Our primary goal is to promote the values of the
AWM.
Our local
mission is to promote the benefits and wonderment of mathematics
through: Community Outreach; Student-led Activities; Professional Development.
Our personal hope is to have fun and foster enjoyment and involvement,
tapping the huge pool of expertise and creativity and terrific people here at
BU, as well as bringing back Alums, inviting experts and networking globally
through digital initiatives. Please e-mail us with your ideas and suggestions!
WHO WE ARE:
Chapter Advisor:
Emma Previato,
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University,
ep@bu.edu
Chapter 2013-2014 Officers:
Sridevi Suresh, CAS'16, President
Margaret Tang, CAS'16, Vice President
Samantha H. Enbar-Salo, CAS'16, Treasurer
Chi Zhang, CAS'16, Secretary
NEWS in 2014-2015: The AWM announced its essay contest
To increase awareness of women's ongoing contributions to the mathematical
sciences, please find the poster
here!
Join us in 2014-2015 Activities!
Thursday, November 20, 2014: Guest Speaker: Professor Eleanor Farrington,
Maritime Academy
Title - Mathematics in Motion: Modelling Poi Flowers with Parametric Equations and GeoGebra
Abstract - Poi spinning is a performance art, related to juggling, involving two weights on the ends of short chains, which are swung around making visually interesting patterns. We will consider a certain class of technical moves for poi, where the patterns created are centered trochoids, which are closely related to the cycloid. Like all curves in the cycloid family, they are best expressed using parametric equations. We will be helped in making our mathematical models, and considering the possible variations in patterns and transitions between them by building the patterns inGeoGebra.
Our 2013-2014 Events:
March 5, 2014, 5:30-6:30 pm
A conversation with Professor Ruth Charney, President, AWM
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 111 Cummington Mall, Room 144,
followed by a pizza reception
April 30, 2014, 6:00-7:00 pm
The first AWM BU Student Chapter year-end Showcase:
Students are invited to share any mathematical nugget (research,
reports on math books or movies or museum trips, e.g.) and we hope to make
this an annual tradition!
Three students volunteered a presentation on their research projects this
year,
Leo Shapiro,
Sridevi Suresh,
Ying Zhang,
Please find their abstracts
here and join the showcase:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 111 Cummington Mall, Room 148,
followed by pizza
THANK YOU:
We are extraordinarily grateful to our founding Sponsor for making
the creation of this Chapter possible. It was funded in 2013-2014 by the
"a leader in changing the way you access math", based in neighboring Cambridge, Mass.
We are especially thankful to the Center's Founding Director, Professor David B. Massey (Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University) for his support of our cause, and for his constant promotion of training and learning and research in mathematics through a wide range of activities which include student internships and visionary publication projects.
In 2014-2015, the BU Department of Mathematics and Statistics stepped in, to
fund our chapter dues: Thank You!