Mathematics Awareness Month at
United States Military Academy
West Point
NY
More information:
Math Awareness Day News Release
Department of Mathematical Sciences
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY 10996
The Department of Mathematical
Sciences hosted 50 students and
teachers from James I. O'Neill High School and the New York
Military Academy for Math
Awareness Day, Wednesday, April 28.
Mathematics professors Ethan Berkove and Mary Ann Connors
organized the event.
April is Mathematics Awareness
Month (MAM) in the United States.
Its goal is to increase public
understanding of and appreciation
for mathematics. The MAM 1999
theme is Mathematics and Biology.
Mathematics is an essential element in fields as diverse as
medicine, the human genome,
epidemiology, population modeling,
and research analysis.
Mathematics Awareness Day was an excellent vehicle for
communicating with the receptive audience of high school math
students from O'Neill High School and the New York Military
Academy about the relevance of mathematics. COL David Arney,
Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, welcomed the
visitors in Thayer Hall. Small groups attended various
presentations in the technology
classrooms where opportunities
were provided for interaction between the presenters and
participants.
Speakers and Topics included:
CDT Troy Bupp & CDT Joseph Curtis, "Evasive Flight Patterns"
CDT Heather Cooper, "Studying
Cadet Grades in Math-Based Courses"
CDT Richard Thomas, "Developing
a Multiple Criteria Decision Model (MCDM)
for the Design and Maintenance of the Baja."
MAJ Philip Beaver, "Chaos and the Mandelbrot Set"
MAJ Gerald Kobylski & Dr. Trudy Yavorek, "Doctor Math"
MAJ Donald Outing, "Yacking about Yeast"
LTC Patrick Driscoll, "Giving
Crooks the Benefit of Doubt with Mathematics"
LTC Kathleen Snook, "Body Cooling"
Dr. Ethan Berkove, "Instant Insanity"
Dr. Margaret Kiehl, "Walking on Sponges"
Dr. V. Frederick Rickey, "Great
Expectorations, or Coughing with Calculus"
For more information please contact:
Dr. Mary Ann Connors
Department of Mathematical Sciences
U. S. Military Academy
West Point NY 10996
maryann-connors@usma.edu
am1336@exmail.usma.edu
http://www.dean.usma.edu/math/resource/faculty/mconnors/connors.htm
office: (914) 938-2046
fax: (914) 938-2409
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