Shomi Aktar

Teaching & Mentoring

Undergraduate and graduate mathematics teaching, independent course instruction, and research mentoring.

Academic Appointments

2022–Present

Graduate Teaching Assistant · Instructor of Record

The University of Alabama · Department of Mathematics

Serve as Instructor of Record, independently teaching and managing undergraduate mathematics courses.

Previous appointment

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

University of Chittagong · Department of Mathematics

Taught undergraduate and graduate mathematics and supervised undergraduate and master’s research.

2015–2018

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Comilla University · Department of Mathematics

2011–2015

Lecturer

Comilla University · Department of Mathematics

2010–2011

Lecturer

University of Information Technology and Sciences · Department of Civil Engineering

Courses Taught

The University of Alabama

  • MATH 113: Precalculus Trigonometry (2 sections)
  • MATH 115: Precalculus Algebra & Trigonometry
  • MATH 121: Business Calculus
  • MATH 125: Calculus I
  • MATH 126: Calculus II
  • MATH 227: Calculus III
  • MATH 237: Introduction to Linear Algebra (2 sections)

University of Chittagong

  • MATH 104: Vector Analysis
  • MATH 202: Linear Algebra
  • MATH 204: Ordinary Differential Equations
  • MATH 205: Differential Geometry and Tensor Analysis
  • MATH 303: Abstract Algebra
  • MATH 304: Partial Differential Equations
  • MATH 305: Methods of Applied Mathematics

Comilla University

  • MTH 113: Geometry of Two Dimensions
  • MTH 213 / MTH 223: Linear Algebra I & II
  • MTH 214 / MTH 222: Ordinary Differential Equations I & II
  • MTH 311 / MTH 321: Complex Analysis I & II
  • MTH 313: Mathematical Methods

Undergraduate Research Mentoring

2016

Comprehensive List of Matrices, Symbols, and Curvatures

Supervised project · 3 students.

2014

Exact Solutions for the Age of the Universe

Supervised project · 3 students.

2013

Some Applications of Laplace and Fourier Series

Supervised project · 2 students.

Teaching Platforms

Canvas · Blackboard · Pearson MyLab · Cengage · Zoom

Professional service