Texas Eta Texas A&M University Chapter Report

 

Advisor and Officers

Advisor: Philip Yasskin

President: Ryan Mattiza

Vice President: Shannon Cavanaugh

Treasurer: Amanda Dailey

Communications: Luiz Faria

AWM Chair: Emma Naden

Chapter Website

Number of New Members Inducted:

27

Number of Continuing Members:

38

Describe the two most interesting or unusual chapter activities this year:

To accompany the excitement with the recent election, a presentation was given by Dr. Zoran Sunik involving the mathematics of different voting/election strategies. It was a great promotion of the election and a very interesting speech. Another presentation was given by Dr. Sarah Witherspoon about knots and the Jone’s Polynomial. It was a unique talk that described the mathematics behind the ability or inability of an individual to untie certain knots.

Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present a paper at the 2009 PME national meeting at MathFest in Portland, Oregon?

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?

Matthew Jungman – Classroom excellence award in Math 467, Angela Gilbert – Classroom excellence award in Math 411 (Mathematical Probability), Luiz Faria – Classroom excellence award in Math 409 (Advanced Calculus) honors, James Garza – Classroom excellence award in Math 409 (Advanced Calculus), Isaac Velando – Classroom excellence award in Math 409 (Advanced Calculus), etc…