Active Learning

Dr. Vinodh Chellamuthu joined Dixie State University in 2015 after completing his graduate work at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His main research interests lie in Mathematical Modeling. The process of beginning with a small concept and ending with a mathematical model that mimics real-time experimental observations has always motivated Chellamuthu in his work.

A passionate proponent of undergraduate research, Dr. Chellamuthu regularly engages undergraduates in problems related to his research program, and he fosters a commitment in his students to disseminate their work through publications and national/regional presentations. His work with students has led to over 90 student presentations at various conferences. In recognition of his success in mentoring undergraduate research, Dr. Chellamuthu received the 2020 Early Career Mentoring Award from the Division of Mathematics and Computer Science within the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). He has a passion for recruiting and training students to participate in the international mathematics competition Mathematical Contest in Modeling. He is passionate about incorporating effective teaching practices in the classroom, sharing resources for teaching, and ‘preaching’ the value of mathematical modeling. He has recruited and prepared over 50 students to participate in mathematical modeling competitions, including MCM/ICM and SCUDEM.

As a dedicated teacher-scholar, Dr. Chellamuthu received the Dixie State University's Distinguished University Teaching Award in 2019, and he was chosen as a 2019 national Project SLOPE Research fellow. During his tenure at DSU, Dr. Chellamuthu has incorporated various SoTL projects related to "Active Learning. Active Life" with the support of Learning Innovation Grants through Dixie State University's Center for Teaching and Learning. In 2019, Dr. Chellamuthu received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the Intermountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).

Dr. Chellamuthu currently serves as a councilor for CUR (in the Division of Mathematics and Computer Science) and Vice-Chair of Programs for BIG SIGMAA, a special interest group of the MAA that provides resources and a forum for mathematicians working in business, industry, and government. In addition, he currently serves as a Chair for the Mathematical Association of America Intermountain Section.

Education

Ph.D. Mathematics 2015 University of Louisiana at Lafayette
M.S. Applied Mathematics 2010 Tulane University
M.Sc. Mathematics 2005 Anna University, Chennai
B.Sc. Mathematics 2003 University of Madras, Chennai

Employment History

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Dixie State University, July 2021 - present
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Dixie State University, July 2015 - June 2021
Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2010 - 2015
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tulane University, 2007 - 2010
Project Associate, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, 2005 - 2007

Awards and Honor

Distinguished Service Award, Dixie State University, 2021
2020 Early Career Faculty Mentoring (National) Award for Outstanding Mentoring of Undergraduate Students in Research, Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) MCS Division.
Distinguished Teaching Award, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Intermountain Section, 2019
Distinguished Teaching Award, Dixie State University, 2019
AMATYC Project SLOPE Research Fellow, 2019-20
SIMIODE MInDE Fellow, 2019
Most Inspiring Mentor, DSU CHASS, 2019
AMATYC Project ACCCESS Fellow, 2017-18
Finalist, Teacher of the Year - Rising Star Award, 2017, 2018 Dixie Awards, Dixie State University.
Rhodes Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2014-2015.

Grants Received

S-STEM Scholarship grant. Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), $933,393; Co-PI with Drs. Eric Pedersen, Wendy Schatzberg, Trevor Terril and Aaron Davis as PI. 2021-2026.
National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (NREUP). Funded by National Science Foundation and Mathematical Association of America, $27,575, PI. 2021.
Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics mini-grant; Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) and Occidental College; $12, 000; PI. 2021-2022.
Principal Investigator, Academic Innovation Grant, (Center for Academic Innovation), Dixie State University. (January, 2020 - May, 2020).
PICMath, (Preparation of Industrial Careers in Mathematics), NSF through Mathematical Association of America (MAA), $1,000, Recipient for DSU. May, 2019 - July, 2020.
Co-director, DTSP (Dixie Tensor Scholar Program), TensorWomen and Mathematics Grants, Mathematical Association of America (MAA). $10,000 (May, 2019 - May, 2022).
Co-director, MAGIC (Mathematics Advances Great Intellectual Confidence), Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants (DMEG) Program, Mathematical Association of America (MAA). $1,847 (May, 2017 - April, 2018).
Co-director, (R2MC) (Red Rock Math Circle), Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants (DMEG) Program, Mathematical Association of America (MAA). $5,000 (August, 2018 - April, 2019).
PICMath, (Preparation of Industrial Careers in Mathematics), NSF through Mathematical Association of America (MAA), $5,000, Recipient for DSU.(May, 2018 - July, 2019).
Principal Investigator, Academic Innovation Grant, (Center for Academic Innovation), Dixie State University. (May, 2018 - December, 2018).
Co-Principal Investigator, Learning Innovation Grant, (Center for Teaching and Learning), Dixie State University. (January, 2019 - May, 2019).

