• Curriculum Vitae

• Publications and Books

• Recent Invited Lectures and Colloquiums

• Professional Activities

• Physics

Publications and Books

Submitted or Published

1. S. Baldridge and P. Kirk, Constructions of small symplectic 4-manifolds using Luttinger surgery.
    

2. S. Baldridge and P. Kirk, A symplectic manifold
   homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to $\CP\# 3\CPb$, submitted.
    

3. S. Baldridge and P. Kirk, Luttinger Surgery and
   interesting symplectic 4-manifolds with small Euler characteristic, submitted.
    

4. S. Baldridge and P. Kirk, Symplectic 4-manifolds with arbitrary fundamental group near the Bogomolov-Miyaoka-Yau Line, to appear, Journal of Symplectic Geometry. 
    

5. S. Baldridge and P. Kirk, On symplectic 4-manifolds with prescribed fundamental group, to appear, Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici.
    

6. S. Baldridge, The Singapore Mathematics Curriculum and Implications for Adopting and Developing Textbooks in the U.S.
    

7. S. Baldridge and T. Parker, Elementary Geometry for Teachers, (pilot version), Sefton-Ash Publishers, 196 pages.
    

8. S. Baldridge and T.J. Li, Geography of symplectic 4-manifolds with Kodaira dimension one, Algebraic and Geometric Topology, 5 (2005), 355-368.
    

9. S. Baldridge, New symplectic 4-manifolds with b+=1, Mathematische Annalen, 333 (2005), 633-643.
    

10. S. Baldridge, Seiberg-Witten vanishing theorem for S1–manifolds with fixed points, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 217 (2004), no. 1, 1-10.
     

11. T. Parker and S. Baldridge, Elementary Mathematics for Teachers, Okemos, MI: Sefton-Ash Publishers,  (2004) x+237 pages.
     

12. S. Baldridge, Seiberg-Witten invariants, orbifolds, and circle actions, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 355 (2002), no. 4, 1669 - 1697.
     

13. S. Baldridge, Seiberg-Witten invariants of 4-manifolds with free circle actions, Communications in Contemporary Mathematics, 3 (2001), 341 - 353.
     

14. S. Baldridge, Thesis. Michigan State University, May 2001.

In Preparation
 

15. S. Baldridge and P. Kirk, Fundamental groups of complements of Lagrangian tori in the product of two surfaces.
     

16. S. Baldridge, Variety in the geography of symplectic 4-manifolds.
     

17. S. Baldridge, Exact solutions to Einstein's equations on closed manifolds.
     

18. S. Baldridge, Seiberg-Witten Invariants and Morse Theory.
     

19. S. Baldridge, Introduction to Geometric Topology, vi+258 pages. This book still needs illustrations and some editing, but it is close to final form.
     

Computer Programs and Non-mathematical Publications
 

20. S. Baldridge, Multivariable Alexander Polynomial Calculator for Mathematica, (Mathematica software),
    [Computer Program], (1999).
     

21. S. Baldridge, Experiments in measuring uncertainty, Steelcase Inc., (1996), 1–17.
     

22. S. Baldridge, Employee Development System, (ObjectPal, C++), [Computer Program],Whirlpool Corporation,
    (1993). Includes a 156 page user guide.
     

23. S. Baldridge, WIK System, (EIS Commander, Pascal), [Computer Program], Whirlpool Corporation, (1991).
     

24. S. Baldridge, NetQuest System, (Nomad2), [Computer Program], Whirlpool Corporation, (1989).
     

25. S. Baldridge, Teacher Gradebook Module, (TurboBasic), [Computer Program], Surfside Software,
    Inc., (1987). Includes a 46 page user guide. (I wrote this program starting when I was 15; it sold
    nationally and paid for my part of my college education).

Lecture Notes and Unpublished Papers

26. S. Baldridge, Seiberg-Witten Invariants on S^1×Y^3, preprint, 1-50,  1998.
     

27. S. Baldridge, Lectures on Symplectic and Contact Geometry, lecture notes, 1-17, 1998.
    
     

28. S. Baldridge, Basic Classes of Minimal Kahler Manifolds of General Type, Lecture Notes, 1-9, 1997.

Recent Invited Lectures and Colloquiums

 

