Mark H. Holmes

Mark H. Holmes
Born	(1950-11-07) November 7, 1950 (age 74) Onawa, Iowa, United States
Occupation	Mathematician, educator, author
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles Colorado State University

Mark H. Holmes is an American applied mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he served as Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, and was the founding Director of the Center for Modeling, Optimization and Computational Analysis (MOCA). ^[1]

Personal life

Mark H. Holmes was born in Onawa, Iowa on November 7, 1950. He attended Colorado State University, where he earned his B.S. in 1973, and the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his PhD in mathematics in 1978. His PhD thesis advisor was Julian Cole.

Research

He is known for his contributions in mathematical biology, including mechanoreception (hearing ^{[2] [3] [4]} and touch ^[5] ), neurobiology (Parkinson's Disease and the sleep-wake cycle ^[6] ), and tissue mechanics (articular cartilage).

Educational initiatives

He has been instrumental in numerous educational initiatives. This has included starting the Rensselaer laptop program (in 1995), co-directing Project Links for developing web-based learning modules (1995–2003), ^[7] creating the Gateway Exam (1999–2007), ^[8] organizing the Rensselaer Calculus Video Project (2000–2008), and heading the Rensselaer GAANN program (2009–2016) for recruiting, and retaining, under-represented groups in mathematics. Holmes has written several textbooks based on some of the applied math courses offered at Rensselaer.^{[ citation needed ]}

Honors and awards

• Guggenheim Fellow ^[9]
• Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award ^[10]
• Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware ^[11]
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Curriculum Innovation Award for 2001

Books

• Introduction to Differential Equations, XanEdu Publishing, 2020.
• Introduction to the Foundations of Applied Mathematics (2nd Ed), Springer International Publishing, 2019.
• Introduction to Scientific Computing and Data Analysis, Springer, 2016.
• Introduction to Perturbation Methods (2nd Ed), Springer, 2013.
• Introduction to Numerical Methods in Differential Equations, Springer, 2007.

References

1. "MOCA" . Retrieved December 16, 2019.
2. "Beyond Hearing Aids". Forbes, December 3, 1984.
3. "Catching a vivid earful of sound" (PDF). Science News, May 17, 1986.
4. "Sounds in the unwrapped inner ear" (PDF). Science News, May 7, 1988.
5. "Sun on skin, a cat's rub defined by formula" (PDF). The Sunday Schenectady Gazette, October 9, 1994.
6. "The Mathematics Behind a Good Night's Sleep" (PDF). Rensselaer School of Science Newsletter, March 2010.
7. "Project Links Receives Award for Excellence". Rensselaer Campus News, January 29, 2001.
8. "On-line assessment using a gateway exam" (PDF). Presentation at Colloquium on Teaching and Learning, Rensselaer, May 2002.
9. "Mark H. Holmes". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
10. "Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award Recipients". The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
11. "Premier Courseware of 2000". Synthesis and SUCCEED Engineering Education Coalitions.

External links

• Holmes' home page at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Mark Holmes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project