Stephen Campbell, Ph.D.
I began teaching at Belmont in 1971. Before coming to Belmont, I worked for seven years at McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft, St. Louis, in Operations Analysis. Work there consisted of developing mathematical models of aircraft systems for the purpose of evaluating effectiveness and costs, without having to actually build and fly all the proposed variations in design. This experience led to my interest in pursuing additional studies in mathematics. My B.S. is in Physics and Math from Murray State College, M.S. in Math from S. Illinois University, Edwardsville, and Ph.D. in Math from Vanderbilt University. My field of interest is graph theory and, in particular, the problem of finding a largest independent set of vertices in a graph or network. During the Spring of 2004, I completed a sabbatical leave at Vanderbilt, during which I studied a generalization of the concepts of well-covered graphs (Plummer – my thesis advisor) and matroids (Whitney). Interesting structures arise from this generalization. We call them Plummer-Whitney systems. There are many open questions regarding Plummer-Whitney systems, some quite suitable for undergraduate research topics. In fact this idea grew out of work with an undergraduate student, Jennifer Rowe, following an NSF-sponsored summer Research Experience for Undergraduates at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.
I enjoy quality times spent with family and participating in worship and service through Crievewood Baptist Church. My hobbies are music, reading, and beginning woodworking.
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