Heidi Burgiel
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA 02325
hburgiel@bridgew.edu
http://webhost.bridgew.edu/hburgiel

Current Projects

Assist in publication of MIT OpenCourseware's OCW Scholar courses: Single Variable Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, and Differential Equations.

Flash-forward Flash-Back: A joint project by MIT's Mathematics, Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Open CourseWare departments, funded by The Alumni Class Funds.

Research in discrete mathematics, joint with Mahmoud El-Hashash.

Analyze M.C. Escher's Path of Life III and disseminate results.

Education

Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 1995.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Thesis title: Realizations of Regular Maps.

B.S. in Mathematics, June 1990.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Employment

Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, September 2003 - present.

Visiting Scientist, MIT, June 2010-July 2011. (sabbatical appointment)

Program Presenter, Museum of Science, Boston, MA, June 2003 - September 2003.

Lecturer, Boston University, Boston, MA, January 2003 - May 2003.

Intern, Museum of Science, Boston, MA, November 2002 - May 2003.

Quality Assurance of MIT Open Course Ware class sites, The Otter Group, Cambridge, MA, November 2002 - December 2002.

Quality Assurance of K - 8 online mathematics materials, Classwell Learning Group, Boston, MA, July 2002 - December 2002.

Temporary Employment, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, January 2002 - May 2002.

Systems Administrator and Educational Technology instructor, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL July 1997 - October 2001.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Geometry Center, Minneapolis, MN, September 1995 - June 1997.

Teaching Assistant, IAS/Park City Math Institute (formerly Park City RGI), Park City, UT, Summer 1993, 1994, 1995.

Graduate Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, September 1993 - June 1995.

Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Fall 1994. ``Geometry for Teachers'' computer lab.

Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1990 - 1994.

MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, 1989 - 1990.

Teaching

Foundations of Modern Geometry, Spring 2010

Abstract Algebra, Spring 2008

MATH130, Discrete Mathematics I, Fall 2007

COMP203, Programming and Computer Algebra, Fall 2007-2009, Spring 2009-2010

Attended MAA PREP Revitalizing your Developmental Mathematics Courses, 6/18/06-6/23/06, U. C. Berkeley.

MATH318 Quantitative Methods for Management, Spring 2006, 2008, 2009, Summer 2008, 2009, Fall 2010

MATH142 Elements of Calculus II, Summer 2005

MA562 Topics in Geometry, Fall 2004

MA105 Selected Topics, Spring 2004, 2005, 2007

HSED422/MSED456 Strategies for Teaching Mathematics, Fall 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

MATH100 Precalculus, Fall 2003, 2006, Summer 2004, 2006

Targeted MATH100 Precalculus, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, 2007

Intern/Program Presenter, Cahners ComputerPlace, Boston Museum of Science, Winter 2002 - Summer 2003, Summer 2004
Recommended, maintained and supported educational software for the exhibit, supervised volunteers, periodic presentations.

Lecturer, Boston University, Spring 2003

Math/Science Projects for High School Students, Summer 2001, Directed computer lab activities.

Methods of Structured Programming, Spring 2001, Designed and taught Logo course for secondary teachers.

Methods of Structured Programming, Spring 1999, Taught Java course for with secondary teachers.

Microcomputers in Elementary School Mathematics, Fall 1998.

Calculus III, Summer 1998 - Spring 2000, Wrote and edited lab activity pages, oversaw lab TA's.

Projective Geometry, Spring 2000, Spring 1998, Directed computer lab activities.

University of Minnesota Calculus Initiative *, 1995--1996, Teaching assistant; helped with test and project design.

Technology in the Geometry Classroom *, Summer 1996, Spring 1997, Co-taught, wrote and edited course materials.

Publications and Awards

M. Person et. al.. "CONSTRAINT ON THE SIZE OF KBO (50000) QUAOAR FROM A SINGLE CHORD OCCULTATION", to be submitted to Icarus, 12/22/11.

H. Burgiel, C. Lieberman, H.R. Miller, K. Willcox. "Interactive Applets in Calculus and Engineering Courses". Accepted for publication in Dynamical mathematical software and visualization in the learning of mathematics, edited by S. Habre.

H. Burgiel. "Logarithmic Spirals and Projective Geometry in M.C. Escher's Path of Life III". Submitted for publication in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, July 2011.

D. Jerison et. al. OCW Scholar Single Variable Calculus. MIT OpenCourseware, January 2011.

D. Auroux et. al. OCW Scholar Multivariable Calculus. MIT OpenCourseware, January 2011.

H. Burgiel, W. Heilman. Why Teach Transformations of Graphs? MathAMATYC Educator, August 2010.

CART Summer Grant supporting "A Mathematical Study of M.C. Escher's Path of Life III". August 2010.

H. Burgiel. Review of Origami Tessellations: Awe-Inspiring Geometric Designs. Mathematics Teacher magazine, October 2009.

Various articles in The Newsletter of the BSC Mathematics and Computer Science Department, 2008-2009.

Various articles in Digital Bridges Newsletter, Bridgewater State College, 2008-2009.

H. Burgiel, M. El-Hashash. The permutahedron πn is Hamiltonian. Int. J. Contemp. Math. Sciences, Vol. 4, 2009, no. 1, pp. 31 - 39.

H. Burgiel, J.H. Conway and C. Goodman-Strauss. The Symmetries of Things. A.K. Peters, 2008. (Errata)

H. Burgiel, M. El-Hashash, A. Hassan. On the Hamiltonicity of the Permutahedron. Congr. Numerantium 189, 145-160 (2008).

Contributing author to: D. AuCoin, E. Bukowiecki, S. Miskelly. A Center for Academic Achievement: How Changing Institutional Beliefs About Teaching and Learning Led to a Centralized Learning Environment. Submitted to The International Journal of Learning, July 2008.

