| Chapter: Texas Eta |
| Institution:Texas A&M University |
| Report Year: 2012-2013 Chapter Report |
| Advisor:Dr. Philip Yasskin |
| Advisor’s email address:yasskin@math.tamu.edu |
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| Officers: President – Brent Tucker; Vice President – Todd Schrader; Treasurer – Sarah Breidenich; AWM Chair – Kristi Board |
| Chapter URL: mathclub.tamu.edu |
| Number of New Members: 41 |
| Number of Continuing Members: 95 |
| Describe the two most interesting or unusual chapter mathematical activities this year: |
| One thing we did this year was use our equipment for the Science Bowl we host each year to have a Math Bowl at one of our meetings. It turned out to be a great success, and all of the students really enjoyed it. Everyone enjoyed doing these fast-paced problems while learning new methods to solve them. Another fun activity we did was led by our adviser, Dr. Philip Yasskin. At one of meetings, he led a fun and interactive lesson about knot theory. He would have several students use ropes to create a knot, then he would have all of the other students figure out how to unravel the knot. It was a very interesting and fun activity. |
| Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present a paper at the 2013 PME national meeting at MathFest in Hartford, Connecticut? |
| No. |
| Do you have any news about current students or recent graduates? For example, scholarships or other awards, acceptances to graduate school, paper presentations at conferences. |
| Awards: May 2012 grads: Tanner Wilson – Brown-Rudder Award in May 2012 (university award) May 2013 grads: Jennifer Bryson – Beckham Award in October 2012 (college award), admitted to PhD program in math at TAMU Justin Cantu, admitted to MS program in Math at TAMU Waylon Hastings – Masters in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education at Texas A&M University Laura Caflisch – PhD in Medicine at UT Health Science Center, San Antonio Jason Coffman – Medical School at Texas A&M HSC |
| If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results. |
