RICHARD COLE PENNEY
EDUCATION
B.S.
Ph.D.
Tulane University
MIT
1968
1971
Tulane University (Summer)
Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University
University of California, Berkeley
Institute for Advanced Study
Mathematical Institute, Wroclaw
Mathematical Institute, Wroclaw
1968
1971-77
1977-83
1983Fall 1978
Fall 1984
Spring 1998
Fall 2011
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Sabbatical Leave
Sabbatical Leave
Sabbatical Leave
Sabbatical Leave
DIRECTOR: ACTUARIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM
2000-
CHAIRMAN OF THE UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE FOR THE MATHEMATICS
DEPARTMENT, 1987-1999
BOOK
Linear Algebra: Ideas and Applications, 3nd Edition. J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 2008.
(This text has appeared in Chinese as well.)
AWARDS
Nominated by the Mathematics Department as the
Outstanding Teacher in the School of Science
1991
One of the ten best teachers in the School of Science
1995
Best Teacher in the School of Science
1996
COURSE DEVELOPMENT
Developed the syllabus and first taught MA 161M-162M (Calculus for Mathematics Majors),
MA 181-182 (Honors Calculus) MA 364 (Ordinary Differential Equations) and MA 366
(Ordinary Differential Equations).
Revised 03/28/08
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Taught (with Doug Klumpe) the summer workshop on AP Calculus for High School Teachers,
July, 1993 and 1994.
Wrote the notes currently used as the MA 301 (Introduction to Proofs Through Real Analysis)
text
Wrote class notes for MA 170 (Introduction to Actuarial Science).
Wrote the Computer Labs for MA 366, Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations.
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OTHER TEACHING RELATED ACTIVITIES
Consultant on Guershon Harel’s NSF grant on how students learn the concept of proof, 1995.
Wrote, in conjunction with Dr. Schwingendorf and Professor Moore, one of the early Actuarial Sciences
Curriculums.
Founder of the Purdue Mathematics Club and Faculty Advisor from 1985-1997.
Started and ran the Mathematics Career Nights, 1994-97.
Wrote and managed the Department’s Careers, Internships and Graduate School Web page, 1995Purdue site manager for the Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Mathematics Contest,
1999-2004
Faculty Advisor of the Actuary Club
RESEARCH
Professor Penney is an active researcher who has published over 40 research articles in
major, peer reviewed, journals such as The Annals of Mathematics, The Journal of Functional
Analysis, and The Journal of Differential Geometry. He currently has at least three works either
in the review process or in preparation.