Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Career  





2 Author  





3 Awards and honors  





4 References  





5 External links  














Tom Hull (mathematician)







Add links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Thomas C. Hull is an associate professor of applied mathematicsatFranklin & Marshall College[1] and is known for his expertise in the mathematics of paper folding.[2][3][4]

Career[edit]

Hull was an undergraduate at Hampshire College. He earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Rhode Island.[5] His 1997 dissertation, Some Problems in List Coloring Bipartite Graphs, involved graph coloring, and was supervised by Nancy Eaton.[6]

Prior to his appointment at Franklin & Marshall College, Hull taught at Merrimack College (1997–2008) and Western New England University (2008–2023).[1] He has also taught at the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics for many years: as junior staff from 1991 to 1995, and as senior staff in 1998 to 2007. Since 2013, he has taught at MathILy, an intensive residential summer program for mathematically excellent high school students.[5]

Hull was a member of the board of directors of origami association OrigamiUSA from 1995 to 2008.[7]

Author[edit]

Hull is the author or co-author of several books on origami, including:

He is also featured in the 2010 origami documentary Between the Folds.[2]

Awards and honors[edit]

With Tomohiro Tachi of the University of Tokyo, Hull was the recipient of the 2016 A. T. Yang Memorial Award in Theoretical Kinematics of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, for their joint work on predicting the motion of rigid origami patterns when forces are applied to them in their flat state.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Thomas C. Hull", Directory, Franklin & Marshall College, retrieved 2023-11-03
  • ^ a b Between the Folds: The People, PBS, retrieved 2019-07-27
  • ^ "Professor Links Origami and Math", Nashua Telegraph, May 30, 2007 – via Mathematical Association of America
  • ^ a b c "Professor Uses Japanese Art to Teach Mathematical Concepts", The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 13, 1998
  • ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), 2018, retrieved 2019-07-27
  • ^ Tom Hull at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  • ^ History, OrigamiUSA, 19 March 2008, retrieved 2019-07-27. See linked spreadsheet of past board members.
  • ^ Reviews of Origametry:
  • ^ Reviews of Project Origami:
  • ^ "Dr. Thomas Hull receives national recognition for research in theoretical kinematics", University News, Western New England University, September 14, 2016; A. T. Yang Memorial Award, ASME, retrieved November 6, 2019
  • External links[edit]


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Hull_(mathematician)&oldid=1194259833"

    Categories: 
    Living people
    Origami artists
    20th-century American mathematicians
    21st-century American mathematicians
    Geometers
    Hampshire College alumni
    University of Rhode Island alumni
    Western New England University faculty
    Mathematical artists
    Hidden categories: 
    CS1 maint: untitled periodical
    CS1 German-language sources (de)
    Articles with Google Scholar identifiers
    Articles with MATHSN identifiers
    Articles with MGP identifiers
    Articles with ORCID identifiers
    Year of birth missing (living people)
     



    This page was last edited on 8 January 2024, at 02:04 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki