Dr. Bao Qi (Edward) Feng

Home Address: 730 Third Street NE, New Philadelphia, OH 44663
School Address:
Kent State University at Tuscarawas,
330 University Dr. NE, New Philadelphia, OH 44663
Email:
bfeng@kent.edu             
Phones:
Office 330-308-7416   Home 330-343-9273
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Education

Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University, August 18, 2001.
MS. in Mathematics & Statistics,
Youngstown State University, June 1996.
B. S. in Mathematics,
Nanjing University, China, July, 1963


Honors

  • Outstanding Educator Recipient have been selected by Mr. Matthew Salvo, ~ a teacher who has made a significant contribution to his academic success, Tusky Valley High School, May, 2017.
  • Faculty Merit Award of a total of $389, which consists of $389 in the category of Research and Creative Activity, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, 2012.
  • Faculty Excellence Award of a total of $1,074, which consists of $631 in the category of Teaching/University Citizenship and $443 in the category of Research and Creative Activity, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, 2008.
  • The recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award, 2007, Kent State University at Tuscarawas.
  • Excellent Educator Recipient, Claymont High School, 2007.
  • Nominee for the Distinguished Teaching Award, at the Tuscarawas Campus, Kent State University, 2002 – 2003.
  • University Fellowship, Kent State University, Spring 2001.
  • Graduate Assistantship, Kent State University, Fall 1996 – Summer 2001.
  • Outstanding Graduate Student of Youngstown State University, 1996.
  • Graduate Assistantship, Youngstown State University, Spring 1995 - Spring 1996.
  • Scholarship, Youngstown State University, Summer 1995.
  • Outstanding Teacher, 1980 and 1982, Harbin Normal College, Harbin, CHINA.
  • Outstanding Teacher, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976, Dao Li Education Bureau, Harbin, China.

Publications

  • Pei Jie and B. Q. Feng, Variations of fixed point theorem, begin from an IMO problem, Harbin Institute of Technology Press, ISBN 980-7-5603-4962-6, Jan 2015.

  • B. Q. Feng, “Matrix Inequalities” Thesis (ph. D.) --- Kent State University. 2001. 103pp. ISBN:978-0493-38474-0, ProQuest LLC MR2702535

  • The Mathematical Olympiad Committee of China (the writer: B. Q. Feng), “Summary of assigning the topics of 1987 Mathematical Olympiad of China”, Secondary Mathematics, Tianjin, China, No. 4, 1987.
  • B. Q. Feng, “On The Variations of Lomonosov’s Theorem”, (Chinese) Northeast Mathematics, Jilin, China, Vol. 1, (1986) No. 2, 192 – 196. MR 0834065 (87g: 47010).
  • B. Q. Feng, “Sets and inequalities”, Research of Teaching, Harbin, China, Vol. 2, 1978.
  • B. Q. Feng, “Sets and equalities”, Research of Teaching, Harbin, China, Vol. 1, 1978.
  • B. Q. Feng and Harbin 1st High School Group of Mathematics, “Exam should also make students learning vigorously, lively and initiatively”, Bulletin of Mathematics, Beijing, China, No. 12, 1965.
  • S. W. Wang, Y. T. Lou and B. Q. Feng, “On the solutions of the Hammerstein integral equations III”, Acta Mathematica Sinica, Vol. 15 (1965), pp.63-73. MR 0203532(34 #3382).
  • B. Q. Feng and Z. G. Yu, “Permutation on the circle”, Communication of Mathematics, Wuhan, China, 1958.

Books

  • B. Q. Feng and X. D. Ding, 三角等式证题法 (Methods of proving trigonometric identity. First edition, Harbin Institute of Technology Press, ISBN 978-7-5603-5363-0, May 2016.
  • B. Q. Feng and X. D. Ding, 代数等式证题法 (Methods of proving of algebraic identity). First edition, Harbin Institute of Technology Press, ISBN 978-7-5603-5371-5, May 2016.

