Thomas Wakefield

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Dr. Thomas Wakefield

Chair Professor

Mathematics & Statistics

Cafaro Hall 501

phone: (330) 941-3302

tpwakefield@ysu.edu

tpwakefield.people.ysu.edu/

Research Interests

Character Theory of Finite Groups, Actuarial Science

  • 2008

    Ph D, Pure Mathematics

    Kent State University

    Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Verifying Huppert's Conjecture for LIe Groups of Rank Two"

  • 2004

    MS, Pure Mathematics

    Kent State University

  • 2002

    BS, Mathematics

    Youngstown State University

  • 2002

    BA, Economics

    Youngstown State University

  • 2021

    Youngstown State University

    Watson Merit Award

  • 2019

    Youngstown State University

    Distinguished Chairperson Award for Teaching

  • 2017

    Rhodes Trust

    Rhodes Inspiring Faculty Member

  • 2016

    Mahoning Valley 25 Under 35

  • 2015

    YSU Student Activities

    Mentor of the Year

  • 2015

    YSU Honors College

    Honors Professor Award

  • 2013

    Ohio Magazine

    Excellent Educator

  • 2013

    Youngstown State University

    Distinguished Professor Award for Scholarship

  • 2009

    MAA

    MAA Project NExT Fellow

  • 2020 -

    Ursuline High School

    Part-Time High School Mathematics Teacher

  • 2008 - 2009

    Slippery Rock University

    Temporary Instructor of Mathematics

  • 2021 - present

    Other

  • 2018 - present

    Department Chairperson

  • 2024

    "Review of Menard, Claude,  Toward the marginal revolution: the foundational status of Antoine-Augustin Cournot, in  Marginal revolution in economics---a reappraisal, 57--81, Springer, Singapore, 2023"

    T. Wakefield

    Mathematical Reviews, AMS

  • 2024

    "Federal District Courts and Race-Based Criminal Sentencing Disparities: Analysis with Linear Regression"

    L. Baker, H. Baker, L. Khadjavi, S. Kim, M. Malik, A. Mendible, O. Ortega, J. Pabon, C. Topaz, T. Wakefield

    Institute for the Quantitative Study of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (QSIDE), 2023
  • 2023

    "Data-driven Undergraduate Research Projects with Business, Industry and Government"

    T. Wakefield, M. Berezovski, M. Joyner, T. Bibelnieks

    MAA Press, volume 94, p. 95-103
  • 2022

    "Undergraduate Research: Bringing MAA's Core Values to Students"

    P. Harris, A. Capaldi, M. Harris-Botzum, T. Kloefkorn, A. Rafizadah, R. Schugart, T. Wakefield

    MAA Focus
  • 2022

    "Values of Weighted Davenport Constants"

    T. Wakefield, H. Grundman, C. Caples, K. Kohl, R. Ardila, L. Hall-Seelig, J. Jordan

    Integers

  • 2020

    "Notes from the Outgoing Chair"

    T. Wakefield

    Expanding Horizons
  • 2020

    "Rethinking Reverse Logistics: Role of Additive Manufacturing Technology in Metal Remanufacturing"

    D. Strong, M. Kay, B. Conner, I. Sirichakwal, G. Manogharan, T. Wakefield

    Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, volume 31, issue 1, p. 124-144

  • 2020

    "Piloting and Implementing Mathematics Pathways and Co-Requisite Courses: A Chair's Perspective"

    T. Wakefield

    PRIMUS, volume 30, p. 659-667

  • 2019

    "Twisted Cyclic Groups"

    N. Flowers, T. Wakefield

    Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Universita di Padova, volume 141, p. 143-154

  • 2019

    "Locating AM Hubs Using a Two-Stage Facility Location Approach"

    D. Strong, M. Kay, B. Conner, G. Manogharan, T. Wakefield

    Additive Manufacturing, volume 25, p. 469-476

  • 2018

    "Using the Hidden Markov Model to Improve the Hull-White Model for Short Rate"

    T. Wakefield, N. Nguyen, D. Nguyen

    International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, volume 9, p. 54-59

