2004 K-State Undergraduate Lectures in Mathematics Schedule
| MONDAY Aug. 23 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Marianne Korten Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | |
| Title: | How to Be the Best Math Student You Can Be |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Aug. 30 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Dottie Evans Assistant Director, Career and Employment Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | |
| Title: | The Career Fair, Internships, and Co-op Work Experiences |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 41 |
| MONDAY Sept. 13 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Mark Lesperance, B.S. in Math '90, M.S. in Math '91 Actuary, Farm Bureau Insurance, Manhattan, KS | |
| Title: | A Delicious Introduction to Auto Rates |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Sept. 20 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Roger Bey Chairman, Department of Finance and Operations Research, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK | |
| Title: | Careers and Graduate Studies for Math Majors |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Sept. 27 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Andrew Bennett Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | |
| Title: | Roman Numerals, the Black Plague, and the Solution of Cubic Equations |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 PM CW 144 |
| MONDAY Oct. 4 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Peter Pauzauskie, B.S. in Math and Chemistry, B.S. in Chemical Engineering '02 Graduate Student in Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA | |
| Title: | DNA Computation: Finding Hamiltonian Paths with Chemical Algorithms |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Oct. 18 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Jingrong Yang, B.S. in Math '99 Graduate Student in Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, CA Consulting Data Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA | |
| Title: | Math and Public Health |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Oct. 25 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Gary Gabrielson, B.S. in Math '63, M.S. in Math '68 Senior Systems Engineer, Raytheon Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Title: | The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Nov. 1 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Michael Card, B.S. in Math '67 Director of Sales, North America, Millennium Chemicals, Hunt Valley, MD | |
| Title: | What am I Doing in This Can of Paint? |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Nov. 8 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Zongzhu Lin Professor, Department of Mathematics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | |
| Title: | DNA Sequences and Graph Theory |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Nov. 15 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Wiley Rittenhouse, B.S. in Math '94 Captain and Mathematics Instructor, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY | |
| Title: | Mathematics at the United States Military Academy |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Nov. 22 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Bernd Schroeder, M.S. in Math '89, Ph.D. in Math '92 Program Chair, Program of Mathematics and Statistics, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA | |
| Title: | The Synergy between Multivariable Calculus, Physics and Engineering Or: Why Do We Teach that Stuff Anyway? |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Nov. 29 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Ruben Airapetyan, Ph.D. in Math '00 Professor, Science and Mathematics Department, Kettering University, Flint, MI | |
| Title: | Mathematical Modeling: Objectives, Applications, Examples |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |
| MONDAY Dec. 8 : | UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE
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| Dave Auckly Director of Undergraduate Research, Department of Mathematics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | |
| Title: | Undergraduate Research |
| Time and Place: | 1:30 p.m. CW 144 |