Hui Ma
Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Applied Mathematics
About
Hui Ma received her Ph.D. in Applied mathematics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2012. Before joining UVA, she was an assistant professor at Black Hills State University for two years. In her current role at the applied mathematics program, she teaches applied math courses to engineering students. Her goals in teaching are to help students develop confidence in their own ability to do mathematics and to make mathematics a joyful and successful experience.
Education
M.S. University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008
Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2012
The mathematical tools and expertise developed are essential to the professional development of the future engineer and applied scientist.
Selected Publications
"Mastery Grading Approach in a Calculus Course." 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2023.
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"Understanding students’ experience and achievement in a redesigned engineering math class." 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2023.
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"A sustainable model to structurally improve outcomes in Math courses for Engineering students." 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2022.
G. Guadagni, H. Ma
"The Benefit of Training Undergraduate Teaching Assistants." 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2018.
G. Guadagni, H. Ma, & L. Wheeler
"Redesigning the Calculus Curriculum for Engineering Students." 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2018.
S. Pisano, H. Ma, B. Fulgham, G. Guadagni, D.D. Morris, M. Abramenko
"Redesign of calculus curriculum in engineering." 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2017.
H. Ma, G. Guadagni, S.N. Pisano, B. Fulgham, M. Abramenko, D.D. Morris,
“Fitting Quadratic Curves to Data Points,” British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science, 4(1): 33-60, 2014.
N. Chernov, Q. Huang, H. Ma
Awards
All-University Teaching Award
2023
Education Innovation Award
2022
University of Virginia’s Trigon Engineering Society Thomas E. Hutchinson Award, Finalist
2017
Education Innovation Award
2017
Education Innovation Award
2016