Undergraduates Research Projects Supervised

Angel Beltran, Dixie State University, "Influence of Climate on Cholera Outbreaks: A Mathematical Model and Analysis" Spring 2016
Matthew Woodside, Dixie State University, "Modeling of Tuberculosis in Closed Population" Spring 2016, Fall 2016
James Barrett, Dixie State University, "Modeling Vaccination Strategies for Tuberculosis" Fall 2017
Colton Smith, Dixie State University, "Assessing the Role of Temperature in Dengue Fever Outbreak Dynamics with Wolbachia Transinfection Control Methods." Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017
Alexander Mitchell, Dixie State University, "Modeling EBOLA Outbreaks: Analyzing the Effects of Contact Tracing" Summer 2017, Fall 2017
Neil Duncan, Dixie State University, "Modeling the Spread of Whirling Disease in Salmonids" Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Jace Howell, Dixie State University, "Effect of Over fishing: Analysis and Model" Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Michael Maynard, Dixie State University, "Mathematical Modeling of Thin Film Growth" Spring 2018
Jisun Otterson, Dixie State University, "Modeling Dengue Outbreaks: Analyzing the Effects of Wolbachia Transinfection" Spring 2018, Fall 2018
Craig Peterson, Dixie State University, "Statistical Analysis of Players: A Hockey Data Analytics" Spring 2018, Fall 2018
Justin Phillips, Dixie State University, "Does kicking a soccer ball on the needle differ the flight path of the ball from any other kick?" Spring 2018, Fall 2018
Noelle West, Dixie State University, "A Mathematical Model of West Nile Virus: The Effects of Passive Immunity in Birds and Vertical Transmission in Mosquitoes" Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 20
Abel Reed, Dixie State University, "Modeling Opiod Epidemic" Fall 2018, Spring 2019
Jake Skinner, Dixie State University, "Wild fire: A Mathematical Model Analyzing the Effects of Fire Damage" Fall 2018, Spring 2019
Rashe Elliot, Anthony Kerns, Chandler Young, Dixie State University, “Strategic Marketing Analysis Using Mathematical Modeling to Understand Trends in Real Time Dataset" Spring 2019
Ammon Taylor, Dixie State University, “A Mathematical Model to Control Mosquito Population through Optimal Treatment Strategies through Wolbachia Transinfection” Summer 2019, Fall 2019
Rylee Esplin, Dixie State University, “Forecasting Mosquito Abundance and Assessing Abatement Strategies” Fall 2019, Spring 2020
Cesar Vasquez, Brett Havertz, Justin Phillips, Patrick Dockstader, Dixie State University, “Computing Data Trends for Auto Industry using Statistical Model” Spring 2019
Jack Sellars, Drake Brennan, Kimball Hooper, "Predictive model for Zion National Park Visitation using modified Sliding Window Algorithm" Fall 2019
Damen Maughan, Micheal Casperson, Lin Tian, "Optimal model to predict Zion National Park Visitation " Fall 2019
Heather Smith, Dixie State University, "Assessing the Impact of Sustainability Education in a Closed Population Through Individual-Based Modeling", Summer 2019, Fall 2019
Shandi Stiner, Dixie State University, "An Agent-Based Model of West Nile Virus: Predicting the Impact of Vaccinations on Horses", Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
Damen Maghan, Dixie State University, "A Classification algorithm to predict job trends within Southern Utah", Fall 2019, Spring 2020
Rosa Flores, Addesyn Marshall, Dixie State University, " Impact of Chytridiomycosis in the Southern Utah Frog Population", Spring 2020, Fall 2020
Danielle Dayton, Dixie State University, "Lizard Habitat Destruction: Good or Bad" , Spring 2020
Austin Harper, Dixie State University, “Modeling the Impact of Wolbachia Transinfection and its Effectiveness on Mitigating the Spread of Dengue", Spring 2021, Summer 2021
William Clark, Dixie State University, “Effects of Temperature on Population Mobility and Spread of COVID-19", Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Brandon Payne, Dixie State University, “A Mathematical Model of COVID-19: Efficacy of Vaccination with Heterogeneous Populations”, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Chauntel Dallas, Dixie State University, “Mathematical Modeling of Prostate Cancer”, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Paige Watts, Dixie State University, “Polynomial Interpolation: Analysis and Efficiency of Lagrange’s Method”, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Ryan Rampton, Dixie State University, “Obesity Epidemic: A Review of Mathematical Models”, Spring 2021, Summer 2021
Gregory Schmidt, Riley Morgan, Dixie State University, “Statistical Modeling to Predict the Trend in Lung Cancer Data in Utah using Joinpoint Regression Analysis”, Summer 2021, Fall 2021 (Co-mentored with Dr. Md Sazib Hasan)
Lori Smith, Brandon Payne, Dixie State University, “A two-patch model of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: Analysis of conservation strategies in frog populations”, Summer 2021
Christian Riordan, Rosa Flores, Dixie State University, “Assessing the Efficiency of Predator-Prey Control Strategies in the Persistence of Dengue with Wolbachia Transinfection” Summer 2021

