Sam L. Robinson

Sam L. Robinson, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Georgia Regents University
706.737.1672
srobinson@gru.edu

Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia. September 1981 - July 1986. Ph.D., mathematics, specialty in mathematical physics.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina. August 1976 - May 1981. B.S., with honors, in mathematics.

Employment

Professor of Mathematics and Interim Dean, College of Science and Mathematics, Georgia Regents University (Augusta State University prior to January 2013), Augusta, Georgia. July 2012 - present.
Professor and Chair (2004-2012), Associate Professor and Acting Chair (2002-2004), Associate Professor (1999-2002), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia. August 1999 - present.
Associate (1997-1999) and Assistant (1989-1997) Professor, Department of Mathematics, The William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, New Jersey. September 1989 - June 1999.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina. August 1986 - August 1989.
Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. September 1981 - July 1986.

Publications
Refereed Research Journal Publications

Asymptotically minimal uncertainty states for time-dependent oscillators (with P. Punosevac), Journal of Mathematical Physics, 54 (1), 2013, p. 012106 1-16.
Approximate Rydberg states of the hydrogen atom that are concentrated near Kepler orbits (with G. A. Hagedorn), Helvetica Physica Acta, 72, 1999, p. 316-340.
Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization rules in the semiclassical limit (with G. A. Hagedorn), Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, Vol. 31, No. 50, 1998, p. 10113-10129.
Dynamical approach to inhomogeneous rays, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Vol. 13, No. 10, 1996, p. 2021 - 2026.
Semiclassical mechanics for time-dependent Wigner functions, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 34, (6), 1993, p. 2185-2205.
High frequency asymptotic solution of the wave equation in an inhomogeneous medium, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 32 (3), 1991, p. 651-655.
The semiclassical limit of quantum dynamics II: scattering theory, Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré, 48, 271, 1988, p. 281-296.
The semiclassical limit of quantum dynamics I: time evolution, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 29 (2), 1988, p. 412-419.

Other Publications

Wavelets (with Peter F. Ryczek), The Mathematica Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 1, 1995, p. 74-81.

Presentations at Conferences

Higher order quasimodes in the semiclassical limit, contributed talk at The South Eastern Regional Conference on Differential Equations, Wake Forest University, November 2001.
High frequency asymptotic solutions for the wave equation in an inhomogeneous medium, invited talk at Mid-Winter Mathematical Physics Days, Virginia Tech, February 1988.
The semiclassical limit of quantum scattering theory, contributed talk at The University of Alabama at Birmingham International Conference on Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics, March 1986.

Grants

Savannah River Scholar Program (Co-PI, J. Andrew Hauger PI), National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education S-STEM Program, award number 0966195, amount awarded $419,520, July 2010 - June 2015.

Membership in Professional Societies