Dr. Aniekan Ebiefung is currently a University of Chattanooga Foundation professor of Mathematics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). He joined UTC as an assistant professor in 1991 and rose to the rank of full professor in 2001. Professor Ebiefung holds Bachelors of Science degree in Mathematics and Statistics (First Class Honors) from the University of Calabar, Nigeria; Masters of Science in Mathematics from Howard University; and PH.D. in Mathematical Sciences from Clemson University (1988-1991). He has received numeral research and teaching awards. These include the 1993 Oakridge Associated Universities Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Chattanooga Foundation Professorship (1993/4); Student Government Association Outstanding Professorship Award (1993/4); the 1998 Southeastern Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences Best Paper Award in Quantitative Theory and Methods Track; and many Exceptional Merit Awards. Professor Ebiefung has received over 30 grants and has organized, both locally and internationally, workshops, seminars, and discussion groups on problem solving and the use of the Internet in teaching. He has consulted for the National Science Foundation, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, and the Educational Testing Service through various grant activities. He is listed in Who’s who in American Education, Who’s who in the World, and Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. Dr. Ebiefung is married to Anne and both have 3 children: Ediobong, Uduak, and Mary Ann.
2001- University of Chattanooga Foundation Professor of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
1996-2001 University of Chattanooga Foundation Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
1994-1996 University of Chattanooga Foundation Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
1991-1994 Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
1988-1991 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
1985-1988 Instructor, Howard University.
1986-1988 Instructor, University of the District of Columbia Lorton Prison College Program, Lorton, Virginia.
1984-1985 Instructor, University of Uyo (formerly, University of Cross River State), Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
1988-1991 Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University.
Dissertation: The Generalized Linear Complementarity Problem and it's Applications.
1985-87 M. S., Mathematics, Howard University, Washington, D. C.
1978-82 B. Sc., Math/Statistics (First Class Honors), University of Calabar, Nigeria.