Deborah Frank Lockhart

Deborah Frank Lockhart is a mathematician known for her work with the National Science Foundation.

Deborah Frank Lockhart
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Awards	Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	National Science Foundation
Thesis	Dynamic buckling of imperfection-sensitive structures (1974)

Career

Lockhart graduated in 1965 from the Bronx High School of Science.[1] She received her BS in mathematics from New York University,[2] and went on to receive her Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the area of continuum mechanics.[3]

Lockhart went on to work at SUNY Geneseo before moving to Michigan Technological University in 1976.[2] She began working as a Program Director and then Deputy Division Director at the National Science Foundation.

Awards and honors

In 2012, Lockhart became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4] Also that year, she became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[5]

Selected publications

• Lockhart, Deborah F. Dynamic buckling of a damped imperfect column on a nonlinear foundation. Quart. Appl. Math. 36 (1978/79), no. 1, 49–55.

References

1. "Notable Alumni-Bronx High School of Science Alumni Association". Retrieved Feb 10, 2015.
2. "Deborah Lockhart". LinkedIn. Retrieved Feb 10, 2015.
3. "Report on the 1997 Association for Women in Mathematics Conference in Stanford (from AWM Nesletter)". Retrieved Feb 10, 2015.
4. "List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". ams.org. Retrieved Feb 10, 2015.
5. "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows". AAAS Website. 30 November 2012. Retrieved Feb 10, 2015.