Mathematics Conference and Competition of Northern New York (MCCNNY2022)
Important Dates:
Abstract Submission Date: March 11, 2022
Registration Date: March 18, 2022
Conference Date: March 26, 2022
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Student Prizes:
Oral Presentation Prize: Mackenzie Dalton, Kyle Monette, Sathsara Dias, Dawit Gebremichael, and Eduardo Puerta.
Poster Presentation Prize: Jonathan Shelton
Wining Jeopardy Team: Weichen (Sam) Xie, ...
Book Prizes provided by Princeton University Presss
Key Note: Dr. Katie Kavanagh
Professor and Director of STEM Institute, Clarkson University
Title: Some Thoughts on the Current State of the Mathematical Sciences and STEM Education
Abstract: In 2013, The National Research Council published a study by The National Academies called The Mathematical Sciences in 2025. Mathematics was described as a discipline with excellent vitality, making significant contributions to medicine, national defense, and business. However, a number of challenges facing higher education were further outlined. Similar challenges were described in both President Obama’s and Trump’s strategic plans for STEM Education (2011 and 2018). Much has happened in the last decade. How are we, as a scientific community, measuring up to the challenges and expectations laid out? What can we do locally to meet the changing needs of the workforce so that our students are prepared? In this talk we will discuss some small steps and hopefully generate discussions about strengthening our efforts to excellence in STEM Education.Key Note: Dr.Joel Foisy
Professor and Formal Chair of Department of Mathematics, SUNY Potsdam
Title: The Standard Double Bubble Minimizes
Abstract: It's been well known for a long time that the circle is the least perimeter way to enclose one area in the plane. In this talk, we will discuss the perimeter minimizing way to enclose and separate two fixed areas in the plane (proven by an REU group the speaker was part of), as well as a bit about how this result was generalized to 3 dimensions by Hutchings, Morgan, Ritor'e and Ross. We will use the structure of soap bubbles to guide our intuition.
All undergraduate, graduate students and faculty from northern New York are invited to participate in the fifth Mathematics Conference and Competition of Northern New York (MCCNNY2022), at Clarkson University on Saturday March 26, 2022. This conference is a student-driven research oral and poster presentations and panel discussions. The purpose of the conference is to foster collaborations within the Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley, provide career, REU and graduate school information, and to celebrate the success of mathematics students. Please encourage your faculty and students to participate in MCCNNY 2020.
Should you have any questions, please contact us at
Guangming Yao, gyao@clarkson.edu
Joel Foisy, foisyjs@potsdam.edu
Blair Madore, madorebf@potsdam.edu
Jesse Clark-Stone, clarksjl@clarkson.edu
Daniel Look, dlook@stlawu.edu
James Greene, jgreene@clarkson.edu