Math REU Panel
SAS 2102Research Experience for Undergrad (REU) programs are summer jobs where you get paid to research. Panelists will discuss the application process, math research, where to find listings, and more.
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Andrew Sageman-Furnas, Technical University of Berlin, Navigating the space of Chebyshev nets
SAS 1102Many materials are built from a grid of flexible but nearly inextensible rods that behaves as a shell-like structure. Everyday examples range from fabrics made of 1000s of interwoven yarns; to kitchen strainers made of 100s of plastically deforming wires; to architectural gridshells or medical stents made of 10s of elastically deforming rods. In this…
Lauren Childs, Virginia Tech, Modeling the waning and boosting of immunity: A case study of pertussis in Sweden
Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is caused by the bacterial pathogen Bordetella pertussis. Completely susceptible individuals experience severe disease, with the hallmark whooping cough, but those with partial immunity have milder, if any symptoms. Immunity following natural infection (or immunization) may wane, increasing susceptibility with time since exposure. In this talk, we begin by examining…
Lucas Castle, Developing Non-Calculus Service Courses that Showcase the Applicability of Mathematics
Students often take precalculus or college algebra as a terminal math course, leaving them with the impression that mathematics lacks real meaning. Due to the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of the mathematical sciences, we are well-poised to intervene and design inspiring general education courses that reveal the utility of mathematics. In this talk, I will share…
Ellie Dannenberg, An Introduction to Circle Packing
A circle packing is the mathematical name for a collection of circles. I am interested in circle packings with a fixed pattern of tangencies between the circles. Given a tangency pattern, one might ask questions like, "Can I find a circle packing with that tangency pattern?" and "How many such circle packings can I find?"…
Math Teachers’ Workshop: Visible Math
SAS 2102For the schedule and program see https://trianglemtc.wordpress.com/visible-math-at-ncsu-febuary-1-2019-2/ Organized by Arvind Saibaba and Irina Kogan in collaboration with the Triangle Math Teachers' Circle.
Rachel Neville, University of Arizona, Orthogonal Transformations and Symmetry Groups
In this demo, we will discover some interesting properties about symmetry by starting with some special transformation matrices. This talk will be a combination of interactive work with the material and some discussion of teaching strategies.
Stepan Paul, Harvard, Isoptics, or how to design the perfect stadium
How could you design a stadium so that a rectangular playing field looks the same size to every spectator? What about for a circular wrestling ring? In this talk, we study these and related questions, which can all be viewed as generalizations of Thales' Theorem---that a line segment L in the plane "looks the same…
Guang Lin, Uncertainty Quantification and Scientific Machine Learning for Complex Engineering and Physical Systems
SAS 1102Experience suggests that uncertainties often play an important role in quantifying the performance of complex systems. Therefore, uncertainty needs to be treated as a core element in the modeling, simulation, and optimization of complex systems. In this talk, I will first present a review of the novel UQ techniques I developed to conduct stochastic simulations…