Faculty Highlights

September 2008:

Dr. Mark Johnson (PI) received a matching grant ($10,000) from FHTCC for his project entitled, "Statistical Analysis for Return Periods in the Carribbean with KAC," beginning December 2007.

September 2008:

Dr. Liqiang Ni (PI) received funding ($61,594) from the NSF for his grant proposal entitled, "Model Free Variable Selection in Sufficient Dimension Reduction," beginning September 2008.

September 2008:

Dr. Mark Johnson (CoPI) received funding ($889,902) from the NSF for his grant proposal entitled, "Water's Journey through the Everglades," beginning March 2008.

April 2008:

The National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) selected the University of Central Florida, and four other institutions nationwide, to participate in the second round of the Colleagues Committed to Redesign (C2R) program as part of the mathematics, statistics and computer science cluster. The redesign program which is part of a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) grant, focuses on redesigning existing courses to immprove student learning outcomes and reduce instructional costs. The team members are Piotr MIkusinski, Chief Academic Officer, Tammy Muhs and Maria Capursi , Lead Faculty Members, and Walter (JP) Peters, Chief Techonology Officer.

September 2005:

Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teacher's, 2005

May 2005: Susan Schott has been recommended as a 2005 CAS Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) award recipient. The TIP program rewards faculty for teaching productivity and excellence. Selection criteria include teaching quality and effectiveness, commitment to instruction, innovation, creativity, and productivity based on a portfolio of assignments and evaluations collected over the previous 4 academic years.

January 2005: Edgard Maboudou-Tchao: 2005, Winner of American Statistical Association Student Scholarship award to attend the Quality & Productivity Research Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

January 2005:

Constance Cutchins was the UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award Recipient 2005-06

October 2004:

Mark Johnson and Charles C. Watson, Jr. (Kinetic Analysis Corporation, Savannah, Georgia), wrote an article on hurricane research, which is featured on the cover of the November 2004 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

January 2003: David M. Nickerson: TIP Award

January 2000:

2000-01 UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award Recipient

April 1998:

Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1998

September 1997:

1997 Teacher Appreciation Award, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

January 1996: Edgard Maboudou-Tchao: 1996,Distinguished Instructor Award; ENSI, Lome-Togo

January 1996: David M. Nickerson: TIP Award

December 1994:

1994-95 UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award Recipient.