 

Presentations at Professional Meetings

  • Bao Qi Feng “There is an infinite number of twin primes: An application of set theory”, presented at The Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, January 9 – 12, 2013, Abstracts of AMS, 2013. Vol. 34, Number 1, Issue 171 (1086-VO-1591), pp.522.
  • Bao Qi Feng and Jinlu Li, “Banach Limits and Their Values'', 2007 Spring Meeting of the Ohio Section of MAA, April 23 - 24, 2007 Shawnee State University.
  • B. Q. Feng, “The Hadamard Product and Tensor Product of Matrices”, presented at the Annual Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS and MAA, in Atlanta, GA, January 5-9, 2005, Abstracts of AMS, 2005 (#1003-15-332).
  • B. Q. Feng, “A New Identity of the Binomial Type”, Presented at the MAA Ohio section Fall Meeting at John Carroll University, October 22-23, 2004.
  • B. Q. Feng, “The Geometric Mean in Banach *-Algebra”, presented at the Annual Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS and MAA, in Phoenix AZ, January 7-10, 2004 Abstracts of AMS, 2004 (#993-47-769).
  • B. Q. Feng, “The beauty of mathematics --- How to introduce the synthetic division of polynomials in classroom”, presented at the MAA Ohio section Fall Meeting, October 25-26, 2002.
  • B. Q. Feng and A. Tonge, “A Cauchy-Khinchin type integral inequality”, presented at the conference of topology /analysis, Youngstown State University, March 23, 2001.
  • B. Q. Feng, “How to prove trig identities”, Presented at the Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS & MAA in New Orleans, January 2001. Abstracts of AMS, 2001 (#962-97-727)
  • B. Q. Feng and D. N. Zhao, “On the Extensions of Eratosthenes’ Sieve”, presented at the Annual Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS and MAA in San Antonio, January 1999. Abstracts of AMS, 1999 (#939-11-34)
  • B. Q. Feng, “On the variations of the Lomonosov Theorem”, presented at the Annual Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS and MAA in Phoenix, January 1989. Abstracts of JMM, 1989 (#847-47-557)

 

                         Other Academic Activities

 

·         Referee for review of the Journal of Operators and Matrices (OAM), Jan. 2018, Refereeing: “Quadratic Weighted Geometric Mean in Hermitian Unital Banach *-Algebras”, by S. S. Dragomir.

·         Referee for review of the Journal of Cogent Mathematics. November, 2016. Refereeing: COGENTMATH 2016-0231: “A generalization of Cauchy-Khinchin-van Dam inequality” by Baozhi Sun, Zhixi Wang and Lijun Zhao.

·         Referee for review of the Journal of Inequalities and Applications. September, 2014. Refereeing: “On a probability inequality of van Dam” by Yan Zizong and Zhang Yuemei.

  •      Referee for review of the Journal of Publications Mathematicae Debrecen, June, 2014. Refereeing: PMD-7042. “Some numerical characteristics of Sylvester and Hadamard matrices”.
  •      Referee for review of the journal of Quaestiones Mathematicae: May 2013. Ref. ID. TQMA-2011-0049, “Density by moduli and statistical convergence”.
  •      Referee for review of the Journal of Nonlinear Analysis Series B: Real World Applications, July, 2007.  Ref. No. NONRWA-D-07-00216 “On the Existence of Nash Equilibriums for Infinite Matrix Games”.

·         Referee for review of the Journal of Computer and Mathematics with Applications, March, 2006. CAM6635 “Existence of Solutions for Abstract Economic Equilibrium Problems and Algorithm”.

·         Referee for review of the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, January, 2006. JMAA-05-2403 “Invariant Closed Surface and Stability of Non-hyperbolic Equilibrium Point for Polynomial Differential Systems in

·         Referee for review of the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, October, 2005. JMAA-05-1918R2 “Equivalent - Finite invariant Measures”. 

·         Chaired AMS Session on Operator Theory, Friday, January 9, 2004, 8:00am - 10:00am, Joint Mathematics Meeting of AMS, MAA and etc., at Phoenix, AZ, January 7 - 10, 2004.

·         Grand Awards Judge for Mathematics 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 13-14, 2003, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

·         Head coach of 1998 Thinking Quest International Web Development Contest (http://www.thinkquest.outofcore.com )

·         A member of The Mathematical Olympiad Committee of CHINA for assigning topics, 1987

·         Mathematical Olympiad Committee of Harbin city and Heilongjiang Province of China for assigning topics, 1978 – 1988.

 

·         Trainer of Mathematical Olympiad teams of Harbin city, CHINA, 1978 – 1988.

