OTHER ACTIVITIES:

  • Reviewed for Mathematical Reviews, Zentralblatt fur Mathematik and A.A.A.S. Science Books.
  • Refereed for National Science Foundation, National Research Council of Canada, Fulbright Commission, many mathematical journals and several book companies.
  • Participated and supported in many N.S.F. Regional conferences and several AMS Summer Research Conferences.
  • Participant in Summer Institute on Mathematical Models and Stochastic Processes in Environmental Science, Cornell University, July 1973.
  • Taught jointly with Prof. J. Tanner a course on mathematical ecology in the Zoology Department in Spring 1974 and have given guest lectures at other courses in Ecology.
  • Taught a course on Game Theory three times for the Honors Program in the Liberal Arts College.
  • Participant in SIMS Research Application Conference on Ecosystems, Alta, Utah, July 1974.
  • Participant in C. M. C. 15th Biennial Seminar - Mathematics in the Life Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke, August 1975.
  • Taught a year long Calculus course at Knoxville Catholic High School.
  • Worked with Bearden High School and Bearden Middle School on administrative computing.
  • Served on Mathematics Equality Collaborative Task Force 1986-9.
  • Organized "Workshop on the use of Microcomputers in Calculus" which was conducted by Prof. David Smith, May 1987.
  • Directed Research Experience for Undergraduate Program for four years (1987-1990); was co-director in 1990. Taught classes on dynamics during the summers of 1987 and 1988 for the program and directed a student (John McCuan) during the same two summers.
  • Served on National Science Foundation Review Panel, 1988.
  • Consultant for Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1988-9.
  • Presented an MAA Short Course on "Microcomputer Use in the Mathematics Curriculum" at MAA meeting in Knoxville, April 7, 1989.
  • Served as judge for Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair, April 13, 1989.
  • Invited participant in the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Fractal Geometry and Analysis at the University of Montreal, July, 1989.
  • Invited participant in Regional Institute for Dynamics, Boston University, July 1990, July 1991.
  • Led interdisciplinary seminar on Chaos, Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1990-1.
  • Founder, Co-Director and MSDOS moderator of Mathematics Archives on the FTP site WUARCHIVE at Washington University, St. Louis, 1992-2002; moved to the University of Tennessee in 1993.
  • Directed student (Phil Yates) in REU program, summer 1992.
  • Gave a two day workshop on DERIVE at Maryville High School, April 16-17, 1993.
  • Directed three students (Carlos Adams, Clarice Hewitt, and Diana Olivares) in the Ronald McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, summer 1993.
  • Organized a session on the Mathematics Archives for the Southeastern Section Meeting of the MAA at Carson Newman College, April 1994.
  • Gave lab presentation with Harry Row on the Internet, in the Estimation, Algebra, and Geometry Workshop/Seminar at Univ. Tennessee, August 1994.
  • Organized with Gene Herman a special "electronic blackboard" session at MathFest, Minneapolis, August 1994 called Exploring Mathematics on the Internet. This session was jointly sponsored by the Comm. on Computers in Mathematics Education and the Comm. on Electronic Services from the MAA.
  • Participated in a panel discussion on the Internet at the ICTCM Conference, Orlando, FL, November 1994.
  • With Harry Row and Denise Clark, gave a day long staff development presentation on the Internet for Knox County teachers, February, 1995.
  • Served as mentor for two groups of high school students, Horace Maynard High School (Robert Huston and Pam Gideon) and Giles County High School (Ben Johnson and Stapp Harrison), in the Adventures in Supercomputing Program administered by Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Spring Semester, 1995.
  • With Earl Fife, presented a five day workshop on the technical aspects of the Mathematics Archives at Calvin College, June 12-16, 1995.
  • Taught with Bud Sanders, a special interest course (four weeks) on Fractal Geometry for Tennessee's Governor's School of the Sciences, June-July 1995.
  • Taught with Harry Row and Laura J. DeMarotta, two one week workshops, Eisenhower Workshop for K-12 Teachers on the Use of the Internet and Mathematics Software Packages, at the University of Tennessee, July 1995.
  • Presented with Harry Row, an invited two hour computer workshop on Mathematics on the Internet at the Southern Regional NCTM Conference, Knoxville, TN, October 1995.
  • Presented two 45 minute workshops, Internet and Math, at the Diocese of Knoxville Catholic Schools Technology Institute, Knoxville, TN, October 1995.
  • Editor of EPICTCM - Electronic Proceedings of the International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, October 1995 - July 2002.
  • Managing Editor of Electronic Proceedings of the Fifth and Sixth Conferences on the Teaching of Mathematics, 1996-1997.
  • Presentations in a seven day workshop on the Mathematics Archives at Calvin College, May 1996.
  • Taught with Bud Sanders, a special interest course (four weeks) on Fractal Geometry for Tennessee's Governor's School for the Sciences, June-July 1996.
  • Invited participant for panel discussion and computer "poster session", Mathematics Over the Internet, Mathfest, Seattle, WA, August 1996.
  • Presentation, entitled Using the Internet in the Teaching of Mathematics, at the Professors and Publishing in the Electronic Academy, September, 1996, sponsored by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries.
  • Presented with Przemek Bogacki and Earl Fife a computer minicourse, Accessing Mathematical Materials On-Line using the Mathematics Archives, at the Ninth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Reno, Nevada, November 1996.
