Resume
Dr. Philip J. Owens
708 Greenwood Court
Georgetown, TX 78628
(512) 869-0031
 e-mail : powens@austincc.edu
home page : http://www.austincc.edu/powens

Education

B. S.  Mathematics  1958  Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC 
M. S Mathematics  1961  Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Ph. D.  Computer Science 1975  New York University,  New York, NY 
Permanent 
Certification 
grades 6-12 
Math and CS
1992 State of Texas

Employment History

Dates Institution Position Supervisors Responsibilities
1992 - present Austin Community College
Austin, TX 
Northridge Campus
Adjunct Faculty:
Mathematics
Prof. Constance Elko
Dr. David Fonken 
Dr. Mary Parker 
 
Courses taught:
Intermediate Algebra 
College Algebra 
Math for Business and Economics 
Mathematics: Its Spirit and Use
College Mathematics
Trigonometry
2001 - 2004 Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX
Part-time Assistant 
Professor:
Mathematics
Dr. Therese Shelton Courses taught:
Introduction to Statistics
Elementary Function Theory
Fall 2000 Concordia University
Austin, TX
Adjunct Faculty:
Computer Science
Dr. Joel Heck Course taught:
Theory of Computation
1992 - 1999 St. Edward's University
Austin, TX 
Adjunct Faculty and 
Faculty: Computer Science 
Mathematics 
Dr. Richard Kopec
Dr. J. D. Lewis 
Dr. Jean McKemie
Courses taught:
College Algebra Statistics (pre-Calc) 
Statistics (post-Calc) 
Introduction to Computing (BASIC) 
Introduction to Problem Solving in Computer Science (WWW) 
Programming Languages 
Quantitative Appl. Software (Lotus) 
Compiler Construction 
Discrete Mathematics 
Linear Algebra
1994 - 1995 
 
 
 
 

 

University of Texas
Austin, TX 
Lecturer:
Computer Science 
Jayadev Misra, Chairman, Computer Science Department  Course taught: 
Programming Languages
upper-division course for Computer Science majors that covers programming language concepts and paradigms. 

The paradigms covered are: imperative (Modula-2 and C), concurrent (Ada), logic (Prolog), functional (ML and Miranda), and object-oriented (C++ and Smalltalk). 

1991 - 1992 Georgetown Independent School District Georgetown, TX  Substitute Teacher - all disciplines   
1989 - 1991  IBM Personal Systems Programming Austin, TX Senior Programmer  Systems integration of multi-vendor supplied software for a distributed processing system onto RS/6000 AIX (UNIX) platform 
1963 - 1989 IBM Research Yorktown Heights, NY 
San Jose, CA
Research Staff Member  Port of compiler written for System/370 architecture to Intel architecture 

Design and development of a language-independent debugging system 

Research and development of a high-performance compiler for IBM's RISC technology 

Research in database technology 

Compiler development - SNOBOL language 

Statistical system development 

1973 - 1975  New York University   Research Assistant 

Associate Research Scientist

 
1962 - 1963  Florida State University Tallahassee, FL  Instructor of Mathematics  Course taught:
Calculus 
1961 - 1962 General Dynamics/Astronautics San Diego, CA Reliability Engineer 
Aerospace Technologist
 

Other Teaching Experience

1958 - 1959 Graduate Assistant: Mathematics Bob Jones University
1959 - 1961 Graduate Assistant: Mathematics Florida State University
1970 - 1972 Part-time Lecturer: Computer Science New York University
1982 Adjunct Faculty: Computer Science Mercy College 
Dobbs Ferry, NY 

Recent Presentations, Publications, Grants

Fall, 1997:
Received mini-grant from Austin Community College, entitled Math Instruction using HTML/Java. The purpose of this grant was to identify and prepare 10 Internet math lessons on a variety of mathematical subjects. This was an experiment to see how effectively the relatively recent technology of the Java language can be exploited to present math lessons over the Internet. For further details, see the applicant's web page (top of resume).

August, 1997:
Presented paper: Using Role-Playing to Teach Mathematics: A Hare-Brained Idea? at Mathfest 97, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1-4, 1997.

August, 1997:
Authored: How to Help Students Improve Homework Quality, in Teaching for Success (a monthly publication for college teachers), August 1997.

April, 1999:
Presenter (with Barbara B. Owens):  Interactive Web Programming Ideas for a Non-Majors Course.  Annual Conference of the Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges (South Central)

Recent Professional Development Activities

April, 1999:
Attended Annual Conference of the Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges (South Central), St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas

August, 1997:
Attended Mathfest 97, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1-4, 1997

February, 1997:
Attended Texas Community College Teachers Association convention, Austin, Texas, Feb. 20-22, 1997.

November, 1996:
Participated in Celebration of Great Teaching, a workshop for teachers sponsored by Austin Community College, Nov. 1-3, 1996, T-Bar-M Ranch, New Braunfels, Texas.

Professional Memberships

Mathematical Association of America
Texas Community College Teachers Association
Texas Section, Mathematical Association of America  
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC)