Bio
Dr. Paramanathan Varatharajah is an Associate Professor of Mathematics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona in 1991. After receiving extensive research and teaching experience in various institutions, Dr. Varatharajah moved to NC A&T as an Assistant Professor in 1994.
Dr. Varatharajah has been active in research. He has published several research articles and delivered numerous talks. He serves as the Calculus Course Coordinator, MyLab Math administrator, and Gen-ED Coordinator. He has been leading the implementation of the SCALE-UP model teaching for Calculus I. He is the main author of the Calculus I Workbook (2nd edition is in print).
Currently, he serves as deputy chair of the University RPT committee. He has served numerous committees in the department and the college including the chair of the College RPT committee.
Dr. Varatharajah was the recipient of the College of Arts & Sciences “Outstanding Senior Faculty Merit Teaching Award” in 2015.
Research Interests
Computational Mathematics
Non-Linear Optics
Medical Imaging
Wave Propagation
Recent Publications
- Somasundaram Velummylum, Paramanathan Varatharajah, K Mahalingam (2020). (Differential Calculus with Maple). Linus Learning.
- Paramanathan Varatharajah (2019). (SCALE-UP Instructional Redesign of a Calculus Course at an HBCU). 7, pp. 31-44. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research.
- Paramanathan Varatharajah, Dominic Clemence, Janis Oldham, Barbara Tankersley, Seongtae Kim, Belinda , Kathy Cousins-Cooper, Choongseok Park (2019). (SCALE-UP Instructional Redesign of a Calculus Course at an HBCU). (1) 7, pp. 31-44. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research.
- Paramanathan Varatharajah, Barbara Tankersley, Janis Oldham, Zachary Denton, Liping Liu (2014). (Calculus I Workbook (Early Transcendentals)). Pearson Custom Publishing.
- John Aarvold, Paramanathan Varatharajah, Barbara Tankersley (1998). (Discrete Model and Singular-Value Decompositions of Single-Slice Imagers with Orthogonal Detectors). 2, pp. 1184-1188. , IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/ Medical Imaging Conference Proceedings.
