Education

• Ph.D. Mathematics                         2016    University of Louisiana at Lafayette   

• M.S.   Applied Mathematics            2014    University of Louisiana at Lafayette 

• Mphil Mathematics                          2007    Bharathidasan University

• M.Sc. Mathematics                         2005     Anna University, Chennai

• B.Sc.  Mathematics                         2003     University of Madras, Chennai

Employment History

• Associate Professor of Mathematics,  Utah Tech University, July 2023   -  present

• Assistant Professor of Mathematics,  Utah Tech University, July 2017   -  June 2023

• Lecturer, Southern Utah University, July 2016 - June 2017

• Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2011-2016

• Teaching Research Associate, Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, 2008-2010

• Lecturer, Hindustan College of Engineering, Anna University, 2007-2008

• Lecturer, Meenakshi Sundarajan Engineering College, Anna University, 2005-2007

Awards and Honors

• 2021 SIMIODE MInDE Fellow

• Mini Trailblazer Award  Utah Tech University 2020, 2023

• 2019-20 AMATYC Project ACCCESS Fellow.

• 2018-19 Mathematical Association of America Project Next Fellow.

• Rhodes Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2015-2016.

Grants Received

• Co-Principal Investigator, THRIVE Program at Utah Tech University, Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants, Mathematical Association of America (MAA). $5000 (May 2025 - May 2026).

• Director, DTSP (Dixie Tensor Scholar Program), Tensor Women and Mathematics Grants,   Mathematical Association of America (MAA). $10,000 (May, 2019 - May, 2022).

• Co-Principal Investigator, Learning Innovation Grant, (Center for Teaching and Learning), Dixie State University. (January, 2019 - May, 2019).

Research Presentations

1. Numerical Solutions for Systems of Caputo Fractional Differential Equations with Initial Conditions Using Laplace Transform Method, MAA MathFest Conference, In person, Tampa Florida, August 2-5, 2023

2. Laplace Transform Techniques for Computing Numerical Solutions of Linear Sequential Caputo Fractional Differential Equations, MAA Intermountain Section Meeting, In person, March 24-25, 2023

3. Linear Sequential Caputo Fractional Boundary Value Problems with Mixed Non - Homogeneous Boundary Conditions and the numerical results, Dixie Research Symposium, Dixie State University,  April 23, 2021

4. Numerical Results for Linear Sequential Caputo Fractional Boundary Value Problems with Mixed Homogeneous Boundary Conditions, MAA Intermountain Sectional Meeting, March 26-27, 2021

5. Numerical Results for Sequential Caputo Fractional Differential Equations with Laplace Transform Methods, AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore, MD,  Jan. 16 - 19, 2019

6. Numerical results for Linear sequential caputo fractional boundary value problem with mixed boundary conditions ,AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan. 10-13, 2018

7. Calculus Vs Fractional Calculus, Dixie Research Symposium, Dixie State University, April 2018

8. Generalized monotone method for sequential caputo fractional boundary value problem with numerical results, Festival of Excellence, Southern Utah University, April, 2017.

9. Numerical results for Sequential Caputo fractional boundary value problem, AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Invited talk, Jan. 4-7, 2017

10. Differential Equations Vs Fractional Differential Equations, WMG COSE Research Symposium, Southern Utah University  November 6, 2016

11. Numerical Results for Linear Caputo Fractional Differential Equations with Variable Coefficients and Applications, AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jan. 6-9, 2016

12. Numerical and Analytical Results for Linear Caputo Fractional Differential Equations with Variable Coefficients, 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 

13. Basic Results for Caputo Fractional Differential Equations}", 34rd Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, Oct. 11-12, 2014 

14. Presented a poster, titled "Caputo Fractional Differential Equations and its Applications" at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Graduate School Symposium, April 8, 2010

Teaching Presentations

1. Improving Student Engagement in Calculus Classes through Active Learning Strategies: Connecting Classroom to the Community, MAA MathFest Conference, In person, Indianapolis IN,  August 7-10, 2024

2. Active Learning Activities in a Virtual Calculus Class, AMATYC conference, Phoenix, Arizona, 2021

3. Calculus Vs Fractional Calculus, Dixie Research Symposium, Dixie State University, April 2018

4. Differential Equations Vs Fractional Differential Equations, WMG COSE Research Symposium, Southern Utah University  November 6, 2016