Undergraduate students presentations

Angel Beltran, "Modeling Cholera Dynamics with Environmental Limits" 5th Annual DSU Research Day, April 22, 2016.
Angel Beltran, "Influence of Climate on Cholera Outbreaks: A Mathematical Model and Analysis" MAA MathFest, Columbus, OH, August 4-7, 2016.
(Outstanding poster) Colton Smith, "Assessing the Role of Temperature in Dengue Fever Outbreak Dynamics with Wolbachia Transinfection Control Methods." AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 10-13, 2018.
Alexander Mitchell, "Modeling EBOLA Outbreaks: Analyzing the Effects of Contact Tracing" AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 10-13, 2018.
Colton Smith, "Assessing the Role of Temperature in Dengue Fever Outbreak Dynamics with Wolbachia Transinfection Control Methods." Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, Cedar City, UT, February 9, 2018.
Alexander Mitchell, "Modeling EBOLA Outbreaks: Analyzing the Effects of Contact Tracing" Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, Cedar City, UT, February 9, 2018.
Neil Duncan, "Modeling the Spread of Whirling Disease in Salmonids" Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, Cedar City, UT, February 9, 2018.
Jace Howell, "Effect of Overfishing: Analysis and Model", Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, Cedar City, UT, February 9, 2018.
Alexander Mitchell, " An Agent-Based Model of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease", 2018 MAA Intermountain Section Annual Conference, Logan, March 23-24, 2018.
Neil Duncan, "Modeling the Spread of Whirling Disease in Salmonids" 2018 MAA Intermountain Section Annual Conference, Logan, March 23-24, 2018.
Rashe Elliot, " Modeling the growing demand of Tesla electric vehicles " Dixie State Regional Research Symposium, April 6, 2018.
Colton Smith, "Assessing the Role of Temperature in Dengue Fever Outbreak Dynamics with Wolbachia Transinfection Control Methods." Dixie State Regional Research Symposium, April 6, 2018.
(Dixie Awards 2018 - Undergraduate Researcher of the Year) Alexander Mitchell, "Modeling EBOLA Outbreaks: Analyzing the Effects of Contact Tracing" Dixie State Regional Research Symposium, April 6, 2018.
Neil Duncan, "Modeling the Spread of Whirling Disease in Salmonids" Dixie State Regional Research Symposium, April 6, 2018.
Jace Howell, "Effect of Overfishing: Analysis and Model", Dixie State Regional Research Symposium, April 6, 2018.
Justin Philips, " A method to determine three-dimensional spin rate and axis of a kicked soccer ball from video, with application to spin rate increases in needle hole kicks.”, April 6, 2018.
Craig Peterson, “Statistical Analysis of Players." The Hockey Conference, Edmonton, Canada, July 5-6, 2018.
Jisun Otterson, “Assessing the Role of Temperature in Dengue Fever Outbreak Dynamics with Wolbachia Transinfection Control Methods." MAA MathFest, Denver, CO, August 1-4, 2018.
Jisun Otterson, “Assessing the Role of Temperature in Dengue Fever Outbreak Dynamics with Wolbachia Transinfection Control Methods." Research Appreciation Day, Rocky Vista University, Sothern Utah, November 6, 2018.
(Outstanding poster) Jake Skinner, “Wildfire: A Mathematical Model Analyzing the Effects of Fire Damage.”AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Jan. 16-19, 2019
(Outstanding poster) Noelle West, “A Mathematical Model of West Nile Virus: The Effect of Interaction between Humans, Mosquitoes, and Birds." AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Jan. 16-19, 2019
(Outstanding poster) Craig Peterson, “Forecasting Performance through Analytics." AMS – MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Jan. 16-19, 2019
Abel Reed, “Assessing the Role of Prescribed Painkillers and its Impact on Opioid Epidemic." AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Jan. 16-19, 2019
Noelle West, “A Mathematical Model of West Nile Virus: The Effect of Interaction Between Humans, Mosquitoes, and Birds." Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, Ogden, UT, February 22, 2019
Craig Peterson, “Forecasting Performance Through Analytics." Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, Ogden, UT, February 22, 2019
Abel Reed, “Assessing the Role of Prescribed Painkillers and its Impact on Opioid Epidemic." Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research, Ogden, UT, February 22, 2019
Jisun Otterson, “Assessing the Role of Temperature in Dengue Fever Outbreak Dynamics with Wolbachia Transinfection Control Methods." MAA Intermountain Section Spring Meeting, Cedar City, UT, April 12-13, 2019.
Noelle West, “A Mathematical Model of West Nile Virus: The Effect of Interaction Between Humans, Mosquitoes, and Birds." MAA Intermountain Section Spring Meeting, Cedar City, UT, April 12-13, 2019.