Feb. 2007	Invited Speaker, Second Louisiana-Texas-Topology-Retreat Conference
Jan. 2007	Invited Speaker, AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, New Orleans
Nov. 2006	Invited Speaker, University of Louisiana, Lafayette.
Nov. 2006	Invited Speaker, Symplectic Geometry and Topology and their Applications Conference, Poland.
Oct. 2006	Panelist, Graduate Student Meeting for Career Guidance, LSU.
Aug. 2006	Principal Speaker, 5 day mini-course, Wyoming, Michigan.
April 2006	Invited Speaker, AMS Special Session on Invariants of Low dimensional Manifolds, Miami, Florida.
Mar. 2006	Colloquium, Texas State University, Texas.
Feb. 2006	Principal Speaker, 2 day mini-course, Beaumont Texas
Feb. 2006	Colloquium, Rice University
Jan. 2006	AMS Special Session on New Developments in Symplectic Topology, San Antonio
Dec. 2005	Principal Speaker, 2 day mini-course, Beaumont, Texas
Sept. 2005	Seminar Speaker, Louisiana State University
Aug. 2005	Principal Speaker, 5 day mini-course, Singapore Mathematics Institute, Madison, Wisconsin
May 2005	Invited Speaker, Conference, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
May 2005	Invited Speaker, Symplectic Geometry Program Reunion Conference (IPAM), Lake Arrowhead
Apr. 2005	Colloquium, Southeastern Louisiana University
Apr. 2005	Colloquium, California State University, Fullerton
Apr. 2005	Colloquium, Chapman University, California
Apr. 2005	Colloquium, California State University, Northridge
Mar. 2005	Invited Speaker, Geometry and Topology Seminar, Tulane University
Feb. 2005	Invited Speaker, BRACTM conference, Baton Rouge
Jan. 2005	AMS Special Session on Mathematicians' work on Mathematics Education, Atlanta Georgia
Oct. 2004	Lecture to introduce graduate students to topology, Louisiana State University
Sept. 2004	Colloquium, Southeastern Louisiana University
Sept. 2004	Seminar Speaker, Louisiana State University (3 lectures)
Aug. 2004	Principal Speaker, 3 day mini-course, Singapore Mathematics Institute, Madison, Wisconsin
May 2004	Invited Speaker, Conference on Geometry and Topology of Manifolds, McMaster University
Feb. 2004	Colloquium, The Ohio State University
Feb. 2004	Colloquium, Loyola University of Chicago
Jan. 2004	Colloquium, Louisiana State University (in Mathematics)
Jan. 2004	Colloquium, Louisiana State University (in Education)
Jan. 2004	AMS Special Session on Geometric Structures on Manifolds
Jan. 2004	AMS Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology
Jan. 2004	AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, Phoenix
Nov. 2003	Invited Speaker, Special Workshop on Mathematics Education, The Ohio State University
Aug. 2003	Invited Speaker, Differential Geometry Seminar, University of Minnesota
Aug. 2003	Principal Speaker, 5 day mini-course, Singapore Mathematics Institute, Madison, Wisconsin
May 2003	Invited Speaker, Tenth G¨okova Geometry/Topology Conference, G¨okova, Turkey
May 2003	Colloquium, California State University at Los Angeles
April 2003	Colloquium, University of Memphis
April 2003	Invited Speaker, Symplectic Geometry Seminar, IPAM, UCLA
April 2003	AMS Special Session on Topology, Indiana University
Jan. 2003	Invited Speaker, Differential Geometry Seminar, Georgia Tech
Nov. 2002	Invited Speaker, AMS Committee on Education, Washington, D.C., November, 2002
Nov. 2002	Invited Speaker, Differential Geometry Seminar, University of Illinois
April 2002	Invited Speaker, Gauge Theory Seminar, Michigan State University
Feb. 2002	Topology and Geometry seminar, Indiana University
Jan. 2002	Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting
Nov. 2001	Invited Speaker, Differential Geometry Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professional Activities

 

2006-2007	Internal Review Committee, Department of Mathematics, LSU.
2006	Masters of Natural Science Development Committee, Department of Mathematics.  Co-founded the LA Teachers Institute at LSU.
2005	Organizer, Teaching in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools after Katrina presentation, LSU.
2005	Volunteer, Pete Maravich Assembly Center, LSU's Hurricane Katrina acute care field hospital
2005	Thesis review committee in Mathematics for Scott Jude Champagne.
2005	Review team member, Chancellor's Distinguished Lectureship Series, Louisiana State University
2004-05	Student Advisor Committee, Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University
2004-05	Secondary Education Committee, College of Arts and Science, Louisiana State University
2004	Participant, Step thru Stem Retreat, May
2004	Participant, Standards Setting Meeting, American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence
2003	REU Project Advisor, Student: Russell Halper
2002–	Principal organizer, VIGRE Seminar, Indiana University
2002	Participant, Standards for Success Project
2002	Course Adoption Committee, 21st Century Teacher Project
1997–1998	Principal organizer, Knot theory student seminar, Michigan State University
1998–99	Dean’s Student Advisory Council, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University
1997–98	Graduate Student Committee, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University
1996–	Member of the American Mathematical Society

Physics Courses Audited

I am interested in supersymmetry and string theory and how it relates to Seiberg-Witten theory. I audited the following courses at Michigan State University: