MAJ Tony Johnson 

Playing my guitar                         The Statue

Buffalo Soldier Reunion

Brief Biography

Personal Information

•  Hometown: Richmond, Va

•  Married 20 years to my high school sweetheart

•  One teenager left in the house

•  Two in college (USMA Class 2012)

•  Prior service:  8 Years (Staff Sergeant -E6)

Awards         

•  W. Randolph Church Award – Presented by the Naval Postgraduate School for Excellence in Mathematics (2005)

•  MacArthur Leadership Award (2003)

•  Who's Who Among College Graduate Students (2000)

•  First Place National AMP Mathematics Award – National Science Foundation Undergraduate Mathematics Competition (1999)

•  National Dean's List (1999)

•  Fayetteville State University Student of the Year Award (1999)

•  Distinguished Military Graduate – Officer Candidate School (1996)

•  Honor Graduate – Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course (1992)

•  Honor Graduate – Primary Leadership Development Course (1990)

Publications, Presentations, and Invited Lectures

Neta, B., Johnson, A.N. (2007). High order nonlinear solver for multiple roots, Journal of Computational Methods, September 2007.

Neta, B., Johnson, A.N. (2007). High order nonlinear solver, Journal of Computational Methods, January 2007.

Johnson, A.N. (2006).  Development of a three dimensional perfectly matched layer for transient elasto-dynamic analyses. Dissertation: Naval Post Graduate School, Dudley Knox Library, December 2006.

“Introduction to Applied Methods Using Green’s Functions,” Invited lecturer for Marist College, NY March 2006.

“The Green’s Function: Weak Solutions to Boundary Value Problems,” Invited presentation for United States Military Academy Mathematical Sciences Department Differential Equation seminar West Point, NY October 2005.

Johnson, A.N. (2005).  Time-dependent Finite Element Model for Optimizing Source Array Element Position and Excitation for Seismic Sonar for Buried Mine Detection. Abstract The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, volume 117, Number 4,  April 2005.

*Neta B., Johnson, A.N. (2005).  P-stable Symmetric Super-Implicit Methods for Periodic Initial Value Problems.  International Journal of Computers and Mathematics with Applications, April 2005.

Johnson, A.N. (1999).  FSU-LSAMP Workshop on Using the TI-92 Plus Graphing Calculator to Teach Mathematics and Science. Proceedings, North Carolina NSF Alliance for Minority Participation 1999 Conference.

Johnson, A.N. (1998).  A Mathematical Model to Simulate flight Trajectory of Aircraft.  Proceedings, North Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation 1998 Conference.

“Physical Acoustics: Topics in Acoustic Mine Detection, ” 149^th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America with the Canadian Acoustical Association, Vancouver, Canada May 2005.

Education

•  Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School, 2006

•  Master of Science, Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School, 2005    

•  Master of Science, Mathematics, Fayetteville State University, 2000

•  Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Fayetteville State University, 1999

Research Interests

•  Network Science

•  Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids

•  Partial Differential Equations

•  Ordinary Differential Equations

•  Systems of First Order ODEs

•  Matrix Computations and Algorithms

•  The Finite Element Method

•  Numerical Methods in ODEs

Computer Skills

•  Programming Languages: R, BASH, C++, TCL,  Perl, JavaScript, FORTRAN, and HTML.
•  Operating Systems: Unix,  Linux, MAC OS X, DOS, and all versions of Windows.
•  Mathematics Applications: Maple, Mathematica, Matlab, and Octave.
•  Other Applications: TEX, LATEX, METAPOST, PGF,  and all standard office applications.
   

Military Schooling

•  Officer Candidate School

•  Signal Officer Basic Course

•  Airborne School

•  FA 53 Systems Automation Course

•  Signal Officer Advanced Course

•  Combined Arms Service and Staff School

Military Awards and Decorations

•  Meritorious Service Medal

•  Joint Service Commendation Medal (first oak leaf cluster)

•  Army Commendation Medal

•  Army achievement medal (fourth oak leaf cluster)

•  Good Conduct Medal (second knot)

•  Global War On Terror

•  Korean Defense Service

•  Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (second device)

•  Overseas Service Ribbon (second device)

•  Presidential Service Badge

•  Airborne Badge

•  German Proficiency Badge

•  Joint Unit Commendation Award

Hobbies/Interest

Higher Ground Christian Ministry

My Family

Bible Study

Mathematics

National Society of Black Engineers

Very interested in playing guitar, but not very good

Law & Order: CI

Playing Chess

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