Faculty Profile

Yingyu Zhang

Title
Teaching Fellow
Department
Mathematics
College
College of Science

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    MATH 1100.170, Algebra, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MATH 1100.171, Algebra, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    MATH 1100.172, Algebra, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    MATH 1100.173, Algebra, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    MATH 1650.500, Pre Calculus, Summer 10W 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MATH 1580.001, Survey of Mathematics with Applications, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MATH 2700.001, Linear Algebra and Vector Geometry, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MATH 2700.004, Linear Algebra and Vector Geometry, Summer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MATH 1180.170, College Math for Business, Economics and Related Fields, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MATH 1180.171, College Math for Business, Economics and Related Fields, Fall 2020  SPOT
                    

                    MATH 1180.172, College Math for Business, Economics and Related Fields, Fall 2020  SPOT
                    

                    MATH 1180.173, College Math for Business, Economics and Related Fields, Fall 2020  SPOT
                    

                    MATH 1180.310, College Math for Business, Economics and Related Fields, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    MATH 1180.311, College Math for Business, Economics and Related Fields, Spring 2020 
                    

                    MATH 1680.310, Elementary Probability and Statistics, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MATH 1680.311, Elementary Probability and Statistics, Fall 2019 
                    

                    MATH 1680.312, Elementary Probability and Statistics, Fall 2019 
                    

                    MATH 1190.008, Business Calculus, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
*
  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Conference Proceeding
Amith, M., Manion, F. J., Harris, M. R., Zhang, Y., Xu, H., Tao, C.  (2017). Expressing Biomedical Ontologies in Natural Language for Expert Evaluation.. Other. 245, 838-842. 
Journal Article
Wei, Q., Zhang, Y., Amith, M., Lin, R., Lapeyrolerie, J., Tao, C., Xu, H.  (2020). Recognizing software names in biomedical literature using machine learning.. Other. 26(1), 21-33. 
Fitch, M. N., Phillippi, D., Zhang, Y., Lucero, J., Pandey, R. S., Liu, J., Brower, J., Allen, M. S., Campen, M. J., McDonald, J. D., Lund, A. K. (2020). Effects of inhaled air pollution on markers of integrity, inflammation, and microbiota profiles of the intestines in Apolipoprotein E knockout mice.. Other. 181, 108913. 
Amith, M., Song, H. Y., Zhang, Y., Xu, H., Tao, C.  (2017). Lightweight predicate extraction for patient-level cancer information and ontology development.. Other. 17(Suppl 2), 73. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
    • The course as a whole was
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    • The course content was
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    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
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    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    
			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
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    • The intellectual challenge presented was
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    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
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    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
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    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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