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Here, you'll find various pictures of me, people I've worked with, and places I've been, enjoy!



[INMAA chair |2014 Alder award | Ph.D. Graduation | Family | Undergrad Research Groups | International Travels]


Misc.

officially tenured! (with my parents at Valparaiso University opening convocation, August 2015)

winning the Mark R. Schwehn Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award at Valpo's 2015 Greek Life Awards

giving a talk in Notre Dame's "Math for Everyone" lecture series, November 2016

receiving the 2021-22 Valparaiso University Excellence in Teaching Award, December 2021

giving a keynote talk at the 18th annual Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, October 2023



Indiana MAA Section chair term, 2018-2019

with Fall 2018 Indiana Section keynote speakers Emilie Purvine and Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin at Hanover College

with Spring 2019 Indiana Section keynote speakers Alissa Crans, Manda Riehl, and Deanna Haunsperger at University of Indianapolis


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2014 Alder award

giving my Alder award address at Mathfest 2014

giving my Alder award address at Mathfest 2014

Alder certificate


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Ph.D. Graduation

officially "dr. pudwell"

processing

being hooded


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Family

brother, me, dad, and mom, Christmas 2011

family reunion (dad's side)/grandma's birthday, summer 2010

family reunion (mom's side), summer 2016


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Undergraduate Research Groups

Academic year group, 2009-2010

VERUM REU group, summer 2010

Academic year group, 2010-2011

VERUM REU group, summer 2011

Academic year group, 2011-2012

VERUM REU group, summer 2012

Academic year group, 2012-2013

MSEED research student, summer 2013

VERUM REU group, summer 2014

VERUM REU group, summer 2015

Academic year group, 2015-2016

Academic year group, 2017-2018

VERUM REU group, summer 2018


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International Travels

Hungary -- Fall 2002


Anonymous statue (City Park, Budapest)





Elsewhere in Budapest

Austria -- August 2002


at Schonbrunn with friends (Vienna)

Romania -- September 2002


with other BSMers at the royal castle in Sinia

Czech Republic -- October 2002


me and Prague

Poland -- November 2002


me & friends @ Wawel castle in Krakow

Canada -- May 2003


me and my college roommate at Niagara Falls





me and a mountie =)

Mexico -- June 2003


quality hammock time @ Isla Mujeres





me and Mayan ruins at Tulum

Czech Republic -- July 2005


exploring the streets of Prague with REU students





in the Czech countryside

Hungary -- August 2005


with friends on the Chain Bridge





me and Elizabeth Bridge

Iceland -- June 2006


at gullfoss (golden falls) in southwest Iceland

Czech Republic -- July 2006


me and a chateau in hluboká nad vltavou, czech republic





out and about with my 2006 REU students

Scotland-- June 2007


at the north sea (east cost of Scotland)





cathedral ruins in St. Andrews

Czech Republic -- July 2007


climbing praded (in northeast, czech republic, near poland)

Hungary -- August 2007


somewhere in Budapest's castle district (there are enough pictures of bridges from other years ;-) )

Croatia -- August 2007


somewhere in zagreb

Slovenia -- August 2007


at the top of the castle in ljubljana

New Zealand -- June 2008


at the top of the world's steepest street! (in dunedin)





climbing a massive sand dune on the pacific ocean... in the winter





at the top of larnach castle





scenery doesn't come any more amazing than this...





sheep

Canada -- June 2009


3 provinces visited, 7 to go...

Italy -- July 2009


enjoying the view of Florence from Piazza Michelangelo





at a certain famous leaning tower...





on the ramparts of Lucca

England -- May 2011


with a very large clock...

Scotland -- June 2012


Stirling Castle

Canada -- March 2012


Montreal

France -- July 2013


Eiffel Tower





one of the commuter trains in Paris is named "LARA"!





Notre Dame Cathedral

Canada -- October 2014


Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island





at the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia province border





view of the Atlantic Ocean from Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia


England -- June 2015


Tower Bridge, London


Canada -- July 2016


Lake Louise, Banff, Alberta


Iceland -- June 2017


Reykjavik harbor





at the rift between the North American and Eurasian continental plates


Switzerland -- June 2019


Zurich





at Rhine Falls, in northeast Switzerland


Germany -- March 2023


at the 13th century Dagstuhl castle



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