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Andrew Gard

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Math and Computer Science

Specializations

Applied Math
Statistics
R programming

Areas of Interest

Quantitative Botany
Propagation of error
Humanistic data science

Education

PhD Mathematics, The Ohio State University
BS Mathematics, BA Philosophy The Ohio State University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Courses Taught

Math 110: Calculus I
Math 111: Calculus II
Math 150: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Math 210: Multivariable Calculus
Math 250: Statistical Programming
Math 340: Modern Geometry
Math 350: Mathematical Probability
Math 450: Mathematical Statistics

Publications and Grants

Gard,A., MyersA.,  & Luwabelwa, I (2024). The fqar package: R tools for analyzing floristic quality assessment data*. Journal of Open Source Software, 9(96), 6366, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06366

Gard, A. & Wilson, O. (2023). Prediction intervals for interpolants*. Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics. Accepted Sept. 2023, DOI pending.

In-Place Remediation in Calculus I - In preparation. Data collection underway, autumn 2018. Expected completion, February 2019.

logarithmic Spirals in Pursuit-Evasion Problems - To be submitted to the Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, December 2018 .

The Wild Goose Chase Problem -The American Mathematical Monthly, 125:7 (2018), 602-611.

Inquiry-Based learning of Transcendentals in Calculus (with C. Ekici), PRIMUS: Problems, Resources , and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, 27:7 (2017), 681-692.

New Perspectives on the Pursuit-Evasion Problem - NSF Research Initiation Award grant proposal, 2016 (not funded). Three years, $297,000.

Increasing STEM Opportunity on the Albert A. Sheen Campus (with M. Peterson) - Title III grant proposal, 2015 (funded) . Five years, $800,000.

Proceedings of the 2013 Midstates Conference for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science and Mathematics (MCURCSM), Ohio Wesleyan University 2013 (editor).

Reverse Isoperimetric Inequalities in R3, OhioLINK Dissertation Center, The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/vieacc_num=osu1330528 578.

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