2001 K-State Undergraduate Lectures in Mathematics Schedule
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MONDAY August 20, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Thomas Muenzenberger, Undergraduate Director, Department of Mathematics, KSU
4:30 PM CW 143
K-State Computing ID and the Undergraduate Mathematics Program
MONDAY August 27, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Thomas Muenzenberger, Undergraduate Director, Department of Mathematics, KSU
4:30 PM CW 41
CNS Unix, Pine and Mathematica
MONDAY September 10, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Krishna Khemraj, B.S. in Mathematics '97 KSU, B.S. in Mathematics Education '00 KSU
Actuary, Universal Underwriters, Zurich Financial Services Group, Olathe, Kansas
4:30 PM CW 143
Mental Math and the Doomsday Rule
MONDAY September 17, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lectures:
Tim Henderson, Associate Director, Career and Employment Services, KSU
Marianne Korten, Professor, Department of Mathematics, KSU
4:30 PM CW 41
The Career Fair and Mentoring
MONDAY September 24, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Jeff Poet, M.S. in Mathematics '91 KSU
Chair, Department of Mathematics, Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas
4:30 PM CW 143
Good Math Doesn't Have to be Difficult: Can factoring quadratics possibly be interesting?
FRIDAY September 28, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Eugene M. Luks, Professor, Computer and Information Science Department
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
1:30 PM CW 122
The 15 Puzzle, Parallel Computation, and 15000 Page Proofs
MONDAY October 1, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Eric Lawrence, B.S. in Mathematics '98 KSU
Graduate Student, Department of Computing and Information Sciences, KSU
4:30 PM CW 143
Mathematics: Objectives and Opportunities. What's in math for me?
MONDAY October 8, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Mark Lesperance, B.S. in Mathematics '90 KSU, M.S. in Mathematics '91 KSU
Casualty Actuary, Farm Bureau Insurance, Manhattan, Kansas
4:30 PM CW 143
Who Wants to Be an Actuary? Play the Auto Rating Game!
MONDAY October 15, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Patrick Finney, B.S. in Mathematics '63 KSU
Scientist, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development, Wocester, Ohio
4:30 PM CW 143
Appropriate Choice Making
MONDAY October 22, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Gan Xiao-Xiong, Ph.D. in Mathematics '92 KSU
Professor, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
4:30 PM CW 143
Series, Power Series and Formal Power Series
MONDAY October 29, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Paul Schuette, B.S. in Mathematics '86 KSU
Professor, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia
4:30 PM CW 143
When is Mathematics Applied?
MONDAY November 5, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Alice Boschman, B.S. in Mathematics 1999; B.S. in Agriculture, 1997
Statistical Analyst, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
4:30 PM CW 143
Unconstrained Nonlinear Optimization in Maple
FRIDAY November 9, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Bernard McDonald, M.A. in Mathematics '64 KSU, Distinguished Mathematics Alumnus '99
Executive Officer, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation
9:30 AM Room 143
The National Science Foundation and Careers in Math
MONDAY November 12, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Donald Brining, B.S. in Mathematics; B.A. in Psychology '69 KSU
County Administrator, St. Lawrence County, New York
4:30 PM CW 143
Getting to the Top is More than Just Being the Best Mathematician
MONDAY November 19, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Edward Armbrust, B.S. in Mathematics '63 KSU, M.S. in Statistics '65 KSU
Retired Teacher, Olympia, Washington
4:30 PM CW 143
K-12 Mathematics Education in Washington State and Russia and Other Topics
MONDAY November 26, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Neil Hill, B.S. in Mathematics '98 KSU, M.S. in Mathematics '00 KSU
Actuary, Security Benefit Group, Topeka, Kansas
4:30 PM CW 143
My Process of Becoming an Actuary
MONDAY December 3, 2001
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture:
Donald Myers, M.S. in Mathematics '55 KSU, Distinguished Mathematics Alumnus '91
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona
4:30 PM CW 143
Aren't You Glad You Are a Math Major and What Will You Be Doing Thirty Years from Now?
- Math Department Sponsored Undergraduate Lecture: