Rolando Cardenas 8100 Turquoise St. El Paso, Texas 79904 (915) 497-6558 roncardenas3@gmail.com University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Education: PhD in Computational Science, UTEP, Expected Grad. 2013 Master of Science in Computational Science, UTEP, 2011 Master of Arts in Teaching Mathematics (MAT), UTEP, 2006 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, UTEP, 1991 Employment: August 2012 Present High School Mathematics Teacher Ysleta Independent School District, El Paso, Texas Valle Verde Early College High School May 2010 May 2012 GK-12 Fellow GK-12 Fellowship Program, UTEP Served as a Student Mentor and Scientist in Residence at the Trans-Mountain Early College High School. Coordinated Activities/Field Trips for HS Physics. Assisted in the Robotics Club. Fostered Student interest to pursue STEM careers. Spring 2009 Fall 2010 Graduate Research Assistant Department of Geological Sciences, UTEP Construction of an Inverse 3D Software Model of the Border Ranges Fault System using Gravity Station Data; Participated in the completion of the Forward Model. 1993 Present Children s Pastor Bethel Family Ministries, El Paso, Texas Successfully ran Children s Ministry Program thru The Neighborhood (weekly) while managing 10 volunteer staff members, an annual Vacation Bible School managing 40 volunteer staff, an Easter Community Outreach (El Paso s Largest Easter Egg Hunt) managing 100 volunteers, and a Fall Carnival (Hallelujahfest) managing 75 volunteers. Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Teaching Assistant Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP Successfully taught and evaluated students of MATH 1320 and MATH 3304 (listed below) as a Departmental Teaching Assistant. 1
Fall 2007 Spring 2008 Part-Time Lecturer Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP Successfully taught and evaluated students of MATH 1320 (listed below) as a part-time lecturer Fall 2006 Summer 2010 Part Time/Dual Credit Math Instructor El Paso Community College, Trans-mountain Campus Successfully taught and evaluated students of credit and remedial courses (listed below) as a part-time instructor. Summer 2004-05, 2007-2010 AP Calculus AB Reader Educational Testing Service The College Board Read AP Calculus AB Exams for the Educational Testing Service. 1993-2010 Mathematics Chair, Mathematics/Physics/Chemistry Instructor, Director of Bands Bethel Christian School, El Paso, Texas Planned and coordinated the instructional staff; Assisted in the compilation of math curriculum; Coordinated Staff Development; Successfully taught AP level for Calculus in conjunction with College Board; Pre-Calculus is offered as a Dual Credit course with the El Paso Community College. Numerous Students named to All-Region Bands. One student named All-State (2003), Class C Champions at Sound-waves Festival; 2005 TAPPS State Champions; 2006 TAPPS State 2 nd place; 2007 TAPPS State 3 rd place; numerous 1 st divisions for Concert Bands and Jazz Bands. Fall 2005 Graduate Research Assistance Mathematics Education, UTEP Helped to create an evaluation rubric of students in a mathematics education capstone class; Compiled and analyzed student video interviews of teaching styles and methodology; Helped to create interview question; Cross-referenced student teacher evaluations to student teaching strategies. 1991-1993 GS-7/9 Electronics Engineer White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico Vulnerability Assessment Laboratory, 1991 PATRIOT Test Operations, 1991-1993 Wrote software simulations of Radar Coverages using Spreadspectrum emissions. Used TI programming and some C Programming. Coordinated and operated Army Development Test/Operational Test for DoD on the PATRIOT Missile System; Operated PATRIOT Launcher GPS/North finder System test for the Material Test Directorate; Participated in US-Japan Operational Test for Multi- Mode System Launcher; Performed Test and analysis of PATRIOT Launcher 24-hour endurance studies. 2
1989-1991 Applications Engineering Intern, Advanced Engineering Intern Packard Electric Division, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Ohio Assisted in the analysis and design of power and signal distribution wiring harnesses for the Pontiac and Buick vehicle platforms.wrote and submitted product specification manuals of various electronic relays, switches, ic-boards, used for production of GMC truck lighting harnesses. Publications: N. Mankhemthong, D. Doser, M. Baker, R. Cardenas, Constraints on the Structure of the Border Ranges Fault System, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, from 3D Inversion of Gravity Data, in submission, 2012. R. Cardenas and M. Ceberio, "Efficient Geophysical Technique of Vertical Line Elements as a Natural Consequence of General Constraints Techniques", Journal of Uncertain Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp.86-88, 2012 D. Lujan, M. Cardenas, W. Dodge (authors); R. Cardenas (consultant), ALEKS Student Notebook for Beginning and Intermediate Algebra, McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2011 Presentations: Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native American in Science National Conference, Software Development for a 3D Gravity Inversion and Application to Study of the Border Ranges Fault System, South-Central Alaska (poster presentation): Seattle, WA, October, 2012. Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Sectional Meeting, Software Development for a 3D Gravity Inversion and Application to Study of the Border Ranges Fault System, South-Central Alaska (oral presentation): Albuquerque, NM, May, 2012 26 th Annual UTEP Geological Sciences Colloquium, Software Development for a 3D Gravity Inversion and Application to Study of the Border Ranges Fault System, South-Central Alaska (oral presentation): El Paso, TX, March, 2012 American Geophysics Union Fall Meeting, Software Development for a 3D Gravity Inversion and Application to Study of the Border Ranges Fault System, South-Central Alaska (poster presentation): San Francisco, CA, December, 2011 UTEP Doctoral Research Exposition, Software Development for a 3D Gravity Inversion and Application to Study of the Border Ranges Fault System, South- Central Alaska, (oral presentation): El Paso, TX, November, 2011 3
Awards: 10 th Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Computational Science and Engineering, Software Development for a 3D Gravity Inversion and Application to Study of the Border Ranges Fault System, South-Central Alaska (oral presentation): El Paso, Texas, November, 2011 25th Annual Geology Annual Colloquium, "Software Development for 3D Gravity Inversion in the Border Ranges Fault System" (poster presentation): University of Texas at El Paso, March, 2011 5th Annual Texas Applied Mathematics Meeting for Students (TAMMS), "Software Development for 3D Gravity Inversion in the Border Ranges Fault System" (oral presentation): Texas Tech University, April 2011. Greater El Paso Council of Teachers of Mathematics, The Dream Car Using EXCEL for auto-financing study and lab utilizing exponential functions (oral presentation): El Paso Community College, October, 2006. Best Graduate Oral Presentation, GSA Rocky Mountain Meeting, 2012 SACNAS National Conference Travel Scholarship, 2012 LEAP Grant Award (2012 2013) Frank B. Cotton Trust Scholarship (2012 2013) National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship (2010-2012) Dean s List, UTEP 2005-2006 General Motors Scholarship and Internship, 1989-1991 Minorities in Engineering Scholarship, 1990-1991 Software Design Project Honors Best Software Design 1990 (UTEP) Seminars/Workshops: TI-Nspire Navigator for High School Mathematics, 2012, YISD InSAR Processing with GMTSAR, February 2012, UTEP Virtual School for Computational Science, Cloud Computing, 2011, UTEP Virtual School for Computational Science, PetaScale Computing, 2010, UTEP Super-Computing, 2008, Austin, Texas Professional Organizations: Sigma Xi Research Society, 2012 Geological Society of America, 2012 Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2011-12 Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Native Americans in Science, 2011-12 American Geophysics Union, 2011-2013 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2010 12 Offices Held: Secretary (2010-Present) 4
Texas Music Educator Association 2000 08 Courses Taught: Elementary School 2 nd Grade Math and Science, 4 th Grade Math and Science Middle School 6 th grade math, 6 th grade Earth Science, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1 High School Honors Algebra 2, Honors Geometry, Honors Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC, Honors Calculus 3, Honors Physics, Honors Chemistry University/College Level MATH 0301 Pre-Algebra, MATH 0303 Introductory Algebra, MATH 1314 Pre-Calculus 1, MATH 2412 Pre-Calculus 2 MATH 1332 College Mathematics, MATH 1333 Math in the Modern World MATH 1324 Intro. Math for Bus./Soc. Sci., MATH 2315 Calculus 3 MATH 1320 Intro. Math for Bus./Soc. Sci., MATH 3304 Geom. for MS Teachers Skills: General Purpose Software MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, Adobe Illustrator Mathematics Application Software Minitab, Geometer s Sketch-Pad, Mathematica, MATLAB Geology/GIS Software Surfer, ArcGIS, Google Earth Pro, Fledermaus, GMT, GRASS GIS Operating Systems Windows, UNIX/LINUX Programming Languages C, C++, FORTRAN, MATLAB, PASCAL (DELPHI), HTML, Excel VBA Certifications ACSI Certification in Teaching Mathematics References: Dr. Diane I Doser, Professor, Department of Geology, The University of Texas at El Paso, doser@utep.edu, 915-747-5851. 5
Dr. Aaron A. Velasco, Professor, Department of Geology, The University of Texas at El Paso, aavelasco@utep.edu, 915-747-5101. Dr. William H. Robertson, Assoc. Provost, Assoc. Professor, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, The University of Texas at El Paso, robertson@utep.edu, 915-747- 8459. Dr. Leticia Velazquez, Assoc. Professor, Director of Computational Science, The University of Texas at El Paso, leti@utep.edu, 915-747-6768 Dr. Joanne Peeples, Professor, Mathematics Coordinator, El Paso Community College, Trans-mountain campus, jpeeples@epcc.edu, 915-831-5047 6