Home Sweet Home - The "Berkshire Hills" Western Massachusetts, USA   Raymond F. Tennant, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics Zayed University, PO Box 4783 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates raymond.tennant@zu.ac.ae CURRICULUM VITAE 2008

The 6th Annual UAE MATHDAY – The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE

CALL FOR PAPERS Editor for Special Issues SYMMETRY: CULTURE AND SCIENCE Issue – Symmetry in Islamic Art Issue – Symmetry in Mathematics Education Deadline for  Submission - 30 April 2008 RESEARCH INTERESTS Islamic Art, Tilings, and Architecture Symmetry and Visual Mathematics Ethnomathematics, Cultural Connections Category Theory in Group Theory and Topology Real World Applications Technology, Models, and Simulations Institutional Self-Study and Accreditation Zayed University Journal "Journey" Interview - September 2004 (2007) Integrated Mathematics Education Proposal

BRIDGES LEEUWARDEN 2008 11th Annual Bridges Conference Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Music Celebrate the 110th Birth Year of M.C. Escher in His Birthplace CHN University Netherlands July 24-28, 2008 THE ARTS OF ISLAM: Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collection Exhibition at the Emirates Palace Hotel Abu Dhabi  -  23 January to 22 April 2008 LINKS Zayed University American Mathematical Society European Mathematical Society Mathematical Association of America National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ISIS - Symmetry Annual Bridges Conferences Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Selected Publications (2008) Medieval Islamic Architecture, Quasicrystals, Penrose & Girih Tiles (2005) Visualizing Mathematics: Imagery Techniques for Learning Abstract Concepts (2004) Islamic Tilings of the Alhambra Palace: Teaching the Beauty of Mathematics (2004) Islamic Tilings of the Alhambra Palace: Teaching the Beauty of Mathematics (Arabic Version) (2003) Islamic Constructions: The Geometry Needed by Craftsmen (2003) Using History in the Mathematics Classroom: Pythagoras, Quadratics and More (2003) Using History in the Mathematics Classroom: Pythagoras, Quadratics and More (Arabic Version) (2002) Subgroup Lattices for Crystallographic Groups (2002) Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies in the World of Humniastic Mathematics (2001) Abstract Construction Projects and the Imagination