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Douglas Meade

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Mathematics
  • University of South Carolina


Education

Ph.D. Mathematics Carnegie Mellon University 1989
M.S. Applied Mathematics Carnegie Mellon University 1986
B.S. Mathematics Bowling Green State University 1984
B.S. Computer Sciences Bowling Green State University 1984

Experience

2001 – Present Undergraduate Director Department of Mathematics, Univ. of South Carolina
1997 – Present Associated Faculty School of the Environment, Univ.of South Carolina
1997 – Present Associate Professor Department of Mathematics, Univ. of South Carolina
1991 – 1997 Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics, Univ. of South Carolina
1989 – 1991 Research Assistant Professor Purdue University

Teaching Activities

Current Courses

  • Math 241 - Vector Calculus

Previous Courses

  • Math 122 - Calculus for Business Administration and Social Sciences
  • Math 141 - Calculus I
  • Math 142 - Calculus II
  • Math 221 - Basic Concepts of Elementary Mathematics I
  • Math 241 - Vector Calculus
  • Math 242 - Elementary Differential Equations
  • Math 511/Stat 511 - Probability
  • Math 520 - Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Math 524 - Nonlinear Optimization
  • Math 526 - Numerical Linear Algebra
  • Math 544 - Linear Algebra
  • Math 550 - Vector Analysis
  • Math 554 - Analysis I
  • Math 703I - Foundations of Analysis I
  • Math 720 - Applied Mathematics I
  • Math 721 - Applied Mathematics II
  • Math 726 - Numerical Differential Equations I

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Honors and Other Special Scientific Recognition

  • MaplePrimes Mentor of the Year, MaplePrimes community (www.mapleprimes.com), 2008
  • ICTCM Award for Excellence in Innovation using Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, with Phil Yasskin (TAMU) for Maplets for Calculus, 2008
  • Maple Mentor Award, MaplePrimes community (www.mapleprimes.com), November 2007
  • Golden Key Faculty Award for Creative Integration of Research and Undergraduate Teaching (nominated: 1997, 1998)
  • Maple Ambassador, 1994–2003
  • Lilly Teaching Fellow, University of South Carolina, 1994–1995

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Selected Publications

  • Douglas B. Meade and Wei‐Chi Yang, Analytic, Geometric, and Numeric Analysis of the Shrinking Circle and Sphere Problems, Elect J of Math & Tech, ISSN 1933‐2823, 1(1), Feb 2007. URL: http://www.radford.edu/~scorwin/eJMT/Content/Papers/v1n1p4/
  • Douglas B. Meade, Maple and Its Role in the Development of a Mathematician, in Proceedings of the 2004 Maple Summer Workshop, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (July 2004), Robert Lopez, ed. Electronic distribution by Waterloo Maple Inc. URL: http://www.maplesoft.com/. Also available online at the URL: http://www.math.sc.edu/~meade/msw2004/msw2004proc.pdf
  • Douglas B. Meade, Maple 8 and Maplets: A New Way to Use Computer Algebra in the Classroom in Electronic Proceedings for Using Technology to Teach Mathematics and Science, CUNY – Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York (November 2002). Available online at the URL: http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/mathsci/2002/presentations/meade.html
  • G. Donald Allen, Jim Herod, Mark Holmes, Vince Ervin, Robert Lopez, Joe Marlin, Douglas B. Meade, and David Sanchez, Strategies and Guidelines for Using a Computer Algebra System in the Classroom, Int. J. Engng. Ed. 15(6) 1999, pp. 411—416.
  • Douglas B. Meade and Etan Bourkoff, Engineerʹs Toolkit: Maple V for Engineers, Addison‐‐Wesley, 1998, ISBN~0‐8053‐6445‐5 (vi + 154 pp. + 74 pp. available only in electronic form via the WWW).

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IMI Preprints and Seminars

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Curriculum Vitae

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