  • Discussed how to use the internet in the teaching of mathematics with the mathematics faculty at the University of Tennessee, Space Institute at Tullahoma, TN, April, 1997.
  • Taught with Bud Sanders, a special interest course (four weeks) on Fractal Geometry for Tennessee's Governor's School for the Sciences, June-July 1997.
  • Organized an MAA contributed paper session entitled "Calculus Reform - What Works and What Does Not Work" for Mathfest, Atlanta, GA, August 1997.
  • Presented three workshops with Harry Row on the writing of WWW pages for faculty and graduate students in the department, September 1997. Repeated the elementary workshop and offered workshop on constructing animated gifs for same audience, April 1998.
  • Presented two workshops with Earl Fife entitled "Making Course Materials Available On-Line" at the Tenth Ninth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Chicago, IL, November 1997.
  • Organized an MAA contributed paper session with Earl Fife and Gene Klotz entitled "The World Wide Web in Mathematical Instruction" for Annual Mathematical Meetings, Baltimore, MD, January 1998.
  • Organizing Committee for 11th ICTCM Conference - Chairperson - Electronic Proceedings
  • Presented two two-hour workshops entitled "The Internet and Its Use in the Teaching of Mathematics," at the Southwestern MAA Meeting, West Campus of Pima Community College in Tucson, AZ, April 1998.
  • Presentation about the WWW and Visual Calculus with Harry Row in AP Calculus Workshop at UTK, April 1998.
  • Taught with Bud Sanders, a special interest course (four weeks) on Fractal Geometry for Tennessee's Governor's School for the Sciences, June-July 1998.
  • Gave a presentation about the Math Archives and Visual Calculus to D. Doak's EDSMRT seminar at UTK, October 1998.
  • Invited participant in a panel discussion, "Using the Web as a Tool for Teaching Calculus: What We've Learned; Successes and Problem Areas", at the Annual Mathematical Meetings, San Antonio, TX, January 1999.
  • Organizing Committee for 12th ICTCM Conference - Electronic Proceedings
  • Invited three hour workshop on the Internet at Cocke County High School, March 1999
  • Invited two hour workshop on "Calculus and the World Wide Web," Georgia Perimeter College Mathematics Conference, March 1999.
  • Presentation about the WWW and Visual Calculus with Harry Row in AP Calculus Workshop at UTK, April 1999.
  • Presented with D. Sharon Husch two one-hour workshops on constructing web pages at Maynard Elementary School, Knoxville, TN, April 1999.
  • Presented invited two one-hour workshops on interactive web pages and one two-hour workshop on using Macromedia Flash at the Professional Development Short Course, Using the Web in Mathematics, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, May, 1999. Sponsored by Addison Wesley Longman.
  • Codirector, with Harry Row, of the Barrett Lectures, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, June 1999. Theme of lectures was Successful Strategies for the use of Technology in the Teaching of Mathematics.
  • Presented, with Earl Fife and D. Sharon Husch, five two-hour workshops on "Putting Mathematics on the Web" ( Using Microsoft Word / Netscape Composer, Using Javascript, Using MathView, Using TeX-based products: Hot Eqn and TechExplorer, Using Macromedia Flash) at the Barrett Lectures, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, June 1999.
  • Taught with Bud Sanders, a special interest course (four weeks) on Fractal Geometry for Tennessee's Governor's School for the Sciences, June-July 1999.
  • Worked with two public school teachers (Karen Biddle, Fulton High School and Phyllis Manning, Vine Middle Performing Arts and Science Magnet School) in the NSF sponsored RET (Research Experience for Teachers) Program at UT, June-July, 1999.
  • Invited participant, TechEd99 - Workshop on Improving Undergraduate Education in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Through the Use of Technology, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, July, 1999.
  • Presented, with D. Sharon Husch, a two-hour workshop on "Developing Interactive Mathematics WWW Pages" at the Twelfth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, November 1999.
  • Organizing Committee for 13th ICTCM Conference - WEB Assisted Instruction Committee (Chair).
  • Conference on Undergraduate Science and Mathematics Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, March 2000, invited participant.
  • Presentation about the WWW and Visual Calculus in AP Calculus Workshop at UTK, April 2000.
  • Organized with Earl Fife the MAA Committee on Computers in Mathematics Education Panel Discussion on Online Assessment at Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, January 2001.
  • Organizing Committee for 14th ICTCM Conference - Internet / Distance Learning Committee (Chair).
  • Advisory Committee for the ICTCM Regional Short Courses, November 2000 - 2001.
  • Presentation about Visual Calculus in AP Calculus Workshop at UTK, April 2001.
  • Presented, with D. Sharon Husch, a two-hour workshop on "Developing Course Materials Using Flash" at the Sixth Annual Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference, Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, April 2001.
  • Presented, with D. Sharon Husch, a two-hour workshop on "Developing Course Materials Using Flash" at the Faculty Academy on Instructional Technology, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA, May, 2001.
  • Presentations, with Theresa Hopkins, (15, 1.5 hours each) at CEEMS - Seeds for Success Workshops - July 2001 and July 2002. Joint project of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and College of Education, UTK and sponsored by UT-Batelle.
  • Advisory Board for the Seventh Annual Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference, 2001-2002.