Education
BA (mathematics), University of Michigan–Flint
MA (mathematics), MS (computer science), and PhD (geometry), University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Courses Taught
Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
Data Structures
Discrete Structures
Algorithm Design and Analysis
Software Engineering
Web Design
Web Programming
Operating Systems
Networks
Theory of Computation
Abstract Algebra
Ethnomathematics
Research Interests
Darrah has published a series of papers on the geometry of tilings and is the author of Drawing Pictures with One Line: Exploring Graph Theory (1983). For many years he coached the College’s teams in the annual ACM Computer Programming Competition, including two teams that went to the international finals. Special interests include the design and analysis of algorithms, software engineering, parallel programming, geometry, and ethnomathematics. In summer 2012, he mentored research by Hugh Smith ’13 on games on graphs (supported the Sanger Summer Scholars Program) and a McNair Scholars Project (funded by the U.S. Department of Education TRIO program) with Mackenzie Endress ’14 on game theoretic aspects of the influence of Super PACs in the 2012 Presidential election.
Darrah Chavey
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Pronouns: he/him/his Email: chavey@beloit.edu Phone: 608-363-2220 Office: Room 221, Sanger Center for the Sciences