Bruce Atwood (214 Science Center, 363–2348; bta@attewode.com) Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. B.S. (chemical engineering) Stanford University, M.A., Ph.D. (chemical engineering) Princeton University, M.M. Northwestern University, M.S. (pure mathematics) Northern Illinois University. Bruce previously taught mathematics at Rockford College. Web site: http://beloit.edu/~atwoodb/ 

Paul Campbell (217 Science Center, 363–2007; campbell@beloit.edu) Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science and Chair of the Department. B.S. (mathematics) University of Dayton, M.S. (algebra) and Ph.D. (mathematical logic) Cornell University. Paul was a Danforth Fellow, an Honorary Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and a National Science Foundation Fellow. He is editor-in-chief of The UMAP Journal and co-author of For All Practical Purposes (8th ed., 2009), an introductory college text in contemporary applied mathematics. Paul was Beloit’s Director of Academic Computing for three years during the Old Silicon Age. Special interests include actuarial science, environmental modeling, probability and statistics, computer science, combinatorial games, and history of mathematics. For 2004-2005 he was in a statistics group at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Web site: http://cs.beloit.edu/campbell/

Darrah Chavey (221 Science Center, 363–2220; chavey@beloit.edu) Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. B.A. University of Michigan–Flint, M.A. (mathematics), M.S. (computer science), and Ph.D. (geometry) University of Wisconsin–Madison. Darrah received a National Science Foundation grant to start the departmental Macintosh lab. He developed the lab exercises for CS 111 and has published a series of papers on the geometry of tilings. He is the author of Drawing Pictures with One Line: Exploring Graph Theory (1983). For many years he coached the College’s teams in the annual ACM Computer Programming Competition, including two teams that went to the international finals. Special interests include the design and analysis of algorithms, software engineering, operating systems, parallel programming, geometry, and ethnomathematics. Web site: http://cs.beloit.edu/chavey/

David Ellis (218 Science Center, 363-2369; ellis@beloit.edu) Professor of Mathematics. Ph.D. (topology) University of California—Berkeley. Dave was chair of the department from 1994 to 1999 and 2004-2006. Special interests include the topology of dynamical systems. He was on sabbatical 2006–2007, working on a book on dynamical systems.

Steven Huss-Lederman (219 Science Center, 363–2071; huss@beloit.edu) Associate Professor of Computer Science. B.S. (chemistry) University of Maryland, Ph.D. (chemical physics) California Institute of Technology. His thesis concerned algorithms for computer statistical models to understand vibration in molecules. From 1987 to 1995, he was co-principal investigator at the Supercomputing Research Center for projects on parallel algorithms for distributed memory computers. He is co-author of 3 books on a standard for computer message-passing and of 21 articles on parallel computer architecture, quantum molecular dynamics, and Strassen's algorithm for matrix multiplication. For 1995–2000 he was Associate Scientist and Faculty Associate in the Computer Sciences Dept. of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His interdisciplinary interests include linking CS courses to other disciplines; technology, ethics, and privacy; and bicycle safety education. Web site: http://beloit.edu/~huss/

Ben Newton (220 Science Center, 363-2365; newtonb@beloit.edu) Assistant Professor of Mathematics  and Computer Science. B.A. (physics) Carleton College, M.A. (algebra) and Ph.D. (group theory, minor in CS) University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ben was a 2006-2007 Fellow in the Mathematical Society of America's Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) program. He joined the department on tenure track in 2006, after completing his graduate work at the University of Wiscsonsin-Madison, where he won an "Excellence in Teaching" award in 2005. His research interests are in the area of group theory, and he has authored several articles on linear groups and groups of permutations. Web site: http://beloit.edu/~newtonb/

Ranjan Roy (216 Science Center, 363–2348; royr@beloit.edu) Professor of Mathematics. B.S. and M.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Ph.D. (complex analysis) State University of New York at Stony Brook. Ranjan was the College's Teacher of the Year in 1986 and again in 2000. He has received two notable awards from the Mathematical Association of America: the Allendoerfer Prize for expository writing in 1990 and being named a Distinguished Teacher of Mathematics in 2001. His research interests include algebraic number theory, hypergeometric series, differential equations, and the history of mathematics. His book Special Functions with co-authors Richard Askey and George Andrews was published in 1999. In 1997 he taught a first-year seminar on Indian mythology.

Phil Straffin (not in residence; straffin@beloit.edu) Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science. B.A. Harvard University, B.A. and M.A. Cambridge University, and Ph.D. University of California–Berkeley. Phil was a Marshall Scholar and winner of a Rockefeller Fellowship. He was the College’s Teacher of the Year in 1975 and again in 1994, and was named a Distinguished Teacher of Mathematics in 1993 by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). He was for many years the coach of the College’s teams in COMAP’s Mathematical Contest in Modeling, supervising two teams that won the top award. In 1986 he won the MAA's Allendoerfer Prize for expository writing, and in 2003 he won its Trevor Evans Award for expository writing accessible to undergraduates. His research interests include game theory, social choice, chaotic dynamical systems, and algebraic topology. His 20 years of research and teaching about game theory culminated in Game Theory and Strategy (1993), published by the MAA. In Fall 1999 and Fall 2000, he taught a first-year seminar on cartography. His textbook Topology Now! (with Robert Messer) was published by the MAA in 2006.

Rama Viswanathan (419 Science Center, 363-2273; ramav@beloit.edu) Professor of Chemistry and Computer Education. B.S. Bombay University, M.S. Indian Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. (physical chemistry) University of Oregon. Rama was a visiting scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center during 1986. He also served for three years as the College's Director of Academic Computing. Special interests in CS include scientific computation, parallel processing, high speed data acquisition, interfacing instruments to computers, and applications of wireless technology in Room Area Networks (RANs) using laptops and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). On his sabbatical leave in Fall 2003, he researched bioinformatics as a member of the  BEDROCK Consortium (http://www.bioquest.org/bedrock/). He has developed and chairs the College’s interdisciplinary program in Computational Visualization and Modeling (CVM). Web site: http://www.beloit.edu/chemistry/rama/