Craig Peterson, “Forecasting Performance Through Analytics." MAA Intermountain Section Spring Meeting, Cedar City, UT, April 12-13, 2019.
Jisun Otterson, “Assessing the Role of Temperature in Dengue Fever Outbreak Dynamics with Wolbachia Transinfection Control Methods." DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 18, 2019.
Noelle West, “A Mathematical Model of West Nile Virus: The Effect of Interaction Between Humans, Mosquitoes, and Birds." DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 18, 2019.
Chandler Young, Rashe Elliot, Anthony Kerns, “Strategic Marketing Analysis Using Mathematical Modeling to Understand Trends in Real Time Dataset" DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 18, 2019.
Craig Peterson, “Forecasting Performance Through Analytics." DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 18, 2019.
Abel Reed, “Assessing the Role of Prescribed Painkillers and its Impact on Opioid Epidemic." DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 18, 2019.
Justin Phillips, Rylee Esplin, Cesar Vasquez, “Universal, Decentralized, Digital Currency: Is It Possible" DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 18, 2019.
Jake Skinner, “Wildfire: A Mathematical Model Analyzing the Effects of Fire Damage." DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 18, 2019
Noelle West, “A Mathematical Model of West Nile Virus: The Effect of Interaction Between Humans, Mosquitoes, and Birds." MAA Mathfest, Cincinnati, OH, July 31 - August 4, 2019.
Chandler Young, “Strategic Marketing Analysis Using Mathematical Modeling to Understand Trends in Real Time Dataset" , MAA Mathfest, Cincinnati, OH, July 31 - August 4, 2019.
Rylee Esplin, “Forecasting Mosquito Abundance and Assessing Abatement Strategies”, MAA Mathfest, Cincinnati, OH, July 31 - August 4, 2019.
Brett Havertz and Cesar Vasquez, “Computing Data Trends for Auto Industry using Statistical Model”, MAA Mathfest, Cincinnati, OH, July 31 - August 4, 2019.
Ammon Taylor, “A Mathematical Model to Control Mosquito Population through Optimal Treatment Strategies through Wolbachia Transinfection ”, 2019 UMAA Annual Meeting, Ruby's Inn at Bryce Canyon NP, October 13-15, 2019.
(Outstanding poster) Noelle West, “A Mathematical Model of West Nile Virus: The Effects of Passive Immunity in Birds and Vertical Transmission in Mosquitoes" AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Denver, CO. Jan. 15-18, 2020
(Outstanding poster) Cesar Vasquez, “Rating Clientele Potential Using Statistical Models" AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Denver, CO. Jan. 15-18, 2020
Shandi Stiner, “An Agent-Based Model of West Nile Virus: Predicting the Impact of Vaccinations on Horses" AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Denver, CO. Jan. 15-18, 2020.
Ammon Taylor, “A Mathematical Model to Control Mosquito Population through Wolbachia Transinfection." AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Denver, CO. Jan. 15-18, 2020.
Noelle West, “A Mathematical Model of West Nile Virus: The Effects of Passive Immunity in Birds and Vertical Transmission in Mosquitoes" Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Logan, UT. Feb. 7, 2020.
Shandi Stiner, “An Agent-Based Model of West Nile Virus: Predicting the Impact of Vaccinations on Horses" DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 17, 2020.
Heather Smith, Brandon Gowans, and Jason Kellerstrass, “A Mathematical Model to Analyze Covid-19 Related Panic Buying." DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 17, 2020.
Damen Maughan, “ A Soccer Team Strategy Dynamics Model using Network Theory and Regression Analysis." DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 17, 2020.
Rylee Esplin, “Modeling the Effects of Seasonality and its Impact on the Transmission Dynamics of the Zika Virus." DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 17, 2020.
Nathan Kelly & Damen Maughan, “Predicting Habitat Suitability for the Utah Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana infralabialis) through GIS Modeling." DSU Symposium for Research, Innovation and Creativity, Saint George, UT, April 17, 2020.
Noelle West, “A Mathematical Model of West Nile Virus: The Effects of Passive Immunity in Birds and Vertical Transmission in Mosquitoes" Poster on the Hill, Washington D.C., April 21, 2020.
Heather Smith & Douglas Baer, "Trail Density Prediction Model for Zion National Park" PIC Math Showcase (virtual), August 1, 2020.
Heather Smith, "Trail Density Prediction Model for Zion National Park" SIAM Northern States Section Student Chapters Conference , October 16-18, 2020.
