Richard Alfred Tapia
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1967
Dissertation:
A Generalization of Newton's Method with an Application to the Euler-Lagrange Equation
Advisor 1: Magnus Rudolph Hestenes
Advisor 2: Charles Brown Tompkins
Students:
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| Name | School | Year | Descendants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert de Montricher | Rice University | 1973 | |
| Mary McCarthy | Rice University | 1973 | |
| Victor Guerra | Rice University | 1974 | |
| Richard Byrd | Rice University | 1976 | 2 |
| David Scott | Rice University | 1976 | 17 |
| George Anderson | Rice University | 1978 | |
| Kathie Hiebert | Rice University | 1978 | |
| Jorge Nocedal | Rice University | 1978 | 4 |
| Naresh Garg | Rice University | 1979 | |
| Rodrigo Fontecilla | Rice University | 1983 | |
| Maria Celis Avalos | Rice University | 1985 | |
| Edward Dean | Rice University | 1985 | |
| Theresa Parks | Rice University | 1985 | |
| Richard Carter | Rice University | 1986 | |
| Mohammedi El Hallabi | Rice University | 1987 | |
| Mahmoud El-Alem | Rice University | 1988 | 1 |
| Hector Martinez | Rice University | 1988 | |
| Jershan Chiang | Rice University | 1989 | |
| Amr El-Bakry | Rice University | 1991 | |
| Shou Bai Li | Rice University | 1991 | |
| Marcos Raydan | Rice University | 1991 | 10 |
| Catherine Samuelsen | Rice University | 1992 | |
| Debora Cores-Carrera | Rice University | 1994 | |
| Mark Gockenbach | Rice University | 1994 | 1 |
| Maria Gonzalez-Lima | Rice University | 1995 | |
| Anthony Kearsley | Rice University | 1996 | |
| Miguel Argaez | Rice University | 1997 | |
| Zeferino Parada Garcia | Rice University | 1997 | |
| Monica Martinez | Rice University | 1998 | |
| Pamela Williams | Rice University | 1998 | |
| Leticia Velazquez Martinez | Rice University | 2000 | |
| Maria Villalobos | Rice University | 2000 | |
| Diane Jamrog | Rice University | 2002 | |
| Timothy Redl | Rice University | 2004 | |
| Joanna Papakonstantinou | Rice University | 2009 |
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