Brian Dean
Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Email: bjdean@salisbury.edu
Office: Henson 126
Spring 2012 Office Hours:  Mon. 9-10, Tues. 9-10, Wed. 2-3, Thurs. 10-11 and 1-2, or by appointment

Spring 2012 Courses

MATH 140:  College Algebra and Trigonometry
        Section 500:  MTuWF 8-8:50, MWF in Henson 113, Tues. in Henson 111
        Course Overview
        Syllabus (including Schedule and Assignments)  (Updated May 5)

MATH 155:  Modern Statistics with Computer Analysis       
        Section 007: MW, 3:00-4:15, Devilbiss 112
        Section 008: TuTh, 11:00-12:15, Henson 115
        Section 005: TuTh, 2:00-3:15, Devilbiss 112
        Course Overview
        Syllabus (including Schedule and Assignments)  (Updated April 30) 

Past Courses Taught at SU

MATH 100/135:  College Algebra  (description)
MATH 140:  College Algebra and Trigonometry (description)
MATH 155:  Modern Statistics with Computer Analysis (description)
MATH 160:  Introduction to Applied Calculus  (description)
MATH 201:  Calculus I  (description)
MATH 202:  Calculus II  (description)
MATH 210:  Introduction to Discrete Mathematics  (description)
MATH 306:  Linear Algebra  (description)
MATH 310:  Calculus III  (description)
MATH 311:  Differential Equations I  (description)
MATH 385:  Directed Study: Differential Geometry (description)
MATH 406:  Geometric Structures (description)

Academic Experience

Salisbury University, Assistant Professor:  2008-present
Salisbury University, Lecturer:  2006-2008
University of Rochester, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2004-2006

Education

Johns Hopkins University:  Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2004  (Advisor:  Dr. William Minicozzi)
Johns Hopkins University:  M.A. in Mathematics, 2002
University of Notre Dame:  B.S. in Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa inductee, 1999

Memberships/Committees/Service

Faculty Senate Long Range Academic Planning Committee:  2008-10 (Chair 2008-09)
Henson Seminar Committee:  since 2008
Advisor, SU Chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon (National Mathematics Honor Society):  since 2008
Eastern Shore High School Math Contest Committee:  Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, since 2006
Mathematics Tenure-track Search Committee:  Fall 2008
Presenter, Section NExT Session, MAA Section Meeting:  MD-DC-VA section of Mathematical Association of America, Nov. 2008
        Topic: Technology in the Classroom
Mathematics Lecturer Search Committee:  Summer 2008
Moderator, 2008 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR):  Apr. 2008
Abstract Reviewer, 2008 NCUR:  Dec. 2007
Member of Mathematical Association of America (MAA):  since 2004
Member of American Mathematical Society (AMS):  since 1999

Publications

Are seven-game baseball playoffs fairer for the team with home-field advantage?
        Preprint.

Embedded minimal disks with prescribed curvature blowup
        Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 134, (2006), 1197---1204.

A generalization of Rado's Theorem for almost graphical boundaries
        Joint with G. Tinaglia, Math. Zeit., 251, (2005), 849---858.

Compact embedded minimal surfaces of positive genus without area bounds
        Geom. Dedicata, 102, (2003), 45---52.

Some Results on Stable Compact Embedded Minimal Surfaces in 3-manifolds
        Ph.D. dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 2004

Grants/Scholarships/Conferences Attended

MAA Fall '09 Section Meeting:  Nov. 2009
Joint Mathematics Meetings:  Jan. 2009
MAA Fall '08 Section Meeting:  Nov. 2008
Section NExT Fellow:  Mathematical Association of America, MD-DC-VA section, 2006-08
MAA Spring '08 Section Meeting:  Apr. 2008
MAA Fall '07 Section Meeting:  Nov. 2007
MAA Spring '07 Section Meeting:  Apr. 2007
MAA Fall '06 Section Meeting:  Nov. 2006
Travel Grant/Stipend:  AIM Research Conference Center, June 2005
        To attend the ARCC Workshop on Moduli Spaces of Properly Embedded Minimal Surfaces
Teaching Assistantship and Full Tuition Fellowship:  Dept. of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, 1999-2004
Travel Grant/Stipend:  Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Summer 2001
        To attend the MSRI Summer Graduate Program on The Global Theory of Minimal Surfaces
Travel Grant/Stipend:  National Science Foundation, Summer 1998
        To attend the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates at Iowa St. University.  Topic:  Mathematical Modeling
Notre Dame Scholar:  University of Notre Dame, 1995-99

Links

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