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Department of Mathematics and Computer Studies

 

Mary Immaculate College Limerick

Department of Mathematics and Computer Studies,
Mary Immaculate College,
Limerick, Ireland.

Personal Co-ordinates

Academic Qualifications

Administrative Positions

Research Interests

Publications

Professional Associations

Postal address:

Dr. Gerard M. Enright, (Head of Department),
Department of Mathematics and Computer Studies,
Mary Immaculate College,
South Circular Road,
LIMERICK.

 

 

 

 

Phone and fax numbers:

College switchboard: + 353 (0)61 204300
Direct office line: + 353 (0)61 204988
College fax line: + 353 (0)61 313632

Personal e-mail link:

Gerard Enright

 

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Academic Qualifications:

1972 -- B.Sc. degree in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics from University College Galway.

1973 -- M.Sc. degree in Mathematical Science from University College Galway.

1977 -- Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge for a research thesis on the finite simple groups of Bernd Fischer completed under the supervision of John H. Conway.

1979 -- Diploma in Social Studies from University College Cork through an Adult Education programme.

1995 -- Diploma in Information Technology from Dublin City University through a Distance Education programme.

1998 -- B.Sc. degree in Information Technology from Dublin City University.

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Current Administrative Positions:

·         Head, Department of Mathematics and Computer Studies, Mary Immaculate College.

·         Member of An Bord Acadúil (Academic Council), M.I.C.

·         Member of Student Status Committee, M.I.C.

·         Member of Faculty Board, College of Humanities, University of Limerick.

·         Member of Information Technology Committee, M.I.C.

·         Member of Off-Campus Programme Committee, M.I.C.

·         Member of Postgraduate Studies Directorate, M.I.C.

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Research Interests:

·         Group Theory, finite simple sporadic groups.

·         Mathematics Education, programming for mathematics

·         Computers in Education, applications of PCs in primary schools.

·         GAELSOFT, Irish language software for primary schools, Curriculum Development Unit, M.I.C.

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Selected Publications:

·         ICT in Irish Primary Schools: Stories from the Classroom (edited with David O’ Grady), 2005.

·         A Description of the Fischer Group F22, Journal of Algebra, Vol. 46, No. 2, 1977.

·         Computers in Primary Education, Irish Educational Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1988.

·         Computer Aided Production of a School Newspaper, (with Áine Cregan), Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Reading Association of Ireland, 1987.

·         Investigation of Triangular Squares, Newsletter of the Irish Mathematics Teachers Association, No. 79, 1992.

·     On a Question posed by Graham Higman, Bulletin of the Irish Mathematical Society, No. 28, 1992.

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Professional Associations:

·         Member of the Irish Mathematical Society.

·         Member of the London and American Mathematical Societies.

·         Member of the Irish Federation of University Teachers.

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