Troy Henderson Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics 315 Weaver Hall University of Mobile Mobile, AL 36613 (251) 442-2298 Education Publications Teaching Vitae Family Interests

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Mathematics, Texas A&M University, August 2005
• Master of Arts, Mathematics, The University of Alabama, August 1999
• Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, The University of Alabama, May 1997

Publications

• [PDF] [PS] A beginner's guide to MetaPost for creating high-quality graphics, TUGboat, vol. 28 (2007), no. 1 (Editors requested simultaneous publication in PracTeX Journal).
• [PDF] [PS] A beginner's guide to MetaPost for creating high-quality graphics, PracTeX Journal, vol. 2006, no. 4. (Editors requested simultaneous publication in TUGboat, vol. 28 (2007), no. 1).
• [PDF] [PS] Embedding fonts in MetaPost output, TUGboat, vol. 26 (2005), no. 3, pp. 250-252.

Teaching

• I am currently (Spring, 2008) teaching MA102, MA111, and MA497.
  
• Here is my Spring, 2008 schedule [PNG] [PDF] [SVG]

Curriculum Vitae

• HTML (onscreen) version
• PDF (printable) version
• LaTeX source for HTML and PDF versions

Family

• If you need to contact my wife Greta, click here to email her
• Click here to view our family pictures

Interests

• Wavelets, Frames, and Sampling Theory – Much of my mathematical research interest can be encapsulated into these three areas.
• Gentoo Linux – Since I began using Linux as my primary operating system, I often feel crippled when having to use Micro$ith Window$.
• LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system, with features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents.
  • My LaTeX Previewer is useful for experimenting with LaTeX without having to deal with many of the intricacies of the compile process.
  • My exposition on including graphics in LaTeX documents
  • My PNG/JPEG (Raster) to EPS/PDF (Vector) converter is useful for converting raster images to EPS/PDF for inclusion into LaTeX documents.
• MetaPost is a powerful graphics language (by John Hobby) based on Donald Knuth's METAFONT, but with PostScript output and facilities for including typeset text. Knuth says that he uses nothing but MetaPost for diagrams in text that he is writing.
  • My MetaPost Previewer allows users to test MetaPost (similar to the above listed LaTeX Previewer) and generate EPS, PDF, and SVG output for the graphics.
  • I also have written a MetaPost to SVG Converter which converts MetaPost output files to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).
  • Here's a typical Makefile I use for my MetaPosting.
  • You can also find some of my accumulated MetaPost documentation and examples here, and in particular, my own suite of MetaPost tools.
• I reconstructed USMAth's Departmental Logo from several poorer quality versions that I aquired. This particular version is authored in MetaPost and is available in EPS, PDF, and SVG vector formats as well as a PNG raster format.

Updated Monday 14 January, 2008