Each year the Department of Applied Mathematics sponsors undergraduate teams in the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling. The contest lasted 4 days from Feb 5-Feb 9, 2015. During this time, each team of 3 students selected one of four problems, they did the research, constructed mathematical and then numerical models, and wrote a complete report. The modeling contest is essentially a mini-research project done in just 96 hours.This year, we had a record 7 teams (21 students) participate. Anne Dougherty and Bengt Fornberg organize the teams and provide several training sessions. The contest results were just posted and two of our teams were designated as Outstanding. CU Boulder also had two Outstanding teams in 2012 and 2013. And, even more remarkably, a total of 15 Outstanding designations since 2000. This is a testament to our excellent students and exceptionally strong undergraduate programs!
Overall, there were 7636 teams from around the world with 418 teams from the US on problems A and B. There were a total of 10 papers designated as Outstanding and CU had two of them!
The website with the official results, problem statements, and a press release can be found at:
http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm/contests/2015/results/
CU’s participants and results are below. Applied math recruits participants from all majors and that almost every engineering major is represented. In fact, the best teams are those with a variety of backgrounds and skills.
Team #32879
Problem: B
Matthew R Hurst, Nathan J Yeo, Jordan Deitsch
Result: Outstanding Winner, SIAM Award, $10,000 Scholarship (Two Sigma Scholarship)
Team #38720
Problem: B
Marc William Thomson, Derek Gorthy, Christine Reilly
Result: Outstanding Winner
Team #38004
Problem: B
Bryan T Doyle, Mason R McNutt, Leslie D Minor
Result: Meritorious
Team #32878
Problem: A
Thomas H Gebhardt, Conrad Hougen, Pawel Janas
Result: Meritorious
Team #35148
Problem: B
Dalton Jones, Kevin Sun, Joe Castagneri
Result: Honorable Mention
Team #34691
Problem: A
Derek Driggs, Ian Char, Denis Kazakov
Result: Successful Participant
Team #38738
Problem: A
Sean Braxton, Kenneth Blair, Nathan Genrich
Result: Successful Participant