Dr. Sandra Clement Cooper

Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics

School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-3113

Phone: 509-335-3134
Email: scooper@math.wsu.edu

Engineering Education Research Interests

Math literacy and engineering applications

Education

PhD, Colorado State University Mathematics 1988
MS, Colorado State University Mathematics 1984
BA, University of Florida Mathematics 1978

Awards

1999 WSU Woman of Distinction
1994 WSU Faculty Member of Year
1986-87 Honors Professor of Colorado State University
1980-81 Lead teaching workshops for the University of Maryland, European Division

Selected Publications

On the non-normal two-point Padé table (with Arne Magnus and J.H. McCabe), Journal CAM 16 (1986), 371-80.
On M-tables associated with strong moment problems, Analytic Theory of Continued Fractions II, Proceedings Pitlochry and Aviemore, Scotland, 1985 (W. J. Thron, ed.), Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1199, Springer, Berlin (1986), 21-36.
General T-fraction solutions to Riccati differential equations (with William B. Jones and Arne Magnus), Nonlinear Numerical Methods and Rational Approximation (Annie Cuyt, ed.), Reidel, Dordrecht (1988), 409-425.
General T-fraction expansions for ratios of hypergeometric functions (with William B. Jones and Arne Magnus), Appl. Numer. Math. 4 (1988), 241-51.
More on C-fraction solutions to Riccati equations (with K. D. Cooper and William B. Jones), Rocky Mtn. J. Math. 21 (1991), 139-157.
§-fraction solutions to Riccati equations, Analytic Theory of Continued Fractions III, Proceedings Redstone, Colorado, 1988 (Lisa Jacobsen, ed.), Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1406, Springer, Berlin (1989), 1-17. .
On the use of a corresponding sequence algorithm for -fractions (with C. Baltus, C. Craviotto and J. H. McCabe), Journal CAM 37 (1991), 57-69.
Gentili, Kenneth, Jim Lyons, Eric Davishahl, Denny Davis, Steven Beyerlein. (2005). “Measuring Added-Value Using a Team Design Skills Inventory.” Proceedings of Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.
Orthogonal Laurent polynomials and continued fractions associated with log-normal distributions (with William B. Jones and W. J. Thron), Journal CAM 32 (1990), 39- 46.
Asymptotics of orthogonal L-polynomials for log-normal distributions (with William B. Jones and W. J. Thron), Journal of Constructive Approximation 8 (1992), 59-67.
Separate convergence for log-normal modified S-fractions (with William B. Jones and W. J. Thron), Continued Fractions and Orthogonal Functions: Theory and Applications, (S. Clement Cooper and W. J. Thron, ed.s), Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Marcel Dekker (1993), 101- 113.
Orthogonal Laurent polynomials on the real line (with Lyle Cochran), Continued Fractions and Orthogonal Functions: Theory and Applications, (S. Clement Cooper and W. J. Thron, ed.s), Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Marcel Dekker (1993), 47-100.
Book: (co-edited with W. J. Thron) Continued Fractions and Orthogonal Functions: Theory and
Applications, (S. Clement Cooper and W. J. Thron, ed.s), Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied
Mathematics, Marcel Dekker (1993).
Spectral analysis of the strong Tchebycheff distribution (with Philip E. Gustafson), Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Conference on Applied Mathematics, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, 1995.
Extremal Properties of Strong Quadrature Weights and Maximal Mass Results for Truncated Strong Moment Problems (with Philip E. Gustafson), Journal CAM 80 (1997), 197-208. 15. Critical Connections: The Secret to the Success of Women in Math, Science and Engineering (with Charlena H. Grimes), WEPAN 1996 Conference Proceedings, 341-343.
Fact Finding: What are the Needs and What is Working? (with Marsha LoFaro), WEPAN 1996 Conference Proceedings, 213-218.
Calculus Concepts using Mathematica 3.0 (with K. D. Cooper, Ben Greenough, Dorothy Kerzel, and Thomas LoFaro), Simon & Schuster Custom Publishing, 1997.
Impact Assessment of an SEM Residence Hall: Does it really affect the success of students in science and engineering? (with Marsha LoFaro and Sheryl Giarrita), WEPAN/NAMEPA 1997 Conference Proceedings, 121-126.
Two Complementary Programs Designed to Enhance the Science and Engineering Environment (with Charlena H. Grimes and Marsha LoFaro), WEPAN/NAMEPA 1997 Conference Proceedings, 117-120.
Symmetric Orthogonal Laurent Polynomials (with Lyle Cochran), Orthogonal Functions, Moment Theory, and Continued Fractions: Theory and Applications, (William B. Jones and A. Sri Ranga, ed.s), Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 199, Marcel Dekker (1998), 111-142.
The strong Chebyshev distribution and orthogonal L-polynomials (with Philip E. Gustafson), Journal of Approximation Theory, Vol. 92, No. 3, March 1998, 361-378.
Interpolating Laurent Polynomials (with Phil Gustafson), Orthogonal Functions, Moment Theory, and Continued Fractions: Theory and Applications, (William B. Jones and A. Sri Ranga, ed.s), Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 199, Marcel Dekker (1998), 143-150.
Women, Science, and Culture: A Course for First-year Women and Minority Students in SEM (with Judy Meuth), WEPAN 1998 Conference Proceedings, 265-270.
Tech Star Seminars (with Claudia Pacioni and Tamara Mobbs), WEPAN 1998 Conference Proceedings, 283-285.
A Comparison of Two Definitions for Orthogonal Laurent Polynomials (with Monte Cheney and Mike Witsoe), Communications in the Analytic Theory of Continued Fractions, Volume VIII, Sp. 2000, 28-56.
Book: Activity Based Instruction in Elementary Mathematics (with Verna Adams, Duane DeTemple, and Kimberly Vincent), under contract with Addison-Wesley.

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