Professor
Applied Mathematics
Oregon Tech
3201 Campus Drive
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Office: Boivin Hall, 175
Phone: 541.885.1358
E-mail: Ben.Cornelius@oit.edu
Courses Taught
- College Algebra
- Trigonometry
- Calculus I-IV
- Differential Equations I and II
- Discrete Mathematics
- Hewlett-Packard 48G Seminar
- Linear Algebra
- Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
- Student Success Seminar
Areas of Academic Interest
- Hand held calculator usage (Texas Instruments, Hewlett-Packard, ...)
- Advanced Placement Calculus
- Non-Euclidean Geometry
Recent Scholarly Activity
- Table Leader (8 years) and Reader (7 years) for Advanced Placement Calculus;
- Presented workshops on AP calculus (AB and BC levels) in California, Colorado, Utah, Alaska, Maine, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Oregon and Buenos Aires, Argentina; weeklong Summer Institutes at Southern Oregon University, Montana State-Billings, CSU Sacramento, Las Vegas, Honolulu, Cherry Creek CO and Vancouver and Bellevue, WA, U of Utah SLC
- Two-and a half-day workshop on preparing students for college math and AP Calculus in Dakar, Senegal
- Attended and was certified as a Supplemental Instruction Coordinator at University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Summer 2011 AP Calculus Institutes -
June 27-30, AB Experienced, Bellevue Wa
Website: AP Bellevue
July 11-15, BC Level, AP By the Sea, San Diego.
Website: AP by the Sea
July 18-22, AB Experienced, Cal State, Sacramento
Website: AP Sacramento
Aug 1-5, Vancouver WA AB Experienced
Website: AP Vancouver
Other Activities
Math Minor Coordinator, Sponsor of Oregon Tech Christian Fellowship.
Other Experience
- Taught high school in Brazil for four years at Pan American Christian Academy, Sao Paulo Brazil.
- Taught high school for two years at Santa Fe Christian School, Solana Beach CA.
- Taught one year at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, 1991-92.
- Taught one semester at Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois, Jan- May, 2009
Hobbies
- Collect old math texts
- A little alfalfa, a pumpkin patch (open on the Saturdays in October) and a small commercial garden.
- Hole digging... Just ask me!