Department Of Mathematics, Kansas State University
| April 2007 : | K-State students rank high in the Putnam math competition |
| The Mathematical Association of America just released the results of the
Putnam Mathematical Competition in which 3,640 mathletes participated last
December.
The Putnam Competition began in 1938 and is the highest level math competition for undergraduates in the United States and Canada. The Kansas State University team finished first in the Big 12 Conference and twenty-ninth overall amongst the 508 participating colleges and universities. This was the fourth time in the last six years that K-State finished first in the Big 12 in the Putnam. K-State's Jeffrey Amos, senior in mathematics and statistics from Olathe, was the top student in the Big 12 Conference and ranked in the top 2 percent overall in the competition. K-State's Matthew Burkemper, senior in mathematics from Derby, tied for second place in the Big 12 Conference and ranked in the top 4 percent overall in the competition. Alyson Deines, senior in mathematics from Woodbine, ranked in the top 26 percent overall in the competition. Brian Anderson, junior in mathematics and music education from Salina, Andrew Brownback, freshman in mathematics from Topeka, and Rui Zhou, freshman in electrical engineering from Liaoning, China, ranked in the top 35 percent overall in the competition. |