Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Jian Shen

  • Professor at Mathematics, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Organizer, WRMS (West Ridge Middle School) Math Club. January 2023 - Present.
  • Organizer. 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Math PhD Proposal Committee. 2018 - Present.
  • UIA Faculty Mentor. 2018 - Present.
  • Member, College Review Group. 2018 - Present.
  • Faculty Mentor. 2014 - Present.
  • Chair, Discrete Mathematics Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee. 2014 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, ISRN Discrete Mathematics. 2010 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Pure and Applied mathematics Journal. 2010 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Mathematical Society Math Reviews. 2010 - Present.
  • Instructor for Level 5 Class, Junior Math Camp. 2008 - Present.
  • Coach for PMWC team, Junior Math Camp. 2008 - Present.
  • Mentor for Siemens Research Project, Honors Summer Math Camp. 2003 - Present.
  • Organizer, TxState Discrete Math Seminar. September 2003 - Present.

2021

  • Member, Developmental Math Committee. 2019 - 2021.
  • Chair, Budget Committee. 2018 - 2021.
  • Associate Chair, Department of Mathematics. 2015 - 2021.
  • Member, Scheduling Oversight Committee. 2015 - 2021.
  • Graduate Instructional Assistant Faculty Advisor. September 2003 - 2021.
  • Member, Awards Committee. 2002 - 2021.
  • Volunteer. June 2021 - July 2021.

2020

  • Member, Lecturer Hiring Committee. 2019 - 2020.

2019

  • Chair, Policy Review Committee. 2019.
  • Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee. 2018 - 2019.
  • Member, African American Studies committee. 2016 - 2019.

2018

  • Member, Math 7302 (History of Mathematics) Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Ad Hoc Committee. 2018.
  • Member, Ingram Hall Active Classroom Design and Allocation Committee. 2015 - 2018.
  • Chair, Performance/Merit Committee. 2015 - 2018.
  • Chair, College REP Committee. 2014 - 2018.
  • University Research Enhancement Committee. 2014 - 2018.

2017

  • Chair, Department Academic Program Review Committee. 2016 - 2017.
  • Chair, Department Strategic Plan (2017-2023) Committee. 2016 - 2017.
  • Member, Budget Committee. 2014 - 2017.
  • Member, Doctoral Committee. 2014 - 2017.

2016

  • Member, University Research Enhancement Committee. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, College Review Group. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, Student Entrepreneurship Initiative Committee. 2015 - 2016.
  • Associate Chair, Mathematics Department. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, Awards Committee. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, Budget Committee. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, Doctoral Committee. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee. 2015 - 2016.
  • Chair, Performance/Merit Committee. 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, Scheduling Oversight Committee. 2015 - 2016.
  • Chair, Discrete Mathematics Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee. 2015 - 2016.
  • Chair, Ad-Hoc Committee Reviewing PhD Discrete Math Graph Theory. 2015 - 2016.
  • Chair, Department Academic Program Review Committee. 2015 - 2016.

2015

  • Member, University Research Enhancement Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Chair, College REP Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Member, College Review Group. 2014 - 2015.
  • Chair, Discrete Mathematics Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Member, Awards Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Member, Budget Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Member, Doctoral Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Member, Performance/Merit Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Member, Liaison Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Chair, Math 2471, 2472, 3373 Textbook Committee. 2014 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Annals of Combinatorics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Applied Mathematics Letters. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ars Combinatoria. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Computers and Mathematics with Applications. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Discrete Applied Mathematics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Discrete Mathematics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Discussiones Mathematicae - Graph Theory. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, European Journal of Combinatorics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Graphs and Combinatorics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Integers: Electronic Journal of Combinatorial Number Theory. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Computer Mathematics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Computers and Applications. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Networks. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Quarterly Journal of the Belgian, French and Italian Operations Research Societies. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Science in China. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Utilitas Mathematica. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Graph Theory. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Interconnection Networks. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Linear Algebra and its Applications. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Linear and Multilinear Algebra. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics. 2000 - 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Linear Algebra and its Applications (Special Issue Devoted to the Euro-workshop on Algebraic Graph Theory). 1996 - 2015.

2014

  • Program Committee member, I-SPAN. 2014.
  • Member, College Review Group. 2013 - 2014.
  • Member, Awards Committee. 2013 - 2014.
  • Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee. 2013 - 2014.
  • Member, Colloquium Committee. 2013 - 2014.
  • Member, Liaison Committee. 2013 - 2014.
  • Faculty Mentor. 2013 - 2014.
  • Visiting Professors Hosted. August 2013 - August 2014.

