John R. Ramsay

Department/Affiliation: Mathematics and Computer Science
Phone: 330-263-2579
Office Address: 306 Taylor
Email: jramsay@wooster.edu
Web Site: John Ramsay's personal page

Degrees

• B.A., Berea 1980
• M.S., University of Wisconsin Madison 1984
• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Madison 1987

Courses Taught

• Calculus & Analytical Geometry I
• Calculus & Analytical Geometry II
• Introduction to Topology
• Operations Research

I.S. Projects

• Itai Njanji, Exploring the Branch-and-Cut Algorithm, 2011
• Sean Twining, Printed Circuit Board Layout Optimization, 2011
• Samuel Hickey, Investigation of Mathematical Models in Urban Transit Systems, 2009
• Natalie Offen, Classification of Surfaces, 2009
• Sheldon Masters, Water Treatment Planning in the Willamette River Basin, 2009
• Evan Heidtmann, Insulin Spherulite Growth and Algebraic Topology, 2009

Awards and Professional Memberships

• Mathematical Association of America
• American Mathematical Society
• INFORMS
• ACMS

Publications

• "The Circle Squaring Problem Decomposed," with Pamela Pierce, Hannah Roberts, Nancy Tinoza, Jeffrey WIllert, and Wenyuan Wu, Math Horizons, November 2009.
• "An Improved 2n-gon to Square Dissection Method," with Hannah Roberts and Nancy Tinoza, Proceedings of the Midstates Conference for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science and Mathematics, November 2009.
• "Making the Math Major Work for the Under-Prepared Student," with Pamela Pierce, Laura Taalman and Bonnie Gold, MAA Focus 28 number 4, April 2008.
• “Creating Service-Learning Experience in an Experiential Learning Environment,” Service Learning in Mathematics, MAA Notes Series/AAHE Series on Service Learning, 2005.

Notes

Director of AMRE. AMRE is a summer consulting and research program that pairs student teams with a business, industry or research opportunity. See www3.wooster.edu/amre.