Fred J. Rispoli, Ph. D.
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Department of Mathematics
Contact information: E-mail
Phone Numbers: (631) 244-3179
Fax: 631-244-1033

Educational Activities

  • Four Steps To Solve Math Problems
  • Twelve Ways To Reduce Math Anxiety
  • Quantitative Models for Management, a textbook for Dowling's Operations Research Course.
  • Survival Hints for Any Math Course


    Mathematics Club Faculty Advisor: The Mathematics Club meets every other Monday for tea and organizes the following: Presentations by invited speakers, construction of geometric sculptures (click here for pictures), preparation for mathmatics competitions and professional tests, lunch and a movie parties, trips to local conferences, and departmental issues.

    Undergraduate Courses Taught

  • MTH 1006A Statistics
  • MTH 1007A Operations Research Syllabus
  • MTH 1017A Discrete Mathematics Syllabus | Classnotes
  • MTH 2101A Network Flows Syllabus | Classnotes
  • MTH 4171 College Geometry Syllabus | Classnotes
  • NSC 2006 Measurement, Modeling and Problem Solving Syllabus

    Graduate Courses Taught

  • MTH 6617 Discrete Mathematics Syllabus Classnotes
  • MTH 6671 Geometry Syllabus | Classnotes
  • NSM 6601C Measurement Modeling and Problem Solving Outline Syllabus
  • NSM 6602 Scientific Methods And Experimental Design Syllabus

    Professional Activities

    CoPI for NSF funded research project: Modified Mixture Designs for Fermentative Media Optimization. CoPI for NSF funded Computer Science and Mathematics Scolarship Program, Local Project Director for NSF funded Long Island Consortium for Integrated Learning.

    Statistics consultant for Advent Design Corporation, National Park Service, The Peconic Baykeeper, Arrow Electronics, Alliant Technical Systems and the Empire Safety Council.

    Selected Publications

    • Optimization of the Media Ingredients for Cutinase Production from Colleotrichum lindemuthianum Using Mixture Design Experiments, Biotechnology Press, 2008. Coauthor V. Shah.
    • "The Fibonacci Hypercube", Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, 2008. Co-authored by S. Cosares.
    • "Mixture design as a first step for optimization of fermentation medium for cutinase production form Colletotrichum lindemuthianum", Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, Co-author: Vishal Shah (2007).
    • "Selection Criteria for a Network Design Model with Uncertain Demand", Applications of Management Science In Productivity, Finance and Operations, Applications of Management Science, Volume 12, 133-147, Elsevier, 2006. Co-authored by S. Cosares.
    • "Fibonacci Polytopes and Their Applications", Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 43, 227-233 (August 2005)
    • "The Bipartite Perfect 2-Mathcing Polytope", Graph Theory Notes of New York, Vol. 47, 42-46 (2004).
    • "Optimal Trees for the Parametric Fixed Charge Shortest Paths Problem", Computers and Their Applications, Proceedings of the Computers and Their Applications 19th International Conference, 2004.
    • Communications Network Design, DIMACS Educational Module 3-5 (2003). Co-authored by S. Cosares.
    • "Counting Perfect Matchings in Hexagonal Systems Associated with Benzenoids", Mathematics Magazine, Volume 74, 194 - 200 (2001).
    • "A bound of 4 for the diameter of the symmetric traveling salesman polytope", SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics 11, 373-380 (1998). Co-authored by S. Cosares.
    • "The monotonic diameter of traveling salesman polytopes", Operations Research Letters, 22 69- 73 (1998).
    • "The monotonic diameter of perfect 2-matching polytopes", SIAM Journal on Optimization. 4, 455-460 (1994).
    • "Signature classes of transportation polytopes", Mathematical Programming, 60, 127-144 (1993). Co-authored by M. Balinski.
    • "The monotonic diameter of the perfect matching and shortest path polytopes", Operations Research Letters, 12, 23-27 (1992).
    • "An O(n) bound for the diameter of transshipment polytopes", Operations Research Letters, 12, 297-299 (1992).
    • "Applications of Subgraph Enumeration", and "The Assignment Problem" in Applications of Discrete Mathematics, eds. J. Michaels and K. Rosen, 299-321, McGraw Hill (1991).

    Textbooks

    Quantitative Models for Management, F. Rispoli, S. Cosares, P. Abramson, RMC Publications 2007