ABOUT ME
Nick Battista, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
The College of New Jersey
Math Office: Science Complex P209
Email: battistn[at]tcnj[.]edu
Office Phone: (609) 771-2445
Office Hours:
Monday (Calc B): 8:45-10:15am
Wed (Combined Calc B + Computing): 4-5pm
Thursday (Computing): 2:45-4:15pm
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(updated October 2024)
EDUCATION
2005 - 2009
Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S. Applied Mathematics
B.S. Physics
2009 - 2010
Rochester Institute of Technology
M.S. Applied and Computational Mathematics
2011 - 2017
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D. Mathematics
2018 - 2019
MAA Project NExT Poppin' Peaches Cohort
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I'm interested in solving hard problems using a variety of computational methods and frameworks. Currently, my lab's research falls under the umbrella of math biology, including comparative biomechanics, physiology, numerical methods for PDE, and uncertainty quantification.
Recently, we've been creating and analyzing models of aquatic locomotion using CFD, machine learning, and HPC while still developing popular software tools for the greater scientific community.
Some Buzzwords:​
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Computational Fluid Dynamics and Fluid-Structure Interaction
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Machine Learning (e.g., surrogate or reduced-order modeling)
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Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification (e.g., polynomial chaos expansions)
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Numerical Optimization (e.g., multi-objective optimization)
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Scientific Computing and Numerical Analysis