 

Research Interests

  • Matrix Inequalities and Multilinear Analysis
  • Functional Analysis
  • Number Theory
  • Mathematical Methodology and Mathematical Education  

Teaching Experience

2006-present

 

Tenure and Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, OH, USA

2001-2006

Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Science, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, OH, USA

1996-2001

   

Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Science, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA

1994-1996

   

Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Youngstown State University, OH, USA

1985-1989

   

Associate Professor, Vice Chair, Department of Mathematics, Harbin Normal College, Harbin, CHINA

1978-1985

   

Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Harbin Normal College, Harbin, CHINA

1963-1978

 

Mathematics Instructor, Head of Math Department During 1974 to 1978, Harbin 1st High School, Harbin, CHINA

 

Courses Taught

  • MATH 10004  Developmental Mathematics, 1 section of Summer 2007
  • MATH 10005  Introduction to College Mathematics, 1 section of Spring 2008
  • MATH 10020, Core Mathematics, 2 sections of Fall 2012, Spring 2013
  • MATH 10021, Core Mathematics, 3 sections of Spring 2010, Fall 2012, Spring 2013
  • MATH 10022, Core Mathematics, 3 sections of Spring 2010, Fall 2012, Spring 2013
  • MATH 10023, Core Mathematics, 4 sections of Spring 2010, Summer 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013
  • MATH 10024, Core Mathematics, 3 sections of Summer 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013
  • MATH 10031 Fundamental Mathematics I, 1 section of Summer 2008,
  •  MATH 10032 Fundamental Mathematics II, 3 sections of Summer 2007, 2 in Fall 2008
  •  MATH 10033 Fundamental Mathematics III, 2 sections of Fall 2008, Spring 2009
  •  MATH 10034 Fundamental Mathematics IV, 4 sections of Summer 2008, Fall 2008, 2 in Spring 2009
  • MATH 10035 Fundamental Mathematics V, 1 sections of  Spring 2009
  • MATH 10036 Fundamental Mathematics VI, 2 sections of Summer 2008, Spring 2009
  • MATH 11008, Exploration in Modern Mathematics, 10 sections of Summer 2008, 2 of Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017
  • MATH 11009, 10772, Modeling Algebra, 18 sections of Fall 2008, spring 2009, Summer 2009, 2 of Fall 2010, 2 of Fall 2011, 2 of Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
  • MATH 11010 Algebra for Calculus, 1 sections of Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, 2 of Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Summer 2017
  • MATH 11011  College Algebra, 3 sections of Fall 2007/801, Fall 2007/802, Spring 2008
  • MATH 11012 Intuitive Calculus, 14 sections of Spring 2009, 2 in Summer 2009, Spring 2010, Summer 2010; Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017   
  • MATH 11022, Trigonometry, 10 sections of Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010; Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017
  • MATH 12001  Algebra and Trigonometry, 1 sections of Fall 2007
  • MATH 12002  Analytic Geometry and Calculus I, 1 sections of Spring 2008, Spring 2018
  • MATH 12003 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II, 1 sections of Fall 2008
  • MATH 19002  Technical Mathematics II, 1 section of Spring 2007
  • MATH 22005 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III, 1 section Spring 2007
  • MATH 34001 Fundamental Concepts of Algebra, 1 section of Summer 2009
  • MATH 34002 Fundamental Concepts of Geometry, 1 section of Summer 2008
     

University Citizenship  

  • Tuscarawas Campus:

(1)     A member, the Committee of Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment, Tuscarawas Campus, KSU, 2007 – present.

(2)     A member, the diversity Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, KSU, 2007 – present

(3)     A member, the Search Committee for the director of the Library of Kent State University at Tuscarawas, 2010.

(4)     A member, the Economics Assistant Professor Search Committee, Tuscarawas Campus. KSU, 2007 - 2008.

(5)     Chaired the Library Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, KSU, Fall 2005   to Spring   2008. A member of the committee, 2009 - 2010

(6)          A member of The Library Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, KSU, 2008- 2009.

(7)          A member of The Student Affairs Committee, Tuscarawas Campus, KSU,
Fall2003 – Spring2004, 2011 – 2015.

(8)          A member of The Electronics Communications Committee at Tuscarawas Campus, Kent State University, 2010 – 2012, 2016-2017

 

Professional Membership  
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington D. C., USA. Since May 2011.
  • American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, USA. Since 1996.
  • Mathematical Association of America, Washington D. C., USA. Since 1998.