- Department: Mathematics & Statistics
- University: Illinois Institute of Technology
- Location: Illinois
As an applied mathematician, I value the absolute truth in mathematics. What is true today will be true tomorrow. What is true for you will be true for me. While the correct of application of mathematical truth may depend on the context, it's essential nature does not change. Even after studying mathematics my whole life, I delight in discovering some aspect that I did not know about before. I have found that truth about God is also absolute. God's holiness, my rebellion against him, and his bringing me back to him through Jesus work on the cross are truths that I grasped at an young age. But it has been a joy to spend a lifetime comprehending their full meaning and implications for my life. If you visit IIT, come by. I enjoy meeting and chatting with others who are interested in both academics and following Jesus.
Favorite Quote
Mathematics is easy when you understand it. If it seems hard, you just don't understand it well enough.
Friends describe me
serious, persistent, and having integrity
My hobbies
singing, tennis, eating Chinese food
Fantasy dinner guests
Blaise Pascal, David Hickernell (my ancestor who immigrated to the US), Michael Chang
Best advice I ever received
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My undergrad alma mater
Pomona College
My worst subject in school
English
In college I drove
Schwinn Typhoon bicycle
If I weren't a professor, I would
not be so happy
Favorite books
the Chronicles of Narnia, Have We No rights
Favorite movies
Chariots of Fire
Favorite city
Hong Kong, where I lived for 19 years
Favorite coffee
any kind
Nobody knows I
almost drowned in a swimming pool when I was young
My latest accomplishment
hard to say