SYLVESTER E RUGEIHYAMU
Senior lecturer in Mathematics and Head of Department of mathematics , College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:
• PhD in Mathematics 1999 • MSc in Mathematics 1994 • BSc (ED) in Mathematics and Physics 1992
Teaching:
He has been teaching various mathematics courses including Foundation of Mathematics, Functions of Single Variables, Complex Analysis, Engineering Mathematics, Linear Algebra
Research:
Research interests – Mathematical Education, STEM education and Complex Analysis
Projects:
- Coordinator of Sida Mathematics Project official title is Capacity Building of Mathematics in Higher Education in Tanzania from June 2015 to 2020.
- Coordinator of the Eastern African Universities Mathematical Programme (EAUMP) financed by Swedish government from 2002 to 2014. http://www.eaump.org/
- Assistant Project Coordinator of the Eastern African Universities Mathematical Programme (EAUMP) financed by Swedish government from 2015 to 2014. http://www.eaump.org/
- Coordinator of the Higher Education Institutions Institutional Cooperation Instrument (HEI ICI) from 2012 to 2014.
- Committee Member of Basic Science for the Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) from April 2015 to date. www.costech.or.tz
- Board Member and Management Committee member of the College of Natural and Applied Science at UDSM - https://www.udsm.ac.tz/web/index.php/colleges/conas
- Board Member, Vice-Chairperson and Treasurer of the Young Scientist of Tanzania (YST) from 2012 to August 2019. www.youngscientists.co.tz
- Committee Member of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences publications committee.
- Chairperson of Panel of Mathematics for Tanzania Institute of Education from January 2016 to Date. www.tie.go.tz
- External Monitor of the In-Service Training for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers in Tanzania organized by MoEST from 2010 to 2015.
- Chairperson of the National Team of Ministry of Education of Tanzania for Retooling Project for retooling Secondary Schools Science and Mathematics Education Materials started in 2014 -2015, sponsored by the World Bank under STEPH II Project.
- Chairperson of the Committee of preparing Test Tools Instruments for UWEZO from 2009 to 2015.
- Chairperson of the Committee of preparing Test Tools Instruments For KIUFUNZA Project from 2013 to 2015.
- Chairperson of the Committee of Preparing Test Tools Instruments For EQIP-T Project From 2013 to 2015.
- Chairperson of the Mathematical Association of Tanzania (MAT/CHAHITA) from September 2011 to September 2015.
Publications:
- Betty Nannyonga, John Mango, Sylvester Rugeihyamu, Modelling prevention and control of jigger infestation in Mayuge District: A mathematical approach, Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science (2018).
- J. M. Mango, C. Eryenyu, S.E. Rugeihyamu, “On Finite Differences on a String Problem”, Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 10 (2) (2014) 139-147.
- D. Nkurunziza1, G. Kakuba, J.M. Mango, S.E. Rugeihyamu, N. Muyinda “Boundary Element Method of Modelling Steady State Groundwater Flow” Submitted Journal of Mathematics and Statistics , Vol. 8 (162), (2014) 8051-8078.
- S.E. Rugeihyamu, "On the Koebe And Bieberbach Constants for aHyperbolic Domain", Israel Journal of Mathematics}, 118(2000), 369-378.
- S.E. Rugeihyamu & Tom Carroll, "On the Bieberbach and Koebe Constants for a Simply Connected Domain", Journal of Complex Variables, 46(2001), 31-49.
- S.E. Rugeihyamu,"On the Bieberbach and Koebe Constants for a Sector Domains and Sector Disks", Israel Journal of Mathematics, 136(2003), 117-123.
Important contribution:
- Facilitated the establishment of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Tanzania.
- Participated in the establishment of the Eastern Africa Universities Mathematics Programme (EAUMP) in 2002 still running to date.
- Participated in the establishment of the Working life interaction in modelling and data-skills (WOLIMODS) from 2022
- Being the chair of MAT/CHAHITA managed to popularized the association and increase the participants in its Annual National Mathematics Seminars.
- Brought in the departments mathematics projects:
- Sida Mathematics Project from 2015 to date.
- The Higher Education Institutions Institutional Cooperation Instrument (HEI ICI) from 2012 to 2014.
- StArfrica Startup Germany-Africa
- Participated in the implementations of programme of the MoEST including Retooling.
Membership: Member of Mathematical Association of Tanzania since 2008