Mary Ann Clarke has been hired as an assistant professor of mathematics in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University. She is currently teaching freshman engineering calculus, as well as a graduate advanced calculus service course.

Clarke earned a bachelors degree in materials engineering, and a masters and Ph. D in applied mathematics from Virginia Tech. She has worked as a materials and process development engineer for Corning Cable Systems and as a research engineer in the department of Engineering Dynamics for Southwest Research Institute.

She also holds seven process/product patents in the field of fiber optic cabling and has one patent pending in computational modeling techniques for fluid dynamics.

I am excited to join the diverse and talented faculty of WVU ,Dr. Clarke said.Similarly, I am looking forward to meeting and working with an array of researchers who are interested in pursuing computational and analytical modeling as a means to further enhance their research projects.

Mary Ellen Mazey, dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, said she ishighly supportiveof appointments in the College such as Dr. Clarke’s which lead to interdisciplinary and cross-college opportunities in teaching and research.

Clarke will divide her time between teaching and research, and hopes to use her engineering and industrial background to help build and strengthen the bridge between the mathematics and engineering departments.

Her primary research interest is in computational mechanics, with an emphasis in the area of computational fluid dynamics. Clarkes goal is to bring computational and analytical modeling together with traditional empirical engineering experimentation and modeling.

For more information, contact Dr. Clarke at 304-293-2011 or maclarke@math.wvu.edu .