Associate Professor of Space and Computational Science
Department of Computational & Data Sciences
Department of Physics & Astronomy
jwallin@gmu.edu
Dr. Wallin is an Associate Professor at George Mason University with appointments in the Department of Computational Sciences as well as the Department of Physics and Astronomy. His primary research has is aimed at understanding the gravitational interactions in the universe. In this research, Dr. Wallin uses a variety of computational and observational techniques linking numerical models with data. His current research includes work developing algorithms for improving the performance of meshless methods in lagrangian hydrodynamic simulations, along with probing deviations from the inverse square law in the outer solar system. During the 1999-2000 school year, he was on sabbatical leave as a visiting scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Applied Physics Division (X-3). Previous research has included using the World Wide Web as an aid to teaching large lecture classes. Wallin received his B.S. Degrees in Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics at Mankato State University in 1984. In 1989, Wallin obtained his Ph.D. in Astrophysics at Iowa State University Before working at GMU, he was a National Research Council Cooperative Research Associate working in the Space Sciences Division at the Naval Research Laboratory.
Dr. Wallin is currently the undergraduate program coordinator for the Bachelor of Science in Computational and Data Sciences and the Program Director for the Undergraduate Mentorships in Computational Mathematics Program (URCM).
Dr. Wallin was given a Teaching Excellence Award in 1998 from George Mason Unversity, and was nominated for the Virginia Outstanding Faculty award by the office of the Provost in 1999 and 2006.
