS International Conference , In Review *
"Stability analysis of a model of atherogenesis: An energy estimate approach" With A.I. Ibragimov, C.J. McNeal, and J.R. Walton, J. of Comp. and Math. Meth. in Med. , Vol.9(2),(2008) pp. 121-142 **
"A dynamic model of atherogenesis as an inflammatory response" With A.I. Ibragimov, C.J. McNeal, and J.R. Walton, DCDIS A Supplement, Advances in Dynamical Systems, Vol.14(S2) (2007), pp. 185--189
"A Mathematical Model of Atherogenesis as an Inflammatory Response" With A.I. Ibragimov, C.J. McNeal, and J.R. Walton, Math. Med. Biol. , 22 (2005), pp. 305--333
"A Numerical Analysis of Initiation of Polymerization Waves" with A.Heifetz, V.A.Volpert and W.E.Olmstead, Math. Comp. M. 41 (2005) pp. 271-285
"Initiation of Free-Radical Polymerization Waves" with W.E.Olmstead and V.A.Volpert, SIAM J. on Appl. Math. 63 (2003), pp. 1831--1848
*-Consideration of the role of LDL and anti-oxidents is given with limited boundary transport.
**-The role of apoptotsis in certain immune cells is considered with no boundary transport.
***-The role of LDL, free-radicals, and anti-oxidents are considered with both forward and reverse boundary transport of LDL.
Some Math Links
The American Mathematical Society
The Mathematical Association of America
Association for Women in Mathematics
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
"...though the singer is silent, there still is the truth of the song..." Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (John Denver) 1943-1997
My Adorable Niece and Nephews
Pictures of My Good Friends
Pictures of My Good Friends
(from left) Xavier the green cheeked amazon, Tuscany, the Late Great Tieko-The-Bird (blue crowned conure), Some of my Java Rice Birds, and January