2013

  • Program Committee member, I-SPAN. 2013.
  • Member, Retirement Programs Committee. 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, College Review Group. 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, Scholarship Committee. 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, Liaison Committee. 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee. 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, Colloquium Committee. 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2012 - 2013.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2012 - 2013.

2012

  • Member, Retirement Programs Committee. 2011 - 2012.
  • Member, Scholarship Committee. 2011 - 2012.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2011 - 2012.
  • Member, Department Strategy Plan Committee. 2011 - 2012.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2011 - 2012.
  • Member, Colloquium Committee. 2011 - 2012.
  • Member, Graduate Recruitment Committee. 2011 - 2012.
  • Member, Liaison Committee. 2011 - 2012.
  • Member, PhD Qualifying Exam Committee. 2011 - 2012.

2011

  • Member, Retirement Programs Committee. 2010 - 2011.
  • Member, Presidential Award for Excellence in Research Selection Committee. 2010 - 2011.
  • Member, Scholarship Committee. 2010 - 2011.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2010 - 2011.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2010 - 2011.
  • Member, Liaison Committee. 2010 - 2011.

2010

  • Member, Presidential Award for Excellence in Research Selection Committee. 2009 - 2010.
  • Member, Retirement Programs Committee. 2009 - 2010.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2009 - 2010.
  • Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee. 2009 - 2010.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2009 - 2010.
  • Member, Liaison Committee. 2009 - 2010.
  • Member, PhD Qualifying Exam Committee. 2009 - 2010.

2009

  • Member, Presidential Award for Excellence in Research Selection Committee. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Retirement Programs Committee. 2008 - 2009.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2008 - 2009.
  • Chair, Performance/Merit Committee. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Program and Curriculum Committee. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Liaison Committee. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, PhD Qualifying Exam Committee. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, SACS Assessment Program. 2008 - 2009.
  • Visiting Professors Hosted. June 2009 - September 2009.

2008

  • Member, Retirement Programs Committee. 2007 - 2008.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2007 - 2008.
  • Member, Performance/Merit Committee. 2007 - 2008.
  • Member, Program and Curriculum Committee. 2007 - 2008.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2007 - 2008.

2007

  • Instructor, Honors Summer Math Camp. 2007.
  • Member, Retirement Programs Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • Member, Performance/Merit Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • Member, Ph.D. Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • Member, Program and Curriculum Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • University Mentor, Honors Summer Math Camp. 2006 - 2007.
  • Visiting Professors Hosted. August 2006 - February 2007.

2006

  • Member, Retirement Programs Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, Presidential Award for Excellence in Research Selection Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, ARP Proposal Selection Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, Ph.D. Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, Program and Curriculum Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2005 - 2006.
  • University Mentor, Honors Summer Math Camp. 2005 - 2006.
  • Visiting Professors Hosted. February 2006 - August 2006.

2005

  • Member, Presidential Award for Excellence in Research Selection Committee. 2004 - 2005.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2004 - 2005.
  • Member, Colloquium Committee. 2004 - 2005.
  • Organizer, Discrete Mathematics Seminar. 2004 - 2005.
  • University Mentor, Honors Summer Math Camp. 2004 - 2005.
  • Graduate Advisor, Graduate Instructional Assistant Faculty Advisor. 2004 - 2005.

2004

  • Member, Graduate Scholarship Selection Committee. 2003 - 2004.
  • Chair, Awards Committee. 2003 - 2004.
  • Organizer, Discrete Mathematics Seminar. 2003 - 2004.
  • University Mentor, Honors Summer Math Camp. 2003 - 2004.
  • Graduate Advisor, Graduate Instructional Assistant Faculty Advisor. 2003 - 2004.
  • Member, TA Recruitment Committee. 2003 - 2004.

2003

  • Member, TA Recruitment Committee. 2002 - 2003.
  • Member, Awards Committee. 2002 - 2003.
  • Member, Math 2321/2331 Textbook Committee. 2002 - 2003.
  • Member, Initiate a Joint Ph.D. Program with Universities in China. 2002 - 2003.
  • Graduate Advisor, Graduate Instructional Assistant Faculty Advisor. 2002 - 2003.

2002

  • Member, TA Recruitment Committee. 2001 - 2002.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2001 - 2002.