Thomas W. Carr 

Associate Dean, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences 

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics 

Southern Methodist University 

Biographical information

Research 

Dynamical systems theory, bifurcation theory, and asymptotic & perturbation methods applied to delay- and integro-differential equations in the study of laser instabilities, epidemiology, immunology, and coupled oscillators. 

• Publications 
• Presentations:
• An SIRS epidemic model with a rapidly decreasing probability for temporary immunity 
• Stochastic Extinction in the Presence of Delayed Feedback 
• Asynchronous oscillations due to antigenic variation in Malaria Pf 
• Modeling of cancer virotherapy with recombinent measles viruses 
• An SIR epidemic model with partial temporary immunity 
• Negative-coupling resonances in pump-coupled lasers 

• Past courses taught 
• Who is successful and why? 
  Success vs failure 
• SIAM: Careers in Applied Mathematics 
• Windy-World Web Page