Steve Sugden
(Associate Professor)

Bond University, Australia

mathematics education, spreadsheet modeling

About Me

I am Adjunct Associate Professor at Bond University, previously Lecturer in Mathematics at Queensland University of Technology and Associate Professor (Mathematics & Computation) at Bond.
Academic qualifications are in Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science. My PhD is in nonlinear integer programming.
I've had a varied scientific career: including areas such as solar energy, technical engineering software for Queensland electricity authorities, and cryptographic software engineering.
Over the past 25 years, I have been active in consulting work and developed a number of intricate mathematical models for aspects of Keno in Queensland & NSW.
Current research interests relate to the use of modern spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel in mathematics education.
I designed technical aspects of and currently co-teach the new Law elective Coding, Cybersecurity & Cryptoliteracy for Lawyers at Bond University. This unit makes extensive use of Excel throughout to illustrate fundamental principles of coding, block chain and cryptography.
In 2002 I established the present open access electronic journal Spreadsheets in Education, which publishes fully peer-reviewed research articles plus classroom resources for teachers and students.
In 2009 I was awarded an Australian federal citation for teaching excellence.

Publications

Murtagh BA, Sugden SJ, “A Direct Search Approach to Nonlinear Integer Programming,” Optimization Methods & Software, 4(3), 1994. Pages 171-189.
Baker J, Sugden SJ, “101 Applications for a Binary Table and a Spreadsheet,” Spreadsheets in Education, 8(2), 2015.
Baker J, Sugden SJ, “Fun with Fibonacci,” Spreadsheets in Education, 7(2), 2014.
Steele, M, Sugden SJ, “Crunch Time: how did the students perform? ,” International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 44(1), 2013. Pages 143-152.
Sugden SJ, “The Number Crunch game: a simple vehicle for building algebraic reasoning skills,” International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 43(2), 2012. Pages 244-258.
Sugden SJ, “Spreadsheets and Bulgarian Goats,” International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 43(7), 2012. Pages 953-963.
Sugden SJ, “Aspects of Keno Modelling,” Journal of Gambling, Business and Economics, 4(3): , 2010. Pages 31-52.
Miller D, Sugden SJ, “Basic Finance Made Accessible in Excel 2007: "The Big 5, Plus 2",” Spreadsheets in Education, 4(2), 2010.
Abramovich S, Sugden SJ, “Diophantine equations as a context for technology-enhanced training in conjecturing and proving.,” PRIMUS, 18(3), 2008. Pages 257-275.
Sugden SJ, “The spreadsheet as a tool for teaching set theory: Part 1 -- an Excel lesson plan to help solve Sudokus,” Spreadsheets in Education, 2(3), 2007.
Baker JE, Hvorecky J, Sugden SJ, “Recursion and Spreadsheets,” Spreadsheets in Education, 2(1), 2005.
Sugden SJ, “Spreadsheets: an overlooked technology for mathematics education,” The Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, 34(2): invited paper, 2007. Pages 68-74.
Noble C, Sugden SJ, “Randomness Tests for Large Samples of Keno Numbers,” ANZIAM J., 45(E), 2004. Pages C50-C65
McMahon G, Septiawan R, Sugden SJ, “A Multiservice Traffic Allocation Model for LEO Satellite Communication Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 22(3), 2004. Pages 501-507.
Baker JE, Sugden SJ, “Spreadsheets in Education: The First 25 Years,” Spreadsheets in Education, 1(1), 2003.
Abramovich S, Sugden SJ (2003), “Spreadsheet Conditional Formatting: An Untapped Resource for Mathematics Education,” Spreadsheets in Education, 1(2), 2003.
Baker J, Sugden SJ, “The role of spreadsheets in an investigation of Fibonacci Numbers,” Spreadsheets in Education, 7(2), 2013.
Stocks P, Sugden, SJ (2013). , “Letters & Numbers in Excel: Fostering Student Engagement in Fundamentals of Maths & Computing,” Spreadsheets in Education, 6(3), 2013.
Sugden SJ, “The Slumbarumba Jumbuck Problem,” Spreadsheets in Education, 5(1), 2011.
Sugden SJ, “Colour by Numbers in Excel 2007: Solving Algebraic Equations Without Algebra,” Spreadsheets in Education, 4(2), 2010.
Sugden SJ, “Exploring the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic in Excel 2007,” Spreadsheets in Education, 4(2), 2010.
Miller D, Sugden SJ, “ Insight into the fractional calculus via a spreadsheet. ,” Spreadsheets in Education, 3(2), 2009.
Abramovich S, Sugden SJ (2008)., “ Revisiting Polya's summation techniques using a spreadsheet: from addition tables to Bernoulli polynomials. ,” Spreadsheets in Education, 2(3), 2008.
Abramovich S, Kudryashova E, Leonov GA, Sugden SJ, “ Discrete Phase-Locked Loop Systems and Spreadsheets,” Spreadsheets in Education, 2(1), 2005.
Sugden SJ, “View Factor for Inclined Plane with Gaussian Source,” Applied Mathematical Modelling, 28(12), 2004. Pages 1063-1082
Kale S, Spence M, Sugden, SJ, “Gambling on gambling in Baccarat: Financial implications of raising bet limits and table differentials,” . The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, 7(1), 2013. Pages 55--72.
McMahon G, Septiawan R, Sugden SJ , “Class Dependent Traffic Allocation In LEO Satellite Networks,” Telecommunication Systems, Special Issue On Mobile Computing And Wireless Networks, 22(1-4), 2003. Pages 241-266.
Sugden SJ , “Construction of Transmission Line Catenary from Survey Data,” Applied Mathematical Modelling, 18(5), 1994. Pages 274-280.
Duszczyk B, Newell MP, Sugden SJ, “Numerical Methods for Solving the Eigenvalue Problem for a Positive Branch Confocal Unstable Resonator,” Applied Mathematics & Computation, 140(2), 2003. Pages 427-443.
Berry LTM, Murtagh BA, McMahon GB, Sugden SJ, Welling L, “An Integrated GA-LP Approach to Communication Network Design. ,” Telecommunication Systems, 12(2, 3), 1999. Pages 265-280.
Sugden SJ, “Bits, Binary, Binomials and Recursion: Helping IT Students Understand Mathematical Induction.,” Quaestiones Mathematicae, Journal of The South African Mathematical Society, Supplement #1, 2001. Pages 133-140.
Randall M, McMahon GB, Sugden SJ, “A Simulated Annealing Approach to Communication Network Design,” Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 6(1), 2002. Pages 55-66.
Noble C, Sugden SJ, “Stochastic Recurrences of Jackpot KENO,” Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 40(1), 2002. Pages 189-205.
Berry LTM, Murtagh BA, McMahon GB, Sugden SJ, Welling L, “Genetic Algorithms in the Design of Complex Distribution Networks,” International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 28(5), 1998. Pages 377-381.
Sugden SJ, Abramovich S, Baker, J, “Conditional Formatting Revisited: a Companion for Teachers and Others,” Spreadsheets in Education, 8(3), 2015. Pages 1-18.
Baker J, Sugden SJ, “Another 101 Uses for a Binary Table and a Spreadsheet,” Spreadsheets in Education, 8(2), 2015.

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