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Master Degree

EDUCATION
California State University, Long Beach
Master of Science in Mathematics 2019

University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics 2015

Orange Coast College
Associate of Science, Mathematics 2012
WORKING/TEACHING EXPERIENCES

AIG Education
Mathematics Instructor August 2018 – Present
Teach and Coach the Competition math team.

Boston Education
Mathematics Instructor January 2018 – Present
Teach and Coach the Competition math team.

Golden West College
Faculty Intern January 2018 – May 2018
Teach College Algebra.

California State University, Long Beach
Teaching Assistant August 2017 – Present
Teach Business Calculus.

The Vietnamese Community of Southern California
President September 2017 – Present
Duties including but not limited to represent the organization, plan of operations, approve of projects.

The Interfaith Organization of Ten Thousand Crosses Emanated
Assistant Director August 2016 – Present
Plan and manage operations of the entire organization.

Orange Coast College
Teaching Assistant in Honors Tensor Calculus October 2015 – Present
Hold office hours and teach materials related to Honors Tensor Calculus, an advanced upper-division/graduate
Level Mathematics course.

California State University, Long Beach
Actech Squad Representative October 2015 – September 2017
Support Team in Academic Technology Services, helping faculty, staffs and students to utilize the tools and services through online instructions and Beachboard (an online form of communications between faculty and students university-wide)
University of California, Los Angeles
Researcher June 2015 – September 2015
Advisor: Dr. John Garnett.
Researching on Functional Analysis problems and presenting the works at the Conference.
University of California, Los Angeles
Researcher June 2014 – September 2014
Advisor: Dr. John Garnett.
Researching on Advanced Probability problems and presenting the works at the Conference.
Language Door Irvine
Vietnamese Instructor June 2014 – Current
Teaching Vietnamese to professionals in accordance with their different requirements and/or needs.
Fullerton College
Research Assistant June 2013 – August 2013
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane.
Researching on unsolved math problems and presenting the works at the Conference, assisting instructional material to 30 lower division students, helping them get up to speed with the topics.
U.S Department of the Interior- National Park Service
Volunteer Translator September 2012 – Present
Provide translational services for the natural resource agency.
Fullerton College
Teaching Assistant to Dr. Dana Clahane in 2 learning seminars -- “N-body and Free Probability” June 2012 – August 2012
Helping seminar attenders keep up to pace with the learning seminars, researching on unsolved math problems.
Orange Coast College
Honors Office Assistant September 2011 – May 2012
Front desk, advising students about Honors Programs and Honors Societies, also include secretarial duties such as organizing and maintaining database on student records in the Programs.

Cali Restaurant
Server and Cashier May 2010 – August 2011
AWARDS AND HONORS
1. Grant to attend the Connecticut Summer School in Number Theory June 2018
Amount of $1000. Paid in full for accommodation and travel of 1 week. Present current
research in Analytic Number theory.

2. Grant to attend the Seminar in Topology Conference April 2018
Amount of $1000. Paid in full for accommodation and travel. Present current research in Topology.

3. Grant to attend the Seminar in Current Topics in Analysis- Prairie Analysis Seminar September 2017
Supported by an NSF Grant, paid in full the travel and accommodation while
attending the Seminar, to network and present research results
with international mathematicians.

4. Grant to attend the one-week eleventh international workshop on
Principles and Applications for Control of Quantum Systems July 2017
Supported by an NSF Grant, paid in full the travel and accommodation while attending a
one-week long workshop on Control Quantum Systems, to network and present research results
with international mathematicians and physicists.

5. Grant to attend the one-week Conference in Lie Group Actions on Riemannian Geometry June 2017
Supported by an NSF Grant, paid in full the travel and accommodation while attending a
one-week long workshop on Lie Group ALgebra, to network and present research results
with international mathematicians.

6. Grant to attend the one-week Kylerec Workshop in Topology May 2017
Supported by an NSF Grant, paid in full the travel and accommodation while attending a
one-week long workshop on Differential Topology, to network and present research results
with graduate students and early career faculties in Mathematics.

7. Grant to attend the Underrepresented Students in Algebra and Topology Conference April 2017
Supported by an NSF Grant, paid in full the travel and accommodation while attending a
Three-day conference, to network and present research results with graduate students and
early career faculties in Mathematics.

8. Grant to attend the Southern California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education November 2016
Paid in full the registration fee and accommodation by CSULB, to
represent CSULB and attend the conference.

9. Grant to attend the National Great Mind in STEM Conference September 2016
Paid in full the registration cost, by the CSU Foundation, to
represent CSULB and attend the conference.

10. 2016-2017 Math Alliance Scholar September 2016
Nomination from a professor of Mathematics, to join this national math alliance program
And get supported in the Doctorate in Mathematics application process.

11. 2016 Math Alliance Scholar Travel Grant September 2016
Full coverage of travel (California to Missouri), accommodation, and registration fee,
for a three-day Field of Dream Conference in Graduate Mathematics.

