08/10/08

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Hi There,

First off, eschew obfuscation at all cost.  And I don't just mean in the classroom. I mean the dorm room, the bedroom, the kitchen, and most definitely when traveling 65 miles an hour in your house on the way to work. 

2) Never use two symbols when one will do, and

C) Never let an aardvark try to convince you that continuity implies differentiability.  No matter how much tea you have had to drink.

On an interesting note: Apparently my online lectures have been seen in Prince George, British Columbia, and they were so taken with my abilities in oration they . . .  well take a look for yourself:   Ron Brent in B.C.

(Of course its not me, but a very well respected educator also named Ron Brent.)

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Mathematics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Troy, N.Y. 12180.
Thesis Title: " Environmental effects on acoustic and electromagnetic wave propagation using parabolic
approximations." 1987.

M.S. in Applied Mathematics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Troy, N.Y. 12180. 1984.

B.S. in Mathematics with Specialization in Computer Science
State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Mathematics, Binghamton, N.Y. 13905. 1982.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

8/99 - Present
Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854.

8/93 - 7/99
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854.

8/87 - 7/93
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854.