Teaching
Spring 2026 Math559 (Numerical Analysis, Graduate), Math 352 (Numerical Analysis, UG) and Math201 (Calculus for Non-science Majors, UG)
Fall 2025 Algorithms & Computations I (Graduate) and Calculus for Non-science Majors, Math201 (UG, 2 sections)
Spring 2025, sabbatical leave
Fall 2024 Algorithms & Computations I (Graduate) and Calculus for Non-science Majors, Math201 (UG, 2 sections)
Spring 2024 Numerical Analysis, Math559 (Graduate) and Math 352 (UG) and Calculus for Non-science Majors(Math201)
Fall 2023 Math551 (Algorithm and Computation I, Graduate) and Math201 (Calculus for Non-science Majors, UG)
Spring 2023 Math559 (Numerical Analysis, Graduate), Math 352 (Numerical Analysis, UG) and Math201 (Calculus for Non-science Majors, UG)
Fall 2022, ·Math 110 (Functions, Graphs & Analytic Geometry, UG, 2 sessions), Math201 (Calculus for Non-science Majors, UG, 2 sessions)
Spring 2022, Math 201 (Calculus for business majors), Math 352/559 (Numerical Analysis), Math 450 (UG senior thesis)
Fall 2021, Math 201 (Calculus for business majors), Math 243 (Cal III), Math799 (Graduate Thesis)
Spring 2021, Math 552 (Algorithms & Computations II), Math 450 (UG senior thesis), Math 673 (Graduate research course)
Fall 2020, Math 201 (Calculus for business majors, 2 sections), Math 551 (Algorithms & Computations I)
Spring 2020, Math 201 (Calculus for business majors), Math 114 (Pre-Calculus for Science Majors), Math 450 (UG senior thesis)
Fall 2019, Math 201 (Calculus for business majors, 2 sections), Math 551 (Algorithms & Computations I)
Spring 2019, Math 242 (Calculus for Sci. & Eng. majors), Math 450 (UG senior thesis), and Math 552 (Algorithms & Computations II)
Fall 2018, Math 201 (Applied Calculus)
Spring 2018, Math 201 (Applied Calculus)
Fall 2017, Math 551 (Algorithms and Computations I, with emphasis on numerical linear methods for data mining problems)
Fall 2017, Math 341 (Advanced Calculus)
Spring 2017, Math 241 (Calculus I)
Spring 2017, Math 242 (Calculus II)
Fall 2016, Math 551, Algorithms and Computations I (with emphasis on iterative methods for linear systems)
Fall 2016, Math 341, Advanced Calculus
Spring 2016, Math 201, Applied Calculus (2 sections)
Fall 2015, Math 106, Beginning Algebra (2 sections)
Course materials, syllabus, schedule, and sample tests are available through Canvas.
Homeworks are based on WebAssign. More announcements, and tests will be delivered during class time.
Email: Mingchao.Cai@morgan.edu
Postdoc Researchers.
Dr. Olusola Olabanjo (01/14/2026--03/24/2026)
Dr. Bing Han (04/26/2023--12/24/2024)
Dr. Pilhwa Lee (07/29/2020--05/24/2022)
Graduate Students:
1. Mr. Olusola Olabanjo, Math Major (CS background), Phd student 02/2023-Now. Research interest: numerical simulation of lung ventilation and machine learning.
2. Mr. Edwin Aigbokhan, Math Major (CS background), Phd student 02/2023-Now. Research interest: numerical simulation of lung ventilation and machine learning.
3. Mr. Stanley Diala, Math Major (CS background), Phd student 02/2023-Now. Research interest: machine learning.
4. Mr. Ikechukwu (Michael) Nwamadi, Math major, Master student, 09/2020-06/2021. Research interests: machine learning. Master Thesis: Detection of Covid-19 cases from chest X-ray images using convolutional neural network.
5. Mr. Talal Alshehri, Math major, Master student, 06/2020-12/2021. Research interests: numerical PDEs. (Now, Talal is my PhD student)
6. Mr. Serges Love Teutu Talla, Math major, Master student, 06/2019-08/2019.
7. Mr. Dave Evans (Master student), Morgan State University, 01/2018-01/2019. Research interests: parallel solvers for some PDEs.
8. Mr. Abdoul Sall (Master student), Morgan State University, 01/2018-06/2018. Research interests: numerical methods.
9. Ms. Sharaf, Kholoud (Master student, co-advised with Dr. Guoping Zhang), Morgan State University, 03/2017-07/2017, Research interests: analysis of partial differential equations.
10. Ms. Jasmine, Alston (PhD student, worked with me 10/2016-08/2017, graduated under the supervison of Dr. Nkwanta), Morgan State University. Research interests: Data mining and numerical linear algebra
11. Ms. Fangfang, Qin (PhD student, now working as an assistant professor at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications), Nanjing Normal University, 09/2015-7/2016. Project: Immersed finite element methods for linear elasticity interface problems.
12. Mr. Christopher, Gaines (Master student), Morgan State University, 05/2016-12/2016. Project: An efficient algorithm for computing the nearest correlation matrix by using Tony Chan's preconditioner.
13. Mr. Sabeel, Khan (Master student), Technical University of Dortmund, 12/2008-07/2009. Master thesis: Phase field methods for Multi-phase flow simulations.
Undergraduate Students:
1. Ms. Abena Seffah, Math major, 05/2024--02/2025, Scientific editing and Matlab programming.
2. Ms. Monica Bandora, CS major, 03/2021--02/2023, Scientific editing and Matlab programming.
3. Ms. Dina Oluwadara CS major, 05/2021-12/2021, Scientific editing
4. Mr. Xavier Ray, CS major, 08/2019-03/2020; Machine Learning
5. Mr. Da'shawn Larry, CS major, 05/2019-03/2020; Machine Learning
6. Mr. Tamajong Nchukwi, CS major, got an internship from google in Summer 2019, 04/2019-01/2020
7. Mr. Muhammad Moiz, EE major, 02/2019-07/2019, Scientific editing and Matlab programming.
8. Ms. Azizah Conerly, EE major, got an internship from NIST in Summer of 2019, 02/2019-1/2020. Admitted as a PhD student at NCSU.
9. Lemech Barnes, EE major, Morgan State University, 09/2017-02/2019, Research interests: python programming for PDEs.
10. Mr. Jerel Roane, Math major, Morgan State University, 08/2018-12/2018, Research interests: scientific editing and Matlab programming.
11. Mr. Akinolu Olagunju, EE major, Morgan State University, 01/2018-03/2019, Research interests: scientific editing and Matlab programming.
12. Mr. Dexter Harris, CE major, Morgan State University, 08/2017-05/2018, Research interests: mesh generation.
13. Mr. Davis Orubele, EE major, Morgan State University, 06/2017-12/2018, Research interests: Matlab program for plotting figures and computations)
14. Mr. William, III, Honablew, Math major, Morgan State University, 03/2017-05/2018, Research interests: numerical methods for partial differential equations.
High School Students:
1. Ms. Eden Rhodes,Baltimore Polytechnic Institute , 05/2021--now, Research interest: machine learning
2. Mr. Isaiah Chapman (Co-advised with Dr. Nkwanta), Baltimore Polytechnic Institute , 06/2019-08/2020, Research interest: math models and data analysis of urban lead poisoning in Baltimore city