Sr. Joan Harnett, PHD

Education

PHD, SUNY University at Albany
MS, New York Inst. of Tech.
BS, Le Moyne College

Research

Using Monte Carlo Methods to determine Plant Cover

Publications & Professional Activities

• "Monte Carlo Simulation of One Dimensional Hard Particle Systems", Joan Harnett, OP and Marvin Bishop, Computers in Education Journal.  Vol .XVIII NO. 1 January-March 2008.
• "Procedures to Determine the Amount of Plant Cover in Field Plots", Lance S. Evans, Sr. Joan Harnett and Zella Kahn-Jetter, Environmental and Experimental Botany (EEB), Vol. 58, Issues 1-3, December 2006.
• "Changes in Scale and Bark Stem Surface Injuries and Mortality Rates of a Saguaro Cacti (Carnegiea gigantean, Cactaceae) Population in Tucson Mountain Park", Lance S. Evans, April Jan B.Young and Sr. Joan Harnett, Canadian  Journal of Botany, Vol. 83, No. 3, March 2005.
• "The Behavior of the Form Factor in Two Dimensions for Linear Polymers in Different Regimes", Joan Harnett, OP, Marvin Bishop, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.120, No. 3, Jan 15, 2004.

Honors & Awards

• Distinguished Lasallian Educator 2008-2009

Professional Memberships

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• The Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Grants

• Manhattan College Summer Grant 2011
• New York University Faculty Resource Network Winter, 2008, San Juan, PR

Courses Taught/Teaching

CMPE 202      Introduction to Computer Engineering
CMPT 102      Computer Science II
CMPT 121      Computer Applications for Life Sciences
CMPT 258      Database Systems I
CMPT 358      Database Systems II
CMPT 468      Topics in Computer Science
CMPT 469      Independent Study
EECE 202      Intro To Computer Programming
MATH 425      Operations Research

Personal Website

http://home.manhattan.edu/~joan.harnett/