E. Bukowiecki, H. Burgiel, K. Evans, R. Farrar, S. Miskelly and J. Stakhnevich. Presidential Award for Excellence in Collaboration to Improve Teaching. For support for First-Year Students submitted by the faculty directors of learning assistance in the Academic Achievement Center. April, 2008.

H. Burgiel, A Question on Graphs Formed by "Stitching", submitted to Pi Mu Epsilon journal, Spring 2007.

2006 Faculty-Librarian Presidential Grant supporting MATH100 (Precalculus) course development.

H. Burgiel. Review of The interactive Geometry Software Cinderella. The American Mathematical Monthly, volume 107, 2000.

H. Burgiel and D. Stanton. Realizations of Regular Abstract Polyhedra of Types {3,6} and {6,3}. Special issue of Discrete and Computational Geometry, 2000.

H. Burgiel and V. Reiner. Two Signed Associahedra. New York Journal of Mathematics, volume 4, 1998.

H. Burgiel. How to Lose at Tetris. Mathematical Gazette, July 1997.

H. Burgiel and E. Sander. Technology in the Geometry Classroom *. The Geometry Center, August 1996.

H. Burgiel, D. Franzblau, and K. R. Gutschera. The Mystery of the Linked Triangles. Mathematics Magazine, April 1996.

H. Burgiel. Toroidal Skew Polyhedra. Symmetry: Culture and Science, Volume 6, Number 1, 1995.

Committee Work

Math and Computer Science Core Curriculum Committee, 2009-2010.

Hiring Committee Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bridgewater State College, 2009-2010.

Committee on Mission/Vision Statements for the School of Science and Mathematics, 2009.

Supported Software Working Group, Bridgewater State College, 2009.

Math/CompSci Newsletter Staff, 2008-present.

Intellectual Property Rights group, Bridgewater State College, 2008-Present.

Faculty Development Leadership Group, Bridgewater State College, 2008-Present.

Assessment Council, Bridgewater State College, 2008-Present.
Assessment Guidebook Update subcommittee, 2008-2009.

ADVANCE grant proposal, Bridgewater State College, 2007-Present.

Title III grant proposal, Bridgewater State Colelge, 2008-2009.

Hiring Committee, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bridgewater State College, 2007-2008.

Diversity Council, 2006-2008.

Hiring Committee Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bridgewater State College, 2006-2007.

Cahners Computer Place Advisory Board, Boston Museum of Science, 2005-2008.

Hiring Committee, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Bridgewater State College, 2005-2006.

NCATE Technology Committee, Bridgewater State College, 2004-2007.

Educational Technology Advisory Committee, Bridgewater State College, 2003-2005.

Technology Committee, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997-2001.

Presentations

Fields Institute, October 2011. "A Family of Unsatisfying Graphs".

Cart Celebration XIV, May 2011. "The Geometry of Escher's Path of Life III".

Smith College Lunch Time Lecture Series, November 2010. "Tantrix and the Permutahedron". MAA Mathfest, August 2010. "Tantrix and the Permutahedron". Cart Celebration XIV, May 2010. Panel moderator: "Adding Assessment to Your Portfolio".

Cart Celebration XIII, May 2009. Panel member and organizer: "Symmetry at BSC".

Math for America, New York, NY, August 2008. "Seeing Symmetries".

CART Celebration XII, May 2008. Panel moderator: "Adventures in Online Assessment".

CART Celebration XII, May 2008. Co-organized panel: "Assessment: What are We Doing and Does it Work?"

Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA, January 2008. "Why Teach Transformations of Graphs?"

National Association for Developmental Education, Boston, MA, February 2008. Poster presentation: "Intentionally Structured Support for Students in Entry Level Courses" with Elaine Bukowiecki and Ruth Farrar.

CART Celebration X, May 2006. Poster presentation: "Writing in Math, Assessment".

National Academic Advising Association Northeast Regional Conference, Providence, RI, March 2006. Panel presentation: "Faculty Collaboration to `Insure' Success in a First-Year Program".

Conference on Teaching for Transformation, University of Massachusetts Boston, January 2006. Panel presentation: "Faculty Collaboration in the Incremental Transformation of a First-Year Program."

Polytopes Day in Calgary, University of Calgary, May 2005. "Signed Associahedra".

Bridgewater State, Stonehill and Wheaton Colleges' Mathematics Colloquim, October 2003. ``Naming Patterns''.

AMS Special Session on Discrete and Applied Geometry, Toronto, Canada, September 2000. ``Colored Frieze Patterns''.

Symmetry in Graphs, Maps and Complexes, July 1998. ``Realizations of Regular Abstract Polyhedra of Types {3,6} and {6,3}''.

Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, June 1998. ``Realizations of Regular Abstract Polyhedra of Types {3,6} and {6,3}''.

MER Session, San Diego Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 1997. ``Using Technology to Teach Geometry''.

AMS Session on Geometry, San Diego Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 1997. ``Combinatorial Algebraic Methods for Symmetric Embedding of Triangulated Tori''.

Exploring Undergraduate Algebra and Geometry with Technology, June 1996, ``Web Publishing for Teachers''.

Meeting of the Intermountain Section of the MAA, April 1995. Panel Discussion: ``The IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute''.

AMS/MAA Mathfest, MN, August 1994. ``How to Lose at Tetris''.

Five Colleges Regional Geometry Institute, July 1993. ``How to Lose at Tetris''.