Brad Holt
2006 Catalyst Article
Professor Holt taught all levels of students this past year. In the fall he taught methods of engineering analysis to the incoming graduate students. This is a class that covers several years’ worth of mathematics in one quarter. Topics include things such as vector fields, surface integrals, the divergence theorem, Laplace transforms, Bessel functions, Fourier series, Sturm-Liouville problems, and Green's functions to name a few topics. Needless, to say, topics are not covered in depth. The course goal is, depending on the students’ background, to provide a review or exposure to a wide range of mathematics and problem-solving techniques. In the winter, he taught the first senior design course (largely economics) and in the spring he taught sophomore thermodynamics.
Among his other activities, one of the most interesting was his involvement in the University of Washington's NCAA re-certification effort. Similar to academic departments, the athletic department must now be certified (sort of like being accredited) every 10 years. Much of this involves an examination of the policies and procedures the University has in place for its student athletes and the staff of the athletic department. It has been very interesting for him to learn much more about that part of the University.
