Shawn David Ryan
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 Title: Associate Professor
co-Director of ADAM
 Dept: Mathematics and Statistics
 Office: RT 1538
 Phone: 216-687-4707
 Email: s.d.ryan@csuohio.edu
 Web: http://academic.csuohio.edu/ryan_s/
 Address: 2121 Euclid Ave. RT 1538, Cleveland, OH 44115

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Research Keywords:
Mathematical Biology, PDEs, Differential Equations, Materials Science, Self-organization, Collective Motion, Effective Properties
 
Education:
Ph.D., Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, 2014
M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Akron, 2009
B.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Akron, 2009
 
Brief Bio:
I am an applied mathematician who is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Cleveland State University since 2016. I currently work on modeling, analysis, and simulations for problems involving collective motion in biology, material science, and physics. Lately, I have all been studying bacterial contamination in food processes with D. Munther (Math), Atmospheric Physics with T. Heus (Physics) and Synthetic Janus Particles with C. Wirth (Chem. and Bio. Engineering).  I am also the co-Founder/co-Director of the CSU Research Center for Applied Data Analysis and Modeling (ADAM): https://academic.csuohio.edu/ryan_s/ADAM/adam.html

Before arriving at CSU, I was a postdoc in the Department of Mathematical Sciences with some joint work in the Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI) at Kent State University under the direction of Assoc. Prof. Xiaoyu Zheng and Prof. Peter Palffy-Muhoray.  I finished my Ph.D. in Mathematics under the direction of Professor Leonid Berlyand at Penn State University in August 2014. Throughout my dissertation work, I studied the effective rheological properties and collective motion in bacterial suspensions. Before this, I graduated from the University of Akron with my Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in four total years in 2009.
 
Honors and Awards:
2023 Provost's Merit Award for Teaching
2022 CSU Golden Apple Teaching Award
2021 Faculty Champion of Teaching in OneNote Award, CSU Center for Faculty Excellence and IS&T.
2020 Faculty Innovator Award, CSU Center for Faculty Excellence
2020 CSU Golden Apple Teaching Award
2019-2020 Provost's Faculty Merit Award, For Outstanding Teaching and Research.
2019-2020 Featured Manuscript on J. Physical Biology.
2018 CSU Alumni Assoc. Golden Apple Award
2017-2018 Provost¿s Faculty Merit Award, For Outstanding Teaching and Research.
2016 Kent State Department of Athletics Faculty Honor, Kent State University, For being instrumental in student-athlete academic success.
2014-2015 Certificate for ``Dedicated Service and Outstanding Contributions toward Student Success", KSU Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Upward Bound.
2014 Pritchard Dissertation Award, Outstanding dissertation work in Mathematics.      
2013 Manuscript chosen as a "Highlight of 2013" in New Journal of Physics
2012 Department of Mathematics Teaching Award, Pennsylvania State University. 2009-2014 University Graduate Research Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University.
2009 August and Ruth Homeyer Graduate Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University.
2009 University of Akron Outstanding Senior, Top 10 graduating seniors at U. Akron.
2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Outstanding undergraduate research in the STEM fields. First person at the University of Akron ever to win.
2007 Alberta M. and William C. King Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Jr./Sr. in Mathematics, The University of Akron.
2006 Dr. Mary E. Maxwell Scholarship for Outstanding Freshman in Mathematics, The University of Akron.
2005 University of Akron Honors Scholar of Excellence, Awarded to top incoming undergraduates of the University of Akron Honors College.
 
Research Interests:
  Mathematical Analysis, Simulations, and Modeling with Applications in Biology and Materials Science  
  Computational and Applied Mathematics
  Mathematical Biology
  Collective Motion, Phase Transitions, and Pattern Formation in Active Biosystems/Biomaterials
 
Teaching Areas:
Applied Mathematics
Differential Equations
Mathematical Biology
Numerical Analysis
Partial Differential Equations
 
Professional Affiliations:
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Society of Mathematical Biology (SMB)
Ohio Academy of Sciences (OAS)
 
Professional Experience:
2021 - Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.
2020 - co-Director, Center for Applied Data Analysis and Modeling (ADAM), Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.
2020 - Affiliated Faculty Member, Dept. of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland, OH (Courtesy Appointment).
2016-2021, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Cleveland State University
2014-2016, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
2010-2012 (Summers), Summer Research Aide of Igor Aranson, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
 
University Service:
Much More (see CV)
2021 - COSHP Curriculum and Instruction Committee Member
2020 - co-Director, CSU Research Center on Applied Data Analysis and Modeling (ADAM)
2016 - Technology Coordinator, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, CSU
 
Professional Service:
2020 - Present MAA Ohio Project NExT Mentor
2018 - National Science Foundation (NSF) Reviewer
2017 - Reviewer for MathSciNet
 
Community Service:
2018 - Ohio Science Olympiad Event Coordinator/Supervisor
2018 - Skype-A-Scientist Participant
2015-2016, NE Ohio STEM Science Fair Project Mentor
2014-2016, Volunteer at Akron Science Expo
 
Research Grants:
2023-2026 USDA-NIFA Grant (w/ D. Munther and C. Kothapalli)
2021-2022 FRD Grant, Modeling tools to reduce pathogen cross-contamination and enhance compliance for poultry chilling, (PI D. Munther, co-PI C. Kothapalli)
2019-2020 CSU Textbook Affordability Grant, Open Text and Module-based learning for Linear Algebra
2019-2020 FRD Grant, Swimming near deformable surfaces, PI (co-PI C. Wirth).
2017 - Ohio Supercomputing Center Grant, Start-Up Computational Hours, PI Grant #PFS0230-1
2016 - 2017 Public Health Agency of Canada Grant, Mechanisms of Bacterial Contamination in Poultry Chill Tanks (PI D. Munther)