Karen Beljan, BS '05, Environmental Engineering
Beljan, of Eden, New York, evaluated remediation alternatives to improve the water quality of Onondaga Lake, ultimately helping to develop a method to aerate the lake that would improve the water and ecosystem.
(Photo: KC Kratt, MFA '84)
Intensive research experience in computational mathematics spans Spring, Summer and Fall semesters of each year. A cohort of 12 undergraduates work on projects unified by a theme. For 2010, the theme is computational combinatorial mathematics, and the projects will investigate polyhedral reconstruction of discrete sets (applications in medical imaging), symmetric boolean functions (applications in cryptography), a cellular automaton approach to generalizations of the Stolarsky-Harborth constant (number theory), and Feynman diagram generation and evaluation (theory of elementary particles). The theme for 2011 is continuum modeling of materials (from semiconductors to mud). Stipend of $9400. Publications likely. Alumni qualify to be Undergraduate TAs in Spring following their URGE year. 2010 is Year 2 of a 5-year program funded by the National Science Foundation. Now accepting applications for the 2010 cohort.
If interested, applications should be submitted ASAP.
Date Open: Aug 4, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009
Suggested Skill Set: Applicants need to have: (1) equivalent of MTH 419 Intro to Abstract Algebra by end of Fall 2009, (2) computer programming: equivalent of at least CSE 113 or MTH 337 by end of Fall 2009, (3) commitment to a year-long program of activities.
Compensation: Credit, Salary
Professor(s): John Ringland (ringland@math.buffalo.edu)
Department: Mathematics
Address: 206 Math Bldg
Phone: 645-6284 x 147
Website: http://urgetocompute.info, http://u...