Damen Maughan, "An Analysis of Soccer Data with Network Theory and Linear Regression" SIAM Northern States Section Student Chapters Conference (virtual), October 16-18, 2020.
Damen Maughan, "An Analysis of Soccer Data with Network Theory and Linear Regression" 2020 Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (virtual), October 23-24, 2020.
Heather Smith, "Trail Density Prediction Model for Zion National Park" 2020 Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (virtual), October 23-24, 2020.
Cesar Vasquez, "House-Price Predictive Modeling Using Support Vector Regression" 2020 Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (virtual), October 23-24, 2020.
(Outstanding poster) Brandon Payne, Cesar Vasquez, “A Mathematical Model of COVID-19: Efficacy of Vaccination with Heterogeneous Populations" AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, (Virtual) Jan. 7-8, 2021
William Clark, “Effects of Temperature on Population Mobility and Spread of COVID-19" AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, (Virtual) Jan. 7-8, 2021
Brandon Payne,“A Mathematical Model of COVID-19: Efficacy of Vaccination with Heterogeneous Populations" SIMIODE EXPO 2021 12 - 13 February 2021
William Clark, “Effects of Temperature on Population Mobility and Spread of COVID-19" SIMIODE EXPO 2021 12 - 13 February 2021
Abel Reed, “Assessing the Role of Prescribed Painkillers and its Impact on Opioid Epidemic." The Annual Conference of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters (virtual), March 20th, 2021.
William Clark, “Effects of Temperature on Population Mobility and Spread of COVID-19" MAA Intermountain Section Spring Meeting (virtual), March 26-27, 2021.
Brandon Payne,“A Mathematical Model of COVID-19: Efficacy of Vaccination with Heterogeneous Populations" MAA Intermountain Section Spring Meeting (virtual), March 26-27, 2021.
Addesyn Marshall, Brooklyn Price, "Interconnecting a Network of Musical Influence by Four Degrees" MAA Intermountain Section Spring Meeting (virtual), March 26-27, 2021.
William Clark, “Effects of Temperature on Population Mobility and Spread of COVID-19" National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (virtual), April 12-14, 2021.
Abel Reed, “Assessing the Role of Prescribed Painkillers and its Impact on Opioid Epidemic." 2021 Dixie Research Symposium (virtual), April 23, 2021.
Addesyn Marshall, Brooklyn Price, Rosa Flores, "Interconnecting a Network of Musical Influence by Four Degrees" 2021 Dixie Research Symposium (virtual), April 23, 2021.
Brandon Payne,“A Mathematical Model of COVID-19: Efficacy of Vaccination with Heterogeneous Populations" 2021 Dixie Research Symposium (virtual), April 23, 2021.
William Clark, “Effects of Temperature on Population Mobility and Spread of COVID-19" 2021 Dixie Research Symposium (virtual), April 23, 2021.
Brooklyn Price, Addesyn Marshall, Marcy Judd, "Social Interaction Between Age Groups and its Impact on the Prioritization of the COVID-19 Vaccine" 2021 Dixie Research Symposium (virtual), April 23, 2021.
Rosa Flores, Addesyn Marshall, “Modeling Chytridiomycosis Disease and its Thermal Acclimation within a Frog Population” 2021 Dixie Research Symposium (virtual), April 23, 2021.
Rosa Flores, Addesyn Marshall, “Modeling Chytridiomycosis Disease and its Thermal Acclimation within a Frog Population” 2021 SIAM Annual Meeting(virtual), July 19-23, 2021.
Austin Harper, “Modeling the Impact of Wolbachia Transinfection and its Effectiveness on Mitigating the Spread of Dengue ” 2021 SIAM Annual Meeting(virtual), July 19-23, 2021.
Brandon Payne, “A Mathematical Model of COVID-19: Efficacy of Vaccination with Heterogeneous Populations” 2021 SIAM Annual Meeting(virtual), July 19-23, 2021.
Rosa Flores, Addesyn Marshall, “Modeling Chytridiomycosis Disease and its Thermal Acclimation within a Frog Population” 2021 MAA MATHFEST (virtual), August 4-7, 2021.
Lori Smith, Brandon Payne, “A two-patch model of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: Analysis of conservation strategies in frog populations” 2021 MAA MATHFEST (virtual), August 4-7, 2021.
Gregory Schmidt, Riley Morgan, “Statistical Modeling to Predict the Trend in Lung Cancer Data in Utah using Joinpoint Regression Analysis” 2021 MAA MATHFEST (virtual), August 4-7, 2021. (Co-mentored with Dr. Md Sazib Hasan)
Brandon Payne, “A Mathematical Model of COVID-19: Efficacy of Vaccination with Heterogeneous Populations” 2021 MAA MATHFEST (virtual), August 4-7, 2021.
(Outstanding Paper) Christian Riordan, Rosa Flores, “Assessing the Efficiency of Predator-Prey Control Strategies in the Persistence of Dengue with Wolbachia Transinfection” 2021 MAA MATHFEST (virtual), August 4-7, 2021.

