Coursework and an academic timeline

My graduate level coursework at the University of Michigan (along with time-stamped academic milestones to make this a little more interesting, and put things in perspective) include:

Fall 2007/

1. Mechanical Engineering 995
   Dissertation/Candidate

Successfully defend my doctoral dissertation, and earn my PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Scientific Computing in October 2007.

Winter 2007/

1. Mechanical Engineering 995
   Dissertation/Candidate

Satisfy requirements for and earn my MS in Mathematics in December 2006.

Fall 2006/

1. Mathematics 556
   Methods of applied math – I: Fourier analysis
2. Mechanical Engineering 995
   Dissertation/Candidate

My first ever stint as a GSI (for ME 382, in September 2006) is well received.

Winter 2006/

1. Mathematics 710
   Topics in modern analysis – II: General relativity
2. Mechanical Engineering 995
   Dissertation/Candidate

Officially admitted into the Mathematics Department to work on a master's degree in March 2006.

Fall 2005/

1. Mathematics 671
   Analysis of numerical methods – I: Level set methods
2. Mechanical Engineering 995
   Dissertation/Candidate

Get my dissertation committee approved by my programs' coordinators and Rackham graduate school, successfully defend my preliminary research proposal, and advance to candidacy in September 2005.

Winter 2005/

1. Aerospace Engineering 514
   Foundations of solid and structural mechanics – II
2. Mechanical Engineering 605
   Advanced finite element methods in mechanics
3. Mechanical Engineering 990
   Dissertation/Pre-Candidate

Fall 2004/

1. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 587
   Parallel Computing
2. Mathematics 671
   Analysis of numerical methods – I: Finite element and multigrid methods
3. Mechanical Engineering 990
   Dissertation/Pre-Candidate

Officially admitted into the Scientific Computing Program to work on a joint doctoral degree, and pass the consolidated qualifying examination in April 2004.

Winter 2004/

1. Mathematics 572
   Numerical methods for scientific computing – II: Finite difference and spectral methods
2. Mechanical Engineering 990
   Dissertation/Pre-Candidate
3. Applied Physics 507
   Theoretical mechanics

Satisfy requirements for and earn my MSE in Mechanical Engineering in December 2003.

Fall 2003/

1. Mathematics 571
   Numerical methods for scientific computing – I: Numerical linear algebra
2. Mathematics 596
   Analysis I (Complex)
3. Mechanical Engineering 590
   Research in selected mechanical engineering topics
4. Mechanical Engineering 599
   Multiphysics phenomena at microscales

Offered—and politely declined—appointment as a GSI in September 2003.
Begin first ever (terribly exciting) series of talks, starting with one at MIT in June 2003.

Winter 2003/

1. Mechanical Engineering 505
   Finite element methods in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics
2. Mechanical Engineering 512
   Theory of elasticity
3. Mechanical Engineering 590
   Research in selected mechanical engineering topics
4. Mechanical Engineering 617
   Mechanics of polymers – II

Appointed as a GSRA in the Mechanical Engineering Department in January 2003.

Fall 2002/

1. Mechanical Engineering 502
   Methods of differential equations in mechanics
2. Mechanical Engineering 506
   Computational modelling of biological tissues
3. Mechanical Engineering 511
   Theory of solid continua (Continuum mechanics)
4. Mechanical Engineering 541
   Mechanical vibrations

Enter graduate school at the University of Michigan in September 2002.

N.B. Courses I have (officially) audited have been italicised.

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