The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Martin's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

About Martin

I am in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences in the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics. If you would like to find out more about us, please get in touch with me.

I have a strong interest in outreach and regularly talk in schools and at public events, including at a local science fiction convention. Please contact me if you would like to arrange a talk.

My research is in theoretical physics and I currently teach calculus, vector calculus and supervise mathematics project students. I also teach mechanics to engineering students.

Teaching

I am a University Teaching Fellow and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In Plymouth I have taught at all levels including on our mathematics degrees, service teaching and year zero. I have also taught abroad, including undergraduate lectures in Germany and Ireland, postgraduate lectures in Spain and an invited course of postgraduate lectures in Canada.

I have a long held interest in using technology to help students improve their understanding of mathematics and science.

I have an interest in creating screen capture videos to help support student learning. Many of these are available through our YouTube collection. Most of my work here is focused on calculus.

The results of some older work on creating interactive pdf files are freely available here plymouth.ac.uk/mathaid. as 50 pdf files with exercises and quizzes on topics ranging from elementary algebra to proof by induction. This work was funded by various LTSN and FDTL grants.

Students have more than once nominated me for a Student Union award for inspirational teaching. I have also twice been nominated for outstanding support. 

Contact Martin

( Room 3, 2 Kirkby Place, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 586868
M.Lavelle@plymouth.ac.uk