Shelley Rohde Poole

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Shelley Rohde Poole

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematics & Statistics

Office Hours

In Person:
Tuesdays 12:00-14:30
Wednesdays 14:15-15:15

On MS Teams: Join with code 2d64cms
Thursdays 14:00-15:30

Biography

Shelley B. Poole joined Metropolitan State University of Denver in Fall 2014. She completed her PhD in Applied Mathematics at University of California, Merced under the advisement of Arnold D. Kim. She completed her Bachelor's in Applied Mathematics with minors in Physics and Theatre at California State University, Chico.

Research Interests

    Biomedical Photonics, Optics, Light Propagation in Biological Tissues, Diffuse Reflectance, Numerical Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Asymptotics and Perturbation Methods.

Teaching Interests

    Calculus, Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Mathematical Modeling

Education

PhD in Applied Mathematics

University of California, Merced

BS in Applied Mathematics

California State University, Chico

Personal Website

https://www.shelleyrohde.com

Published Works

  • Poole, B. S., Bouwmeester, H., Harder, E. C. Numerical Analysis.
  • Rohde Poole, B. S. Choose Your Own Adventure in Mathematical Modeling.
  • Poole, B. S. (2022, August). The "Yes, and." Approach to Teaching Mathematical Modelling.
  • Rohde Poole, B. S. (2021). Designing an Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Course for Mathematics Majors and Minors. PRIMUS:,, 21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2021.1931995.
  • Poole, B. S. (2020). Exercises Encouraging Creativity for Mathematical Modeling. Consortium: The Newsletter of the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications.
  • Poole, B. S. Mathematics of Droplets.
  • Poole, B. S., Kim, D. A. (2017). Backscattering of continuous and pulsed beams. SIAM Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, 15(4), 1356-1375. doi.org/10.1137/16M1072097.
  • Poole, B. S., Kim, D. A. (2015, July (3rd Quarter/Summer)). Determining Optical Properties of Epithelial Tissues with an Obliquely Incident Beam. SPIE.
  • Poole, B. S. (2014). Modeling diffuse reflectance measurements of light scattered by layered tissues. University of Californa, Merced. https://appliedmath.ucmerced.edu/sites/appliedmath.ucmerced.edu/files/documents/PHDdocs/rhode_phd_dissertation.pdf.
  • Poole, B. S., Kim, D. A. (2013). Convolution model of the diffuse reflectance for layered tissues. Optics Letters, 39(1), 154-157. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.000154.
  • Poole, B. S., Kim, D. A. (2012). Corrected Diffusion Approximation in Layered Tissues. SIAM Conference on Imaging Science, www.siam.org/meetings/is12/is12_program.pdf.
  • Poole, B. S., Kim, D. A. (2012). Corrected Diffusion Approximation in Layered Tissues. OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2012), https://doi.org/10.1364/BIOMED.2012.BTu3A.40.
  • Poole, B. S., Kim, D. A. (2012). Modeling the diffuse reflectance due to a narrow beam incident on a turbid medium. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 29(3), 231-238. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.29.000231.