Mr Gregory L Bason

Professional biography

I joined the Open University in 2008 as an MSc in Mathematics student. Focussing on applied mathematics, I completed one module per year whilst working full-time as a Further Education lecturer. I graduated with distinction in 2013 and shortly afterwards became an Associate Lecturer tutoring on MST210 (Mathematical Methods, Models and Modelling).

I continue to blend my Further Education teaching with my OU Associate Lecturer tutoring.

OU teaching interests

I have tutored on MST210 since the first presentation in 2014. I also tutor on the postgraduate module M820 (Calculus of Variations and Advanced Calculus). Additionally, I am a monitor for MST210, and the creator of a series of M820 screencasts.

In 2020 I became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). My claim for fellowship drew upon my experiences of supporting distance learning with the OU. In particular, I explored the effective use of technology to facilitate online groupwork, especially the use of online rooms, fora and wikis. 

Research interests

The phrase solotone effect refers to a persistent pattern within an eigenvalue distribution. These patterns arise when the underlying differential equations contain discontinuities in their coefficients. My research has demonstrated the existence of this effect within the context of heat conduction, quantum wells, and vibrating membranes. Different discontinuities give rise to effects with different periodicities, a realisation that led to the development of a new inverse method, coined the Solotone Inverse Method in 2021. My current research attempts to generalise this method to strongly inhomogeneous two-dimensional systems. This work addresses the questions posed towards the end of my OU MSc dissertation.

ORCiD profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7154-377X