Applied Math Undergrad SEminar

Hi all!

AMUSE will be in new hands starting this semester; it's currently in the charge of Dr. Marco Roque-Sol, who can be reached at [email protected].

Have a wonderful semester!

Many congratulations to our team (Laura Calflisch, Zack Maril, and Adam Solomon) for getting an honorable mention at the 2012 Mathematical Contest in Modeling!

More info about the contest is available at http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/

Our last talk of the semester will feature MATH 442 (Mathematical Modeling) students' presentations.

Wednesday 04/25, 6--7.30 PM, in BLOC 164 (

Guest speaker from UCLA this week:

Dr. Alethea Barbaro will talk about "Modeling gangs in Los Angeles", Wednesday, 04/18, 6--7.30 PM, in BLOC 164 (

Freshman/Sophomore Math Contest: Thursday, 04/12, MILN 317, 7.30--9.30 PM.

Open to first and second year undergraduates of any major. $75 to $200 prizes.

For questions, please contact Doug Hensley at [email protected].

More information about this and other activities during the Math Awareness Month is available at http://www.math.tamu.edu/outreach/mam/

An introduction to problems in fluid mechanics is this week's theme in AMUSE with Prof. Prabir Daripa as our speaker.

Wednesday 04/11, 6.30--7.30 PM, BLOC 627. Free pizza and soda as usual!

More information about this and upcoming talks is available at
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~aspice/AMUSE.html.

I hope to see you Wednesday!

Math Club talk announcement:

Dr. Berkolaiko "On pies and noodles", Monday 04/09, 6.45 PM, in BLOC 166. Free pizza and soda!

The Math Club officer elections for next year will also take place during the meeting.

Our speaker this week is Prof. Sivakumar Rathinam (Mechanical Engineering), who will talk about "Approximation algorithms for routing a team of unmanned vehicles".

Wednesday 04/04, 6.30--7.30 PM, in BLOC 627. Free pizza and soda as usual!

More information about this and upcoming talks is available at
http://www.math.tamu.edu/~aspice/AMUSE.html.

I hope to see you Wednesday!

Scholarship opportunity:

Dr. Lima-Filho points out the opportunity to apply for the HP IT scholar program. It offers a scholarship of $3,000 and a summer internship at HP in Austin to students in their sophomore/junior year. Some programming skills are required. If interested, please contact Sara Thigpin at [email protected].

Enjoy the week-end!

This week AMUSE has the pleasure to host a special session on how to double major and minor in mathematics, including:

---Course requirements;
---The Honors program;
---Undergraduate seminars in math;
---Research assistantships and opportunities as Undergraduate Research Fellows/Scholars.

Wednesday 03/28, 6--7 PM, in BLOC 164.

Wecome back, everyone! An exciting week is ahead of us:

---Dr. Edray Goins, guest speaker of the Math Club from Purdue University, will talk about "An Introduction to Dessins d'Enfants: The Intersection of Graph Theory, Group Theory, and Differential Geometry" on Tuesday, 03/20, after the Pi Mu Epsilon induction ceremony and dinner which starts at 6.30 PM, in BLOC 627/628.

---Also, the Aggie Actuaries will host an interactive session on ethics in the actuarial profession with Buck Consultants (Houston) on Thursday, 03/22, 7 PM, in BLOC 164.

AMUSE will be back on 03/28 with a special meeting -- stay tuned!

There will be no talk in AMUSE this week.

Have a wonderful Spring Break!