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Leon Adams
Doctor of Science
EMSE
Department
1776 G Street NW,
Washington, DC 20052
E-mail:
leon.r.adams@gmail.com
Phone:
(240) 463-2731
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Contemporary
engineering applications are fraught with high levels of complexities
necessarily leading to high levels of uncertainties. One tool that may
be relevant in such situations is the creation of mathematical models
to investigate and study these complex engineering applications. Generally
speaking my academic and research interest lies in the construction
and use of such models for the purpose of facilitating decision support.
More specifically, my work
at the direction of Dr. Rene van Dorp is focused on better understanding
the influence of dependencies in uncertainty analysis applications.
As a doctoral candidate at the School of Engineering and Applied Science,
I am currently investigating the use of copula theory in the construction
of multivariate distributions. A particular interest is the copulas'
facility to allow for the separate study of the dependency structure
from that of the marginal uncertainties.
Leon Adams received his Masters
degree from the University of Maryland in 2005 from the mechanical engineering
department and his Bachelors degree in the same field from San Jose
State University. He held the positions of Associate R&D engineer
at the COEN Company, Burlingame CA, from 200-2004 and Graduate Engineer
at the SmithGroup in Washington DC in 2007.
