Professor Jeff Morgan
Department of Mathematics
 University of Houston
651 PGH ,  jmorgan@math.uh.edu

 

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Fall '09 Courses: Math 1431, Honors Math 3321, and Online Math 3321
Summer '09 Course: Math 6397
Spring '09 Courses: Math 1432 and Honors Math 3321

 

Research Interests: Chemical reaction-diffusion systems and mathematical biology.
Teaching and Outreach Interests: Secondary mathematics education, AP calculus, technology.

Current Projects:

  • Training Future Teachers - Co-PI and Co-Director of the teachHOUSTON program, which is generously funded by the Texas Education Agency, the Texas High School Project, the Sid Richardson Foundation, and the National Math and Science Initiative.
  • Scholarships for Future Teachers - Co-PI of the Noyce scholarship grant from NSF for future STEM teachers in k-12.
  • Whole Cell Modeling - PI of a generously funded 4 year NSF research program whose goal is to combine mathematics and biochemistry to gain a better understanding of cell function and behavior. A similar grant was also given to my partner Paul Lindahl from the Chemistry Department at Texas A&M University.
  • High School Mathematics Contest - Director of the annual contest at the University of Houston, funded by the College of Natural Science and Mathematics and the Department of Mathematics.
  • Middle School Mathematics Project - Co-PI of a program generously funded by the Texas Coordinating Board to create training materials for the next generation of middle school mathematics teachers.
  • Mathematics Excellence Project at Yates High School - Co-director of the generously funded program by the University of Houston.
  • The Houston ACT - Director of the Just-In-Time AP Calculus Teacher Workshops at the University of Houston. The Houston ACT has been offering free teacher workshops since 2001, with funding provided by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the Department of Mathematics at the University of Houston.
  • EatMath - Co-Director of Just-In-Time Algebra I Teacher Workshops at the University of Houston.
  • Online Course Materials - Director of the development of online help materials for Fundamentals of Math, College Algebra, Finite Math, Business Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, Calculus II and Differential Equations.