Faculty Bio

Contact Information
Phone: 845-688-1576
Fax: 845-687-5083
Office location: Stone Ridge/ BUR/ 107E
Email: furmand@sunyulster.edu

Degree Information

M.S.T., Mathematics, Florida Atlantic University, 1999
B.E., Electrical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 1987

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Courses Taught

History of Non-Western Mathematics (MAT 221)
Discrete Mathematics (MAT 206)
Calculus I & II (MAT 170 & MAT 180)
Precalculus (MAT 160)
College Algebra and Trigonometry (MAT 115)
Topics in the History of Mathematics (MAT 112)
College Algebra (MAT 105)
Survey of Mathematics (MAT 101)
Beginning & Intermediate Algebra (MAT 098 & MAT 100)

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Primary Area of Expertise

History of Mathematics

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Publications

Co-Editor: Schulte, Sister Mary Leontius, Writing the History of Mathematical Notation: 1483-1700, Boston: Docent Press, 2015.

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Presentations 

• Making and Using Napier’s Bones, July 2016, Math Teacher’s Circle Summer Intensive, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
• Ancient India: Altar Construction and Vedic Geometry, July 2015, Math Teacher’s Circle Summer Intensive, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
• A History of Complex Numbers, April 2013, SUNY Ulster Math Team, Stone Ridge, NY.
• Gambling, Betrayal & Murder: Cardano and the Solution to the General Cubic Equation: November 2011, NYSMATYC Regional Conference, Brentwood, NY.
• Guest Speaker Series: Mathematics of the Italian Renaissance, Stone Ridge, NY, June 2011.
• The History of the Pythagorean Theorem: April 2011, Invited Speaker, NYSMATYC Annual Conference, Corning, NY.
• The History of the Pythagorean Theorem: February 2011, Invited Speaker, SUNY Ulster College Colloquium Series, Stone Ridge, NY.
• The History of the Pythagorean Theorem: October 2010, NYSMATYC Regional Conference, Garden City, NY.
• Highlights from the July 2010 History of Math Tour to Greece, Turkey & Italy, November 2010, Student Activity Hour, SUNY Ulster Community College, Stone Ridge, NY.
• The Origins of Probability, October 2010, One Book/ One College, SUNY Ulster Community College, Stone Ridge, NY.
• A History of Greek Mathematics, July, 2010, Guest Lecture Series MAT 112, SUNY Ulster Community College, Stone Ridge, NY. 

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Volunteer Work or Group Affiliations

Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
New York State Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges (NYSMATYC)

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Other Achievements

Led two study abroad trips:
     July 2011, History of Renaissance Mathematics, Northern Italy
     July 2010, History of Greek Mathematics, Greece, Turkey and Southern Italy
Passed SOA (Society of Actuaries) Exam P (Probability), February 2008

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