Blaise DeSesa, Ph.D.

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Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematics
Sutherland, 321
0119 SUTHERLAND BUILDING
ABINGTON
ABINGTON, PA 19001

Educational Background

Ph. D. Applied Mathematics
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
M.S. Applied Mathematics
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
B. S. Human Behavior and Development
Drexel University

Research Interests

Special functions (AMS classsification 33)

Selected Publications List

“Orthogonality of Sieved Random Walk Polynomials From a Nonsieved Analogue”, SIAM J. Math. Analysis, Vol. 29, No. 1, January 1998.

Teaching Interests and Courses Taught

Taught introductory and survey courses in algebra, trigonometry, calculus, calculus of several variables, statistics, finite mathematics, geometry,  linear programming, complex variable, linear algebra, differential and partial differential equations, techniques of proof, and real analysis .

Taught a graduate course in geometry for M. Ed. majors.  Use of Geometer’s Sketchpad, Minitab, and MATLAB software for in and outside class work