Presentations

American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) annual conference, Phoenix, AZ. Oct. 27-31, 2021
MAA MathFest (virtual), August 4 - 7, 2021.
AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting. Virtual; Jan. 6-9, 2021.
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) annual conference. Virtual; November 13, 2020.
AMS: Fall Western Sectional Meeting (Virtual - formerly at University of Utah) October 24-25, 2020.

AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Denver, CO. Jan. 15-18, 2020.
AMATYC, Milwaukee, WI. Nov. 13-17, 2019.
MAA MathFest, Cincinatti, OH, July 31 - August 3, 2019.
MAA Intermountain Section Spring Meeting, Cedar City, UT, April 12-13, 2019.
5th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference, Saint George, UT, March 29, 2019.
AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Jan. 16-19, 2019
AMATYC, Orlando, FL. Nov. 14-18, 2018
Research Appreciation Day, Rocky Vista University, Ivins, UT. Nov. 6, 2018
71st Annual Conference of the Utah Mosquito Abatement Association, Ogden, UT. Oct. 28-30, 2018
AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Diego, CA. Jan. 10-13, 2018
DSU Regional Research Symposium, St. George, UT. April 7, 2017
AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Seattle, WA. Jan. 6-9, 2016
Seventh International Conference on Dynamic Systems and Applications and Fifth International Conference on Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computations, Atlanta, GA. (Invited talk) May 27 { 30, 2015
AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Jan. 9-13, 2015
AMS Fall southeastern sectional meeting, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC. Nov. 9-10, 2014
Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA Oct. 21, 2014
34rd Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, Oct. 11-12, 2014
33rd Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Sep. 21-22, 2013

Keynote/Panel/Webinar Presentations

“Student Research League: AMATYCs Modeling and Research Contest.” Webinar for American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC). November 9, 2021. (Webinar) (co-presenters: Karen Gains and the 2021 SRL Championship Team)
"Adventures in Undergraduate Research", 2021 MAA Project NeXT Workshop, MATHFEST, August 3, 2021. (Panelist)
"Tips for Teaching your PIC Math class", 2021 PIC Math Faculty Workshop, June 8, 2021. (Panelist)
"Thinking Beyond the Finish Line"; the 6th Annual Teaching, Learning and Student Success Conference, March 19, 2021. (Keynote)
"SIMIODE and SCUDEM Benefits: Where to Start?", SIMIODE EXPO 2021 12 - 13 February 2021. (Panelist)
"Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics at Two Year Colleges and Similar Institutions", Undergraduate Research SIGMAA panel, AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting(Virtual) January 6-9, 2021. (Panelist)
Equipping Students for STEM Careers through Industrial Projects: The MAA PIC Math Program. Webinar for American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC). November 8, 2020. (co-presenter: J. Travis) (Webinar)
"Choosing Problems for Undergraduate Research"; Undergraduate Research SIGMAA panel; Mathfest 2019 (Cincinnati, Ohio); August 3, 2019. (Panelist)
"Undergraduate Research: Whats in It for Me? Opportunities and Benefits for Faculty.", The 5th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Dixie State University, March 29, 2019. (Panelist)

