Aaron Wangberg
Mathematics Department
Kidder Hall 368
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
http://oregonstate.edu/~wangbera
wangberg@math.oregonstate.edu
Office: 541-737-4686
Home: 541-752-7571
EDUCATION
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Ph. D. in Mathematics, expected June 2007
Ph. D. Dissertation: E6: The Group
Advisor: Tevian Dray
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science, 2001
Minors: English, Latin, Philosophy
HONORS
William F. Burger Teaching Award, Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University,
2006
Graduate Student Academic Achievement Award, Department of Mathematics, Oregon
State University, 2006
AFFILIATIONS
American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, 2002 – present
American Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges, Memphis, Tennessee, 2006
Oregon Academy of Sciences, Portland, Oregon, 2005
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Non-associative algebras, Lie groups and Lie algebras.
Octonionic constructions of the exceptional Lie groups.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Undergraduate courses: Calculus sequence, Linear Algebra, Sequences and Series
Advanced undergraduate courses: Algebra, Topology, Geometry, Analysis
Advanced courses: Lie groups and Lie algebras
PUBLICATIONS
Generalized Octonionic Constructions of the Real Forms of E6. In preparation.
Geometric Projections of Root and Weight Diagrams. In preparation.
Making Connections, Gulden Karakok, Barbara Edwards, Corinne Manogue, Ellen Momsen,
Richard Nafsun, Emily Townsend, Aaron Wangberg, and Robyn Wangberg, in
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the
Undergraduate Level (CD-ROM), Turkish Mathematical Society, Istanbul, 2006.
ABSTRACTS
E6: The Group, Aaron Wangberg and Tevian Dray, Abstracts Amer. Math. Soc. (to appear).
Making Connections, Gulden Karakok, Barbara Edwards, Corinne Manogue, Ellen Momsen,
Richard Nafsun, Emily Townsend, Aaron Wangberg, and Robyn Wangberg, in
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at
the Undergraduate Level (CD-ROM), ed. Douglas Quinney, Turkish Mathematical
Society, Istanbul, 2006, pp. 105-106.
Octonionic Unitary Groups, Aaron Wangberg and Tevian Dray, Proceedings of the Oregon
Academy of Science, vol. 41, ed. Brian Gilbert, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 2005,
p. 59.
INVITED TALKS
Triality and Subgroups of E6, Aaron Wangberg, Lewis and Clark University, 2006.
Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, Octonions, and Triality, Aaron Wangberg, University of
Cincinatti, 2006.
Octonionic Unitary Groups, Aaron Wangberg and Tevian Dray, Oregon Academy of
Science, Oregon State University, 2005.
TALKS AT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
If this lab doesn’t help my grade, I ain’t doing it! Graduate Seminar, July, 2006.
Introduction to Lie Algebras, Algebraic Topology Seminar, May, 2006.
Lie Algebras, Root Spaces, and Dynkin Diagrams, Algebraic Topology Seminar, May 2006.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Vector Calculus Bridge Project Faculty Workshop, Mount Holyoke College, South
Hadley, Massachusetts. 2007. Workshop Assistant.
112th Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, San Antonio, TX. 2006.
American Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges, Cincinnati, Ohio. 2006.
Presented Poster at NSF Session.
Algebraic Topology Conference, Oregon State University, OR. 2006. Participant.
Vector Calculus Bridge Project Faculty Workshop, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
OR. 2004. Participant.
Emerging Scholars Workshop Instructor Training, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
2003. Participant.
Pacific Northwest Geometry Conference, Portland State University, OR. 2003. Participant.
Pacific Northwest Geometry Conference, Oregon State University, OR. 2002. Participant.
REFERENCES
Tevian Dray
Professor of Mathematics
Kidder Hall 368, Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-5159
tevian@math.oregonstate.edu
Christine Escher
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Kidder Hall 368, Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-5155
tine@math.oregonstate.edu
Thomas Dick
Professor of Mathematics
Kidder Hall 368, Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-1570
tpdick@math.oregonstate.edu
Corinne Manogue
Professor of Physics
301 Weniger Hall, Department of Physics
Covallis, OR 97331
541-737-1695
corinne@physics.oregonstate.edu