Owen Byer

Professor of Mathematics

School of Sciences, Engineering, Art and Nursing
Mathematics and Computer Science

LocationSuter Science Center 019G

PhoneN/A

E-Mailbyer@emu.edu

Education

PHD, University of Delaware (Mathematics)
MS, University of Delaware (Mathematics)
BA, Messiah University (Mathematics)
MA, The Pennsylvania State University (Applied Statistics)

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Biography

Owen earned a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics with secondary certification at Messiah College in Grantham, PA, an M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Delaware, and a Master's of Applied Statistics at Penn State University. Owen taught for three years at Northwestern College (Iowa) before coming to EMU, where he has taught for 25 years.

Owen’s graduate training is in combinatorics (extremal graph theory, specifically), and he co-authored a Discrete Math textbook, published by MAA/AMS in 2018. In addition, he co-authored a geometry textbook, Methods for Euclidan Geometry, published by MAA in 2010, with a second edition published by Dover Publications in 2021. His hobbies include playing disc golf, basketball, bridge, and a variety of board games. Owen and his wife, Barbara, have two adult children, Cameron and Lily.

Owen completed a term as program director for Mathematics and Computer Science at EMU in May 2023, and he will be taking a two-year leave from EMU, starting in Fall 2023.

Mission Statement

Publications

	Citation	Pub. Date
109	Journey into Discrete Mathematics (joint with Deirdre L. Smeltzer and Kenny Wantz), AMS/MAA Press, November 2018.	2018
110	Finding polygonal areas with the Corset Theorem, College Mathematics Journal, Volume 48 (May 2017), pp. 171-178, joint with Stuart M. Anderson.	2017
111	A Guide to Mathematics Competency, 6th edition, a 100-page text used in EMU’s former Foundations of Mathematics course.	2016
112	Mutually Tangent Spheres in n-space, Math Magazine, Volume 88 (April 2015), pp. 146-150, joint with Deirdre L. Smeltzer.	2015
113	A 3-D Analog of Steiner’s Porism, Math Magazine, Volume 87 (April 2014), pp. 95-99, joint with Deirdre L. Smeltzer.	2014
114	Methods for Euclidean Geometry, a 480-page textbook, Mathematical Association of America, 2010, joint with Deirdre L. Smeltzer and Felix Lazebnik.	2010
115	Exploring Loci in Geometry, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference of the ACMS (2007), pp 114-140, joint with Deirdre L. Smeltzer.	2007
116	Edge bounds in nonhamiltonian k-connected graphs, Discrete Mathematics 307 (2007), pp.1572-1579, joint with Deirdre L. Smeltzer.	2007
117	Observations on the Indeterminacy of the Sample Correlation Coefficient, College Mathematics Journal, Volume 33 (September 2002), pp. 320-322.	2002
118	Mental Arithmetic, Finding Squares, Mathematics Teacher, Volume 6 (September 2002), page 406.	2002
119	Maximum Number of 3-paths in a Graph, ARS Combinatoria, Volume 61 (2001), pp. 73-79.	2001
120	Two Path Extremal Graphs and an Application to a Ramsey-type Problem, Discrete Mathematics, Volume 196 (1999), pp. 51-64.	1999
121	Some New Bounds on the Maximum Number of Vertex Colorings of a (v,e)-Graph, Journal of Graph Theory, Volume 28 (1998), pp. 115-128.	1998
122	Maximum Number of 4-cliques in a 4-partite Graph, Volume 21 (1997), pp. 27-32.	1997
1721	Methods for Euclidean Geometry, 2nd Edition (joint with Deirdre L. Smeltzer and Felix Lazebnik), Dover Publications, 2021.	2021
1887	The Noodle Problem, Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the ACMS (2022), to appear.	2023

Church, Community and Professional Service

Reviewer for Math Reviews, American Mathematical Society
MAA Selection Committee for the Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures
Editorial Board Member for MAA's AMC8 competition

Professional Memberships

Mathematical Association of America
Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences

Professional Conferences Attended

(2021 - 2022 only)

Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences, Azusa Pacific University, June 1-4, 2022.
Mathfest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 1-4, 2022

EMU Service

(2022-23 Academic Year only)

Program Director for Mathematics and Computer Science
Member of Academic Council (and co-chair)
Member of Colleague Review Committee for SEAN (Science, Engineering, Art, and Nursing) school

Attached CV

https://appsrv.emu.edu/personnel/personnel/cv/byer/CV_2022-12-31.pdf

Updated 12/31/2022