**Samuel T. Wallace**
![Sam at the Space Needle, 2025](sam_needle.jpg) Graduating Math PhD looking for computational mechanics work. # Contact
Tel: +1 225-287-4075
E-mail: [samueltwallace@gmail.com](mailto:samueltwallace@gmail.com)
Website: [samw.works](https://samw.works)
Github: [@samueltwallace](https://github.com/samueltwallace)
Rutgers Website: [stw77](https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~stw77/)
# Education
**PhD** Field: Mathematics
University: [Rutgers University](https://math.rutgers.edu/)
Enrolled: September 2023 - December 2026
Advisor: [Ian Tobasco](https://websites.umich.edu/~itobasco/)
Research Interests: Nonlinear PDE, Variational Calculus, Solid Mechanics
**MS** Major: Mathematics
University: [University of Illinois Chicago](https://mscs.uic.edu/)
Enrolled: August 2020 - August 2023
GPA: 3.78 / 4.0
**BSc** Majors: Physics and Mathematics
University: University of Florida
Enrolled: August 2016 - May 2020
GPA: 3.74 / 4.0 Cum Laude
# Employment - Teaching Assistant at University of Illinois Chicago August 2020 - May 2023 - NSF MSGI Intern at [ERDC](https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/) May 2021 - July 2021 - Teaching Assistant at Rutgers University Sept 2023 - Oct 2026
# Selected Presentations, Conferences, and Research Activity - Hausdorff School of Mathematics Summer School on Variational Methods and Geometry July 2022 - Hausdorff School of Mathematics Workshop on Variational Methods and Material Science July 2023 - Poster Presentation “Planar Origami as a Limit of Thin Confined Sheets” - Society of Engineering Sciences 2023 Minisymposium Talk October 2023 - SIAM Material Science Meeting 2024 Minisymposium Talk April 2024 - UMass Amherst Soft Solids and Complex Fluids Summer School June 2024 - Poster Presentation “Planar Origami as a Limit of Thin Confined Sheets” - Free Boundary Problems 2024 Minisymposium Talk August 2024 - Frontiers in Applied Analysis Workshop at Carnegie Mellon June 2025 - Poster Presentation “On the Analysis of the Wrinkle-to-Fold Transition in Confined Elastic Sheets” - SIAM Analysis of PDE 2025 Minisymposium Talk November 2025
# Notable Projects and Skills - Theoretical and Numerical Analysis of Interferometric Acoustic Sensors Developed theoretical methods for inverting interferometer data to obtain pressure profile in sound waves. Compared original methods and other methods in the literature through numerical simulation. Mentored by Dr. Gregory Lyons and Dr. Carl Hart of Army CoE. - Other Proficiencies Exposure to a variety of programing languages (Python, MATLAB, C, Go, Julia, SQL, Perl, BASH). System configuration in Linux and Unix–like systems, and proficiency in related tools (Git, SSH, GNU utils, systemd tools).