Robert D. Poodiack

Dr. Poodiack has been at Norwich University since 1999. He won the Homer L. Dodge Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2005. He served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics from 2013 to 2019, and again from 2021 to 2023.

Poodiack primarily teaches calculus-related courses, including all the courses in Norwich’s calculus sequence and Advanced Calculus I and II (Real Analysis), Vector Analysis, and Complex Analysis. He has also taught the "Mathematics as a Liberal Art" sequence, Mathematical Modeling and Computation, Theory of Computation, and Algebraic Structures.

His research is in analysis, and his current focus is generalized trigonometric functions and evaluating related integrals and series. Poodiack is also passionate about math-related technology and enjoys programming new software to make applets that help his students understand difficult concepts.

Ph.D. Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont
M.A. Mathematics, Western Connecticut State University
B.S. Computer Science, Cornell University

MA 121 Calculus I
MA 122 Calculus II
MA 223 Calculus III
MA 224 Differential Equations
MA 241 Mathematical Computation and Modeling
MA 303 Advanced Calculus I
MA 304 Advanced Calculus II
MA 309 Algebraic Structures
MA 405 Complex Analysis
MA 407 Vector Analysis

Poodiack, R. D. &  Wood, W. E. (2022). Squigonometry: The study of Imperfect Circles. Springer.

Wood, W. E. & Poodiack, R. D. (2020). Squigonometry: Trigonometry in the p-norm. In P. E. Harris, E. Insko, & A. Wootton (Eds.), A Project-Based Guide to Undergraduate Research in Mathematics: Starting and Sustaining Accessible Undergraduate Research (pp. 263–286). Springer International Publishing, Cham.

Poodiack, R. D. (2016). Squigonometry, Hyperellipses, and supereggs. Mathematics Magazine, 89(2), 92–102. https://doi.org/10.4169/math.mag.89.2.92