January 29, 2002


JOSEPH V. KOEBBE


Birthdate: June 23, 1958 Birthplace: Hardin, Montana  


Contact Information:


Address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  Utah State University
  Logan, UT 84322-3900
  USA
   
Phone: 1-435-797-2825
e-mail: koebbe@sunfs.math.usu.edu
web page: www.jk.math.usu.edu/koebbe/main.html



Education:


Institution Dates Attended Degree Date Degree Major
Carroll College 1976-1980 1980 B.A. Mathematics
Washington State U. 1980-1982 1982 M.S. Mathematics
Univ. of Wyoming 1982-1988 1988 Ph.D.. Mathematics


Awards:


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WRI/UW Energy Research Fellowship, 1985-1986 academic year, University of Wyoming
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Senior Graduate Research Assistant, 1985-1986 academic year, University of Wyoming
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Senior Graduate Research Assistant, 1986-1987 academic year, University of Wyoming
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Senior Graduate Research Assistant, 1987-1988 academic year, University of Wyoming
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Given `Top Prof' award by the Utah State University Chapter of Mortar Board, February, 1994.
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Given `Top Prof' award by the Utah State University Chapter of Mortar Board, February, 1996.
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`Teacher of the Year' in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Utah State University 1998-99.


Academic Experience:


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Teaching experience in the classroom as a teaching assistant at Washington State University (1980-1982) and the University of Wyoming (1982-1988), and as a faculty member at Utah State University (1988-present).
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Full or part time research assistant under R.E. Ewing from January 1983 to August of 1988, University of Wyoming, Laramie Wyoming.
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Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Utah State University- 1988-1994.
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Associate Professor of Mathematics at Utah State University- 1994-present.


Nonacademic Experience:


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Summer hire at Chevron Oil Field Research Company of LaHabra, CA for the summer of 1985 in the Reservoir Engineering Division (Supervisor - E.Y. Chung)
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Consulting with Chevron Oil Field Research Co. of LaHabra, CA. (1985-1993)
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Consulting with the Institute for Scientific Computation, University of Wyoming, Laramie Wyoming, 1988-1992
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Currently working with the Utah Geological Survey on modeling problems on the Ferron Sandstone project. This project is funded by DOE.
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Consulting with Exxon Production Research in Houston Texas on fault zone modeling with Craig Forster and Jonathan Caine from the Earth Sciences Research Institute (ESRI) at the University of Utah (ongoing - see the simulation results on my Web page).
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Worked with Lee Davis and Laura Watkins on particle packing problems for Thiokol Corporation. (funded) (1998-99).
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Work on modeling fishing fleets in the Bering Seas with Keith Criddle and NOAA (1999-present)
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Work with Mike Epton at Boeing on optimal robot path planning using Fast Marching Methods (2001-present)

Publications:


Ph.D. dissertation:

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`` Numerical Schemes for the Immiscible Displacement Equations Using a General Polynomial Framework for the Saturation Equation and Mixed Finite Element Methods for the Pressure'' , Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, 1988.


Refereed Scholarly Papers/Articles:


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`` Mixed Finite Element Methods for Computing Groundwater Velocities'', (with M.B. Allen and R.E. Ewing), Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 1985, pp. 195-207.
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`` Velocity Weighting Techniques for Fluid Displacement Problems'', (with R.E. Ewing, R.F. Heinemann, and U.S. Prasad), in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 64(1987), pp. 137-151.
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`` The Determination of Rate Constants from Unknown Linear Combinations in a Chemical Reaction '', (with J.R. Cannon and R.M. Schmidt), IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, ed. J.R. Ockendon and D.A. Spence, (1988) vol. 41, pp. 67-84.
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`` Numerical Simulation and Homogenization of Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media'', (with B. Amaziane and A. Bourgeat), Transport in Porous Media II, ed. Hornung, Dogan, and Knaber, vol. 6, no. 5&6, Oct/Dec 1991, pp. 519-548, Kluwer Academic Publishers
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`` A Computationally Efficient Modification of Mixed Finite Element Methods for Flow Problems with Full Transmissivity Tensors'', Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, ed. G. Pinder, vol. 9, pages 339-355, 1993.
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`` Accuracy Optimized Methods for Constrained Numerical Solutions to Hyperbolic Conservation Laws, (with C. Coray), JCP, vol. 109, pp 115-132, November, 1993.
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`` High Order Accuracy Optimized Methods for Constrained Numerical Solutions of Hyperbolic Conservation Laws'', (with C. Coray), SIAM Journal on Scientific and Statistical Computing, vol. 15, no. 4, pp 846-865, June 1994.
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`` Minimization of Grid Orientation Effects in Simulation of Oil Recovery Problems through the use of an Unsplit Higher Order Scheme'', (with A. Bourgeat), Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, ed. G. Pinder, vol. 12, pages 161-189, 1996.
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`` Accuracy Optimized Methods Applied to Stiffly Forced Conservation Laws'', (in preparation)
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`` Accuracy Optimized Methods for Nonlinear Systems of Conservation Laws'', (in preparation)
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`` Equivalent Permeability and Simulation of Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media'', (with B. Amaziane), in press in Transport in Porous Media.
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`` Fast wavelet transforms and homogenization'' , (in preparation)
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`` Some numerical methods for stiffly forced conservation laws'' , (with C. Hillyard)(in preparation)
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`` Existence and uniqueness of solutions of stiffly forced conservation laws'' , (with C. Hillyard)(in preparation)
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`` Application of wavelet transforms in numerical methods for conservation laws'' , (in preparation)
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`` Fast wavelet transforms and homogenization'' , (in preparation)


