May 2003
Donald Leo Muench
(office) St. John Fisher College
Rochester, New York 14618
(716) 385-8155
e-mail: muench@sjfc.edu
EDUCATION:
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, New York
1951-1955
B.S. Mathematics
St. John's University
Jamaica, New York
1958-1960
M.S. Mathematics
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho
1973-1974
D.A. Mathematics
Thesis: "Inverses of Kronecker Sums"
IFRICS (Institute for Retraining in Computer Science)
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York
1985, 1986
Certificate, 1986
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
1962-1965
Part-time study in mathematics
NSF Summer Institutes
Clark University (Worcester, Mass.) 1961
Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa) 1962
U. of California (Santa Barbara) 1971,'72
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Assistant
St. John's University
Jamaica, New York
1958-59
Mathematics Teacher
McQuaid High School
Rochester, New York
1959-60
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland
1960-66
Associate Professor, Mathematics
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, New York
1966-81
Professor, Mathematics, Computer Science
1981 - present
Adjunct Professor, Mathematics
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Fall 1991 - on sabbatical leave
Visiting Lecturer, Mathematics, Computer Science
Richmond University, London
Richmond, TW1 JP10, England, UK
Fall 1992, Fall 1999
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Lecturer, Mathematics
McCoy College, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
1965, 1966
Lecturer, Mathematics
Loyola College
Baltimore, Maryland
1961-62
Doctoral Fellow in Mathematics
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho
1973-74
Director, Gifted/Talented Computer Workshops
Pittsford Central Junior High Schools
Pittsford, New York
1978-82
Presenter, In-Service Computer Workshops
Pittsford and Brighton Central Schools
Pittsford and Brighton, New York
1979-82
PROFESSIONAL WORK:
Member of the Board of Reviewers,
Two-Year College Mathematics Journal
(now known as College Mathematics Journal)
1981 - 1988
Manuscript Reviewer
Brooks/Cole Publishing Company
Harper & Row Publishing Company
Franklin, Beedle and Associates
1981 - 1986
Assistant Director, IFRICS
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York
Summers 1987 and 1988
Member of ISETL Advisory Group, 1990 - 1997
and Editor of ISETL Newsletter, 1993
ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE COMMITTEES:
Rank & Tenure (1972-73), (1996)
Governance Study (1970-73)
Faculty Council (1970-72, 1975-77, 1982-84),
Curriculum & Instruction (1977-79),
Special Curriculum Study (1978-79),
Ad Hoc Grievance (1974-75),
Computer Science (1976- ),
Administration Study Committee (1986)
College Cabinet (1989 - 90)
Resolution-1 Committee (1994)
Core Course Review Committee (Chair), 1996-98
Advisory Board for MSTE Master's degree, 1997-1999
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
(St. John Fisher College):
Director, Computer Science Major Program
(1981 - 82, 1983 - 84)
Chairman, Department of Mathematics (1968-79)
Chairman, Welfare Committee (1970)
Chairman, Curriculum & Instruction Committee
(1978-79)
Co-Chairman, Special Curriculum Study Committee
(1978-80)
Coordinator of the Computer Science Program
(1985-1991)
Director, Internship program, Math/CS
(1990-1991, 1994-present)
Chairman, Dept of Mathematics & Computer Science
(1996-99)
FIELDS OF INTEREST:
Computers in Mathematical Education, Matrix Theory, Numerical Analysis
Computer Science Education
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
American Mathematics Society (AMS)
Nat. Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Special Interest Group Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), ACM
Rochester Chapter of ACM
(Vice-chair 1989-1991, Chair 1993-1995, Board
1995-present)
PRESENTATIONS OF PAPERS:
"Inverses of Kronecker Sums"
Intermountain Matrix Theory Conference
Idaho State University
April 1980
"Strategies in Teaching Computer Programming"
Computer Education Conference
Monroe High School, Rochester, New York
March 1981
"Computer Routes to Roots"
Kearney High School, Rochester, New York
April 1983
"Learning and Teaching the Function Concept: A Dialogue"
Published in Proceedings
Hartford Spring Conference on the First 2 Years
March 1989
"Teaching and Learning the Function Concept Using ISETL"
Seaway Section of MAA, Utica College
April 1989
"Teaching and Learning Logical Thinking Using ISETL"
Published in Proceedings
Fifth Annual Eastern Small Colleges Computing Conference
Ithaca College
October 1989
"Teaching the Group Concept Using ISETL"
Second Annual Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics
Published in Proceedings
Ohio State University
October 1989
(Published in the Proceedings of the
Second Annual Conference on Technology in
Collegiate Mathematics)
Co-Presenter of MAA Minicourse
"Computer Based Discrete Mathematics"
(with Prof. Nancy Baxter, Dickinson College
and Prof. Ed Dubinsky, Purdue University)
Annual Joint Mathematics Meetings
Louisville, KY (January 1990)
Presenter of First Microcourse at Seaway Section of MAA
"Teaching and Learning Mathematical Concepts Using ISETL"
Colgate University
April 1990
"Teaching and Learning the Concept Linear Dependence using ISETL"
Eastern Small Colleges Computing Conference
Allentown College
October 1990
"Functions in ISETL: Dynamic, Static, Graphical"
Third Annual Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics
Published in Proceedings
Ohio State University
November 1990
Co-presenter (with Nancy Hood Baxter of Dickinson College)
"Learning Abstract Mathematical Concepts Using ISETL"
1990-91 National Chautauqua Short Course Program
SUNY at Stony Brook
March 1991
"Teaching and Learning Abstract Math Concepts"
Annual Meeting of NYSMATYC
Buffalo, NY
April 1991
Presenter of ISETL workshop
NYSMATYC Institute
Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY
June 1991
"A New Method for Teaching Abstract Math Concepts"
Invited Lecture at NYSMATYC Institute
Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY
June 1991
"Linear Algebra Concepts and the Computer: A New View"
Fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics
Published in Proceedings
Portland, OR
November 1991
"A New Approach to Teaching Linear Algebra Using ISETL"
(with Mazen Shahin)
Annual Joint Mathematics Meetings
Baltimore, MD.
