Dr. Brown grew up in south-central PA (20 minutes south of Hershey) and completed his undergraduate studies in Math, Computer Science, and Psychology (minor) at PSU Harrisburg. During the next five years, he worked toward his PhD in Mathematics at Iowa State University, ultimately graduating in the summer of 2019.
His research interests pertain mostly to Computability Theory and Logic—more precisely, a field called Computable Analysis, which attempts to determine, at the most basic level, what computers can and cannot do with objects and operations found in Analysis (think “super-duper Calculus”).
Most of his time is spent developing ways to help educators and entrepreneurs build and run world-class courses that their students love.
His hobbies include the love of all things that grow, evolve, or come into being from a simple idea or something seemingly insignificant. As such, he loves plants, gardening, and bonsai cultivation. He also has interests in woodworking, pottery, and trail running in his free time. In everything going on in his life, each day he seeks to honor the Lord and always look forward to seeing how He uses him to help build His Kingdom.
Dr. Brown lives with his wife, Jess, his son, Jacob, and five cats in the outskirts of Steubenville, OH.
July 2019: Ph.D. in Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Thesis: “Computable Structure Theory on Banach Spaces” — Advisor: Prof. Timothy H. McNicholl
May 2018: Master of Science in Mathematics Iowa State University, Ames, IA Thesis: “Analytic Computable Structure Theory and L p -spaces — Advisor: Timothy H. McNicholl
May 2014: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Penn State University, Middletown, PA Minor in Psychology
May 2014: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Penn State University, Middletown, PA
Experience
- August 2023 – Present: Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH
- August 2019 – May 2023: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Columbia College, Columbia, SC
- August 2020 – May 2023: Director of the Business, Math, and Sciences Tutoring Center, Columbia College, Columbia, SC
- August 2014 – May 2019: Mathematics Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- September 2011 – May 2014: Undergraduate Peer Tutor, Penn State University, Middletown, PA
Honors
- 2021 Student Choice Award for Teaching Excellence Columbia College, SC
- (Nominated) 2023 Student Choice Award for Teaching Excellence Columbia College, SC
- (Nominated) 2022 Student Choice Award for Teaching Excellence Columbia College, SC
- (Nominated) 2022 ”Rookie” Innovative Educator Award Columbia College, SC
Memberships
IEEE Computer Society
Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL)
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Publications
Publications
- T. Brown, Computing on the Banach Space C[0,1], Computability, Vol 10 (3), 257-270, July 2021 DOI: 10.3233/COM-200306
- T. Brown, T. McNicholl, A.G. Melnikov, On the Complexity of Classifying Lebesgue Spaces, Journal of Symbolic Logic, Vol 85 (3), 1254-1288, October 2020 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jsl.2020.63
- T. Brown, T. McNicholl, Computable structure theory and Lp spaces, part II, Archive for Mathematical Logic, 1-17, October 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s00153-019-00697-4 T. Brown, Computable structure theory on Banach spaces, Doctoral Dissertation, Iowa State University, 2019.
- E. Boman, M. Boman, T. Brown, S. Dahiya, A. Milbrand, J. Roberge, Euclid21: Euclid’s elements for the 21st century, Convergence, December 2014. DOI:10.4169/convergence20141202
Presentations
- “Computing Unity in C[0, 1]”, Invited talk, Carolina Math Seminar, Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina, November 2019
- “Computing Unity in C[0, 1]”, Invited Talk, 2019 Langenhop Lecture and SIU Pure Mathematics Conference, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, May 2019
- “On the Degrees of Categoricity of Semi-Atomic Lp Spaces”, Invited talk, Joint Mathematics Meeting, Mathematical Association of America, Baltimore Maryland, January 2019
- “Computable Structure Theory and Lp Spaces, Part II”, Invited talk, Iowa Colloquium on Information, Complexity and Logic in Computation, Grinnell College, Grinnell Iowa, April 2018.
- “Mapping Through the Elements”, Mathematical Association of America MathFest 2012, Madison WI, August 2012.
