Peter G. Andrews
Professor Emeritus Email: pgandrews@eiu.eduWebsite: http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~pgandrews
INTRODUCTION
Dr. Andrews retired from Eastern in June 2019, after 27 years in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Scienced, 12 of them as department chair. Before coming to Eastern he taught at Middlebury College (VT), Wilfrid Laurier University (ON), McMaster University (ON), Williams College (MA) and Dartmouth College (NH).
He and his wife, Holly, continue to reside in Charleston. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Education & Training
B.Sc. University of Toronto 1971
M.A. University of Maryland 1974
Ph.D. University of Maryland 1975 -- Thesis title "Homotopy Mixing of Manifolds"
Frequently Taught Courses
CSM 2170 -- Computer Science I
MAT 2550 -- Elementary Linear Algebra
CSM 3570 -- Numerical Analysis
Research & Creative Interests
Computer Science:
* Computer Science Education
* Design and Analysis of Algorithms
* Computational Geometry
* Theory of Computation
Mathematics
* Algebraic Topology
* Classical Geometry
Professional Affiliations
Mathematical Association of America
Association for Computing Machinery