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Gawarecki, Leszek P

 Mathematics
2-100 A AB
(810)762-9557
lgawarec@kettering.edu
http://paws.kettering.edu/~lgawarec/

 

 Notable Publications:

Monograph: "Stochastic Differential Equations in Infinte Dimensions. With Applications to SPDEs"

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Description:

 

Dr. Leszek Gawarecki, head of the department of Mathematics
Ph.D. in Statistics from Michigan State University with expertise in statistics, including statistical consulting, estimation, testing, and modeling; and the theory and applications of stochastic processes, including ordinary and partial stochastic differential equations.

Gawarecki finds Kettering students to be practical, talented and busy. He feels that they are distinguished from other university students when they discover the link between academics and business/industry and are capable of bringing to class actual problems from their co-op employers and a desire to learn topics useful for them at work. He enjoys and values discussions on practical applications of the topics studied in class to the business, engineering, and science curricula and to solving practical problems. After Gawarecki "heard that Kettering University students exceed in ability" when compared to students in large public universities, he knew he wanted to teach at Kettering.

Gawarecki tells of a student who insisted that there was some merit to her answer. He was in total denial but decided to test her approach. Her numerical answer was just 1/2 of the correct number. When they tried a next example in line, the ratio was 2/3. She insisted that there was still some relationship. He insisted that there is always some relationship, but it started occurring to him that this one was too regular. When they tried another case, the ratio came up at 3/4 and they spent the next hour figuring out why it worked so nicely. The student left his office amazed how much fun it was to do research in mathematics. They planned to publish a short note on their joint finding.

His advice for students is to "come to Kettering if you like your education to be tested in practice. Choose your degree by what you love to do, if you cannot decide, stay undecided and enjoy your freedom."

Hidden talents: When not leading the faculty in the department of Mathematics, Gawarecki is racking up some statistics of his own on the soccer field.

Statistics and probability

Education

PhD from Purdue University

Courses Taught

COMM 101:  Written and Oral Communication I

COMM 301:  Written and Oral Communication II

LIT 315:  Literature of the Fantastic

Dr. Petros "Pete" Gheresus, professor of Industrial Engineering

Ph.D from Iowa State University, with expertise in various computer programming languages, engineering economy, manufacturing processes, and controls using ladder logic programming and ControlLogix hardware and Access Database.

Gheresus feels that Kettering students "mature earlier than other students because they are immediately afforded the opportunity to work with varied types of individuals through cooperative education, which cannot be taught in any academic setting." He says that Kettering students have the theory and also they know how to apply it.

Gheresus was first attracted to teaching at Kettering by the unique blend of academia and industry, truly the best of both worlds. He enjoys teaching students of varying abilities and learns from them because "many are able to bring back to the class the experiences or tools that they have used at their place of employment."

In preparation for one of his exams, Gheresus made a copy of the exam that had half of the answers on it. He forgot to erase the answers from those questions and didn't have the time to make new copies or make up another exam by the time he discovered it. Of course word got out and spread like wildfire. Gheresus was so embarrassed that he stayed away from campus for three weeks.

Hidden talents and outside interests: In keeping with his well-rounded background, Gheresus' extracurricular activities are diverse. He enjoys playing racquetball, exercise, reading, spending time with family and friends, and working with Kettering's pre-college students, who often ask questions no one has asked before.

C programming language