The faculty members have excellent credentials and are active in many research areas of mathematics. Faculty doctoral degrees represent a wide variety of universities: Yale, U.C. Berkeley, Warwick (GB), Penn. State, Wisconsin, N.Y.U., Purdue, Columbia, Wesleyan, U.C. San Diego, Brooklyn Polytechnic, Idaho State U. and Birmingham (GB).
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The research interests of the faculty are also quite varied: Dynamical Systems, Topology & Fractal Geometry, Structural Dynamics, Group Theory, Statistics, Computer Science, Non Euclidean Geometry, Ruled Surfaces, Mathematics of Quantum Field Theory, Number Theory, Digitial Simulators, Numerical Analysis, Differential Geometry and Lie Groups.
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Uniform for the MACS softball team
honoring a favorite theorem
The Department features a quality faculty, a strong curriculum, and lively and intelligent students. Listed below are the faculty members who have excellent credentials and are active in many research areas of mathematics and computer science.
| Chris Bernhardt | Ph.D Warwick (G.B.) | Dynamical Systems |
| Robert Bolger | M.S. N.Y.U. | Topology & Fractal Geometry |
| Matthew Coleman | Ph.D. Penn. State | Structural Dynamics |
| Joseph Dennin | Ph.D. Wisconsin | Algebraic Number Theory |
| Benjamin Fine | Ph.D. N.Y.U. | Group Theory & Statistical Analysis |
| Adam King | Ph.D. U.C.L.A. | Artificial Intelligence |
| George Lang | Ph.D. Purdue | Algebraic Topology |
| Joseph MacDonnell S.J. | Ed.D. Columbia | Geometry & Ruled Surfaces |
| Laura McSweeney | Ph.D Un New Hampshire | Statistics, Nonlinear Dynamics |
| Irene Mulvey | Ph.D. Wesleyan | Dynamical Systems |
| Edward O'Neill | Ph.D. Yale | Topology & Computer Sc. Education |
| Steve Sawin | Ph.D. U.C. Berkeley | Math Aspects of Quantum Field Theory |
| Peter Spoerri | Ph.D. Brooklyn Polytechnic | Digitial Simulators |
| Joan Weiss | D.A. Idaho State U. | Numerical Anal. & Computer Graphics |
The MACS Department
MACS Faculty
Some Occupations of Our MACS Graduates
Fairfield University's most interesting class of mathematicians
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The two MACS Programs
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