维克多J. Donnay
教育
Ph.D.，纽约大学科朗研究所，1986年.
重点领域
Chaotic properties of dynamical systems. 数学与科学教育. Linking mathematics education to issues of sustainability.
传记
Video Introduction to Professor Donnay
主要研究方向:
My area of research is chaotic properties of dynamical systems. Systems that I am particularly interested include geodesic flow on surfaces and billiards.
This picture shows an unusual shaped sp在这里 which exists in three dimensional space whose geodesic flow is ergodic.
From the article by Keith Burns and Victor Donnay, Embedded surfaces with ergodic geodesic flow, 国际米兰. J. 分岔与混沌卷. 7, No. 7 (1997), 1509-1527.
教育利益:
Together with my students, I have worked to develop ways to bring mathematics to a wider audience in interesting and understandable ways.
In my teaching, I have been working at making connections between mathematics and issues of Civic Engagement 正如我在文章中所描述的 Differential Equations and Civic Engagement. 我的微分方程(见 Ordinary Differential Equations in Real World Situations)被选为 2008 SENCER模型课程.
In spring 2010, I 教 a math seminar on 数学建模与可持续性 学生们做了 服务学习项目 in which they used mathematics to analysize problems on sustainability on campus and in the community.
2012年春天, as part of Bryn Mawr's new 360 program, I was part of a three faculty member team that will examine issues of sustainability from a variety of perspectives. I 教 a course on Math and 可持续性, Carola Hein, from the 城市计划, 教 on Urban Design and 可持续性, and Jody Cohen, from the 教育项目, 教 on 可持续性 教育.
After many years of dreaming about it, in April 2016, I hosted a public event to create the World's Largest Sierpinksi Triangl我们从K'NEX的作品中 瓦格纳自由科学研究所.
K-12数学和科学教育:
I have been involved in a number of NSF funded projects to improve math and science education as well as teaching a course called Changing Pedagogies in Math and Science 教育.
研究小组首席研究员 Bryn Mawr - Haverford Noyce Program, which aims to encourage math and majors to go into teaching, particularly in high-needs school districts. To support STEM majors at liberal arts institutions to go into teaching, we have developed a summer program in math pedagogy at Brown.
研究小组首席研究员 Philadelphia Regional Noyce Partnership in which the seven institutions in the region with Noyce programs (Bryn Mawr - Haverford, 德雷塞尔, La Salle, 潘, 圣约瑟的, and Temple) will exploit synergies to develop joint programming to support the Noyce scholars in the Philadelphia region.
Co-Principal Investigator for a NSF funded START规划补助金 which aimed to support teachers and school districts in teaching (environmental) sustainability to their students.
联合首席研究员 Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia (MSPG)，该公司收到了12美元.5 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to improve pre-college math and science education. Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges are core partners in the MSPGP. I am a Board Member of the organization 21st Century Partnership for STEM 教育 (21PSTEM), which is a non-profit successor to the MSPGP that was founded in 2007.
可持续性:
I am chair of the college's 可持续性 Leadership Group. Information about 可持续性 at Bryn Mawr can be found 在这里. 我们赞助了一个庆祝活动 college's achievements in sustainability 2013年1月.
In 2013, I was the Chair of the national Advisory Committee for 数学 Awareness Month - the 数学 of 可持续性. We created a beautiful poster about sustainability, collected short essays describing how mathematics get used in sustainability and teaching units incorporating sustainability topics into math courses.
环境研究:
Starting in fall 2013, I became the Director of Bryn Mawr's 环境研究 program.
教学领域:
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2013年春季:
- 数学295: Topics in 数学 - Mathematical Modeling.
- 数学399.01: Senior Conference - Dynamical Systems and Chaos Theory.
2012年秋季:
- 数学210: Differential Equations with Applications
- 数学398.01: Senior Conference - Math Modeling and Environmental 可持续性.
2012年春季:
- 360: Perspectives on 可持续性
- Math 151 Introduction to Math and 可持续性.
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2009年秋季: 数学301:真实分析1
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2007年春季:
- Math 210 Differential Equations with Applications
- 数学398: Senior Conference – Math Modeling and the Environment.
以前的课程 教.
教师学习小组:
Organizer of the Tri-Co Mellon group on Math Modeling in 2011-12.