October 7, 2008

Darren Mason's Research Presented at Materials Science & Technology 2008 Conference and Exhibition
Darren E. Mason collaborated on the paper Characterization of interactions between slip-systems and grain boundaries that lead to heterogeneous deformation in commercially pure Titanium which was presented at the 2008 Materials Science & Technology 2008 Conference and Exhibition at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Darren's collaborators included T.R. Bieler, M.A. Crimp, Y. Yang, and L. Wang of Michigan State University (USA); P. Eisenlohr, F. Roters, and D. Raabe of the Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH (Germany), and G.E. Ice of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA).

September 13, 2008

George Hart Leads Albion Sculpture Build
Geometric sculptor George Hart led a over 100 participants of all ages in a campus-community "barn-raising" build of his latest sculpture entitled Comet! in the science complex atrium. The sculpture is comprised of 9 orbs that hang along a sweeping arc inside the atrium. Each orb is comprised of brightly colored powder-coated metal components, specifically 90 large flat aluminum pieces, 120 small bent steel pieces, and 600 screws. Each orb weighs about 75 pounds. The design for each orb is based on two weaved rhombic triacontahedrons. One can see regions of 3-fold and 5-fold symmetry in the light and dark structures in each orb. Moving from one side of the atrium to the other, each orb represents a three-dimensional snapshot of a larger four-dimensional object that is changing in both shape and color. The sculpture is the culmination of over two years of planning by Math/CS professors David Reimann and Darren Mason and Art & Art History professor Gary Wahl.

The completed sculpture is shown above.

Two helpers assembling pieces during the build.

Several groups of builders after completion of the inner structure of their orbs.
Several groups of builders near completion of their orbs.

A short video about the project is available on the Albion College news site www.albion.edu/news. Individuals with interesting photos from the event are encouraged to send them to George Hart, whose contact information is available on his website. One of the orbs was assembled by the build leaders the night before the build. Photos of that are available on George Hart's website at http://www.georgehart.com/Albion/9-construction.html. Additional photos of the "barn raising" assembly of the orbs are also available on George Hart's website at http://www.georgehart.com/Albion/construction.html.

George Hart is an artist and interdisciplinary scholar: a sculptor, mathematician, engineer, researcher, writer, computer scientist, and educator. As a sculptor of constructive geometric forms, his work deals with patterns and relationships derived from classical ideals of balance and symmetry. Mathematical yet organic, these abstract forms invite the viewer to partake of the geometric aesthetic. His geometric sculpture has received praise and awards in numerous exhibitions, including a New York State Council for the Arts Individual Artist's Award. More information about George Hart is available on his website www.georgehart.com, including more information about the Albion College sculpture.

This project is made possible in part by the Albion College Faculty Development grant entitled "Enhancing the Interdisciplinary Connections between Mathematics, Computer Science, and Art at Albion College" through their Foundation for Interdisciplinary Study Fund. The main goal of this proposed project is to substantially enhance the collaborative climate between art, mathematics, and computer science on the Albion College campus. The generous financial support of alumni and other friends of the department was also vital to this project. We also acknowledge the substantial contributions of Caster Concepts in Albion and Finishing Touch in Litchfield.

A special acknowledgement is extended to a dedicated group of faculty "build leaders," who helped encourage volunteers during the build. The build leaders were David Anderson (Math/CS), Amy Bethune (Chemistry), Mark Bollman (Math/CS), Lynne Chytilo (Art & Art History), Michael Dixon (Art & Art History), Andrew French (Chemistry), Darren Mason (Math/CS), Vanessa McCaffrey (Chemistry), Karla McCavit (Math/CS), Carrie Menold (Geology), Robert Messer (Math/CS), Aaron Miller (Physics), Daniel Mittag (Philosophy), Martha O'Kennon (Math/CS), and Gary Wahl (Art & Art History). David Reimann (Math/CS), with help from Darren Mason and Gary Wahl, served as the coordinator for the entire project.

