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A product of Aberdeen, ID and Tilton, NH, Dr. Love received his BS
degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 1991, followed by MS and PhD degrees in Duke
University in 1997 and 2000, respectively.
In between studies (1991-1994), he taught high school mathematics at
Central High School in Helena,
Arkansas as part of the Arkansas/Mississippi Delta Corps of Teach for America
, where he caught a severe case of the 'educational advocacy bug' that
eventually led him to Shodor in January of 2001.
Garrett's primary academic research area is in the field of computational mechanics,
notably finite element methods for impact analysis. His doctoral dissertation
Velocity Update Algorithms for Transient Impact Problems: Consideration of
Kinematic Discontinuities Within a Conserving Framework.
(pdf)
and published research contributions were completed at Duke under the
advisorship of and in collaboration with
Dr. Tod Laursen . In 2001 he served a brief appointment as an Adjunct
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
at Duke, teaching a sophomore-level course in the Mechanics of Solids as well
as short course modules for the Duke Science, Technology and Human Values Program.
Garrett serves as head coach with the Chapel Hill United Soccer Club,
currently coaching a talented group of 10 & 11-year-old girls known
as the Tempest. He
occassionally expresses his artsy side in local performances as an
actor and/or accordionist, most frequently with Jimmy Magoo and the
Little Bang Band of Carrboro, NC. Other interests
include strategic gaming, fantasy sports, and swing and country dancing.
You can visit Garrett's web page
for
more information.
You can contact Garrett at:
The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
300 West Morgan Street, Suite 1150
Durham, NC 27701
(919) 530-1911 (voice/TDD)
(919) 530-1914 (fax)
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