Dr. Douglas B. Meade

My current interests continue to be mathematical biology and computer algebra. My biological interests are concentrated on the development and analysis of vaccination models for infectious diseases. I am also involved in some very exciting work, with Michael Filaseta, on new algorithms for detecting irreducible polynomials with very high degree (http://www.math.sc.edu/~meade/irreduc.html).

I am also very interested in the use of computer algebra as an instructional tool. I have developed supplemental materials for differential equations and linear algebra and have written an introduction to Maple text for engineers.

My most recent contributions include an essentially self-contained Calculus I course within Blackboard at USC (the URL is http://blackboard.sc.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=%2Fbin%2Fcommon%2Fcourse.pl%3Fcourse_id%3D_397681) and collections of Maple-based laboratory assignments for Calculus I and Calculus II (this URL is http://www.math.sc.edu/~meade/141L-F03/).

While I have not had time to devote to my study of wave equations on unbounded domains, I continue to be interested in this problem.

Academic Experience:
Editorial Board:
- MapleTech, 1996 -- 1999

Journal Reviewer:
- Computers and Mathematics with Applications
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- MapleTech
- Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
-IAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Organizing Committees:
- ICTCM, 1996 - present
- ASEE (Math Division), 1997 -- 1999

Honors:
Nominated for Golden Key Faculty Award for Creative Integration of Research and Undergraduate Teaching (1997)
Maple Ambassador, 1994-present
Lilly Teaching Fellow, University of South Carolina, 1994-1995
Phi Beta Kappa, Bowling Green State University, 1984