Seminar Speaker

12:00 - 12:50 PM, Monday, November 25, Gildemeister 329

Refreshments served beforehand Gildemeister 319. 

Life as a Graduate Student in Pure Math

Le Tang
 University of Iowa
 2017 WSU Alumnus

 

Ever wondered about life as a graduate student in pure mathematics? Come hear WSU alumnus (2017) Le Tang share his experiences as a graduate student at the University of Iowa. He will also talk about the transition from undergraduate to graduate life, and how his undergraduate education relates to his graduate school experience.

Student-Faculty Social Event

Math Ed Panel

12:00 - 12:50 PM, Wednesday, November 20, Gildemeister 329

Refreshments served beforehand Gildemeister 319. 

Mathematics Education Question and Answer Session
Scott Halverson Winona Sr. High School	Conager Mrozek Houston Sr. High School WSU Alumnus
Veteran teacher Scott Halverson and beginning teacher Conager Mrozek will share their experiences in the teaching profession. This informal question and answer session will include discussion of the job application process and coaching opportunities.

Student Internship Seminar

12:00 - 12:50 PM, Wednesday, November 6, Gildemeister 155

Refreshments served beforehand Gildemeister 135. 

 

Working as a Data Analyst at WinCraft Colin Fakler
I’ll give an overview of my internship in Forecasting and Product Development at WinCraft and how I helped improve how we forecast raw materials.
Data Science Internship at Merchants Bank     Nalima Pandey
	I’ll give an overview of my summer as a Data Science Intern at Merchants Bank, describing the projects I worked on, the challenges I faced, and how I tackled those challenges.

Student Internship Seminar

12:00 - 12:50 PM, Wednesday, October 23, Gildemeister 155

Refreshments served beforehand Gildemeister 135. 

Jennifer Ackermann
Arrowhead LP Gas intern

Bryce Banton
Mayo Clinic intern

Sawyer Fratzke
Optum intern

WSU students will present on their experiences as summer interns at three different companies. This informal seminar will also allow audience members to ask questions about internship experiences and opportunities.

Student Seminar

12:00 - 12:50 PM, Wednesday, October 9, Gildemeister 155

Refreshments served beforehand Gildemeister 135. 

 

SIB’s Research: Determining Opioid Usage Based on Personality Factors Kaisey Skibba
I will give an overview of my Summer Institute in Biostatistics ( or “SIBs”) research experience and my final project studying the relationship between personality factors and opioid usage.

Dr. Duncan's Research Celebrated

Dr. Jacob Duncan's work on mathematical modeling of addiction has been featured in numerous media outlets.

From the Winona Post:

Duncan and two co-authors, psychology professor Teresa Aubele-Futch and mathematician and statistician Monica McGrath, recently published an academic paper in the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems explaining how a similar mathematical model used to predict pine beetle outbreaks could be useful in treating addiction. “We came up with a frequency prediction that we hope could be used by doctors or clinicians in the field,” Duncan said. “When you know you’re about to relapse again, you can take certain steps to prevent it,” he explained.
Normally, ecology and psychology researchers do not overlap too much. “You wouldn’t think there would be similarities,” Duncan said of the pine beetles and addiction. “That’s the nice thing about mathematics. You can find one equation that can describe one phenomenon, and it may do a really good job of describing another.”