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Raju Bhusal

Liberal arts professor

Education

  • Ph.D, mathematics, Bowling Green State University 
  • Master, mathematics, Tribhuvan University 
  • Bachelor, humanities and social sciences, Tribhuvan University

Credentials

  • Professor, mathematics, 2018–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Fall 2017–Summer 2018, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
  • Graduate student mentor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Spring 2016–Fall 2016
    Graduate teaching instructor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Summer 2013–Summer 2017, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
    Encouraged students to develop mathematical concepts and then worked to tailor each assignment to these concepts.
  • Mathematics instructor, 2010–2013, Malpi Institute (under University of Cambridge), Kathmandu, Nepal
    Successfully motivated students by implementing an active learning environment and positive classroom management strategies.
  • Lecturer, June 2010–May 2013, Central Department of Mathematics, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
    Advised and motivated students on academic matters and made referrals to appropriate programs.
  • Lecturer, May 2011–May 2013, Lord Buddha Education Foundation, Maitidevi, Kathmandu, Nepal
    Taught Discrete Mathematics and Numerical Methods.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Funding for Professional Development for graduate student FPD Award, 2016
  • James Robert and Gretchen Overman Fellowship Award, 2016–2017
  • Mentoring Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2016–2017
  • Judyta and Bronislaw Blass Memorial Fellowship Award, 2015–2016
  • Summer Fellowship, May 2013
  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship for Ph.D. in mathematics, June 2013
  • Nepal Vidhya Bhusan Padak Kha (Nepal Honour of Merit 'B') from the President of Nepal, 2010
  • Special research grant, National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), 2009
  • Chancellor Gold Medal, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2008
  • Ram Prasad Manandhar Gold Medal, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2008
  • Awarded as the best student from Nepal Mathematical Student Association, 2008

Organizations

  • Mathematical Association of America (Northwest Ohio Chapter)
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, student member
  • Association of Nepalese Mathematicians in America (ANMA), member

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • "Estimation of the Transition Time for Scalar Conservation Laws" (In progress).
  • "Error Analysis of the Cubic Front Tracking and RKDG Method in Solving Scalar Conservation Laws." Bowling Green University, Ohio, May 2018.
  • "Irreducibility on Open Shop Problems." Lambert Academic Publication, Germany, June, 2010.

Presentations

  • "The Error Analysis of the Cubic Front Tracking and the RKDG Method Solving Nonlinear Conservation Laws." Joint Math Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2018.
  • "Numerical Smoothness of the RKDG Method." International Conference on Nonlinear Sciences Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 2016.
  • "Irreducibility on Open Shop Problems." International Conference on Operation Research, Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management, Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 2012.