12. 2016-2017 CSU Foundation, Edison International Scholarship for Graduate Students in STEM September 2016
For excellent in STEM major, nominated by California State University, Long Beach,
1 of 16 recipients total of the entire 8 Universities
in the California State University System (CSU Foundation).

13. 2016 HOGAR RESEARCH GRANT March 2016
Award for conducting and presenting research at the
Regional American Mathematics Association conference.

14. 2015 Research Experience for Undergraduates Award, University of California, Los Angeles July – September 2015
Award for conducting research in Mathematics in the field of Functional Analysis

15. Scored 17 in William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition March 2015
Ranked 9 in the UCLA team, and ranked 1044 out of 4320 students from 577 colleges
and universities in Canada and the United States participated in this Competition.

16. 2014 Research Experience for Undergraduates Award, University of California, Los Angeles July – September 2014
Award for conducting research in Mathematics.

17. Alumni Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles September 2012 – May 2014
Selected among a pool of hundreds of thousands of UCLA’s admission applicants (year 2012),
the awards were given to the most outstanding students.

18. Supportive Award, California State University, Fullerton October 2012
For giving a talk at the Mathematical Association of America Conference

19. ENGAGE in STEM Mathematics Research Internship Award, Fullerton College June 2012 – August 2012
For researching in Mathematics and giving talks at the Pacific Unsolved Mathematics Conference

20. Robert Moore Exceptional Student Leader Award, Orange Coast College May 2012
For contributed more than 170 hours of services, presented to students
whose leadership and contributions have made a difference for a large number of students,
or a long term of importance to students.

21. Daniel E. Scanlon Memorial Award, Orange Coast College May 2012
The most dedicated Mathematics Student of the year.

22. Mu Alpha Theta Honors Society Scholarship, Orange Coast College May 2012
The most dedicated officers of the year.

23. Walmar Foundation Award, Orange Coast College May 2011
Selected among thousands of Scholarship applicants.

24. Outstanding Volunteer Award, Orange Coast College March 2011
For more than 100 hours of volunteering.
PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS
1. “Density of solitary numbers”
Advisor: Dr. Jose Bennish, California States University, Long Beach.
Speaker at the CTNT 2018, University of Connecticut. June 2018

2. “Calculus on Manifold”
Advisor: Dr. Ryan Blair, California States University, Long Beach.
Speaker at the USTARS 2018, Reed College. Apr 2018

3. “Density of a subclass of Solitary Numbers”
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Bennish, California States University, Long Beach.
Speaker at the Prairie Analysis Seminar 2017, Kansas State University, Manhattan Sep 2017

4. “Density of a subclass of Solitary Numbers”
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Bennish, California States University, Long Beach.
Speaker at the Interconnection of Algebra, Analysis and Number Theory, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA Apr 2017

5. “Density of a subclass of Solitary Numbers”
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Bennish, California States University, Long Beach.
Speaker at the MAA Regional Meeting, Northridge , CA Apr 2017

6. “Solitary numbers and its density”
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Bennish, California States University, Long Beach.
Speaker at the California Math Council Conference, Pomona, CA Mar 2017

7. “On the density of a subclass of solitary numbers, preliminary report”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College
Presenter at the Pacific Summer Unsolved Mathematics Conference, Fullerton, CA June 2016

8. “The F. Rietz’s Rising sun lemma and its applications”
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Bennish, California States University, Long Beach.
Speaker at the Spring Meeting of The Southern California-Nevada Section of The
Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Loyola Marymount University, CA April 2016

9. “The weak laws of large numbers and two interesting applications, a revisit”
Advisor: Dr. John Garnett, UCLA.
Speaker in the Contributed Paper Session at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) 1114th Meeting,
California State University, Fullerton College, CA June 2015

10. “The solitary of number 10 and other numbers, a revisit”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Pacific Summer Unsolved Mathematics Conference, Fullerton College, CA June 2015

11. “A survey on Advanced Probability Theory”
Advisor: Dr. John Garnett, UCLA.
Speaker at the UCLA Undergraduate Math Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, CA May 2015

12. “The weak law of Large Numbers, Part 2”
Advisor: Dr. John Garnett, UCLA.
Speaker at the Pacific Coast Undergraduate Math Conference, California Lutherian University, CA March 2015

13. “The weak law of Large Numbers, Part 1”
Advisor: Dr. John Garnett, UCLA.
Speaker at the Undergraduate Research Conference, California State University, Fullerton, CA October 2014

14. “The 1/3-2/3 Conjecture and its application in sorting algorithm.”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Pacific Coast Undergraduate Math Conference, Cal Poly Pomona, CA March 2014

15. “On the study of Composition Operator.”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Pacific Summer Unsolved Math Conference, Fullerton College, CA July 2013

16. “More on the solitary of number 10.”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Pacific Summer Unsolved Math Conference, Fullerton College, CA June 2013

17. “What are Quartenion and some of its applications.”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Pacific Coast Undergraduate Math Conference, Cal Poly Pomona, CA March 2013