Publications ( * indicates Undergraduate student authors)

Vasquez, C*., & Chellamuthu, V. (2021). House Price Prediction With Statistical Analysis in Support Vector Machine Learning for Regression Estimation. Curiosity: Interdisciplinary Journal of Research and Innovation, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.36898/001c.22311
Stiner, S*., & Chellamuthu, V. (2020). An Agent-Based Model of West Nile Virus: Predicting the Impact of Public Health Agents and Vaccinations on Horses. Curiosity: Interdisciplinary Journal of Research and Innovation, 44–66. https://doi.org/10.36898/001c.17130
West, Noelle* and Chellamuthu, Vinodh K. (2020) "Modeling the Effects of Passive Immunity in Birds for the Disease Dynamics of West Nile Virus," Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics: Vol. 6, 16–25.
Craig Peterson*, Vinodh K. Chellamuthu, and Joseph Lovell, "Critical Commentary: Weighted Analytics – What Do the Numbers Suggest?", Journal Of Emerging Sport Studies , Volume III, (2020).
Yadav, S., Anbalagan, M., Baddoo, M., Chellamuthu, V.K., et al. "Somatic mutations in the DNA repairome in prostate cancers in African Americans and Caucasians." Oncogene (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-020-1280-x
B. Sambandham, Aghalaya S. Vatsala and Vinodh K. Chellamuthu, "Numerical Results for Linear Sequential Caputo Fractional Boundary Value Problems", Mathematics, Volume 7, Issue 10 (2019), 910.
A.S. Ackleh, J. Carter, V.K. Chellamuthu and B. Ma, "A Model for the Interaction of Frog Population Dynamics with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Janthinobacterium lividum and Temperature and its Implication for Chytridiomycosis Management", Ecological Modelling, 320 (2016), 158-169.
A.S.Ackleh, V.K.Chellamuthu, and K.Ito. "Finite Difference Approximation for Measure-Valued Solutions of a Hierarchically Size-Structured Population Model", Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 12:2(2015), 233-258.
V. Anderson*, C. Bettis*, S. Brown*, J. Davis*, N. Walker*, V.K. Chellamuthu, and A.S. Vatsala. "Superlinear convergence via mixed generalized quasilinearization method and generalized monotone method", Involve, a Journal of Mathematics 7:5 (2014), 699-712.

Professional Development

NSF funded SIMIODE - Model INstructors in Differential Equations (MINDE) Workshop, GFU, Newberg, OR 21-27 July 2019.
NSF PICMath Data ScienceWorkshop, BYU, Provo, UT, June 12 - June 15, 2019.
AMATYC Project SLOPE Fellow Workshop, Portland, OR, June 18 - 21, 2019.
Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE Math), Upper-Division Pathways: Mountain Regional Meeting, Orem, UT September 28 - 29, 2018.
Inquiry-Based Learning Workshop, Academy of Inquiry-Based Learning, Chicago, IL June 20 - June 23, 2017.
Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences (PIC Math) Data Analytics Workshop, BYU, Provo, UT May 29 - June 2, 2017.
UWHEN 2016 Fall Event: Navigating the Landscape of Women in STEM Higher Education, 4, November 2016.
CTL Active Learning Workshop, Dixie State University, Fall 2016.
CTL Faculty Learning Community, Dixie State University, Spring 2016.
4th Annual LBRN Computational Biology Workshop Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA March 18-19, 2011.
Summer graduate program, Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Summer 2009.
Winter School on Modeling, Computing and Simulation in Engineering, Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, Chennai 11 Dec 2006 - 12 Jan 2007.

Workshops/ Special Courses/ Conference Attended

Creating a Better Summer Experience: A DEI Workshop for REU Directors and Faculty Mentors (virtual), Center for Minorities in the Mathematical Sciences, May 22, 2021.
Game Theoretic Modeling for Math Majors, MAA Mini course, MAA MathFest, Cincinnati, OH. July 31 - August 3, 2019
MAA MathFest, Denver, CO. August 1-4, 2018
Rocky Mountain Partial Di erential Equations 2017, Provo, UT. May 18-19, 2017
AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Atlanta, GA. January 4-7, 2017
Teaching Modeling-First Differential Equations-Technology and Complete End Game Efforts, MAA Minicourse, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, GA, January 4-7, 2017.
Teaching an Introduction to the Mathematics of Computer Graphics, MAA Minicourse, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, GA, January 4-7, 2017.
Promoting Student Success Summit, Dixie State University, August 2015.
NSF/CBMS Regional Conference in the Mathematical Sciences, Topological and algebraic regularity properties of nuclear C*-algebras, May 11-15, 2012.
Lloyd Roeling UL Lafayette Mathematics Conference, 2-4 November 2012.