Outreach Presentations

1. Strengthening the K–16 Pipeline: Outreach Success at Utah Tech through MAA Support, MAA outreach poster presentation, MAA MathFest, In person,  Aug 6 - 9, 2025

2. Dixie Tensor Scholar Program - Maryam day workshop., MAA outreach poster presentation, MAA MathFest, In person,  Aug 3-6, 2022

3. Dixie Tensor Scholar Program - Maryam day workshop., MAA outreach poster presentation, MAA MathFest, Virtual, Aug 4-7, 2021

Publications

1. Bhuvaneswari Sambandham, Aghalaya S. Vatsala, Basic Results for Sequential Caputo Fractional Differential Equations, Mathematics 2015, 3(1), 76-91; https://doi.org/10.3390/math3010076 

2. Bhuvaneswari Sambandham, Aghalaya S. Vatsala, Numerical Results for Linear Caputo Fractional Differential Equations with Variable Coefficients and Applications, Neural, Parallel, and Scientific Computations, Vol. 23 No. 3, 253-266, 2015. https://www.dynamicpublishers.com/Neural/NPSC2015/13-npsc-253-266.pdf

3. Aghalaya S. Vatsala, Bhuvaneswari Sambandham, Laplace Transform Method for Sequential Caputo Fractional Differential Equations, Journal - MESA, Vol. 7 No. 2, 341-349, 2016.

4.  Bhuvaneswari Sambandham, Aghalaya S. Vatsala, Generalized Monotone Method for Sequential Caputo Fractional Boundary Value Problems}, Journal of Advances in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 1 No. 4:} 241-259, 2016. http://www.isaacpub.org/images/PaperPDF/JAAM_100043_2016122114105692266.pdf

5.  Bhuvaneswari Sambandham,  Aghalaya S. Vatsala and Vinodh K. Chellamuthu, "Numerical Results for Linear Sequential Caputo Fractional Boundary Value Problems", Mathematics 2019, 7(10), 910; https://doi.org/10.3390/math7100910 

6. Buvaneswari Sambandham, Aghalaya S. Vatsala, "Sequential Caputo versus Nonsequential Caputo Fractional Initial and Boundary Value Problems", International Journal of Difference Equations, Volume 15, Issue 12 (2020), 531-546.

7. Vatsala, A.S.; Sambandham, B. Remarks on Sequential Caputo Fractional Differential Equations with Fractional Initial and Boundary Conditions. Mathematics 2024, 12, 3970. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12243970

Synergistic Activities

• Committee Member, Association for Women in Mathematics Essay Contest Committee, 2025-2028.

• Faculty Mentor, Association for Women in Mathematics, 2019 - present. 

• Second Vice Chair, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Intermountain Section Meeting,  2024 - present. 

• Coordinator, Math 980 (Transitional Mathematics II), 2023-present. 

• Committee Member, Association for Women in Mathematics - Mathematical Association of America (MAA) MathFest Committee, Association for Women in Mathematics, 2022 - 2024. 

• New Faculty Mentor, Mathematics Department, Utah Tech University, 2023-2024.

• Second Vice Chair, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Intermountain Section Meeting,  2018 - 2020. 

• Faculty Advisor, Association for Women in Mathematics Student Chapter, Utah Tech University  2018 - present.

• Co-organizer, MAA Intermountain Student Competition, March 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023. 

• Co-organizer, MAA Project NEXT workshop, Mentoring undergraduate research for beginners, Jan 2019. 

• Judge, Undergraduate poster session, JMM, Baltimore, MA, 2017, 2018, 2019. 

• Career Speaker, Mathematics and Dance, Math Circle, Dixie State University, Utah, UT, Feb 2019. 

• Career Speaker, Mathematics and Indian Rangoli, Dixie PREP, Dixie State University, Utah, UT, Summer 2018. 

• Judge, First Lego League Competition for Middle school, 2017, 2018, 2019. 

• Mentor, Mathematics and Origami, SHETECH, SUIGT for high school girls, Southern Utah University, Utah, UT, May 2018, 2019.

Professional Development

• AP Calculus Reader - College Board – AP Program, 2025

• Career Speaker, UT Prep - Year 1, 2024, 2025.

• Career Speaker, UT Prep - Year 2, 2025. 

• Co-organizer, Association for Women in Mathematics, "Mathematical Games and Puzzles: Fun for All!" MAA MathFest, Aug 2024.

