Location
Albert Small Building Room 112B
156 Engineer’s Way
Charlottesville, VA 22904

About

Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. She joined UVA in 2017 after obtaining her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Texas A&M University-College Station. Dr. Li holds a strong interest in STEM education. For example, she is interest in integrating technologies into classrooms to bolster student success, creating an inclusive and diverse learning environment, and fostering student confidence by redeveloping course curricula and assessment methods, etc. Beyond this, she is also interest in numerical computation, optimization, nonlinear analysis, and data science.

 

Education

Ph.D. ​ Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2017

Selected Publications

“An Alternative Methodical Approach and Its Effectiveness to Learn Change of Basis Matrices in an Engineering Linear Algebra Class", 2024 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. M.Li
“Integrating Precalculus into Calculus II and Its Outcomes", 2024 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition M. Li, S. Pisano, J. Marley, A. Fernando and L. Wheeler
"Student Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Incorporating Numerical Computations into an Engineering Linear Algebra Course", 2024 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition M. Li, and J. Taggart
"Exploring Effective Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching Linear Algebra to Engineering Students: A Literature Review", 2024 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition M.Li, and H.Chen
"Developing Active Learning of Linear Algebra in Engineering by Incorporating MATLAB and Autograder", 2023 ASEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION LI, M.
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"Local min-orthogonal principle and its applications for solving multiple solution problems", Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, vol. 2023, no. Special Issue 2, 2023 M.Li, B.Ji, J. Zhou
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"Finding Gateaux-Saddles by a Local Minimax Method", Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization, vol. 38, no. 2, 2017
M. Li, and J.Zhou
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Courses Taught

APMA 1000 Preparation for Engineering Mathematics
APMA 1110 Single Variable Calculus II
MATH 1210 A Survey of Calculus I
APMA 2120 Multivariable Calculus
APMA 2130 Ordinary Differential Equations
APMA 3080 Linear Algebra
APMA 3501 Computational Linear Algebra
APMA 3100 Probability
APMA 3150 From Data to Knowledge
APMA 6430 Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
MAE 6430 Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

Awards

2024 ASEE Mathematics Division Best Paper Award 2024, announced at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference
SoTL Dissemination Award 2024, honored by UVA Center for Teaching Excellence
One Individual 2022 & 2023, recognized by UVA's Career Center as ONE INDIVIDUAl who helped students the most with their career development
Thomas E. Hutchinson Award finalist 2020, for outreach to students, enthusiastic lectures, obvious love of teaching, and contributions to the Engineering School
Educational Innovation Award 2024, 2019