Nonrefereed Papers Presented and/or Research Papers:

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`` Computing Accurate Velocities for Fluid Flow in Porous Media'', (with R.E. Ewing, R. Gonzales, and M.F. Wheeler), Proc. 5th Int. Symp. on Finite Elements and Flow Problems, Austin, TX., Jan. 23-26, 1984.
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`` Determination of a Rate Constant and an Activation Energy in some Exothermic Chemical Reactions'', (with J.R. Cannon and J.C. Cavendish), Mathematical Methods in Energy Research, K.I. Gross ed., SIAM, Philadelphia, 1984.
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`` Mixed Finite Element Methods for Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport'', (with R.E. Ewing), Proc. 5th IMACS Int. Symp. on Computer Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Bethlehem, PA., June 19-22, 1984.
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`` Mixed Finite Elements for Accurate Fluid Velocities'', (with R.E. Ewing, R. Gonzales, and M.F. Wheeler) Finite Elements in Fluids, Vol. VI, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., pp. 233-249, 1985.
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`` Mixed Finite Element Methods for Computing Groundwater Velocities'', (with M.B. Allen and R.E. Ewing) NUMETA 85, Numerical Methods in Engineering; Theory and Applications, Volume II, J. Middleton and G.N. Pande eds., Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1985, pp. 609-614.
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`` Finite Element Techniques for Reservoir Simulation '', (with R.E. Ewing), Innovative Numerical Methods in Engineering, R.R. Shaw, J. Peraux, A. Chaodoust, J.W. CiMerino, and C.A. Brebbia eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986, pp. 173-186.
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`` Accurate Velocity Weighting Techniques '', (with R.E. Ewing and R.R. Lagnado), Proc. of the Second Wyoming Enhanced Oil Recovery Symposium, Casper, Wyoming, May 15-16, 1986.
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`` Numerical Simulation and Homogenization of Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media'', (with B. Amaziane and A. Bourgeat), presented at the SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in Geophysical Fluid Flow and Solid Mechanics in Houston, Texas, Sept. 25-29, 1989, (appears in the proceedings)
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`` Numerical Simulation and Homogenization of Diphastic Flow in Heterogeneous Reservoirs'', (with B. Amaziane and A. Bourgeat), Proc. of the 2nd European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Sept. 11-14, 1990, Latitudes Cumargue, Ardes France, (invited).
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`` Inverse Modeling Using Simulated Annealing with Homogenization'', (with K. Hestir), Proc. of the IX International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, pp. 421-428, June 9-12, 1992.
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`` An Integrated Approach for Characterizing Reservoir-Scale Heterogeneity Using Micro- and Macroscale Petrophysical Data: Implications for Ferron Sandstone Studies'' (with C. Forster, M. Chan, and K. Hestir), 1993 Rocky Mountain Section Meeting of AAPG-SEPM-EMD-DEG, Salt Lake City, Sept. 12-15, 1993
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`` Integrated multidisciplinary reservoir characterization of a deltaic system - 2: Developing a petrophysical model for reservoir simulation using data from the Ferron Sandstone, Utah.'', (with Snelgrove, S., Forster, C., and R. Jarrard, AAPG/SEPM Annual Convention, March 5-8, 1995.
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`` HomCode: A Code for Scaling Up Permeabilities Using Homogenization'', Technical Report in the Department of Mathemaitcs and Statistics at USU, Fall 1995.
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`` Characterization and Upscaling of Sedimentary Depositional Formations using Archteypal Analysis and Homogenization'', (with L. Watkins and R. Thomas), in Iterative Methods In Scientific Computation (Ed. Junping Wang, Myron B. Allen III, Benito M. Chen and Tarek Mathew), vol 4, IMACS Series in Computational and Applied Mathematics, Proceeding of the Third IMACS International Symposium on Iterative Methods in Scientific Computation Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, July 9-12, 1997.
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`` Wavelet construction based on homogenization'', (with Ryan Thomas) Proceedings of the XIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Calgary Canada, June 25-29, 2000.


