Math teacher: "90% of the students got an F on the midterm."
Student: "You must be kidding, we do not even have that many students in class!"

Andrew Knyazev
Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
University of Colorado Denver

Courses
Spring 2012
MATH 8660 Math. Foundatiouns FEM 12:30-1:45 TR
MATH 7924 Math Found Comp Sci, 2 students, 1 credit hour each
Fall 2011
MATH 3200 Elementary Differential Equations
MATH 4650/5660 Numerical Analysis I
MATH 7924 Math Found Comp Sci, 2 students, 1 credit hour each
Spring 2011
Experiences Teaching Math Using Wikipedia presentation at the
Twenty-Third Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics
Denver, Colorado March 18, 2011 (slides)

MATH 4660/5661-001 Numerical Analysis II
MATH 7667-001 Approximation Theory
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Peizhen Zhu, 5 credit hours
MATH 7924 Math Found Comp Sci, 2 students, 1 credit hour each

Algorithms for Generalized Image Segmentation Manuchehr Aminian, Undergraduate Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award Winner, Research and Creative Activities Symposium (RaCAS), April 15, 2011 (HD videos: presentaion and award)
Fall 2010
MATH 5660 Numerical Analysis I
MATH 3195 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Peizhen Zhu, 5 credit hours
MATH 7924 Math Found Comp Sci, 3 students, 1 credit hour each
Yaugen (Eugene) Vecharynski, CLAS Outstanding Graduate Student Ph.D. Thesis Defence, Preconditioned iterative methods for linear systems, eigenvalue and singular value problems
Spring 2010
MATH 8664 Iterative Methods in Numerical Linear Algebra
MATH 3200 Elementary Differential Equations
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Peizhen Zhu, 10 credit hours
MATH 7924 Math Found Comp Sci, 4 students, 1 credit hour each
Fall 2009
MATH 8660 Math Finite Element Methods
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Eugene Vecharynski, 5 credit hours
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Peizhen Zhu, 10 credit hours
MATH 7922 Math Found Comp Sci, 2 students, 1 credit hour each
Spring 2009
MATH 7132 Functional Analysis
MATH 7822 Topics in Linear Algebra
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Donald McCuan, 10 credit hours
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Eugene Vecharynski, 10 credit hours
Fall 2008
MATH 4650 Numerical Analysis I
MATH 3200 Elementary Differential Equations
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Donald McCuan, 10 credit hours
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Eugene Vecharynski, 10 credit hours
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008. Sabbatical
MATH 7924 Readings, Donald McCuan
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Donald McCuan, 5 credit hours
Spring 2007
MATH 3191 Applied Linear Algebra
MATH 7132 Functional Analysis
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Ilya Lashuk, 9 credit hours
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Donald McCuan, 5 credit hours
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Eugene Vecharynski, 7 credit hours
MATH 7924 Readings in Computational Mathematics, Eugene Vecharynski
MATH 7927 Readings in Computational/Math Biology, Eugene Vecharynski
Fall 2006
MATH 5667 Approximation Methods
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Ilya Lashuk, 9 credit hours
Spring 2006
MATH 7132 Functional Analysis
MATH 3200 Elementary Differential Equations
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Ilya Lashuk, 9 credit hours
Fall 2005
MATH 7664 Iterative Methods in Numerical Linear Algebra
MATH 3200 Elementary Differential Equations
MATH 7924 Readings in Computational Mathematics, Abram Jujunashvili
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Ilya Lashuk, 10 credit hours
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Abram Jujunashvili, 10 credit hours
Angles between subspaces. PhD Thesis and Presentation by Abram Jujunashvili.
Spring 2005
Math 6664 C SC 6664 Numerical Linear Algebra,
MATH 7924 Readings in Computational Mathematics, Abram Jujunashvili
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation
Fall 2004
MATH 4650 and C SC 4650 Numerical Analysis I
MATH 3200 Elementary Differential Equations
MATH 7924 Readings in Computational Math, Abram Jujunashvili(1), Ilya Lashuk (3)
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation, Abram Jujunashvili, 10 credit hours
Spring 2004
MATH 7664 Iterative Methods in Numerical Linear Algebra
MATH 7924 Readings in Computational Math
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation
Fall 2003
Math 6664 C SC 6664 Numerical Linear Algebra,
Summer 2003
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation
Principal Angles Between Subspaces as Related to Rayleigh Quotient and Raleigh Ritz Inequalities with Applications to Eigenvalue Accuracy and an Eigenvalue Solver. PhD Thesis and Presentation by Rico Argentati.
Spring 2003
MATH 3191 Linear Algebra
MATH 3191 Linear Algebra
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation
Fall 2002
MATH 5667: Approximation Theory
MATH 4650 and C SC 4656: Numerical Analysis I
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation
MATH 6118 Topics in Linear Algebra CANCELLED
Spring 2002
MATH 7664: Iterative Methods in Numerical Linear Algebra
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation
Use of LOBPCG in Normal Coordinate Analysis for Molecular Structures, MS Presentation by Dave Duran
Fall 2001
Math 6664 C SC 5646 Numerical Linear Algebra
MATH 7760 Math. Found. FEM
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation
Spring 2001
MATH 8990 Doctoral Dissertation
Spring 2000
MATH 7664 Iterative Methods in Numerical Linear Algebra
Fall 1999
MATH 4450/5135 Complex Variables
MATH 6664 Numerical Linear Algebra
Spring 1999
MATH 7132 Functional Analysis
MATH 5718 Applied Linear Algebra
Fall 1998
MATH 5667 C SC 5676 Introduction to Approximation Theory
MATH 5070 Applied Analysis
Spring 1998
Math 7664 Iterative Methods
Math 4660 C SC 4666 Numerical Analysis II
Math 7924 Preconditioned Solvers Readings
Fall 1997
Math 3200 Elementary Differential Equations
Math 5070 Applied Analysis
Math 5840 Hilber Space Independent Study
Summer 1997
Math 5718 and 5840 Applied Linear Algebra Independent Study
Spring 1997
Math 7132 Functional Analysis
Math 6664 C SC 5646 Numerical Linear Algebra
Fall 1996
Math 5070 Applied Analysis
Math 3200 Elementary Differential Equations
Spring 1996
Math 6664 C SC 5646 Numerical Linear Algebra
Math 4660 C SC 4666 Numerical Analysis II
Fall 1995
Math 3191 Applied Linear Algebra
Math 4650 Numerical Analysis I
Spring 1995
Math 3200 Elementary Differential Equations
Math 4666 Numerical Analysis II
Fall 1994
MATH 3191 Applied Linear Algebra
FCQs and Teaching Awards:

My statement of Teaching Philosophy. Jonathan Swift on math teaching.

Teaching-related Service: President's Teaching and Learning Collaborative

Teaching-related Conferences attended:

My current graduate students: Donald McCuan (PhD), Eugene Vecharynski (PhD), Peizhen Zhu (PhD), Bryan Smith (PhD).

Some of my former students: Martin Chase

Office: 644. Phone: (303) 556-8102. Fax: (303) 556-8550. UC Denver (Dravo) Bldg (Facing North Classroom Bldg across Spear Blvd)
WWW: http://math.ucdenver.edu/~aknyazev