Curriculum Vita

• Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Delaware State University, Dover, DE 19901
• Research Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences , NJIT, 2003 to present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences , NJIT, 1997-2003
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Maryland, 1994-1997 (Primary Investigator: Stuart S. Antman)
• Ph.D., Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, 1994,
  (Research Advisor: Alvin Bayliss)

• Research: applied mathematics, numerical solutions of partial differential equations: numerical and analytical methods in solid mechanics, nonlinear elasticity/plasticity, biomechanics and physiology
• Wave propagation and optical soliton theory

• Bayliss, A., Belytschko, T., Kulkarni, M. and Lott-Crumpler D.A., On the dynamics and the role of the imperfection for localization in thermo-viscoplastic materials , Modell. Simul. Mat. Sci. Eng. 2:941-962 (1994).
• Lott-Crumpler, D.A., The formation and properties of shear bands, Modell. Simul. Mat. Sci. Eng. 5:317-336 (1997).
• Lott-Crumpler, D.A. and Chaudhry, H.R., Optimal patterns for suturing wounds of complex shapes to foster healing, J. Biomechanics, 34:51-58 (2001).
• Lott, D.A., Antman, S.S., Szymczak, W.Z., The quasilinear wave equation for antiplane shearing of nonlinearly elastic bodies, J. Comp. Phys., 171:201-226 (2001).
• Lott, D.A. and Chaudhry, H.R., On the use of infinite elements for the determination of optimal closure patterns based on stress analysis, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 6: 225,234 (2003).
• Lott, D.A., Li, M. and Berlin, J.R., Effectiveness of numerical techniques for calculating the quantity of calcium ion species during calcium sparks in heart muscle, Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics,  8: 343-368 (2005).
• Chaudhry, H.R., Lott, D.A, Prestigiacomo, C.J., and Thomas W. Findley, T.W., 2005.  Mathematical model for the rupture of cerebral saccular aneurysms through three-dimensional stress distribution in the aneurysm wall, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology
• Green, P.D., Milovic, D.M., Lott D.A., and Biswas, A., 2008.  Dynamics of Gaussian optical solitons by collective variables method. Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences, to appear.

Graduate Student Advisement

• Patrice D. Green (Ph.D. candidate)
• Anwar Atif (MS candidate)
• Sami Atif (MS candidate)
• Darius Wheeler (MS candidate)
• Jackson A. Femi, M.S. Thesis, On the Mathematics and Numerical Approximations of a Pharmacokinetics Model, May 2005.

Grants

• PI: Computers and Laboratories Integrated with Mathematics to enhance Biosciences (The CLIMB Project), $149,017, National Science Foundation; 09/01/06 - 08/31/08
• CoPI: Center for Research and Education in Optical Science and Applications (CREOSA), $5,000,000, National Science Foundation; 09/01/06 - 08/31/11
• CoPI: Applied Mathematics Research Center, $4,000,000; Department of Defense; 07/01/05 - 06/30/09

• Department of Mathematics, DSU
• Department of Biological Sciences, DSU,
• Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, DSU
• Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics (CAMS)
  
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
  
• American Mathematical Society (AMS)
  
• Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
• National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
• Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• Illinois Minority Graduate Incentive Program (IMGIP)
• Enhancing Diversity In Graduate Education (EDGE)

• Honors Council Program Committee
• University Strategic Planning Committee
• College of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology Strategic Planning Committee
• Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Advisory Committee
• Bridge to the Doctorate Program Selection Committee
• Lower Division Courses Committee

• Research and Grants Committee (MATH)
• Graduate Curriculum Committee (MATH)
• Scheduling Committee (MATH)
• Undergraduate Student Advisor (MATH)
• Student Advisory Committee (MATH)
• Graduate Student Advisor (MATH, AMTP)
• Ph.D. Committee (AMTP)
• Personnel Committee (AMTP)
• Departmental Strategic Planning Committee (AMTP)
• Committee for the Development of Computational Biology Program (AMTP, BIOLOGY)