Chad Vidden

PhD Student

Department of Mathematics

487 Carver Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
cvidden@iastate.edu


Curriculum Vitae (Updated 12-7-2011)

Education

  • Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
    • Expected May 2012 
    • Dissertation Title: The Direct Discontinuous Galerkin Method with Symmetric Structure for Diffusion Problems
    • Thesis Advisor: Jue Yan, Ph.D.
  • B.S. Mathematics, Minnesota State University - Mankato, Mankato, MN
    • May 2007
    • Magna Cum Laude
    • Minor: Computer Science

Past Courses Taught

  • Math 266: Differential Equations (Spring 2012)
  • Math 140: College Algebra (Fall 2011)
  • Math 267: Differential Equations with Laplace Transforms (Fall 2010)
  • Math 165: Calculus I (Spring 2010)
  • Math 140: College Algebra (Fall 2009)
  • Math 142: Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry, Recitation (Fall 2008)
  • Math 151: Calculus for Business and Social Sciences, Recitation (Spring 2008)
  • Math 150: Discrete Math for Business and Social Sciences, Recitation (Fall 2007)

Publications

  • C. Vidden, J. Yan, Direct Discontinuous Galerkin Method with Symmetric Structure for Diffusion Equations. Submitted to SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis Fall 2011.
  • C. Vidden, H. Liu, J. Yan, Admissibility Analysis for the Direct Discontinuous Galerkin Method and its Variations. To be submitted Spring 2012.
  • C. Vidden, J. Yan, Positivity Preserving (Maximum Principle Satisfying) DDG Methods for Convection Diffusion Problems. In preparation.
  • X. Garcia, J. Kunze, T. Rudelius, A. Sanchez, S. Shao, E. Speranza, C. Vidden, Invariant Measures for Hybrid Stochastic Systems. Submitted to Systems and Control Letters Fall 2011.
  • T. Pluta, M. Temba, B. Wu, K. Jungjaturapit, R. Rastegar, A. Roitershtein, C. Vidden, Trading Cookies in a Gambler's Ruin Scenario. Submitted to the Involve Fall 2011.
  • C. Vidden, Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Multialleic Migration-Selection Models. Published in Minnesota State University Mankato Journal of Undergraduate Research, Spring 2007.