Jon M. Collis, Assistant Professor
- Applied Mathematics & Statistics
- Colorado School of Mines
1500 Illinois St.
Golden, CO 80401
USA
Education
- Guest Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2006 - 2008)
- ONR Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University (2006 - 2008)
- Ph.D. Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2006)
- M.S. Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Colorado School of Mines (2003)
- B.S. Mathematics, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (2001)
- High School Diploma, Socorro High School, Socorro, New Mexico (1994)
Research
- Underwater Acoustics: Propagation & Modeling
- Investigation of Complex Range-Dependent Shallow Water Sound Transmission
- Elastic Wave Propagation & Modeling
Recent Publications:
- T. F. Duda, J. M. Collis, Y.-T. Lin, A. E. Newhall, J. F. Lynch, and H. A. DeFerrari, Horizontal coherence of low-frequency fixed-path sound in a continental shelf region with internal-wave activity, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 131, 1782 - 1797 (2012).
- H. J. Simpson, J. M. Collis, R. J. Soukup, M. D. Collins, and W. L. Siegmann, Experimental testing of the variable rotated elastic parabolic equation, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 130, 2681 - 2686 (2011).
- C. A. O'Hara and J. M. Collis, Underwater Acoustics in Arctic Environments, featured in the 'World Wide Press Room' at the 162nd Meeting of the Acousical Society of America (November, 2011).
- J. M. Collis, W. L. Siegmann, M. Zampolli, and M. D. Collins, Extension of the rotated elastic parabolic equation to beach and island propagation, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., 34, 617 - 623 (2009).
- J. M. Collis, T. F. Duda, J. F. Lynch, and H. A. DeFerrari, Observed limiting cases of horizontal field coherence and array performance in a time-varying internal wavefield, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 124, EL97 - EL103 (2008).
- J. M. Collis, W. L. Siegmann, F. B. Jensen, M. Zampolli, E. T. Kusel, and M. D. Collins, Parabolic equation solution of seismo-acoustics problems involving variations in bathymetry and sediment thickness, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 123, 51 - 55 (2008).
- J. M. Collis, W. L. Siegmann, M. D. Collins, H. J. Simpson, and R. J. Soukup, Comparison of simulations and data from a seismo-acoustic tank experiment, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 122, 1987 - 1993 (2007).
Teaching Interests:
- Applied Mathematics
- Numerical Analysis
- Computational Ocean Acoustics
Spring 2012:
- Weekly
Schedule
- Math 484
- TA: Brittany McCollon
- Syllabus
- Notes #1
- Homework #1 (due 1/31)
- Final Project
- For example project proposal
- Sample Final Project
- Latex version (you need all three files in one directory): FluidsFinalProject.tex, siam10.clo, siamltex.cls
- Presentation Example: PDF, Powerpoint
- Homework #2 (due 2/9)
- Homework #3 (due 2/28)
- Homework #4 (due 3/8)
- Homework #5 (due 3/27)
- Homework #6 (due 4/5)
- Class Notes
- Letter Plotting Examples: One, Two
- Homework #7 (due 4/17)
- TA: Brittany McCollon
- Weekly
Schedule
- Math 225-D
- Syllabus
- Worksheet #1 (due 8/31)
- Worksheet #2 (due 9/7)
- Worksheet #3 (2010) (due 9/15)
- Worksheet #3 (2011) (due 9/15)
- Worksheet #4 (due 9/21)
- Worksheet #5 (due 9/28)
- Worksheet #6 (due 10/5)
- Exam 1 Review
- Previous semesters exams posted here.
- Problems: Chapter 1 Review, pg. 32-33: # 7-12, 13, 17, 19 ,23, 25, 27, 29, 34 Chapter 2 Review, pg. 80-81: # 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 24 Chapter 3 Review, pg. 113-116: # 4, 7, 11, 12 Chapter 4 Review, pg. 178-180: # 9-10, 15-16, 25, 31 Chapter 5 Review, pg. 216-218: # 15, 17, 19, 21 (a) and (b)
- Exam 1 Review solutions
- Exam 1 solutions
- Worksheet #7 (due 10/21)
- Worksheet #8 (due 10/28)
- Worksheet #9 (due 11/04)
- Worksheet #10 (due 11/11)
- Worksheet #11 (due 11/16)
- Exam 2 Review
- Previous semesters exams posted here.
- Problems: Chapter 6 Review, pg. 253-254: # 11, 15 Chapter 7 Review, pg. 300-302: # 2,6,7,9,11,12,13,15,17,19,29,33,35,36,37 Chapter 8 Review, pg. 337-338: # 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
- Exam 2 Review solutions
- Laplace Transform Problem
- Exam 2 Solutions
- Exam 2 Makeup Solutions
- Worksheet #12 (due 12/07)
- Final Exam Review problems
- Math 514
- TA: Brittany McCollon
- TA Office Hours: t, Th, 9:30 to 10:30, Chauvanet Windows Lab
- Syllabus
- Homework #1 (due 9/7)
- Homework #2: Acheson, 2.1, 2.3(ii), 2.7, 2.11 (due 9/21)
- Homework #3: Acheson, 4.1(ii), 4.4, 4.9(i), 5.2, 5.12 (due 10/5)
- Homework #4: Acheson, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.10, 7.13 (due 10/19)
- Homework #5: Acheson, 3.2, 3.5, 3.11, 3.12 (due 10/28)
- Homework #6
- Homework #7
- E & M Notes
- TA: Brittany McCollon
Interests
- Rock climbing, bouldering, sailing