18. “An introduction to Quartenion.”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Fullerton College Mathematics Colloquium, CA January 2013
In preparation for Dr. Strupa (President of Chapman University) presentation on his research in Quaternion

19. “Introduction to Quandle and its application in rotation.”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the California Community College Math Conference, Fullerton College, CA November 2012

20. “Are 10 and other numbers, other than 10, also lonely (Completed, part 1 and 2)?”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Mathematical Association of America Meeting, South Convention, October 2012
California State University, Long Beach, CA

21. “The N-body problem: is the measure of the collision of at least 3 objects a Hausdorff measure?”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Pacific Unsolved Math Conference, Fullerton College, CA June 2012
22. “Introduction to Free probability, random matrices, and operator algebra”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Pacific Unsolved Math Conference, Fullerton College, CA June 2012

23. “Hyperbolic geometry: weird but true?”
Advisor: Professor Art Moore, Orange Coast College.
Speaker at the Honors Research Conference, University of California, Irvine, CA February 2012
24. “Are 10 and other numbers, other than 10, also lonely (Part 2)?”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the Pacific Coast Undergraduate Math Conference, Cal Poly Pomona, CA March 2012

25. “Are 10 and other numbers, other than 10, also lonely (Part 1)?”
Advisor: Dr. Dana Clahane, Fullerton College.
Speaker at the California Community College Math Conference, Fullerton College, CA October 2011

PUBLICATIONS
1. Density of A Subclass of Solitary Numbers, “https://www.math.ksu.edu/pas/2017/talks/Vo.pdf, Kansas State University, Fall 2017, Kansas, Manhattan.
2. Are 10 and other numbers beside 10 also lonely, “------------/conferences/Spring2017/presentations/VoLonelyNumbers.pdf”, California Math Council Community Colleges South, Spring 2017, Pomona.
3. The Weak Laws of Large Numbers and two interesting Applications, Program Book of the 1114th American Mathematical Society (AMS) Meeting, California State University, Fullerton, 2015.
4. Hyperbolic Geometry Introduction, Abstract of Honors Research Conference, UCI, 2012.

CONFERENCES
1. The Connecticut Summer School in Number Theory 2018, University of Connecticut, June 2018.
2. The sixth Underrepresented Student in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) 2018, Reed College, April 2018.
3. Prairie Analysis Seminar, Sep 2017.
4. The eleventh international workshop on Principles and Applications for Control of Quantum Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, July 2017.
5. The international Conference on Lie Groups Actions on Riemannian Geometry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, Massachusetts, June 2017.
6. Kylerec Workshop on Sympletic Filling of contact manifolds, Truckee, California, May 2017.
7. The Fifth Underrepresented Student in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) 2017, Amherst, Massachusetts, Apr 2017.
MEMBERSHIP
Phi Kappa Phi – National multidisciplinary collegiate honor society
Mu Alpha Theta – National Mathematic Honors Society for two-year Colleges and High Schools
Phi Theta Kappa – International Honors Society (All Academic subjects)
Alpha Gamma Sigma – California Honors Society (All Academic subjects)
Alpha Beta Gamma – International Business Honors Society
EOPS- Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, Orange Coast College
EOP –Extended Opportunity Program, UCLA
LANGUAGES
Vietnamese -- native language
English – speak and read/write fluently
ACTIVITIES/LEADERSHIP
Orange Coast College
Fiscal Affair Council Member August 2011 – May 2012
Manage 2.5 million dollars funding for student’s extracurricular activities.

Advocacy Committee Member August 2011 – May 2012
Lobby on behalf of students’ benefits

Mu Alpha Theta Honors Society Secretary August 2011 – May 2012
Organize events as Society officer and secretarial duties.

Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society Graduation Coordinator August 2011 – December 2012
Organize events that help promote College’s graduation

Vietnam National University
Skill Cub Board Member August 2009 – February 2010
CERTIFICATIONS
Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
Certification of Achievement for giving a talk at the conference March 2015
Acquired by giving a talk at the conference

Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
Certification of Achievement for giving a talk at the conference March 2014
Acquired by giving a talk at the conference

Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Certification of Achievement, Successful Participant, UCLA Team March 2013
Competition in the Mathematical Modeling Contest

Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
Certification of Achievement for giving a talk at the conference March 2013
Acquired by giving a talk at the conference

Google
Certification of Completion July 2012
Successfully completing the Power Searching with Google course

Associated Students of Orange Coast College
Certification of Outstanding Services to the Fiscal Affairs Council May 2012
Provided more than 170 volunteer hours to this student leader organization

Orange Coast College Speech, Debate & Theatre Team
Certification of Excellent May 2012
Acquired at the Intramural Speech Tournament

Orange Coast College Honors Program
Certification of Completion for Outstanding Academic Achievements May 2012
Acquired by completing the Honors Program

Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
Certification of Achievement for giving a talk at the conference March 2012
Acquired by giving a talk at the conference

Microsoft
Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA) March 2010
Administrator on the environment of Windows Server
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) (x2) March 2010
Administrator on Windows Vista Environment and administrator on Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA Server) 2006
Microsoft Certified Professional March 2010