The department colloquium series meets every Thursday at 3:40 pm for a 50-minute colloquium presentation, preceded by refreshments at 3:20. The speakers range from students and faculty to visitors from other institutions or industry. The department seeks a variety of speakers on a wide range of topics. This year, the colloquium committee consists of Professors Bolt and Kapitula.
Schedules for recent and upcoming semesters are also available.
| Date/Location | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February 1, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Mike Bolt | Can one hear the Cauchy Operator? |
| February 8, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Michael Starbird | Abandoning Dead Ends: Resuscitating the Heart of Mathematics |
| February 15, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Professor Sheldon Newhouse Michigan State University |
Chaos, Fractals, and Applications |
| February 22, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Professor Steve Shaw Michigan State University |
Shake, Rattle, and Roll - Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Mechanical Engineering |
| March 1, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Dale Lamps Deloite and Touche |
Will I Ever Have a Daughter? |
| March 8, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Professor Matt DeLong Taylor University |
Beauty in Mathematics and Music. |
| March 15, 2001 3:40 pm NH 295 |
Michael Stob Calvin College |
Rating Table Tennis Players |
| March 22, 2001 |
Spring Break | |
| March 29, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Charles W. Groetsch University of Cincinnati |
A Planetary Inverse Problem |
| April 5, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
John Roe Penn State University |
The Art of Coarse Mathematics |
| April 12, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Michele Intermont Kalamazoo College |
Can You Build a Doughnut out of a Moebius Band? |
| April 19, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Stephanie Baar Calvin College |
Determining how to Rank Figure Skaters in Competitions |
| April 26, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
David Koop | Characterizing Planar X-rays |
| May 3, 2001 3:40 pm NH 276 |
Awards and Pizza |