September 12, 2008

David L. Anderson Speaks at Physics Department Seminar
David L. Anderson gave the seminar "Naval Fire Control 1870-1945" for the Albion College Physics department seminar series ( www.albion.edu/physics/seminars.asp). In the talk, David gave an overview of the physical problems faced by fire-control systems, including relative ship motion, wind velocity, the Coriolis effect, projectile drift due to rifling, and ship pitch and roll due to wave action. As continual advancements were made to control-fire systems, such as gyroscopic and gear-based computers, the practical firing range increased from several hundred yards to over 20 miles.

August 15, 2008

Sleight Computer Lab Upgraded
Each student computer in the Sleight Computer Laboratory has been upgraded to have two 19" monitors. The dual monitor configuration allows students to have an effective 2560 by 1024 desktop, providing much needed space for the simultaneous display of computer code, documentation, and running programs. The operating systems has also been upgraded to openSUSE Linux 11.0. The Sleight Lab has 16 computers and is used by upper-level computer science students. This purchase was made possible by the generous financial support of alumni and other friends of the department. See our giving webpage to learn about ways you can support our departmental mission.

August 6, 2008

Darren E. Mason presents research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Darren gave the invited presentation Predicting Nucleation of Microcracks Due to Slip-Twin Interactions in Grain Boundaries in Duplex γ-TiAl at the Austrian Academy of Science - Institute of Mechanics, Erich Schmid Institut für Materialwissenschaft in Leoban, Austria.

August 1, 2008

Mark Bollman Participates In MMSTLC Summer Academy
Mark Bollman joined over 100 math and science teachers from across Michigan at the Michigan Mathematics and Science Teacher Leadership Collaborative (MMSTLC) Summer Academy held at Grand Valley State University from July 27 through August 1. Mark is a member of Cadre II of the MMSTLC program, which is dedicated to improving middle-school mathematics and science teaching by developing teacher leaders throughout the state of Michigan, and participates in MMSTLC as part of a team from the Capitol Area Science and Math Center (CASM). As a mathematics content specialist, Mark will be working for the next year with Kassie Lawhorne, a 7th-grade teacher at Bath Middle School. Other members of the CASM team are Julie Fick and Denise Brady from CASM, Mark Francek of the geography and earth science faculty at Central Michigan University, Laura Foreback of DeWitt Middle School, and Kelly Shumway of Lakewood Middle School.

July 18, 2008

Darren Mason's Research Presented in Germany
While in residence at MPIE, Darren collaborated on the invited talk “Microscale Characterization in the SEM: Electron Channeling and Diffraction for Orientation Analysis and Defect Imaging” which was presented at the Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung on July 18, 2008 in Düsseldorf, Germany by Prof. Martin A. Crimp while Darren was in attendance. Co-authors were T.R. Bieler, M.A. Crimp, B.C. Ng, and B. Simkin (all of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science at Michigan State University.

July 7, 2008

Darren E. Mason is visiting scholar at the Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH (MPIE)
Darren Mason is currently visiting the Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany and will remain its guest until August 13, 2008. During his visit Professor Mason will be working with colleagues from the Microstructure Physics and Metal Forming division of MPIE and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from Michigan State University on fundamental problems that arise in modeling microcrack/damage nucleation in textured metals. The research program is a fusion of experimental, numerical modeling, and mathematical modeling of material behavior across multiple length scales. This international and interdisciplinary project is funded by a three-year joint grant from the National Science Foundation and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).

June 30, 2008

Farewell to Cayley Rice
The department wishes a fond farewell to Dr. Cayley Rice as she departs Albion College. We appreciate her many contributions during the past two years and wish her success in her future endeavors!

June 17, 2008

Harold Connamacher Attends CS2 Workshop
Harold Connamacher participated in the CS2 Workshop held at Denison University. The workshop brought together faculty from several liberal arts colleges to discuss best practices and future directions for teaching the second course in the computer science curriculum.

June 16, 2008

Mark Bollman Leads At AP Calculus Reading
Mark Bollman served as a Table Leader at the 2008 Advanced Placement Calculus reading, held from June 9-15 in Kansas City, Missouri. As a table leader, Mark was part of a team of two who were jointly responsible for the performance of a room of 13 exam readers. His room contributed, along with 895 college and high school calculus teachers from 47 states, two U.S. territories, and several foreign countries, in scoring 293,245 AB and BC Calculus exams. Mark is in his third year as a TL, following five years of service as a Reader.

May 10, 2008

Congratulations to the Class of 2008
Albion College commencement was held to celebrate the graduation of the class of 2008. The following is a list of the Mathematics and Computer Science majors and minors from the class of 2008.

• Mary Bizon, a dual mathematics and economics & management major, plans on attending a graduate school in the Chicago area to work on a graduate degree in mathematics.
• Sarah Bunde, a psychology major and a mathematics minor, plans on a career in teaching high school.
• Brian Dick, is an engineering major through the combined course program and an applied mathematics minor.
• Andrew Fidler, a dual physics and chemistry major with an applied mathematics minor, will be attending the University of Chicago for a Ph.D. in chemistry.
• Adam Hashimoto, is an engineering major through the combined course program and an applied mathematics minor.
• Marci Howdyshell, a physics major and applied mathematics minor, will attend Ohio State University for a Ph.D. in Physics.
• Elizabeth Jewell, a dual biology and music major and math minor, will attend the University of Michigan's School of Public Health to pursue a master's degree in biostatistics.
• Jon Maten, a philosophy major with a mathematics minor plans on studying theology at the University of Notre Dame.
• Erich Owens, is an engineering major through the combined course program and an applied mathematics minor.
• Dennis Ross, a mathematics major, will be attending Michigan State University for a Ph.D. in mathematics.
• Michael Schroeder, graduated with a mathematics/economics major and a minor in philosophy.
• Jaclyn Sweeny, an economics & management major and mathematics minor, will be starting as a Tax Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers this summer in Chicago.
• Allie Trapp, a mathematics major and philosophy minor, is seeking employment as an actuarial or research assistant job. She plans to continue her education in the future.
• Jeremy Troisi, a dual mathematics and economics & management major, will be attending Purdue University for a Ph.D. in statistics.
• Hillary Turner, a sociology major with a statistics minor, will be attending the University of Illinois at Chicago for a master of public health with an emphasis in behavior sciences and health promotion.
• Jamie Venia, a mathematics major, will be a student teacher in the fall, then plans on a career in teaching high school.
• Carmen Weddell, a dual mathematics and music major with a minor in French, will be attending Miami University (in Ohio) for an M.A. in mathematics.
• Randall Wilcox, a physics major with a mathematics minor, will attend Earlham to pursue a Master of Arts in Teaching and plans on a career in teaching high school.

Congratulations to each of them on their accomplishments and best wishes as they begin a new phase in their lives.

April 24, 2008

Students Recognized at Honors Convocation
Several mathematics and computer science students received awards at this year's honors convocation. Seniors Dennis Ross and Carmen Weddell shared the E. R. Sleight Prize as the outstanding senior mathematics majors. Junior Whitney Patton was awarded the James R. Lancaster, Sr. Award as outstanding juniors who best exemplify the liberally educated mathematics or computer science student. The Louis R. Bragg and Mary Huemiller Bragg Scholarship recognizes students who have exhibited promise and achievement in their mathematical studies and is shared by junior James Gates, sophomore Kathryn Wagner, and freshman Rachel Kamischke. The Ronald C. and Carol J. Fryxell Scholarship recognizes students who have exhibited promise and achievement in their study of computer science and is shared by junior Timothy Rambo, sophomore Robert Sessions, and freshman Terrence Reilly. Congratulations to these outstanding students!

Carmen Weddell Receives Jenkins Award For Honors Thesis
Carmen Weddell's Honors thesis, "The Group-Theoretic Structure of N-Tone Equal-Temperament Pitch Systems", was one of four theses receiving the Edmund and Kathleen Jenkins Award, given each year to outstanding Honors theses, at Albion's annual Honors Convocation. Carmen's research explored a connection between abstract algebra and music, examining generalizations of the 12-tone system used in Western concert music to other mathematically suitable systems. Mark Bollman served as her thesis adviser; other members of her thesis committee were Cayley Rice and music professor Andrew Bishop.

Lower Michigan Mathematics Competition Results: Albion Finishes 6th, 7th, and 20th
The results of the Lower Michigan Mathematics Competition, held at Lawrence Tech on April 5, have arrived. Albion's top team of Carmen Weddell, Dennis Ross, and Jeremy Troisi finished in 6th place with a score of 41 points. Right behind them in a tie for 7th place were Chen Chen, Rachel Kamischke, and Lawrence Tech's Shaun Bentley with 40 pts. The team of Bin Cai and Qian Wang rounded out the Albion entries with 16 points, good for 20th place. Congratulations on a great showing! Calvin College took first place with a score of 65 points, followed by UM-Flint with 51 and Hope with 48. 31 teams from 12 Michigan colleges participated in the competition. The 2009 LMMC will be hosted by Albion College.

Kappa Mu Epsilon Announces Three New Members
The Albion Chapter (Michigan Alpha) of Kappa Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honor society, is pleased to announce its new members for 2008. New members are Mary Bizon, Whitney Patton, and Tim Rambo. KME members must complete at least three semesters of college and rank in the top 35% of their class; complete three college math courses, including at least one semester of calculus; and attain an average grade of 3.0 or better in all mathematics classes. Albion's chapter of KME was founded in 1937. Mark Bollman serves as corresponding secretary and advisor to the Albion chapter. Further information about the national organization is available at kappamuepsilon.org. Congratulations to the new KME members!

April 5, 2008

Seven Students Participate In Lower Michigan Mathematics Competition
The 32nd Lower Michigan Mathematics Competition was held at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield on Saturday, April 5. The LMMC is a team-oriented contest for undergraduate students from small colleges in Michigan, and consists of a three-hour exam taken by students in teams of 2 or 3. Albion is the 2007 LMMC champion, and seven students turned out early on a Saturday morning to defend our title and keep the Klein Kup in Albion. Taking the LMMC exam for Albion were (left to right) Rachel Kamischke, Dennis Ross, Carmen Weddell, Jeremy Troisi, Chen Chen, Bin Cai, and Qian Wang.

They were joined by LTU student Shaun Bentley, who filled out one of the three Albion entries to a three-person team. Mark Bollman coordinated the students' participation in this year's LMMC, which was written by Steve Maurer of Swarthmore College. Results of the competition are expected by the end of April. Albion College will host the 2009 competition.

April 4, 2008

Putnam Exam Results Released
The results of the 2007 Putnam Mathematics Competition have arrived. Albion's team successfully achieved our goal of positive scores for everyone. Carmen Weddell, Chen Chen, and Dennis Ross each scored 2, tying for 1724.5th out of 3753 participants this year. Jeremy Troisi took top honors among Albion participants with a 9, placing him in a tie for 1359th. The top score in the contest was 110. The team competition was won by Harvard.

March 26, 2008

Darren Mason's Research Published
Darren Mason's research was published in the paper "On Predicting Nucleation of Microcracks Due to Slip-Twin Interactions at Grain Boundaries in Duplex γ-TiAl" in the Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. Darren's co-authors were T.R. Bieler, D. Kumar, and M.A. Crimp (all of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University), and P. Eisenlohr, F. Roters and D. Raabe (all of Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung — Düsseldorf, Germany). The official citation is J. Eng. Mater. Technol., 130 (2), 2008.

March 3, 2008

Dr. Nadiya Fink Receives Award
Visiting Assistant Professor Nadiya Fink was selected to receive the Togo Nishiura Award for outstanding achievement in the Graduate Program by the Wayne State University Department of Mathematics, where she earned her PhD in 2007. Congratulations to Dr. Fink!

February 27, 2008

David Anderson Speaks At Odd Topics Society Meeting
Professor David Anderson gave a talk "Hitting Herman on the High Seas" at the monthly meeting of the Albion College Odd Topics Society. In the talk, David gave an overview of the difficulties of accurate targeting of naval targets through WWII. Some challenges faced by fire-control systems include relative ship motion, wind velocity, the Coriolis effect, projectile drift due to rifling, and ship pitch and roll due to wave action. As continual advancements were made to control-fire systems, such as gyroscopic and gear-based computers, the firing range increased from several hundred yards to over 20 miles. The Albion College Beta chapter of the Odd Topics Society is sponsored by the Friends of the Albion College Library and meets monthly to provide a forum for individuals to share their more unusual interests with others.

February 23, 2008

Students Participate in Denison Spring Programming Contest

Rachel Spangle, Tim Rambo, and Justin Willbrandt work on solving one of six problems at the Denison Spring Programming Contest.

January 29, 2008

Lerew, '04, Featured in USA Today
Math major Annie Lerew, '04, was featured in yesterday's USA Today in an article about the country's shortage of quality math teachers. In the article, entitled "Making math pay: Good teachers appear when the price is right," Lerew explains that after graduating from Albion she had planned to be an actuary and pursue a path to wealth. She says she was not interested in teaching and the "life of poverty" it implies, but then she discovered the Math for America program, which is similar but unrelated to Teach for America. Math for America pays for participants to receive their master's degrees, and gives a $90,000 stipend over five years in addition to the public school salary. Before landing her job at the Bronx's Banana Kelly High School, Lerew earned her master's degree from Bard College, located 90 minutes north of New York City. Austin Lampros, a 2002 graduate who majored in math, also worked in the Math for America program. Lerew says this is a great program and would love to get more Albion graduates involved. A more complete story is available on the Albion College news website.

January 11, 2008

Department Purchases Calculators
The department has purchased ten new TI-84 Plus Silver Edition EZ-Spot model calculators for use by faculty and students. Six will be used by faculty in support of their courses and the remaining four will be available for student use in the library. Students will be able to check out a calculator for a two-hour block at the circulation desk, similar to the laptop checkout program. Introduced in 2004, the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition is a graphing calculator designed for use in mathematics courses such as pre-calculus and calculus. The EZ-Spot model has several features to help easily identify the calculator as an institutionally owned calculator, including a unique "school bus yellow" colored case and a faceplate inscribed with the words "School Property". This purchase was made possible by the generous financial support of alumni and other friends of the department. See our giving webpage to learn about ways you can support our departmental mission.

January 9, 2008

Welcome to Michael L. Robison
Welcome to Mr. Michael L. Robison, who is joining the department as a visiting instructor starting the Spring 2008 semester. In recent years, he has been running the Mathnasium learning center in Okemos, Michigan, a program for 2nd through 12th grade students to boost their math skills. He also has previous collegiate teaching experience at Grand Valley State University and Michigan State University. He is originally from south-central Michigan and earned his undergraduate degree in managerial and applied economics from Olivet College in 1997 (where he was a student of professor Mark Bollman). He received his master's degree in teaching mathematics from Michigan State University in 2001. Professionally he is interested in identifying alternative productive ways to serve mathematics students. He also has an interest in the connections among mathematical topics and relationships between mathematics and other academic topics.

January 8, 2008

Paul Anderson on Leave of Absence
Professor Paul Anderson is on a leave of absence for the next three semesters in the Department of Statistics and Probability at Michigan State University (MSU). He will be working on several research projects with former Albion professor Mark M. Meerschaert, who is now Professor and Chairperson of Statistics and Probability at MSU. Dr. Anderson will also develop his teaching skills by teaching several statistics courses in an environment very different from that at Albion. He will return to Albion for the Fall 2009 semester.

January 7, 2008

Paul Anderson's Research Published
Paul Anderson's research was published in the paper "Innovations algorithm asymptotics for periodically stationary time series with heavy tails" in the Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Volume 99, pages 94-116, January 2008. Paul's coauthors were Laimonis Kavalieris from the University of Otago and former Albion professor Mark M. Meerschaert now at Michigan State University.

December 1, 2007

Four Students Participate In Putnam Exam
The 68th annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition was held at campus sites across North America on Saturday, December 1. Competing for Albion were seniors Dennis Ross, Jeremy Troisi, and Carmen Weddell; and freshman Chen Chen. The Putnam exam is a 12-question, 6-hour exam taken by students as individuals, and is known throughout the mathematical community as the world's most challenging math test. This year's questions may be found here. Mark Bollman organized and supervised the students' participation. Results of the exam are expected no later than the end of March 2008.

