August 2009

Curriculum Vitae

Toby Lee Shearman

Office Contact Information
Math East 149 520/870.8202
University of Arizona tshearman@math.arizona.edu
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0089 http://math.arizona.edu/∼tshearman

Education
University of Arizona, Ph.D. Program in Applied Mathematics, entered Fall 2009
2009 B.S., Mathematics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2009 B.S., Chemical Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Professional Experience
2005, 2006 Co-op Education Student Micron Technology, Inc., Manassas, VA

Teaching Experience
2008-2009 Instructional Assistant and Tutor Virginia Tech Math Emporium, Blacksburg, VA
2008 Level 1 College Reading and Learning Association Tutoring Certicate

Research
“Industrial Design Project,” Honeywell Specialty Materials, Hopewell, VA, 2008
SAMSI Undergraduate Workshop, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, 2008
“A mathematical model of the immune system’s role in obesity-related chronic inflammation,”
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, VA, 2008-2009

“Rules of the Road Around a Roundabout,” COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling,

2009

Presentations
MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 07, 2009, Undergraduate Student Poster Session

AMS Spring Southeastern Section Meeting, April 05, 2009, “A mathematical model of the
immune system’s role in obesity-related chronic inflammation”

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 MAA Spring MD-DC-VA Section Meeting, April 18, 2009, “Rules of the Road Around a
Roundabout”
Virginia Tech Mathematics Department Colloquium, May 01, 2009, “Rules of the Road
Around a Roundabout”

Publications

Honors
Presidential Campus Enrichment Grant, 2003-2009

Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honor Society), 2008

John C. and Elsie M. Layman Prize (Outstanding Undergraduate Research), 2009
Graduation with Distinction, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2009