January 1992
Co-presenter (with Carol Freeman of Nebraska
Wesleyan University), Lead Presenter
"Learning Abstract Mathematical Concepts Using ISETL"
1991-92 National Chautauqua Short Course Program
University of Dayton
March 1992
"ISETL: A Mathematical Programming Language"
Invited Speaker, Computer Science Colloquium (Prof. Alan Wood, host)
University of York
York, Yorkshire, England
November 1992
"Modeling the Dual Space in ISETL"
Annual Joint Mathematics Meetings
San Antonio, TX
January 1993
Presenter
"Learning Abstract Mathematical Concepts Using ISETL"
1992-93 National Chautauqua Short Course Program
University of Texas at Austin
April 1993
"An Abstract Linear Algebra Course Using the Computer",
Plenary Paper
Published in Proceedings
First International Conference on Technology in Mathematics
Teaching
Birmingham, England
September 1993
"Graphical and Spreadsheet Software Aids to
Understanding the 1-Norm Best Approximation"
Published in Proceedings
Eastern Small Colleges Computing Conference
Rochester, NY
October 1994
"Dynamic Geometry as a Discovery Tool in a Numerical Analysis Course"
Annual Joint Mathematics Meeting
San Francisco, CA
January 1995
"Dynamic Geometry as a Discovery Tool in Numerical Analysis"
Second European Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching
Published in Proceedings
Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
September 1995
"Visualization of Parametric Representations of Lines"
Math. Assn. of America Session on Innovations in Teaching Linear Algebra,
January 1997
"Technological Tools for Understanding Linear Approximation"(with D. Cass)
Published in Proceedings
"Teaching and Learning Mathematical Concepts with ISETL"
Third European Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching
University of Koblenz, Germany
September-October, 1997
and the Sixth Intl. Conf. on Technology in Teaching Mathematics October 2003) Delivered at Richmond University, London, March 2000.
PUBLICATIONS:
Guidebook to PDP-11 Timesharing System
1978, 1984
"Apple Juice",
Introduction to Apple II for Workshops
1983
"A Note on the Integral Test"
Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 10,
1979
"A Riemann Product"
Two-Year College Mathematics Journal
1979
"Learning and Teaching the Function Concept: A Dialogue", Proceedings of the Hartford Spring Conference on the First Two Years March 1989
"A Logarithm Algorithm for a 5-function Calculator"
Two-Year College Mathematics Journal Vol. 14
September 1983
(with Prof. G. Wildenberg)
"Teaching and Learning Logical Thinking Using ISETL",
The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Vol. 5, No. 2, 186-201,
November 1989
"ISETL - Interactive SET Language"
Notices of the American Mathematics Society,
Vol. 37, No. 3, 276-279, March 1990
Book Review of "Learning Discrete Mathematics with ISETL", by Baxter, Dubinsky, Levin
American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 97, No. 9,
861-864, November 1990
"Teaching and Learning the Concept Linear Dependence using ISETL"
The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, 178-182, November 1990
"Functions in ISETL: Dynamic, Static, Graphical"
Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics,
November 1990
"Linear Algebra Concepts and the Computer: A New View"
Proceedings of the Fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, 352-356, November 1991
"An Abstract Linear Algebra Course Using the Computer"
International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching,
Birmingham, UK, 375-381, September 1993
"An Abstract Linear Algebra Course Using the Computer"
The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, Vol. 9, No. 2, November 1993
"Graphical and Spreadsheet Software Aids to Understanding the 1-Norm Best Approximation"
The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, vol. 10, Number 2, 58-64, November 1994
Laboratory Manual for CSCI-161 and 162
(jointly with Prof. Carol Torsone)
September 2000
"An Iterative Angle Trisection", College Mathematics Journal, vol 38, No. 2, March 2007
IN PREPARATION:
Project to Incorporate 1-norm and Uniform Best Approximation into a numerical analysis course, using Cabri Geometre software.
A Book Project on Abstract Linear Algebra using the Computer