Steven N. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
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Biography
Hey, hey! Welcome to my page. My name is Steven Noel Rodriguez, I'm a Research Mathematician working on methods developments for computational physics. I live in Washington, D.C. where I work at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in the Optical Sciences Division.
Hey, hey! Welcome to my page. My name is Steven Noel Rodriguez, I'm a Research Mathematician working on methods developments for computational physics. I live in Washington, D.C. where I work at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in the Optical Sciences Division.
My road to doing math is a bit of a long-winded story. I received my undergraduate degree in 2013 from UCSD in Structural Engineering, where I focused on design and analysis of civil structures. As you can imagine, there was loads of computational mechanics involved, which I fell in love with. I did an independent study course on Finite Elements focused on composite materials and fell in love with theory and analysis of Finite Elements. I also worked as a research assistant doing Finite Element models for a Structural Health Monitoring research group, which solidified my passion for the math involved that enabled the development of these models.
My road to doing math is a bit of a long-winded story. I received my undergraduate degree in 2013 from UCSD in Structural Engineering, where I focused on design and analysis of civil structures. As you can imagine, there was loads of computational mechanics involved, which I fell in love with. I did an independent study course on Finite Elements focused on composite materials and fell in love with theory and analysis of Finite Elements. I also worked as a research assistant doing Finite Element models for a Structural Health Monitoring research group, which solidified my passion for the math involved that enabled the development of these models.
In 2014, I enrolled at Lehigh University where I received my Ph.D. in 2018 under the advisement of Professor Justin W. Jaworski. My Ph.D. focused on studying vortex dynamics from the perspectives of asymptotic and perturbation theory, stability analysis, and computational fluid/structural dynamics. My Ph.D. research blew the doors wide open for me to get more involved with computational and applied mathematics. In 2019, I did a stint at the University of Washington as a Visiting Scientist working with Professor Steve Brunton. There, I started learning about model-reduction and diving deep into mathematics with classical subjects like functional analysis, approximation theory, and symplectic geometry. My visit to UW resulted in a pretty cool paper on a method we developed called Projection Tree Reduced-Order Modeling. Shortly thereafter, I moved to Washington, D.C. where I currently work as a Research Mathematician.
In 2014, I enrolled at Lehigh University where I received my Ph.D. in 2018 under the advisement of Professor Justin W. Jaworski. My Ph.D. focused on studying vortex dynamics from the perspectives of asymptotic and perturbation theory, stability analysis, and computational fluid/structural dynamics. My Ph.D. research blew the doors wide open for me to get more involved with computational and applied mathematics. In 2019, I did a stint at the University of Washington as a Visiting Scientist working with Professor Steve Brunton. There, I started learning about model-reduction and diving deep into mathematics with classical subjects like functional analysis, approximation theory, and symplectic geometry. My visit to UW resulted in a pretty cool paper on a method we developed called Projection Tree Reduced-Order Modeling. Shortly thereafter, I moved to Washington, D.C. where I currently work as a Research Mathematician.
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I'm a first generation college graduate!
I'm a SIAM and Mathematically Gifted and Black Early Career Fellow
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