University Service

Co-Chair, Emerging Technology Group, Dixie State University, August 2019 - Present
Faculty Ambassador, Center for Academic Innovation, Dixie State University, March 2018 - July 2018
Major Field Test Administrator, Mathematics Department, Dixie State University, 2017 - Present
Assessment Coordinator, Mathematics Department, Dixie State University, 2017 -Present
Member, Diversity & Inclusion Council, Dixie State University, September 2017 - present
Member, University Distinguished Faculty Award Committee, Dixie State University, 2016 - 2017
Diversity Advocate, Dixie State University, September 2016 - present
Member, General Education for the 21st Century Task Force, Dixie State University, August 2016 -present
Member, Provost Task Force on Creating a Culture of Research, Innovation, and Creative Activity., Dixie State University, September 2018 - present
Member, University Curriculum Council, Dixie State University, January 2017 -June 2017
Senator, Faculty Senate, Dixie State University, July 2016 - present
Member, Policy Steering Committee, Dixie State University, August 2016 - May 2017
Member, General Education Committee, Dixie State University, August 2015 - present
Member, General Education Assessment Committee, Dixie State University, Spring 2016
Member, Undergraduate Research Committee, Dixie State University, August 2015 - present

Service to the profession

Editor, Department of Education & Research, International Digital Library.
Appointed Member, Mathematical Association of America Council on Publications and Communications, Febraruary 1, 2019 - January 31, 2022
Vice-Chair of Programs (elected), Mathematical Association of America BIG SIGMAA, January 2020 - January 2022
Editorial Board Member, SCIREA Journal of Information Science and Systems Science.
Editorial Board Member, SCIREA Journal of Mathematics.
Reviewer, MDPI Journals (Applied System Innovation, Symmetry, Entropy, Axioms, Algorithms, Mathematics).
Reviewer, Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Reviewer, Journal of the Mathematics Research.
Member, International Scientific Committee and Editorial Review Board,World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology.
Reviewer, International Virtual Research Conference In Technical Disciplines (2017).
Reviewer, CHOICE, Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Magazine.
Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
MAA Departmental Liaison, Dixie State University, 2016- Present
Triage Judge Mathworks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge, March 2019, 2020
Judge, MAA Undergraduate Student Poster Session, Joint Mathematics Meetings,
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Judge, MAA Student Presentation Sessions, MathFest 2018, 2019.
Presider, AMATYC Presentation Session, 2018, 2019.
Reviewer, 2nd World Congress on Undergraduate Research.

In the News

Dixie State University professor receives national mentoring awardST. GEORGE — Dixie State University Assistant Professor of Mathematics Vinodh Chellamuthu was one of only three people nationwide recently honored with a 2020 Award for Excellence in Mentoring. The Council on Undergraduate Research’s Mathematics and Computer Sciences division recognized Chellamuthu with the Early Career Faculty Mentoring Award for his continued efforts in supporting undergraduate research. The […]

Dixie State University professor receives Mathematical Association of America awardST. GEORGE — The Mathematical Association of America recently awarded Dixie State University assistant mathematics professor of mathematics Vinodh Chellamuthu with its 2019 Intermountain Section Award for Distinguished University Teaching of Mathematics.

DSU professor of mathematics earns national honorFor Vinodh Chellamuthu, it’s more than just math. Chellamuthu, an assistant professor of mathematics, is one of six educators across the nation selected for the Project Scholarly Leaders Originatin…

National grant allows Dixie State University to offer new math classST. GEORGE, Utah — Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, Dixie State University will expand its Mathematics Department to better prepare students for industrial careers beginning in the Spring 2019 semester. DSU will offer a new course, part of a new program, the Mathematical Association of America's Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences (PIC Math).

Dixie State board of trustees approves new applied, computational math degreeST. GEORGE — The Dixie State University Board of Trustees unanimously approved the institution to offer a Bachelor of Science in applied and computational mathematics at its general session Friday.

DSU to offer new mathematics degree in fall 2019The Bachelor of Science in applied and computational mathematics was unanimously approved by Dixie State's Board of Trustees.