LEIGH L. NOBLE
Short Resume
EDUCATION:
PhD in
Mathematics,
minor in Mechanics and Materials Science, University of Kentucky
(Lexington,
KY), GPA 3.8/4.0, December 2004. Advisor: Chi-Sing Man
MA in
Mathematics, University of Kentucky, GPA 3.9/4.0,
December 1998
BS in
Mathematics, minor in Chemical and Physical Science,
Meredith College (Raleigh, NC), Summa Cum Laude, August 1995
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
A non-destructive measurement scheme for through-thickness
crystallographic texture coefficient functions of cubic metal
sheets. Leigh L. Noble, in progress.
Recovery of
through-thickness texture profiles in sheet
metals by resonance spectroscopy. Leigh L. Noble, Chi-Sing Man, and Gen
Nakamura.
In D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti,
editors, Review
of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, volume
23, pp.
1232–1239. AIP, 2004
Designing
textured polycrystals
with specific isotropic material tensors: the ODF method. C.-S. Man and
L. Noble.
Università
e Politecnico
di Torino. Seminario
Matematico. Rendiconti,
58:155–170, 2000 (MR1986455)
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS:
"Fostering Technical Writing in the
Undergraduate Math Classroom" at the AMS Annual Meeting; San
Diego CA; Jan 2008.
"A unified theory of resonance shifts
in ultrasound resonance spectroscopy" (joint work with Chi-Sing Man) at the
Society for Natural Philosophy meeting on the Interface between Atomistic and
Continuum Theories; Houston TX; Oct 2007.
“Quantitative relationships between
stress distributions, microstructure and high
strain rate performance of advanced ceramics: an interim report" at the
14th Annual ARL-USMA Technical Symposium; Aberdeen MD; Nov 2006.
“Recovery of
texture coefficients as functions of depth in
sheet metals” at the 2004 SIAM Annual Meeting; Portland OR; July 2004.
“Recovery of
through-thickness texture profiles in sheet
metals by resonance spectroscopy” poster with Chi-Sing Man at the 30th
Annual
Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation
Conference; Green
Bay WI; July 2003.
“Introduction
to quantitative texture analysis” at the 15th
Annual Eastern Kentucky University Symposium in the Mathematical,
Statistical,
and Computer Sciences; Richmond KY; April 2001. *Award for
Best Graduate
Student Presenter
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE:
Research
Associate, National Research Council; working with Thomas Wright and
Jim McCauley from US Army Research Lab, Aberdeen MD while in residence at US
Military Academy, West Point NY; May 2005 – June 2008
Research
Assistant for
Prof. Chi-Sing Man; University of Kentucky Department of Mathematics;
eleven
semesters between 1998–2003
Graduate
Fellow working
with Dr. Kenneth Telschow;
Idaho National Engineering
and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls ID; Summer
2000; experimented with acoustoelasticity
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:
United States Military Academy; Davies Fellow —
Instructor and Course Director: Vector Calculus and Introduction to PDEs (Junior level course), Spring 2007
Co-Instructor: Mathematical Modeling (Junior level course), Spring 2007
Instructor: Integral Calculus and Introduction to DEs (Sophomore level course), Fall 2007
Instructor: Differential
Calculus (Freshman level course), Spring 2006
University of Kentucky;
Teaching Assistant —
Instructor: Introduction to Linear Algebra (Junior level course), Summer 2001
Instructor: College Algebra (Freshman level course), Fall 2001
Instructor:
Intermediate Algebra (a remedial course), Fall 1999
Recitation Instructor: Calculus II, Fall 1997 and Spring 1998
Recitation
Instructor: Elementary Calculus and Its Applications (business calculus), Fall 2002
Jefferson
Community
College, Louisville KY; Assistant Instructor —
Assistant: College Algebra and Functions (an online course), Fall 2001
Updated September 4, 2009