Kevin's Page

My name is Kevin L. Rotz, and I am currently a fourth year graduate student in the Purdue University Department of Mathematics.
Previously I was affiliated with the Penn State University Department of Physics as an undergraduate student and graduated teaching assistant.

Contact

Office: MATH 609
Office Hours: See below in teaching section
Mailbox: MATH 630
Email: krotz AT nospam math DOT purdue DOT edu (remove nospam, make the AT a @ and DOT's . - it's just so I'm not swamped from spambots)

Education

Graduate Student Purdue University Dept. of Mathematics, 2009 - present
B.S., high distinction and honors, Physics Penn State University (2008)
B.S., high distinction, Mathematics Penn State University (2008)

Research

My advisor is Dr. Nicola Garofalo. Right now, I am studying properties of generalized versions of Almgren's frequency functions on step 2 Carnot groups.

I was previously a part of the research group of Dr. Paul Sommers at Penn State, who is working with the Pierre Auger Observatory collaboration.

Teaching

Current (Summer 2013)

For the summer, I am on research so I am not teaching.

Previous Teaching (at Purdue University)

Spring 2013: MA 222 - Calculus for Technology II (lecturer, 2 sections)
Fall 2012: MA 222 - Calculus for Technology II (lecturer, 2 sections)
Summer 2012: MA 162 - Calculus II (recitation instructor, 1 section)
Spring 2012: MA 224 - Introductory Analysis II (lecturer, 2 sections)
Fall 2011: MA 153 - Algebra and Trigonometry I (lecturer, 2 sections)
Spring 2011: MA 261 - Multivariate Calculus (recitation instructor, 2 sections)
Fall 2010: MA 261 - Multivariate Calculus (recitation instructor, 2 sections)
Summer 2010: MA 153 - Algebra and Trigonometry I (grader, 1 section)
Spring 2010: MA 161 - Calculus I (recitation instructor, 2 sections)
Fall 2009: MA 165 - Calculus I (recitation instructor, 2 sections)

Previous Teaching (at Penn State University)

Summer 2009: PHYS 250 - Introductory Physics I (laboratory instructor, 1 section)
Spring 2009: PHYS 211 - Introductory Mechanics (recitation instructor, 4 sections, and laboratory instructor, 2 sections)
Spring 2008: PHYS 297A - Used Math in Physics (undergraduate teaching assistant, course advisor, grader)
Spring 2007: PHYS 214 - Wave Motion and Quantum Physics (laboratory instructor, 1 section)
Spring 2007: PHYS 213 - Fluids and Thermal Physics (laboratory instructor, 1 section)
Fall 2006: PHYS 214 - Wave Motion and Quantum Physics (laboratory instructor, 1 section)
Fall 2006: PHYS 213 - Fluids and Thermal Physics (laboratory instructor, 1 section)

Math Stuff

Here is a website that I put together with lots of solved problems from James Munkres' topology book, and the majority of qualifier problems from Dr. McClure's quals. Please e-mail me if you'd like the password for legitimate study (i.e. for studying for qualifiers, self-study or any other non-graded things). (Note: This is not for the class I am teaching. If you are one of my students then you probably want this page instead.)