Curriculum Vitae for Lai, Wei-Kai

Biographical Profile Interest Background International Activity Professional Preparation Memberships & Professional Activities Positions & Appointments Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Lai, Wei-Kai

Professor

My research focuses on geometric properties of positive tensor products, Banach lattices, and positive operators. I also advise our undergraduate students for their research. Under grad research topics include mathematical inequalities, mathematical games and puzzles.

Biographical Profile

College
University of SC Salkehatchie
Department
SA PALMETTO COLLEGE
Tenure Status
Tenured

International Activity

International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research, Teaching, Study abroad, Service
Countries
Taiwan
Institutional Focus Areas
Computational Sciences
Extended Residence in Foreign Country
Yes (Taiwan)
Speaks Non-English Language
Yes (Mandarin Chinese)

Interest Background

Do you include students in your research?
Undergraduates
Interest Keywords
Banach Space, Banach Lattices, Positive Operators, Riesz Space, Positive Tensor Products, Inequalities, Fibonacci Sequence, Mathematical Games and Puzzles
Institutional Focus Areas
Computational Sciences
Personal Focus Areas
Functional Analysis, Mathematical Inequalities, Recreational Mathematics

Professional Preparation(Education & Training)

Dates Institution Location Degree Field of Study
08/2008 University of Mississippi University, MS Ph.D. Mathematics
06/2000 National Taiwan Normal University Taipei, Taiwan M.S. Mathematics
06/1998 National Taiwan Normal University Taipei, Taiwan B.S. Mathematics

Memberships & Professional Activities

Dates Type Description Institution/Entity
Present Membership Member Mathematical Association of America

Positions & Appointments

Dates Description Institution/Entity
08/2008 - 07/2010 Instructor University of South Carolina Salkehatchie
08/2010 - 07/2015 Assistant Professor University of South Carolina Salkehatchie
08/2015 - 07/2019 Associate Professor University of South Carolina Salkehatchie
08/2019 - Present Professor of Mathematics University of South Carolina Salkehatchie

Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Dates Type Description Foundation/Entity
2011 Award Nominated, John J. Duffy Excellence in Teaching Award University of South Carolina
2012 Award Nominated, John J. Duffy Excellence in Teaching Award University of South Carolina
2012 Award Finalist, South Carolina Governor's Professor of the Year University of South Carolina
2012 Award Recipient, Professor of the Year University of South Carolina Salkehatchie
2013 Award John J. Duffy Excellence in Teaching Award University of South Carolina
2013 Award Governor's Professor of the Year finalist University of South Carolina Salkehatchie
2019 Award Denise R. Shaw Excellence in Scholarship Award University of South Carolina
2022 Award Chris P. Plyler Excellence in Service Award University of South Carolina
2011 Honor Nominated, Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member MAASE, Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education
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