  • 2018

    "Introduction to Sustainable ERM"

    F. Yang, V. Lai, S. Callahan, G. Davis, T. Wakefield

    CAS E-Forum

  • 2018

    "Hybrid Manufacturing{Integrating Traditional Manufacturers with Additive Manufacturing (AM) Supply Chain"

    D. Strong, B. Conner, I. Sirichakwal, G. Manogharan, T. Wakefield

    Additive Manufacturing, volume 21, p. 159-173

  • 2018

    "Analyzing New Health Care Placement of Mercy Health Facilities"

    N. Halavick, S. O'Kane, L. McConnell, K. Sabre-Nguyen, T. Wakefield

    Emperor, volume 2

  • 2018

    "Adopting Additive-Hybrid Manufacturing: The Role of Capacity in Implementation Decision"

    D. Strong, B. Conner, I. Sirichakwal, G. Manogharan, T. Wakefield

    International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, volume 7

  • 2017

    "Reflections on the 2017 Actuarial Teaching Conference"

    T. Wakefield

    Expanding Horizons
  • 2017

    "Current State and Potential of Additive Hybrid Manufacturing for Metal Parts"

    D. Strong, I. Sirichakwal, G. Manogharan, T. Wakefield

    Journal of Rapid Prototyping, volume 23, p. 577-588

  • 2017

    "Analyzing New Health Care Placement of Mercy Health Facilities"

    M. Busser, B. Clark, A. Orr, L. Urig, G. VanScoy, T. Wakefield

    Emperor, volume 1

  • 2016

    "Redistricting Youngstown Police Beats"

    S. Haigler, A. Orr, E. Shehadi, J. Wise, K. Yazvac, T. Wakefield

    SIAM Undergraduate Research Online, volume 9

  • 2016

    "Manufacturing on Supply Chain for Metal Parts"

    D. Strong, B. Conner, I. Sirichakwal, G. Manogharan, T. Wakefield

    Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference
  • 2015

    "A Graph Partitioning Model of Congressional Redistricting"

    S. Doyle, T. Wakefield

    Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal, volume 16, issue 2, p. 38-52

  • 2014

    "Including an Exam P/1 Prep Course in a Growing Actuarial Science Program"

    T. Wakefield

    PRIMUS, volume 24, issue 9-10, p. 867-882

  • 2012

    "Northeastern Ohio Actuary Collaboration"

    T. Wakefield

    Expanding Horizons
  • 2010

    "On a group with three supersolvable subgroups of pairwise relatively prime indices"

    N. Flowers, T. Wakefield

    Arch Math, volume 95, p. 309-315

  • 2023 - 2024

    Other
    MAA Project NExT

  • 2023 - 2023


    COMAP

  • 2023 - 2032

    Officer, President/Elect/Past
    Pi Mu Epsilon

  • 2022 - present

    Officer, President/Elect/Past
    Ohio Section of MAA

  • 2019 - 2020

    Committee Chair
    SOA Education and Research Section Committee

  • 2019 - present

    Committee Member
    Society of Actuaries

  • 2019 - present

    Officer, Treasurer
    Ohio Section of MAA

  • 2017 - 2023

    Officer, Other Officer
    Pi Mu Epsilon

  • 2016 - 2022

    Committee Member
    Math Association of America CUPM

  • 2016 - present

    Committee Member
    Society of Actuaries: Exam Committee

  • 2016 - present

    Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
    NSF

  • 2016 - present

    Other
    COMAP

  • 2014 - 2020

    Committee Member
    Joint Committee on Actuarial Careers and Diversity

  • 2014 - 2020

    Committee Member
    CAS Academic Working Group

  • 2009 - present

    Reviewer, Journal Article
    Mathematical Reviews

  • 2024 - 2024

    Volunteer
    United Way of Youngstown

  • 2016 - 2019

    Other
    St. Charles School

  • 2013 - 2018

    Other
    Youngstown Vindicator

  • 2010 - 2013

    Other
    St. Elizabeth's Hospital