Joseph Thomas
Graduate Research Fellows
Year
2014
I am a fifth year graduate student in the Mathematics PhD program at the University of Arizona. I study discrete differential geometry, a branch of mathematics with applications in areas like computer graphics, engineering, and animation.
My fellowship project, "Geometry in Context," involves creating a series of short films that can be used as teaching aids in high school geometry classrooms. Each films will illustrate an important concept from geometry and is accompanied by a collection of in-class activities designed to help connect the mathematical ideas from the films to topics in engineering and the space sciences.