Jamiiru Luttamaguzi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
304 Lance Drive , Elizabeth City , NC 27909

(252) 335-3634 Work Email: jluttamaguzi@mail.ecsu.edu

http://www.mcs.lugave.net

Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Elizabeth City State University , 08/02 – Present
• UNIX Network Lab Administrator, UNIX Computer Science Lab, Elizabeth City State University , 01/06-2007.
• Reviewer for AP Computer Science Syllabi to be used in US High Schools offering “AP Computer Science A” course, Summer 2007.
• Reader for AP Computer Science Exam, Summer 2006 and 2007.
• Assistant Professor, Georgia College & State University , 01/02 - 05/02
• Teaching Assistant (with Tuition Award) at Louisiana State University . Date: 09/96 - 12/01
• Lecturer, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFPUM) , Dhahran Saudi Arabia : 09/95 - 06/96
• Research assistant, KFUPM, Dhahran Saudi Arabia : 09/93 - 06/95

Education:

• Ph. D May 2002 Mathematics Louisiana State University, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
• M. S. Dec. 2000 System Science Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge , LA
• M. S. Dec. 1998 Mathematics Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge , LA
• M. S. Jun. 1995 Mathematics King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Min, Dhahran, S. Arabia
• B. Sc. Oct. 1992 Mathematics Makerere University , Kampala , Uganda

Current Professional Societies:

Mathematical Association of America . American Mathematical Society.

Computer science courses taught at undergraduate level : Discrete Methods, UNIX Administration and Systems Programming, Modern Programming Applications with Java, Computer Architecture, Object oriented programming with C++, Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis, Comparative Programming Languages.

 Math courses taught: Graduate Courses: Numerical Analysis, Applied Partial Differential Equations, Applicable Real Analysis, and Functional Analysis. Undergraduate Courses: Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics, Number Theory, Multidimensional Calculus, Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, Pre-Calculus, College Algebra, Contemporary Mathematics.

Certifications and Awards:

• CISCO Certified Network Associate, CCNA, 2008.
• Certification for the "Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform 1.4" in 2006.
• Received the Math and Computer Science Teacher of the Year Award, 2005-2006.

Computer Packages used: Macromedia tools: Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks. MS Office. Mathematica, Matlab, Minitab, AMPL, Lingo, Latex, PHP, MySQL, JBuilder, and C# Studio.

Research Projects with Students:

• Dynamic Web Design for a Bookstore Application , sponsored by Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Summer 2007. Student: Ebony Addison .
• A Study of Current-Voltage Regulation of an Electrical Diode Using Nonlinear Least Squares Model , sponsored by ECSU-NAM 2007 Summer Research Institute in Computational Science-Scientific Visualization. Students: Brittany Cole , Rasheed Graham, James Howard, Marcia Onyeanusi, Ebony Spivey .
• Mathematics of Cryptology. How Secure are Cryptosystems? sponsored by Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Summer 2006. Student: Nyoka Green.
• Biomass: An Alternate Source of Energy , sponsored by ECSU-NAM 2006 Summer Research Institute in Computational Science-Scientific Visualization. Students: Kaitlyn Caughlin, Delisa Hamilton, Jerome Mitchell, Charles Rogers, and Nakeya Williams.
• Design and Implementation of a Simple Encryption System for Secure Transmission of Data and Information , (Thesis Co-advisor) Spring 2006, Student, Shalonda Poole.
• Queuing Systems and their Simulation at a Car Wash Facility , sponsored by Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Summer 2004. Student: Portia Z. Parker .
• Tracking the Yield of an Investment in an Oil Company (Markov Chains) , sponsored by ECSU-NAM 2004 Summer Research Institute in Computational Science-Scientific Visualization. Students: Eunice Smith, Lyrial Chism, Keilee Bornes, Emmanuel Criner, Christopher Turner.
• A Study of Electric Power Generation by the Use of Coal, sponsored by ECSU-NAM 2003 Summer Research Institute in Computational Science-Scientific Visualization. Students: DeAndre Cole, Deidra Coleman, Cecil Flournoy, Jamelle Settles and Simone Uter.
• Minimizing the Cost of Scheduling Truck Routes Using Network Analysis, sponsored by Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Summer 2003. Student: Shawneque L. Reid.

Research Development/Scholarly Activities:

• Attended the 14 th Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring in Arlington , VA in October 2007.
• Attended a workshop on using the web to teach mathematics: ICTCM Flash Workshop in Westminister , CO in July 2003.
• Attended a workshop on using technology in teaching mathematics: IIDS Training Workshop at Bennett College in Greensboro , NC April 2003.
• Attended a workshop in Grant writing in Virginia Union University in Richmond , VA in October 2002.
• Attended workshops in the use of Stella and AgentSheets software in Mathematical modeling at the CCSV center and ECSU , NC in Fall 2002 and Spring 2003, Spring 2004.

Service to ECSU Math. & CS Department, University and Community:

• Wrote North Carolina Regional Mathematics high school Contest Test in 2003-08.
• Chairing the Textbook committee and have reviewed textbooks for over 20 courses.
• Chairing Peer Review Committee in the Math & CS Department, served on search committee.
• Precalculus coordinator for 2003-2004 academic year.
• Gave seminars and supervised/mentored students in the McNair Scholars Program at ECSU, Elizabeth City NC in Summer 2003, 2004 and 2005.
• Served as Faculty Mentor at the ECSU-CSSV-NAM Workshop in Computational Sciences in 2003, 2004, 2005.
• Serves as a mentor at Hugh Cale Community Service, in Elizabeth City, NC.

Publications:

• On the Bounded-real and Positive-real Conditions for Affine Nonlinear State-Delayed Systems and Applications to Stability , M. D. S. Aliyu, J. Luttamaguzi, Automatica, Vol. 42, Iss. 2 , Feb. 2006, Pages 357-362
• Towards an Example of a Nonconvex Monotone Follower Control Problem , Accepted.
• Integer Programming Solutions for Several Optimization Problems in Graph Theory with Michael Pelsmajer, Zhizhang Shen, Boting Yang: International Journal for Computers and Their Applications, 20th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications 2005.
• Optimal Boundary Control of One-Dimensional Multi-span Vibrating Systems , with Sadek I. S. and H. A. Al-Mohamad, J. of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 94, 1998, 39-54.
• A solution Method for Boundary Control of One-Dimensional Multi-span Vibrating Systems, with Sadek I. S. and H. A. Al-Mohamad, J. of Vibr. and Control Vol 5, no. 3, 1999, 373-399.
• Pseudospectra of Companion Matrices and Their Potential Impact on Polynomial Algorithms using MATLAB, Proceedings of the First Southern. Symposium on Computing, Hattiesburg , Mississippi , December 4-5, 1998 .

Referees:

Available upon request