Weihua Geng

A212 Wells Hall, MSU, East Lansing, MI, 48824 

(517)3031327 ▪ gengweih at math dot msu dot edu

 

Education

2003-Present

PhD candidate in Applied Mathematics, Michigan State University.

2003-2005

Master of Science in Statistics, Michigan State University.

2001-2003

Professional MS in Industrial Mathematics, Michigan State University.

Cohort Program: Certificate in Business and Communications.

1995-1999

Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Zhejiang University, China.

 

Research Interests

  • Math biology; Electrostatics of proteins, PDE approaches for biomolecular surfaces.
  • Matched interface and boundary (MIB) method and its applications.
  • Mathematical finance, derivative pricing, and risk management.
  • Mathematical and statistical modeling, data mining, and informational retrieval.
  • Wavelet applications in images, sound signal visualization and pattern recognition.

 

Academic Honors

  • 2007-2008       Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship, MSU.
  • 2005-2006       Senior Graduate Teaching Award, Honorable Mention, Math Dept. MSU.
  • 2001-2007       Teaching/Researching Assistantship.
  • 2005-2007       Travel Award for the listed conferences.  

 

Working Experience

2001.8-

Teaching and researching assistant at Department of Mathematics, MSU.

Lectured courses such as calculus (MTH 133), applied calculus (MTH 124/126) and college algebra (MTH 103/106/110); coordinated the running of MTH 126 as course Leader TA; supervised Math learning center.

2000.9-2001.5

 

Project manager and CEO assistant with International MedioNet Association Inc., Shanghai, China.

Website design and maintenance, capital venture searching, merge and acquisition negotiation.

1999.8-2000.9

Engineer with SuperSoft International Inc., Zhejiang, China.

The specification, design, coding, testing, and documentation of several large-middle software projects such as: CitiBank Personal Financing System; TimeCard System (including its internet approach); The Library Management System; BITCO Health Information System.

Instructor of new employee training program with Supersoft Inc.

1999.2-1999.6

Internship with Hangzhou Truth Electronic Company, Zhejiang, China.

R&D of computer controlled telephone switching system.

Major Publications

 

Projects and Workshops

  • 12th Industrial Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Workshop: A risk management model by optimal implied views for skewed return distributions, NCSU & BOA, 2006.
  • STT 890 Data Mining Project: Predicting the potential stop-service behavior of customers, a Data Mining application on CRM, MSU, 2003.
  • MTH 844 Industrial Mathematics Project: Scalogram Modification and Inversion, a wavelet application in automobile industry, Physical and Environmental Sciences Dept. of the Ford Research Lab, 2002.
  • Business Management and Communication Skills Certificate Program with modules on Financial Management, Managerial Accounting, Professional Business Etiquette, Micro and Macro Economics, The Legal Environment of Business, Negotiation and Consensus Building, Project Management et al., MSU, 2001.

 

Conferences and Presentations

  • Kent-Purdue Minisymposium on Financial Mathematics, April 27-28, 2007, Kent S Univ.
  • Midwest Quantitative Biology Conference, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2006, Mackinaw City, MI.
  • Midwest Numerical Analysis Conference, May 20–22, 2005, University of Iowa.
  • First Annual MSU Student Mathematics Conference, March 2003, Michigan S. Univ.
  • MSU-UM Math Biology Day, Dec. 2, 2006, University of Michigan.
  • MSU-UM Math Biology Day, Dec. 1, 2007, Michigan State University.

 

Computer Skills

  • Accuracy and efficiency on mathematical and statistical modeling and programming. 
  • Solid software engineering background on participating and leading software projects.
  • Parallel programming and MPI.
  • Programming languages: FORTRAN, C/C++, VB, HTML, Perl, Assembler Language.
  • Mathematical and statistical software: Matlab, Mathematica, SAS, Splus/R.
  • Database management system: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL.
  • Molecular Biology and Protein Science Software: Charmm, APBS, VMD