LTC Donald Outing
Associate Professor Contact:Phone: 845.938.7217; Office: Thayer 235B Email: donald.outing@usma.edu
LTC Outing is the Program Director for the Advanced Mathematics Program (MA153 and MA255). He is also the Director for the Center for Leadership and Diversity in STEM.
- United States Naval Academy, 1979-1983
- B.S. Mathematics, University of the State of New York, 1985
- M.S. Applied Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1997
- Ph.D. Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004
Relevant Positions Held
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY – Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1995 – 1997
- United States Military Academy, West Point – Course Director, MA103, 1999 – 2000
- United States Military Academy, West Point – Course Director, MA100, 2000 – 2001
- United States Military Academy, West Point - Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2004 – 2006
- United States Military Academy, West Point – Program Director, Developmental Mathematics Program (MA100 and MA101), 2004 – 2006
- United States Military Academy, West Point - Academy Professor, 2006
- United States Military Academy, West Point – Program Director, Advanced Mathematics Program (MA153 and MA255), 2006 – Present
- United States Military Academy, West Point - Associate Professor of Mathematics, 2008
- United States Military Academy, West Point - Director, Center for Leadership and Diversity in STEM, 2010 – Present
Courses Taught
- MA103 Discrete Dynamical Systems and Introduction to Calculus
- MA104 Single Variable Calculus
- MA205 Multivariable Calculus
- MA206 Probability and Statistics
- MA153 Advanced Multivariable Calculus
- MA255 Mathematical Modeling and Introduction to Differential Equations
- MA363 Vector Calculus and Differential Equations
- MA364 Engineering Mathematics
- MA391 Mathematical Modeling
- MA484 Partial Differential Equations
Books
- Differential Equations with Mathematica, 3rd edition, B.R. Hunt, R.L. Lipsman, J.E. Osborn, D.A. Outing, J.M. Rosenberg, (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2009, ISBN 978-0-471-77316-0), January, 2009.
- “Mercury in the reservoirs: Water’s OK, but don’t eat the fish,” an Interdisciplinary Lively Applications Project published in Discrete Dynamical Systems, D.C. Arney, F.R. Giordano, and J.S. Robertson, (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000).
Refereed Publications
- “Scholte-to-Rayleigh Conversion and Other Effects in Range-Dependent Elastic Media,” Donald A. Outing, William L. Siegmann, and Michael D. Collins, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 32 (3), 620-625 (2007).
- “Generalization of the rotated parabolic equation to variable slopes,” Donald A. Outing, William L. Siegmann, and Michael D. Collins, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120 (6), 3534-3538 (2006).
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- “Calculus Placement that Really Works!” Todd Retchless, Randy Boucher, and Donald A. Outing, MAA FOCUS, 28 (1), 20-21 (2008).
Research Interests
- Linear and Nonlinear PDEs
- Stochastic PDEs (specifically financial models)
- Mathematical Physics (specifically acoustic propagation).
My principal research area involves using parabolic equations to model sound transmission through shallow-water regions (especially with substantial changes in the propagation direction, including interactions with beaches and islands).
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