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If you find +# yourself editing this file very often, consider using Jekyll's data files +# feature for the data you need to update frequently. +# +# For technical reasons, this file is *NOT* reloaded automatically when you use +# 'bundle exec jekyll serve'. If you change this file, please restart the server process. +# +# If you need help with YAML syntax, here are some quick references for you: +# https://learn-the-web.algonquindesign.ca/topics/markdown-yaml-cheat-sheet/#yaml +# https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/yaml/ +# +# Site settings +# These are used to personalize your new site. 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You can find out more info about customizing your Jekyll theme, as well as basic Jekyll usage documentation at [jekyllrb.com](https://jekyllrb.com/) + +You can find the source code for Minima at GitHub: +[jekyll][jekyll-organization] / +[minima](https://github.com/jekyll/minima) + +You can find the source code for Jekyll at GitHub: +[jekyll][jekyll-organization] / +[jekyll](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll) + + +[jekyll-organization]: https://github.com/jekyll diff --git a/index.markdown b/index.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0671507 --- /dev/null +++ b/index.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +--- +# Feel free to add content and custom Front Matter to this file. +# To modify the layout, see https://jekyllrb.com/docs/themes/#overriding-theme-defaults + +layout: home +--- diff --git a/research.md b/research.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..46e6ab7 --- /dev/null +++ b/research.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: Research +permalink: /kenneth-meyer/research/ +--- + +## Research Experience and Interests + +My research experience began in the Oden Insitute during my third year of undergrad in the Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation (WCCMS). I worked modeling the deformation of Valve Interstitial Cells (VICs) due to the contactile nature of stress fibers present in the cells. I then worked on implementing an approach to analytically compute the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) data in FEniCS to use a DTI-informed material model. + +In graduate school, I have continued to work in WCCMS. I have transitioned to work on Machine Learning, where we use a Neural Network as a surrogate model of the Finite Element method (using a method coined the "NNFE" approach) to minimize the potential energy of the hyperelastic BVPs that govern heart valve leaflet deformation. + +My research interests can be broadly described as computational medicine and machine learning, with a focus on surrogate modeling and dimensionality-reduction approaches to approximating the solution of PDEs. My favorite course I have taken at Oden is either Machine Learning and Data Science or Functional Analysis (shoutout Leszek Demkowicz), and my favorite course as an undergraduate was Advanced Scientific Computing, which was basically an advanced linear algebra course that introduced the Finite Element Method - the final project was solving a 1D heat equation using the Galerkin Method. + +Below are some figures from my research. + +| ![Leaflet deformation under dead load](images/research/taccster_TV_no_colorbar_transparentbackground.png)| ![NNFE training over geometry flowchart](images/research/geometric_training_pipeline_pngversion.png) | \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/teaching_mentorship.md b/teaching_mentorship.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..09b352d --- /dev/null +++ b/teaching_mentorship.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: Mentorship +permalink: /mentorship/ +--- + +## Mentorship and Teaching + +As a 2nd year Ph.D. student, I have never been a TA, but I have had various tutoring and mentoring experiences. + +I have taught elementary-aged students how to code using Code.org and Scratch through **Code Orange**, and I have also tutored middle-school aged students in various subjects through my involvement in Silver Spurs and the **Neighborhood Longhorns Program**. I also tutored undergraduates in first and second-year Computational Engineering courses, COE301 and COE311k. + +My mentorship experiences include volunteering for **RBI Austin** as a coach for a u12 baseball team, and mentoring an undergraduate mathematics student, Hannah Lee, through the [Directed Reading Program](https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/utgd/directed-reading-program). Her project covered an application of k-means and the theory behind dimensionality reduction techniques (i.e. the Random Projection Theorem/Johnson Lindenstrauss Lemma). \ No newline at end of file