Tylene Stratton Garrett
1585 Buzzard Roost Road
Shelbyville, KY 40065
email: tgarrett@transy.edu
Phone: 606-233-8170
     
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
May, 1990 Ph.D. in Computer Science (Computer Graphics and Imaging)
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Dissertation Topic: Construction and Evaluation of C2 Interpolation Methods
August, 1985 Master of Science in Computer Science (Numerical Analysis)
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Thesis Topic: Non-Polynomial Block Method Iterations for Ordinary Differential Equations
     
August, 1978 Master of Arts in Mathematics
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Major Area: Topology
Earned Lifetime Certification in Secondary School Teaching -- Kentucky Department of Education
May, 1968 Bachelor of Science
Major: Mathematics; Minor: Physics
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Secondary School Teaching Certificate -- Kentucky Department of Education
     
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND  
Sept. 1994 - Present

Program Director and Associate Professor of Computer Science Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
1990 - 1994 Assistant Professor of Computer Science Transylvania University
1985 - 1990 Computer Science Instructor Transylvania University
1981 - 1985 Mathematics Instructor Midway College, Midway, KY
1973 - 1981 Mathematics Teacher Shelby County High School, Shelbyville, KY
1970 - 1973 Mathematics Teacher Henry County High School, New Castle, KY
1968 - 1969 Mathematics Teacher Crawford Junior High, Lexington, KY
     
HONORS  
1982 Initiated in Alpha Delta Kappa, International Honorary for Women Educators
1988 Awarded the Amoco National Fellowship for study in the Ph.D. Program in computer science
1991 Awarded the Bingham Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching (3 year duration
1991 Awarded a Postdoc Grant from the Association of Women in Mathematics (sponsored by National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research) to present a paper at a workshop held in conjunction with the International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Washington, D.C.
1994 Awarded the Bingham Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching (4 year duration)
1996 Certificate of Recognition from the Division of Higher Education, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) as Transylvania's nominee for the T.A. Abbott Award for Faculty Excellence
1999 Designated a Bingham Fellow
     
PAPERS PUBLISHED  

Non-Polynomial Methods for Solving Ordinary Differential Equations, with A.C.R. Newbery, CONGRESSUS NUMERATIUM, Volume 51, March, 1986, pp.223-228.

C2 Interpolation Methods, with A.C.R. Newbery, CONGRESSUS NUMERANTIUM, Volume 68, May, 1989, pp.147-154.

Interpolation with Minimized Curvature, with A.C.R. Newbery, COMPUTERS & MATHEMATICS WITH APPLICATIONS, Volume 22, Number 1, 1991, pp.37-44.