• Co-organizer, Association for Women in Mathematics, "Mental Health in the Mathematics Community: Continuing the Conversation" MAA MathFest, Aug 2024.

• Co-organizer of the Contributed Paper Session, Association for Women in Mathematics, "MathArt: Classic and Novel Intersections of Mathematics and the Arts" MAA MathFest, Aug 2023.

• Co-organizer of the Panel Session, Association for Women in Mathematics, "Mental Health in the Mathematics Community" MAA MathFest, Aug 2023.

• UTWSP MAA Maryam Day Workshop, Utah Tech University, UT, 2023.

• Co-organizer, Student Competition Calculus Bee, MAA Intermountain section meeting conference, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023.

• DTSP MAA Maryam Day Workshop, Dixie State University, UT, 2022.

• Co-organizer, Association for Women in Mathematics, "Alternative Post-Secondary Mathematics Pathways" MAA MathFest, Aug 2022.

• Judge, Undergraduate Student research presentation, MAA MathFest, Virtual, Aug 2021.

• Judge, Undergraduate poster session, MAA MathFest, 2022, 2023.

• DTSP MAA Maryam Day Workshop, Dixie State University, UT, 2021.

• Judge, SCUDEM, SIMIODE, 2020.

• Judge, Undergraduate Student Poster session, JMM, Baltimore, MD, 2019.

• Career Speaker, Red Rock Math Circle, Dixie State University, UT, 2018, 2019.

• Career Speaker, Dixie Prep, Dixie State University, UT, 2019.

• Workshop leader, eSmart, Dixie State University, UT, Summer 2019.

• Judge, Undergraduate Student Poster session, JMM, San Diego, CA, 2018.

• Mentor, MAGIC Summer camp, Dixie State University, Saint George, UT, June 2017.

• SHETECH for high school girls, Southern Utah University, Utah, UT, May 2017

• Judge, First Lego League Competition for Middle school,  Southern Utah University, Utah, UT Spring 2017.

• Judge, Undergraduate Student Poster session, JMM, Atlanta, GA, 2017.

• "Honors Pedagogy" Professional development workshop, Southern Utah University, Utah, UT Fall 2016.

• New faculty workshop, Center of Excellence for Teaching and Learning (CETL), Southern Utah University, Utah, UT Fall 2016.

• Whistling Vivaldi Reading Circle, Southern Utah University, Utah, Fall 2016.

• Instructor workshop for teaching a freshman quantitative reasoning course, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA June 24, 2015.

• Winter School on Modeling, Computing and Simulation in Engineering, Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, Chennai \hfill 11 Dec 2006 - 12 Jan 2007.

• National workshop on Matlab and its Applications, SSN College of Engineering, TN, INDIA, May 7 - 11 2007.

Workshops/ Conference Attended

• MAA MathFest conference meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2024

• MAA MathFest conference meeting, Tampa, Florida, 2023

• MAA Intermountain Section Meeting, Utah Tech University, Saint George, 2023.

• MAA Intermountain Section Meeting, Utah Valley University, Provo, 2022.

• Center for Teaching and Learning Conference, Utah Tech University, 2022, 2023.

• Teaching and Learning Conference, Dixie State University, 2019, 2021

• MAA intermountain Section Meeting (Virtual), 2021.

• MAA intermountain Section Meeting, Cedar city, UT, 2019.

•  MAA intermountain Section Meeting, Logan, UT, 2018.

• AMS - MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Jan. 9-13, 2015

• National conference on Graph Theory, Algorithms and their Applications, Annamalai University, TN, INDIA June 2007.

• Lloyd Roeling UL Lafayette Mathematics Conference, 2-4 November 2012.

University Service

• Member, Teaching and Learning Committee, Utah Tech University, 2024

• Member, Global Engagement Committee, Utah Tech University, 2023-2025.

• Math 980 Coordinator, Utah Tech University, Fall 2023 - present

• Member, New Faculty Seminar Committee, Utah Tech University, 2019-2023

• Member, Teaching and Learning Committee, Utah Tech University, 2019-2023

• Diversity Advocate, Utah Tech University, September 2018-present

• Senator, Faculty Senate, Dixie State University, 2023-2024

• Member, Faculty Excellence Committee, 2018-2019

• Member, Women Resource Center, 2019-2022