Tor A. Kwembe PhD

Professor and Chair

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Ph.D., The University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, 1989, Applied Mathematics
MS, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983, Mathematics
BSc (Hons), The University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, 1980, Mathematics/Statistics
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Engineering, 1989-1990

Kwembe, Tor A. (1989). “Nonlinear Diffusion Problems of Mathematical Biology”, Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of Illinois at Chicago, U. M. I, Ann Arbor, 1989.
C. P. Calderon and T. A. Kwembe. (1990). “On the Classical Trapping Problem”, Journal of
Mathematical Biosciences 102: 183-190.
C. P. Calderon and T. A. Kwembe. (1991). “Modeling Tumor Growth”, Journal of Mathematical
Biosciences 103: 97-114.
Kwembe, Tor A. (1990). “Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions for Nonlinear Diffusion Equations of
Population Biology with Initial Data in LP-Spaces”, Rev. Union Matematica Argentina, Vol. 36: 195-207.
C. P. Calderon and T. A. Kwembe. (1991). “Dispersal Models”, Rev. Union Matematica Argentina, Vol.
37: 212-229.

Chicago State University Faculty Innovation Grant, 1992/93
Projects: Student-Faculty Curriculum Activities ($5,000).
Chicago State University Faculty Innovation Grant, 1993/94
Project: Continuation of 1992/93 project ($5,000).
Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Program Grant, Federal FY 1993.
Project: Vocational High School Mathematics and Science Teacher Retraining ($67,000).
The National Science Foundation (NSF): Interdisciplinary Training of Undergraduate for
Biological and Mathematical Sciences with Emphasis on Marine and Coastal Sciences; 2005 –
2008 ($300,000).
Pearson Education, INC: MyMathLab Student Success – Increasing students pass rates and enhancing the overall online learning experience using MyMathLab; 2006 – 2010 ($157,500).

The Chief U. B. Ugot Prize in Mathematics/Statistics, University of Calabar, Nigeria, 1980.
Faculty Excellence Award: Chicago State University- 1993.
Outstanding Faculty Award: Engineering Studies, Chicago State University-1992.
Outstanding Contributions to the Developmental Program in Mathematics at Chicago State
University.
American Society of Cell Biology- Minority Travel Award, 1992.

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and education (ORISE); Participated in the Department of Energy
(DOE) defense Program-Manufacturing awareness: March 12-15, 1995.
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and education (ORISE) and Argonne National Laboratory, Faculty
Research Participation (FRP) program; Summer 1996.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign- Illinois Inter-Institutional Faculty Summer Institute
on Learning technologies; May 19-23, 1997.
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics & Health and Social Behavior,
Visiting Faculty at the Workshop on “Social Inequalities in Health: Race and ethnicity “Monday, June 28, 1999.
Thomson Course Technology Training, Chicago Forum 2002, Oakbrook, Illinois, February 15, 2002

Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSEMath). South Regional Meeting on Upper-Division Mathematics Pathways, Panel on Approaches to Program Development. Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. June 10-11, 2019.

Advanced Cyber Infrastructure @ Minority Serving Institutions (SPACI @ MSIs). http://spaci.scsu.edu/speakers/ , GA Tech Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA. June 6-8, 2018.

“EXTREEMS-QED: Laboratory for interdisciplinary statistical analysis and mathematics learning through exploration of data”, with Remata Reddy, Carmen M. Wright, Xing Yang and Zhenbu Zhang; AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 10-13, 2015

Modeling Aneurysm Evolution, Growth and Rupture, A conference in honor of Professor Calixto Calderon-Special Functions, Partial Differential Equations and Harmonic Analysis, Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, November 16-18, 2012
Academic Year Undergraduate Research Groups: CURM Model, Mathematical Association of America-MAA, Trends in Undergraduate Research in the Mathematical Sciences Conference (TURMS), TURMS Annual Conference, The Westin O’Hare, Rosemont, Illinois, October 26-28, 2012