Awards for Greg N. Frederickson

• Top Ten Teacher in the Purdue University School of Science, 2003-2004
• MAA Polya Award, 2004
• Most Inspiring Faculty Member, 2006
• Purdue Book of Great Teachers, 2008
• MAA Polya Award, 2009

Top Ten Teacher in the Purdue University School of Science, 2003-2004

The juniors and seniors in the School of Science (now the College of Science) selected the Top Ten Teachers of 2003-2004. They were determined by Purdue's Science Student Council based upon student votes and accompanying comments. See

• the news story from the CS department.

MAA Polya Award, 2004

The annual George Pólya Award is presented by the Mathematical Association of America to authors of articles of expository excellence that appear in The College Mathematics Journal. The award recognized my article, "A New Wrinkle on an Old Folding Problem," which appeared in the September 2003 issue. See

• my article
• my article
  
  
• the MathDL page with a reference to the article

• the list of recipients since 1977
• the MathFest 2004 Prizes and Awards Booklet (see pages 17-19)
• the MAA announcement of awards at MathFest 2004
• the announcement of Mathfest 2004 awards in Aug/Sept MAA FOCUS (see page 9)
• my photo at Mathfest 2004 awards in Nov. MAA FOCUS (see page 21)
• the announcement in the Notices of the AMS

• the news story from the Purdue CS department
• the announcement in the Purdue College of Science's Insights magazine

Most Inspiring Faculty Member, 2006

The Graduate Student Board, a service organization of Computer Science graduate students at Purdue, made the selection of the Most Inspiring Faculty Member in 2006. See

• the news story from the Purdue CS department.

Purdue Book of Great Teachers, 2008

The Book of Great Teachers, a permanent wall display in the west foyer of the Purdue Memorial Union, bears the names of past and present faculty members who have devoted their lives to excellence in teaching and scholarship. They were chosen by their students and their peers as Purdue's finest educators. The nomination process for inclusion in this book is repeated every five years. See

• the Purdue University news story
• Purdue University's description of the Book of Great Teachers
• the news story in Inside Purdue (see page 6)
• the news story from the Purdue CS department
• a photo of me with the president and the provost

MAA Polya Award, 2009

The annual George Pólya Award is presented by the Mathematical Association of America to authors of articles of expository excellence that appear in The College Mathematics Journal. The award recognized my article, "Designing a Table Both Swinging and Stable," which appeared in the September 2008 issue. See

• the article
• animations that illustrate the article
• the MathDL page with a link to the article

• the list of recipients since 1977
• the MathFest 2009 Prizes and Awards Booklet (see pages 21 and 22)
• the MAA announcement of awards at MathFest 2009
• the announcement of Mathfest 2009 awards in MAA FOCUS
• the announcement of the awards in the Notices of the AMS
• the announcement in the Newsletter of the MD-DC-VA section of the MAA (see page 6)

• the news story from the Purdue CS department
• the news story from the Purdue Dept. of Mathematics
• the news item from the Purdue University News Service

Last updated January 25, 2010.