November 29, 2007

Mark Bollman Named As Consultant To MMSTLC
Mark Bollman has been named as a mathematics consultant on a team of 5 people working with the Michigan Mathematics and Science Teacher Leadership Collaborative. Mark will be working for the next two years with a team based at the Capital Area Science and Math Center in Clinton County, on projects designed to enhance middle grades mathematics and science teaching at high-need schools in mid-Michigan. He joins the team as its mathematics subject specialist; other team members are CASM director Julie Fick, Clinton County RESA mathematics consultant Denise Brady, Lansing Public Schools gifted and talented program director Mark Rudd, and Central Michigan University earth science professor Mark Francek. Twelve such teams, each based at a math/science center in Michigan, make up Cadre II of the MMSTLC program.

November 27, 2007

Students Place 9th and 15th in MATH Challenge
The results of the MATH Challenge have arrived. Albion's top team of Chen Chen and Jeremy Troisi tied for 9th place, scoring 42 pts. Dennis Ross, Elizabeth Jewell, and Carmen Weddell finished 15th, with a score of 33. Saginaw Valley State University won this year's MATH Challenge with a score of 63 on the 100-point test. 53 teams from small colleges across the greater Midwest competed in the 14th MATH Challenge.

November 11, 2007

Students compete at ACM-ICPC Regional Programming Contest
A team of three students from Albion competed with over one hundred other teams in the 2007 East Central North America Region Programming Contest. In the contest, students work in teams of three to solve eight problems in a five hour period. Teams are ranked by the number of solved problems, the time to solve problems, and the number of attempts. A solution is accepted by the judeges only if it meets strict guidelines and works on an extensive battery of unknown test data meeting the problem description. The competing teams came from 67 colleges and universities throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, eastern Ontario, and Indiana (excluding the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area). There were four contest sites: the University of Cincinnati Site in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (30 teams from 16 schools), the University of Michigan Site in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (27 teams from 17 schools), the McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (27 teams from 14 schools), and the Youngstown University Site in Youngstown, Ohio, USA (32 teams from 20 schools). Albion's team traveled to the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan with professor David Reimann. The Albion Gold team (below) was comprised of junior computer science majors Kelly Behr and Christopher Moyle and senior mathematics major Dennis Ross. Final standings for the region are available at http://acm.ashland.edu/2007/standings.html. This contest was one of the many held as a part of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) program. Since 1970, the ICPC has provided a mechanism for students to demonstrate their skills in solving problems, programming and teamwork; In the 2006 ICPC, 6,099 teams from 1,756 universities in 82 countries competed at 205 sites worldwide.

November 3, 2007

Five Students Compete In MATH Challenge
The 14th annual Michigan Autumn Take-Home Challenge, held on Saturday, November 3, attracted a record number of entries: 62 teams from 22 colleges in 7 states. Two Albion teams participated: Chen Chen and Jeremy Troisi formed one team; the second consisted of Elizabeth Jewell, Dennis Ross, and Carmen Weddell. The MATH Challenge is a 10-question exam that students take in teams of 2 or 3 without outside assistance. This year's exam was written by Gerald Heuer of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Results of the MATH Challenge are expected by the end of the semester.

October 27, 2007

Students Take Second Place AT MUMC Math Games
During the Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference held at Michigan State University on October 27, Elizabeth Jewell and Carmen Weddell represented Albion in the Math Games competition. The two students faced off against 10 other teams from Michigan colleges in a nine-problem contest, and finished tied for second place overall, trailing only a team from Michigan State. Elizabeth and Carmen received $50 gift certificates from Pearson Publishing in recognition of their excellent performance. Congratulations!

Carmen Weddell Receives Outstanding Paper Award At MUMC
Carmen Weddell presented her paper, "Group-Theoretic Implications of N-Tone Equal-Temperament Pitch Systems", at the Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference on October 27 at Michigan State University. Her presentation was chosen as one of the four best student papers by faculty judges from across Michigan, and she was awarded a $25 prize from the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America. Carmen's research was sponsored by a grant from FURSCA this past summer; Mark Bollman served as her faculty advisor on this project.

October 19, 2007

Paul Anderson's Research Published
Paul Anderson's research was published in the paper Fourier-PARMA Models and Their Application to River Flows in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Volume 12, Issue 5, pages 462-472 (September/October 2007). Paul's coauthors were Yonas Gebeyehu Tesfaye and former Albion professor Mark M. Meerschaert.