Shane E. Sawyer

Shane E. Sawyer

he/him/his

Mathematics PhD with interest in HPC, Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing, and Data Science.

Teaching

Precalculus (MATH 1730): Fall 2025

Undergraduate course, Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Dept. of Mathematics, 2025

Precalculus for students in University Parallel/College Transfer programs of science, mathematics, engineering or computer science. This course prepares students for Calculus I. Review of algebraic, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions for students with a previous precalculus/trigonometry course. All topics in MATH 1710 and MATH 1720 will be covered in this course. MATH 1710 followed by MATH 1720 is recommended for students with an ACT math score below 23 or no previous precalculus/trigonometry course.

Statistical Reasoning (MATH 115): Fall 2021 - Spring 2023 and Fall 2024/Spring 2025

Undergraduate course, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dept. of Mathematics, 2021

This class provides an introduction to probability and statistics without calculus. It is generally intended for non-STEM majors, but many life sciences majors are required to take this class. The topics we cover include discrete probability distributions, counting probabilities, continuous probability distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

College Algebra (MATH 119): Fall 2020

Undergraduate course, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dept. of Mathematics, 2020

This class covers concepts such as the real number line, inequalities, functions, and factoring quadratic equations. The department used a flipped modality for instruction in this class.

Basic Calculus (MATH 125): Spring 2021

Undergraduate course, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dept. of Mathematics, 2020

This class provides a introduction to calculus and is intended for non-STEM majors. We covered limits, differentiation, and integration as applied to polynomials, exponentials, and logarithms. We discussed applications of the topics to ideas such as optimization. This class also used a flipped modality.