Associate Professor
Mathematics Department
1027 Cowley Hall
La Crosse, WI 54601
(608)785-6604
email : peirce.jame AT uwlax DOT edu

2008-2011 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Councilor
2007-2008 Wisconsin Teaching Fellow
2005-2006 Project NExT fellow (sterling dot)

Schedule

 
M
Tu
W
Th
 F
7:45-8:40
MTH 175
MTH 175
MTH 175
MTH 175
8:50-9:45
MTH 175
MTH 175
MTH 175
MTH 175
9:55-10:50
11:00-11:55
Available
12:05-1:00
MTH 309
MTH 309
MTH 309
MTH 309
by
1:00-2:00
Bithnia Project
Appointment
2:00-3:00
Office Hours
Office Hours

Office Hours
at 256 Murphy

Bithnia Project
3:00-4:00
3:30 Gen. Ed.
 
Office Hours
at 256 Murphy
Bithnia Project
4:00-5:00
(1st & 3rd of month)
 

 

Teaching

I enjoy teaching and motivating my students to become better mathematicians. In any level of mathematics, it is important that students improve upon their critical thinking skills. In addition to discussing the tools needed to solve problems, we work on how the concepts are connected. As an applied mathematician, I enjoying studying the various ways mathematics can be applied to better understand problems in biology, physics, chemistry, engineering, and business. I include many of these connections in my courses. I expect my students to be able to apply their mathematical knowledge to new problems that arise in their major.

I am currently designing a calculus based Mathematical Modeling in Biology course (MTH 265) to be offered in the Spring of 2009.

Research

I am interested in applied mathematics. I study the methods for using mathematics to describe and understand problems from other disciplines. My first research experience examined fluid motion. One approach to studying fluid motion is to study equations that involve an averaged fluid velocity. I helped find conditions to describe when solutions to the averaged equations exist.

Currently I am studying applications of mathematics to the biological sciences. Specifically I am looking at an epidemiological model for the West Nile Virus.

Click the Research link on the left to learn more.

Alumni Links

Personal Interests

Hiking with my dog, kayaking the river, tennis, and learning to play the drums.