MTH540, MTH440, and EAS621/622

Mathematical and Computational Consulting

Professional Preparation Program

Spring 2026, UMass Dartmouth

This course will satisfy University Study 5-B (Learning through Engagement)

List of Students and Their MC2 Clients:

  1. Alfred Bido
    MC2 Client: Alfa Heryudono (UMassD, Math).
    Project Title: The Evolution of Workplace Safety.

  2. Nicholas Carvalho
    MC2 Client: Scott Field (UMassD, Math)
    Project Title: Modeling the Curvature of Light Near Black Holes.

  3. Anthony Cascio
    MC2 Client: Alfa Heryudono (UMassD, Math)
    Project Title: BDC Private Credit Funding, Stress, and CFC Modeling.

  4. Group Project: Alexander Cook and Grace Valvano
    MC2 Client: UMass Dartmouth Career Center
    Project Title: The Value of a College Degree in the Job Market.

  5. Robyn Holmes
    MC2 Client: David Kagan (UMassD, Physics)
    Project Title: Location and Angle of an Inelastic Collision on a Rigid Body.

  6. Charlie Mikolajczak
    MC2 Client: Jay Wang (UMassD, Physics)
    Project Title: Computational Modeling of Bound and Pseudo-Bound States in the Yukawa Potential.

  7. Adam Naze
    MC2 Client: UMass Dartmouth Admission Office
    Project Title: Predicting a Student's Probability of College Admission.

  8. Isaiah Ortiz
    MC2 Client: Phillip Viall (The SHARE Foundation)
    Project Title: SHARE Eye Gaze Universal TV Remote.

  9. Tyler Carlson
    MC2 Client: Renuka Rajapakse (UMassD, Physics)
    Project Title: Reducing False Positives in Kepler Data Through Machine Learning.

  10. Pranesh E A
    MC2 Client: Debarun Das (UMassD, CIS)
    Project Title: LLM-Driven Intelligent Spectrum Allocation and Energy Optimization in 6G (NTN).

  11. Ali Karamifard
    MC2 Client: Alfa Heryudono (UMassD, Math)
    Project Title: Structural Drivers of Electoral Outcomes in Competitive States.

  12. Vinson Ramalingam
    MC2 Client: Haiping Xu (UMassD, CIS)
    Project Title: Predictive Maintenance System for Manufacturing Equipment.

  13. Hai-Shuo Shu
    MC2 Client: Zheng Chen (UMassD, Math)
    Project Title: Lacuna: From a Generic Classifier to a Calibrated Posterior Estimator.

  14. Matthew Stearns
    MC2 Client: Scott Field and Vijay Varma (UMassD, Math)
    Project Title: Visualizing Binary Black Hole Mergers in Eccentric Orbits.

  15. Fang Zhu
    MC2 Client: Cheng Wang (UMassD, Math)
    Project Title: Convergence Analysis of an IMEX Finite-Difference Scheme for the 2D Viscous Burgers Equation.

  16. Gabriel Casabona
    MC2 Client: Robert Fisher (UMassD, Physics)
    Project Title: Connecting Type Ia Supernovae Progenitors with 3D Hydrodynamical Simulations & X-ray Observations.

  17. Vrutant Mehta
    MC2 Client: Robert Fisher (UMassD, Physics)
    Project Title: The Astrophysics of Helium-Ignited Binary White Dwarf Type Ia Supernovae.

  18. Mohammad Pourghasemi
    MC2 Client: Mazdak Tootkaboni (UMassD, CEN) and Arghavan Louhghalam (UMass Lowell, CEN)
    Project Title: The Environmental Footprint of Driving on Poor Roads: A US Roadway Network Study.

  19. Shan Tariq
    MC2 Client: Bo Dong (UMassD, Math) and Yanlai Chen (UMassD Chief Research Officer)
    Project Title: Numerical Solutions of KdV-like Systems using the Discontinuous Galerkin Method.