Curriculum Vitae Joseph Warfel Current position PhD Candidate in Industrial Engineering and Management Science Northwestern University

2145 Sheridan Road Tech C210 Evanston, IL 60208 Telephone: (847) 467-2042 joseph.warfel@u.northwestern.edu http://www.iems.northwestern.edu/~joseph/ Education M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Northwestern University (2009) Texas Educator Certificate, endorsement for Mathematics 8 -12 (2006) Teach For America Summer Institute (2005) B. A. summa cum laude in Mathematics and Spanish, Wabash College (2004) Professional Employment Northwestern University, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Evanston, Illinois: teaching and research assistant (2006-present) Donna Independent School District, Donna, Texas: high school math teacher (2005-2008) Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana: math tutor (2001-2004); writing tutor (2003-2004); Spanish tutor (2003-2004); calculus grader (2003-2004); mathematics research intern (2003) Awards and Fellowships 2011 GK-12 Fellow, Reach for the Stars: Computational Models for Teaching and Learning in Physics, Astronomy and Computer Science 2011 Overall Winner, Dow Sustainability Innovation Challenge at Northwestern University 2010 Graduate Fellow, Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life 2009, 2010 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program 2008 Royal E. Cabell Fellowship 2004 Butler Prize for Scholarship and Character 2004 Carscallen Prize in Mathematics 2004 Kudlaty Senior Spanish Major Award 2003 Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

Publications M. Axtell, J. Stickles and J. Warfel, Zero-divisor graphs of direct products of commutative rings, Houston J. of Math. 32 (2006), 2043-2050. J. Warfel, Zero-divisor graphs for direct products of commutative rings, Wabash College Technical Reports, 2 (2004). Presentations Collection and distribution strategies in food bank operations, Wabash Colloquium in Mathematics and Computer Science, Crawfordsville, Indiana (April 2011). Food bank logistics: routes combining donors and agencies, Wabash Summer Institute in Mathematics, Crawfordsville, Indiana (July 2010).