Research Interests:  Computational Neuroscience, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Neural Networks and their Applications

Downloads: (Papers, PowerPoint, Maple, Etc)

    MAA Plenary Presentation: Spring 2005: Meredith College: "Multi-Stage Mathematics Instruction"

    “A 4-Stage Model of Mathematical Learning,” The Mathematics Educator, Volume 12, Number 1, Spring, 2002, 11-16

    MAA Statistics Session Presentation: Spring 2005:  Meredith College:  "Statistical Worksheets with Applets"

Links: 

    Multivariable Calculus Online

     Knisley/Shirley Calculus text

    The Institute for Quantitative Biology at East Tennessee State University

Selected Publications:

     1.  J. Knisley, On the Analytic Model of a Class of Semi-hyponormal Operators, Integral Equations and Operator Theory, 13 (1990) 576-592.

     2.  L. Kerley and J. Knisley, Complex Vectors and Image Identification, College Mathematics Journal, 24(2) (1993) 166-174.

     3.  L. Kerley and J. Knisley, Illustrating Convolution with PC-MATLAB, Collegiate Microcomputer, 10(2) (1992)  71-81.

     4.  J. Knisley and L. Glenn, A linear method for the curve fitting of multiexponentials, Journal of Neuroscience methods, 67 (1996) 166-174.

     5.  L. Glenn and J. Knisley, Voltage Transients in Multipolar Neurons with Tapering Dendrites, Modeling in the Neurosciences: From Ionic Channels to Neural Networks, ed. R. Poznanski, Harwood Academic Publishers, 1999.

6.   L. Glenn and J. Knisley, Use of Eigenslopes to Estimate Fourier Coefficients for Passive Cable Models of the Neuron, Neuroscience Research Communications, 21:4, 1998.

7.   L. Kerley and J. Knisley, Using Data to Motivate the Models Used in Introductory Mathematics Courses, Primus, XI(2), June 2001, 111-123.

  8.    J. Knisley, “A 4-Stage Model of Mathematical Learning,” The Mathematics Educator, Volume 12, Number 1, Spring, 2002, 11-16.

  9.    L. Glenn and J. Knisley, Solutions for Transients in Arbitrarily Branching and Tapering Cables, Modeling in the Neurosciences:  From Biological Systems to Neuromimetic Robotics, ed. Lindsay, R., R. Poznanski, G.N.Reeke, J.R. Rosenberg, and O.Sporns, CRC Press, London, 2005.                  

Textbooks:

1.   J. Knisley and K. Shirley, Calculus: A Modern Approach.  John Wiley and Sons Academic Publishing, Completion Expected in Fall 2004.