William C. Dickinson

Curriculum Vitae

Current Addresses:

Grand Valley State University

 

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

 

2307 Makinac Hall

 

Allendale, MI 49401

 

dickinsw@gvsu.edu

 

Office: (616) 331-3745

 

Fax: (616) 331-3120

 

Education:

PhD, Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, May 2000

MSE, Computer and Information Science , University of Pennsylvania, May 1999 

MA, Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, May 1997

BA, Mathematics, Cornell University, May 1994 - Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in all subjects

Mathematics Foreign Exchange, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, Fall 1992 - Summer1993

Research Interests:

Riemannian Geometry: Positively Curved Eschenburg Spaces

Computer Science: Geometric methods of rendering rational and polynomial surfaces with smoothness constraints.

Thesis Advisor: Wolfgang Ziller, Mathematics Department, University of Pennsylvania

Awards and Honors:

Mathematics Good Teaching Awards, Fall 1996, Spring 1996, Spring 1997.

Phi Beta Kappa, May 1994

Elected to Pi Mu Epsilon - May 1994

Fellowships:

Graduate Research Fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania, Fall 1994, Spring 1995, Summer 1996, Spring 1999, Fall 1999

Teaching Experience:

Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University, Fall 2000 -

Teaching Assistant Trainer, University of Pennsylvania, 1998-2000

Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, Summers 1998, 1999, 2000

Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Academic years 1995-2000

Papers and Theses:

Undergraduate Thesis:

Periodic Packings of Equal Circles in a Square Lattice, Unpublished Honors Thesis, Cornell University, Submitted to the MAA Monthly September 1999

Expository Paper:

S4 does not admit a complex structure, 1996

PhD Thesis:

Curvature Properties of Positively Curved Eschenburg Spaces, 1999

Colloquiums and Seminars:

Invited Address:

January 21,2000 - Joint meetings of the AMS and MAA, Washington D.C.:
      "Curvature properties of positively curved Eschenburg spaces"(The Abstract)

Undergraduate Seminars:

April 10, 1999 - Villinova University EPADEL MAA Section Meeting:
      "An Intuitive Approach to Curvature"

November 7, 1998 - Lehigh University EPADEL MAA Section Meeting:
      "Packing Circles on a Torus"

Professional Memberships

American Mathematical Society

Mathematics Association of America

Computer Languages And Experience

Java, HTML, Pascal, Basic, ML, SQL, Maple, Matlab, Unix, Latex

Travels, Hobbies, Family:

Woodworking (Pictures of some of my projects)

Spent one year in England (My thoughts on the Year)

Traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Caribbean