Technical Reports:

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`` Final Report, Drillstring Computer Simulation Project'', (with R.E. Ewing and K. Hulsebosch), for Teleco Oilfield Services Inc., completed February 27, 1987.
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`` Alternate Methods for Upstream Weighting in Immiscible Displacement Simulation'', (with R.E. Ewing) for Chevron Oil Field Research Co. of LaHabra California , completed May 30, 1987.


Papers Presented at Professional Meetings / Colloquia:


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`` Mixed Finite Element Methods for Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport'', at the 5th IMACS Int. Symp. on Computer Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Bethelem, PA., June 19-22, 1984.
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`` Accurate Velocity Weighting Techniques '', at the Second Wyoming Enhanced Oil Recovery Symposium, Casper, Wyoming, May 15-16, 1986 (invited).
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`` Alternate Upstream Weighting Techniques '', at the Fourth Mexican American Exchange in Mathematics and its Applications, Two Bar Seven Ranch, Colorado, August 3-6, 1987, Organized by Myron Allen at the University of Wyoming, (invited).
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`` Some Problems Arising in the Construction of Numerical Methods for Flow in Porous Media'', at the University of Pau, in Pau France, June 21, 1990.
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`` Parallelization, Vectorization, and Anisotropy in the use of Mixed Finite Element Methods for Porous Media Problems'', at the Fifth Annual INEL Computing Symposium, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Sept. 10, 1991.
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`` Accuracy Optimized Methods for Constrained Solutions of Scalar Conservation Laws and Higher Order TVD Schemes'', at the University of Bergen, in Bergen, Norway, April 2, 1992.
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`` Accuracy Optimized Methods for Constrained Solutions Hyperbolic Conservation Laws '', at the Singularities in Physical Systems mini-conference in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, June 11-13, 1993.
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`` Numerical Methods for Stiffly Forced Conservation Laws'', at the First Nonlinear Analysis Conference. Sept. 18, 1993, at Utah State University. This involves the nonlinear analysis groups at the University of Utah, BYU and USU.
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`` Accuracy Optimized Methods for Nonlinear Systems of Conservation Laws'', a colloquium presented at Idaho State University, Oct. 14, 1993.
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`` Accuracy Optimized Methods for Stiffly Forced Conservation Laws'', to be presented at the Fifth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications, June 13-17, 1994, University at Stony Brook, New York.
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`` Numerical Schemes for Partial Differential Equations Constrained by the Nonlinear Dynamics of the Problem'', presented at the 1994 SIAM Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 1994, San Diego, CA.
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`` Characterization and Upscaling of Sedimentary Depositional Formations using Archteypal Analysis and Homogenization'', (with L. Watkins and R. Thomas), presented at the Third IMACS International Symposium on Iterative Methods in Scientific Computation, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, July 9-12, 1997.
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`` Computer Aided Applied Problem Solving Capstone Courses at USU'', presented for a seminar at Brigham Young University, March 24, 1998.
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`` An Master of Science Program in Industrial Mathematics at Utah State University'', SIAM Western Regional Mathemtics in Industry Workshop, Hun 16-19, the Claremont Colleges, Claremont CA.
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`` A Family of Numerical Methods for Stiffly Forced Conservation Laws'', (with C. Hillyard), AMS regional meeting, Salt Lake City, Sept 25-26, 1999.
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`` Wavelet construction based on homogenization'', (with Ryan Thomas) XIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Calgary Canada, June 25-29, 2000.
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`` Wavelets conditioned on homogenization'', (with Laura Watkins) Sixth SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Boulder Colorado, June 11-14, 2001.
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`` Wavelets based schemes for conservation laws'', (with David Sattinger) Fifth Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Mexican Mathematical Society, Morelia Mexico, May 23-26, 2001 (invited).


Professional Memberships:


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American Mathematical Society (AMS)
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Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
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Mathematical Association of America (MAA)


References:


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Professor R.E. Ewing, Dean, Institute for Scientific Computation, Texas A & M, College Station, Texas, 77843, (Ph.D. Advisor)
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Professor J.H. George, Chair, Dept. of Mathematics, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, 32114
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Professor M.A. Allen, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY., 82071.
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Professor J.R. Cannon, Chairman, Dept. of Mathematics, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX., 77710
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Professor D.J. Wollkind, Dept. of Mathematics, Washington State University, Pullman WA. 99163.
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Professor M. Espedal, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen Norway.


Joe Koebbe 2002-01-29