Texas A&M University 2023 - Present
Instructional Assistant Professor, College Station, TX
Shelvean Kapita
Instructional Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Employment
University of Zimbabwe 2022 - 2023
Lecturer, Harare, Zimbabwe
University of Georgia 2017 - 2020
Limited Term Assistant Professor, Athens, GA
Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, UMN 2016 - 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, Minneapolis, MN
University of Delaware 2010 - 2016
Research and Teaching Assistant, Newark, DE
Teaching
Texas A&M University: MATH 304, 308, 140, 147, 417.
University of Zimbabwe: MTSCS546, HMTH407, MTE201, HMTHCS212.
University of Georgia: MATH 4500/6500, 2700, 2250, 1113.
Supervision & Service
- Undergraduate Thesis Supervision (UZ '23):
- Gerald Munetsi , thesis
- Talent Maramba
- Cosmas Nyazika
- Clemeo Gwezere
- Service at TAMU: Week in Review lead for Math 308 & 140 (2024-25); TAMU High School Math Contest referee (2023).
- Service at UZ: Level 2 course coordinator; Computer Lab and Library Committee member.
Selected Publications
- Kapita, S., Monk, P., Selgas, V. A Trefftz Discontinuous Galerkin Method... Applicable Analysis, 2018.
- Kapita, S., Monk, P. A Plane Wave Discontinuous Galerkin Method... J. Comput. Appl. Math., 2018.
- Kapita, S., Monk, P., Warburton, T. Residual based Adaptivity and PWDG... SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 2015.
- Abedin, F., Corvino, J., Kapita, S., Wu, H. On Isoperimetric Surfaces in General Relativity II. J. Geom. Phys., 2009.
Presentations & Workshops
Over 20 presentations at institutions including The Johns Hopkins University, Auburn University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Minnesota. Participated in numerous workshops and conferences such as the Joint Mathematics Meetings, SIAM Conferences, and the Finite Element Circus.