Robert Todd Ramsay
Department of Mathematics
North Carolina State University


        Educational Record

University of Washington, 1958-1962, B.S, Mathematics

University of Miami, 1962-1964, M.S., Mathematics

University of Miami, 1964-1967, Ph.D., Mathematics

        Professional Record

University of Miami, 1962-1964, Teaching Assistant

University of Miami, 1964-1967, Maytag Graduate Fellow

N.C. State University, 1967-1987, Assistant Professor

N.C. State University, 1987-2001, Associate Professor

N.C. State University, 1989-1999, Director of Undergraduate Programs and

Coordinator of Advising, Department of Mathematics

N.C. State University, 2001-2004, Phased Retirement

N.C. State University, 2004-present, Associate Professor Emeritus

        Professional Activities at N.C. State University

Taught a wide variety of mathematics courses, including courses in analysis, calculus, finite mathematics, linear algebra, modern algebra, probability theory, and topology.

Helped developed and taught several new courses for students interested in actuarial science.

Coached students for the Putnam Mathematical Competition and the Virginia Tech Math Contest since the early 1980's.

Ran the Wolfpack M6 Problem Contest from the Fall of 1989 to the Spring of  2001.

Awarded an Instructional Computing Grant for the first site license of MAPLE to be used in the teaching of Calculus in December 1986.

Started the Undergraduate Math Newsletter which has been published twice each year since 1995.

Took the lead in reestablishing the separate Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Applied Mathematics; this was authorized in 1995.

        Other Professional Experience

Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, AL, Summer 1968, taught in NSF Program for high school students

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1978-1979, sabbatical

        Learned and Professional Societies

Pi Mu Epsilon
Phi Beta Kappa
Mathematical Association of America

        Non-academic Activities

Served as advisor for the N.C. State Bicycle Club (1968-1975).

Worked as a timer at track meets for the Athletics Department (1970-1975).

Served on the Bicycling Advisory Committee (1985-1989).

        Publications

“On compactification and structure of topological groups”, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 40(2), (1969), 585-589.

“Groups with equal uniformities”, Canadian Journal of Mathematics 21, (1969), 655-659.

“Lindelof realcompactifications”, Michigan Mathematical Journal 17, (1970), 353-354.

“Field analysis of models with multiple node sets along one coordinate”, SIAM Journal of Applied   Mathematics 40, (1981), 563-568, (with Donald L. Dean).