Ken Louie
Senior Academic Staff Member
Contact info
Phone
07 834 8800 ext 8270
Ken.louie@wintec.ac.nz
Location
About
Awards
Qualifications
- Graduate Diploma in Sports and Leisure Studies, University of Waikato, 2008
- D. Phil (Applied Mathematics), Oxford University, 1991
- BSc (Hons) 1st class Applied Mathematics, Victoria University of Wellington, 1987
Areas of expertise
Industry experience, affiliations, and achievements
Research activity
Applications of mathematics to sports and tournament scheduling. Using software packages to improve learning of mathematics.
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What do you enjoy about teaching/your job?
Helping students move on to the next stage of their studies. Persuading students that mathematics is for everybody and trying to discourage fear/phobia which may have arisen from previous experiences.
What do you love about your area?
That mathematics can be applied to so many seemingly unrelated topics—engineering, biology, sports. The list is almost endless!
Tell us about your experience in the industry
- Use of technical expertise in scheduling to vastly improve the interclub schedule for squash in the Waikato district (2022—24)
- Acting as mathematical expert for construction and interpretation of models used in vibrational analysis of polo mallets (2019)
- Pushing through use of “formula-type” questions in Moodle quizzes to enhance student learning in engineering calculations