Preston Nichols

<BODY BACKGROUND="pics/sphere.gif"> <H2> Preston Nichols</H2> <IMG SRC="nicholswww/office1.jpg" HEIGHT=300 WIDTH=378>Preston Nichols <P>Preston Nichols, <I>Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics,</I> teaches a variety of courses in mathematics at Wittenberg.  He is interested in exploring the role of nonverbal visual information (including models and computer graphics) in mathematical problem-solving.  He has attended short courses, workshops, and seminars on geometric analysis, wavelets, and mathematical logic, and on the teaching of linear algebra and multivariable calculus. He has previously taught mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University and at Allegheny College.  While at Carnegie Mellon, he redesigned a course for non-technical majors as an incarnation of <I><A HREF="http://www.geom.umn.edu/docs/education/institute91/">Geometry and the Imagination</A>,</I> a course which originated at Princeton and at the <A HREF="http://www.geom.umn.edu">Geometry Center</A>. <I> </I>He is working on research in differential geometry, especially on problems related to energy minimizing tangent maps.  Dr. Nichols received his B.A. degree in mathematics from <A HREF="http://cornell-iowa.edu">Cornell College</A>, and his Ph.D. in mathematics at the <A HREF="http://www.math.umn.edu">mathematics</A> of the <A HREF="http://www.umn.edu">University of Minnesota</A>. <P> <I> If you're reading this paragraph, it's probably because your browser doesn't support frames, and that means you won't be able to view all of my pages. Someday there will be a frame-free version of my pages, but that day may be far in the future. If you can, you should download the current version of <A HREF="hhtp://www.netscape.com">Netscape</A> <P> <HR><A HREF="index.shtml"><IMG SRC="pics/home.gif" ALT="" BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER></A><A HREF="index.shtml">Return to Math/CS Home Page</A> <P> <HR>  <address> <center> <font size=-1> <b>© 2000 Wittenberg University </b> </font> </center> </address>  <CENTER><A HREF="mailto:webmaster@wittenberg.edu">Webmaster</A><br> <FONT SIZE=-2>jer</FONT></CENTER> </BODY>