Education

M.S. Applied Mathematics (1985), University of Delaware, Newark, DE

M.S. Mathematics (1978), University of Srilanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Additional courses at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH and the University of Rome, Italy

Experience

Instructor, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI, since 2000

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Richland Center, WI, 1985-2000

Operations Research/ System Analyst, N.C.C.M Limited, Kitwe, Chingola, Zambia, 1980-1982

Lecturer, Quantitative Techniques, University of Zambia, School of Business and Industrial Studies, Kitwe, Zambia, 1979-1980

Instructor, Mathematics/Statistics, University of Srilanka, Colombo, 1974-1978

Membership and Positions

Chair, Mathematical Association Of America (WI), 2006-2007

State Director, American Mathematics Competition, since 1988

Founder and Faculty Advisor, Math Club, Madison Area Technical College, since 2000

Moderator, Student Math League, American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, since 1988

NSF Grants Reviewer, since 2006

AP-Statistics Reader, 2007

Member, Test Development Committee, Student Math League, AMATYC since 2008

Presentations

Over 35 at the national conferences of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, School Science and Mathematics Association, International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics and at the state level at the Mathematical Association of America, Wisconsin Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, Wisconsin Math Council and Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters.

Publications

Amazing 101 Math Competition Problems for High School Students - MATC Sabbatical Project, Fall 2007

"Math Club - If You Form It, They Will Join", AMATYC Newsletter, August 2003

"Vedic Mathematics", Pi in the Sky, April 2003, The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada

Optimality Pays: An Introduction to Linear Programming, HISTOMAP project funded by the NSF to the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications, Inc., 1992

Lab Manual - DERIVE: A self-paced explorations to increase your understanding of DERIVE, funded by the UW-Richland Grants Program, 1995.

"Patterns Unlimited and Number Games", Wisconsin Academy Review, 1996

Honors

Distinguished Teacher of the Year, 2005, MATC

Outstanding Employee of the Year, 2004, MATC

Certificate of Meritorious Service, 1998, MAA