Life is good for only two things,
discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics

  Siméon  Poisson

    Teaching Schedule 

              Math 4564: Operational Methods (60955)

                     Math 2214: Introduction to Differential Equations (93957)

Students’ Comments and Poem (see below)
Teaching record for ALL of my 2000-level undergraduate courses
(The history of the common-time finals at Virginia Tech)

 2008 Spring Math 2214 (total 14 multiple-choice problems)

  • Department: average: .9.79 
  • My session (44 students): 10.84

 2007 Fall, Math 2224 (total 15 multiple-choice problems)

  • Department: average: .6.83 (total 711 examinees)  
  • My session 93754 (25 students): 7.08
  • My session 93756 (32 students): 7.16

 2006 Spring, Math 2214 (total 12 multiple-choice problems)

  • Department: average: .7.5  
  • My session (35 students): 7.78   (Median: 8.0)

2005 Spring, Math 2224 (total 15 multiple-choice problems)

  • Department: MEAN NO. to the RIGHT: 8.45 (Median: 8.0)
  • My session (25 students): MEAN NO. to the RIGHT: 9.32   (Median: 9.0)

2004, Fall, Math 2214 (total 12 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 4.39 (Median: 4.0)

·       My session (40 students): MEAN NO. RIGHT: 5.26   (Median: 5.0)

2003, Fall, Math 2224 (total 14 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 7.51

·       My 2:30 session: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 8.96
My 4:00 session: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 8.52

2002, Spring,  Math 2214 (total 12 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 7.08 (MEDIAN: 7.0)
My 11:00 session: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 8.28  (MEDIAN: 9.0) Total 64 students
My 12:30 session: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 7.85  (MEDIAN: 8.0)

2001, Fall, Math 2214 (total 12 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 8.35 (MEDIAN: 9.0)
My session: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 9.68  (MEDIAN: 10.0)

2001, Spring, Math 2214 (total 11 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 6.53 (MEDIAN: 6.0)
My session: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 6.67 (MEDIAN: 7.0) (33 students)

2000, Fall, Math 2214 (total 12 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 9.84 (MEDIAN: 10.0)

·       My session: MEAN NO. RIGHT: 10.50 (MEDIAN: 11.5)

1999, Fall, Math 2214 (total 13 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department’s average: 9.67

·       My 2:00pm session: 10.5

·       My 3:30pm session: 10.1

1999, Spring, Math 2214 (total 14 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department’s average: 7.5

My session: 7.6

1998, Fall, Math 2214 (total 14 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department’s average: 7.19

·       My big session (51 students): 8.00

 

1998, Spring, Math 2224 (Multi-variable Calculus)

·       Department’s average: 9.29

·       My session (41 Students): 9.85

 

1996, Fall, Math 2214 (total 15 multiple-choice problems)

·       Department’s average: 7.3

My session: 8.39

Faculty Access 2000

Spring 2007:  

 Math 4564: Operational Method 13827

 

       Math4574 (Index: 13658)

Summer 2005

Spring 2005


Math 4564: Operational Method 13474

Fall 2004

·       Math 4426: Fourier Series and PDE (13449)

·       Math 5496 (ESM 5726): Mathematical Methods in Engineering, II

·       Spring Quater, 2003: College of Engineering and Sciences, Louisiana Tech University

MATH 574: Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations: I. Finite Element Method

·       Winter Quater, 2003: College of Engineering and Sciences, Louisiana Tech University

MATH 415: Numerical Analysis

·       Fall Quater, 2002: College of Engineering and Sciences, Louisiana Tech University

MATH 414: Numerical Analysis

New Course Offered for Applied Mathematicians and Engineering Scientists:

Math 6426: Introduction to Global Optimization and Applications

·       Fall semester 2000:

Math 5495: Mathematical Methods for Engineers

·       Fall semester 1999:

Math 5495: Mathematical Methods for Engineers

·       New Course for Spring semester 1998:

Math 6426: Introduction to Nonconvex Analysis

Math 2224: Multi-Variable Calculus

·       New Course for Fall semester 1997:

Math 6425: Qualitative Methods in Nonlinear Analysis and Mechanics

Math 3214: Vector Calculus

·       Spring semester 1996:

·       Math 5426: Applied Partial Differential Equations

·       Math 3214: Vector Calculus

·       Fall semester 1996:

·       Math 2214: Ordenary Differential Equations

Math 5495 (ESM 5725): Mathematical Methods in Engineering, I

Poem for Operational Methods (MATH 4564):

By Sarah Huffer (Spring, 2005)

 

Operational methods, ah what a class…

I sit and I listen, but alas,

I learn about even and odd Fourier Series

And separation of variables causing many queries

As Lao Tzu once said: “Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle.”

Did Lao Tzu know what the heat conduction in a rod with non-homogenous boundary conditions was?  That takes a long time to resolve!

This class, however, goes beyond heat conduction

In fact, this class has many different functions

We learn about what is beautiful and what happens when you eat the Fruit of Knowledge

What we discover in Op. Methods is not a chore but a privilege

With all the time that we spend studying, I conclude

With Lao Tzu words again, “To be worn out is to be renewed."