The Missouri Collegiate Math Contest took place on April 18th & 19th at the annual meeting of the Missouri Section of the MAA.  The top ten teams were honored at the meeting’s banquet, and both of Truman’s teams were among this group.  The team consisting of (top from the left) Kailong Mao, Anh Duc Mai, and Ben Listhartke earned fourth  place, and the team consisting of (below from the left) Katherine Maxwell, Daniel Evans, and Cayce Duda, earned tenth place.  Congratulations to these students on their outstanding performances.

Monday, April 15th

• Saru Maharjan – The Gaussian Moat Problem, 2:30 PM, VH 1216

Tuesday,  April 23rd

• Kyle Koening – Contingent Annuity Models,  3 PM, VH 1224

Monday, April 29th

• Mark Schneider – Linear Programming and the Von Neumann Minimax Theorem, 4:30 PM, VH 1212

Wednesday, May 1st

• Justin Corcoran – RSA Cryptography: An Overview, 3:30 PM, VH 1224
• Jennifer Kline – A Graphical Analysis of Midy’s Theorem, 4:00 PM, VH 1212
• Nicholas Svec – Testing the Validity of Random Number Generators, 4:30 PM, VH 1208

Thursday, May 2nd

• Cayce Duda – Doubly Warped Product Manifolds,  2:30 PM, MG 2090
• Seth Raithel – Decision Analysis and Decision Trees, 3:00 PM, VH 1204
• Chris Becker – Regression and Allometric Relationships, 3:30 PM, VH1224
• Dan Wood – Linear Programming and Pokemon Video Games, 4:30 PM, VH 1224

Friday, May 3rd

• Kyle Wiechens – Seabiscuit and Wall Street: Betting on Uncertainty, 3:30 PM, VH 1204
• Lauren Snyder – Generating Prime Numbers, 4:00 PM, VH 1228
• Elizabeth Oliver – The Hales Jewett Theorem: A Cornerstone of Ramsey Theory, 4:30 PM, VH 1200

Congratulations to Duncan Reynolds for recently passing Actuarial Exam III MFE!

Darren Walton (center left) shows off the pocket aces he used to beat Dr. Shaw (center right) at the MAA Texas Hold ‘Em tournament this past Friday.  The second place student was Scott Abbey (left) and Steve Paul (right) took third.

Congratulations to Dan Wood for recently passing Actuarial Exam FM and to Christopher Van Boening  for recently passing Actuarial Exam P!

Congratulations to Waymond Johnson for recently passing Actuarial Exams I and II!

This Saturday, February 23rd, KME will be hosting our annual Integration Bee !

This is the perfect opportunity for your students to brush up on their integration skills and compete with one another in a friendly environment. The competition will start at 10:00 am in VH 1224. Although this event is best aimed at students who are currently in or already completed Calc II, it is open to all students. In the past, some professors have offered extra credit to students who participate and place in the top three finalists. If you are interested in this, please let Molly Dieckman (mmd4624@truman.edu) know by Friday and we can ensure that attendance is taken for your student participants.

“Careers in Applied Mathematics— Alternatives to academia for STEM majors,” a 20 page guide published by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is now available. It includes 18 profiles of individuals educated in the math sciences and working outside of academia, and can provide ideas and insight to students or young professionals wondering what else is out there for them if they major in math-related subjects.

The online version can be accessed at the link below, where you will also find a PDF version for download: http://www.siam.org/careers/thinking.php

Pi-A-Professor Day – Thursday, March 7th

Poker Tournament – Friday, April 5th

Super Smash Bros. Tournament – Friday, April 19th

KME soccer game, Math vs. Physics – April 12th (tentative)

Upcoming Meetings (5:30 pm in VH 1000)

Feb. 20

Mar. 6

Mar. 20

Apr. 3

Apr. 17

Congratulations to Kyle Koenig, Debbie Boedeker and Mark Schneider for recently accepting positions as Actuaries and to Shahodat Shamieva for recently accepting an Actuarial Internship position.  Kyle will be at State Farm in Bloomington, Illinois, Debbie will be at Zurich North America in Overland Park, Kansas, Mark will be at Principal Financial in Des Moines, IA and Shahodat will be at  Towers Watson in St. Louis, Missouri.