Please congratulate Laura Lawson, a statistics major from Shephardvill, KY. She has been accepted into the McNair Scholar's Program.
Please congratulate Brittany Walker. She has been accepted into the McNair Scholar's Program.
A big congratulations to Tiffany Compton, who has recently been accepted into the Ph.D. program at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
CONGRATULATIONS OUTSTANDING SENIORS!
Courtney Biddle, Statistics
William Meurer, Math Teaching
Ai Kagawa, Mathematics
Twenty-Third Annual Eastern Kentucky University Symposium in the Mathematical, Statistical, & Computer Sciences
April 18, 2009
Top Left: Amanda Bowling, EKU
Top Right: Vince Castallena and Bethany West, EKU
Middle Left: Jennifer Fischesser, EKU and Dr. Matt Cropper
Middle Right: Chelsea Bugg, EKU
Bottom, from left to right: a Berea student, Zubair Ahmad and Curtis Britland, Berea College; Jonathan Marc Jones, EKU
Dr. Pat Costello Among Top 25 Downloads
Dr. Pat Costello's CMJ article titled "Computing Jordan Canonical Forms" is among the top 25 downloaded articles at JSTOR. The JSTOR database is an archive of important scholarly journals, offering researcher high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages. His article and the top 25 can be found
at http://www.maa.org/pubs/cmjjstor.html
New Minor Offered
As of Spring 2009, a minor in Actuarial Science is being offered at EKU. Seven students are currently preparing to take the Probability Actuarial Exam in a class taught by Dr. Margaret Yoder.
This year's JobsRated.com report lists Mathematician as the country's best job, Actuary as second and Statistician as third. For more information, see www.careercast.com/jobs/jobsRated.
Vernon Wilson Endowed Chair to Give Talk
President Dr. Doug Whitlock, Dr. Zvi Arad, Rivka Arad, and Provost Dr. Buz Piercy
On Tuesday, February 17th, Professor Zvi Arad, the EKU Vernon Wilson Endowed Chair, will present his abstract on "The History of the classification of Finite Groups with a cc-subgroup". Dr. Arad will be with us throughout the semester hosting several international professors. The presentation will be in Wallace 447 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.
Visit his EKU homepage for more information and a schedule of speakers at www.math.eku.edu/arad/.
View a copy of his abstract here.
Congratulations Scott Metcalf and Bob Nelson
Professors Scott Metcalf and Bob Nelson each are being recognized for their 25 years of service to EKU. Scott Metcalf recieved his Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky in 1981 and enjoys running marathons and playing tennis. Bob Nelson recieved his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. His teaching interests incule Calculus and Real &Complex Analysis and he also enjoys the art of Origami.
CHRISTMAS PARTY2008!!!
A big thanks to all of you who joined us for our Christmas party!
Dr. Pat Costello Named KYMAA Teacher of the Year
Every year KYMAA (the Kentucky section of the Mathematical Association of America) recognizes one of its own for excellence in teaching mathematics. This year’s recipient is EKU’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics professor, Dr. Patrick Costello.
Dr. Costello has taught at Eastern Kentucky University for 25 years. Tom Richmond, president of the KYMAA presented the award to Costello at Western Kentucky University on March 28th. Richmond commented, “He was a pioneer in his department for using Computer Algebra Systems in instruction, utilizing Derive, Mathematica, UBASIC, and other software. He was active in calculus reform and instrumental in getting his department to become a test site for Ostobee & Zorn's reform text, and is currently running an acclaimed lab course for calculus.”
Besides being active in the MAA, he has also served in the math honor society Kappa Mu Epsilon, coordinating a national KME meeting at his institution in 1983, and serving as national President of the KME from 1997 to 2001. “As a member of KME,” says former student, Shannon Lockard, “I experienced first-hand the enthusiasm with which Dr. C introduces students to mathematics in the ‘real world’. He worked closely with the officers to plan activities for the club, even taking us to Florida to attend a national KME meeting.” Current president of KME, Don Tosh, says that Dr. Costello “guided the organization through the transition to electronic media.” Dr. Costello still serves the society as the editor of the Problems Corner for the national magazine, The Pentagon.
For seven summers, he has taught top high school Juniors from Kentucky in the Governor's Scholars Program. “I had the good fortune along with a number of others to work with Pat on the EKU Campus of the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program,” says Charlie Myers, a faculty member at Lexington Catholic. “Pat had a creative mind and was able to involve students in such a way that they found mathematics to be exciting and useful.”
The KYMAA Teacher of the Year award was started in 1992 and Amy King from EKU was the first recipient. Paul Bland was the 1999 recipient.
Congratulations, Dr. C!!
Math and Science Academy Visits Mathematics and Statistics Department
The EKU Mathematics and Science Academy is a week-long residential summer program for talented rising high school juniors and seniors who have exhibited success in science or mathematics. This student-centered program is an exciting opportunity for young Kentucky scholars to explore the hands-on study of mathematics and science at the college level. Yesterday, they visited EKU's Department of Mathematics and Statistics for some hands on learning. The title of the workshop was Mathematics & MIDI. It was conducted by Dr. Dirk Schlingmann, Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics..
For additional information on the EKU Mathematics and Science Academy, please contact: Kathy Williams, Coordinator, at 859-622-8860 or kathy.williams@eku.edu
Mathematics Major Returns from NASA |
(above) Felicia and Commander Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow, the commander of the STS 117 (pictured right).
(below) Felicia standing inside one of the main engines for the space shuttle.
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Felicia Hall, a mathematics major, has returned from her student researcher position in the NASA Undergraduate Research Program (NASA-USRP). The session began June 4th and ended August 10, 2007 at the Kennedy Space Center.
Felicia's project title was Mathematical Analysis of Particle Size Distributions from 3-D images.
"I was fortunate to have had some experience using Mathematica before I arrived for my position at KSC with NASA. A lot of the research that I conducted while in the Applied Physics lab was done or verified using Mathematica."
"Overall, it was the best summer of my life. I hope that other students from our university have an opportunity to work with NASA in the future."
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For more information on EKU's programs in mathematics and statistics write:
Dr. Dirk Schlingmann, Chair
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
521 Lancaster Ave.
313 Wallace Building
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY 40475-3133
or
Phone: (859) 622-5942
FAX: (859) 622-3051
E-Mail: Dirk.Schlingmann@eku.edu
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