Kathleen Kavanagh

Kathleen Rose Kavanagh (also published as Kathleen R. Fowler) is an American applied mathematician whose research involves simulation-based engineering,[1] particular for problems involving air quality, water quality, and sustainable irrigation.[2] She is a professor of mathematics at Clarkson University,[1] and a director of the New York State Education IMPETUS for Career Success providing science enrichment for middle and high school students in three counties of New York State.[3]. Kavanagh is also the associate director for the Institute for STEM Education at Clarkson University.

Education and career

Kavanagh is a graduate of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. She completed her Ph.D. at North Carolina State University in 2003; her dissertation, Nonsmooth Nonlinearities in Applications in Hydrology, was supervised by Carl T. (Tim) Kelley.[4] She has been a faculty member in the mathematics department of Clarkson University since 2003,[3] and was promoted to full professor in 2015.[1] She has served as the Vice President for Education for SIAM since October 2018.[5]

Recognition

Kavanagh was a 2010 winner of the Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member of the Mathematical Association of America.[6] In 2018, Clarkson University gave her their Distinguished Teaching Award.[3]

References
  1. "Kathleen Fowler promoted to full professor at Clarkson University", Watertown Daily Times, May 16, 2015
  2. Cohen, Karthika Swamy (July 16, 2018), "Inspiring Students to Solve Math of Planet Earth Problems", SIAM News
  3. Clarkson University Professor Kathleen Kavanagh Receives Distinguished Teaching Award, Clarkson University, May 12, 2018
  4. Kathleen Kavanagh at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. SIAM Leadership, SIAM, retrieved 2020-10-02
  6. Henry L. Alder Award, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2020-02-11


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