Prof. Sangeeta Gad is  the director of recruitment and outreach activities in the Center for Computational Sciences (CCSDS) at UH-D. As a part of the center’s efforts to further generate interest in the fields of Science, Technology, engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. I coordinate a summer enrichment program Houston PREP , targeted to benefit minority students in middle and high schools. These programs develop student’s aptitudes in STEM fields, and also give them a willing edge for the upcoming school year. These programs also involve training teachers to systemic approaches to integrate the use of the computer-based modeling and scientific visualization in science and mathematics. As director of the recruitment for CCSDS, I recruit students to the scholarship programs, guide them for the research and graduate school opportunities. But keeping in touch with my passion for teaching, I am a faculty member for the Computer and Mathematical Sciences department. I serve on the Greater Houston P-16 council.

Education

M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Bombay in Bombay India 1970.

B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Bombay in Bombay India in April 1968.

Work History

Director for Outreach, Recruitment and Retention, Center for Computational Sciences and Advanced Distributed Simulation (CCSDS), University of Houston-Downtown, 1997 through present.

Coordinator, Houston PRe-freshman Enrichment Program (PREP), University of Houston-Downtown, September 1994 through present.

Co-PI for NSF femProf , Advancing Females to Professoriate in computing, University of Houston-Downtown, 2009 through present.

Lecturer, Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences (CMS), University of Houston-Central Campus, 1984 through present.

Expertise

I coordinate a summer enrichment program, Houston PREP, targeted to benefit minority students in middle and high schools.