 <font size=4><strong> I was a Ph.D. student (1991-1996) in the <a href = "http://cam.cornell.edu"> Center for Applied Mathematics, </a> which is housed in <a href = "http://www.tc.cornell.edu/ctc.html"> Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall </a> at <a href = "http://www.cornell.edu"> Cornell University.  </a> My thesis advisor was <a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/vavasis/vavasis.html"> Steve Vavasis </a>.  Other members of my committee were <a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/lnt/lnt.html"> Nick Trefethen </a> and <a href="http://math.cornell.edu/~engler/Annual/Profile/profiles.html#schatz"> Al Schatz. </a> My research interests fall in the areas of <ul>
