Senior Liberal Arts Mathematics Capstone Talks
Spring 2012
All Talks are in SCP 229
Presentation Schedule:
Thursday March 15:
11:35 – “The Mathematics of the Finite Element Method,” Chris Cooper
Thursday, March 22:
11:30 – “Deriving the Effective Conductivity of a Composite Material,” Rachel Roesch
11:55 – “An Introduction to Climate Modeling with Ordinary Differential Equations,” Amanda Klein
Friday, March 23:
11:30 – “Gauss, Galois Theory, and the Construction of the 17-gon,”
Joe Aromando
11:55 – “Theory of Integration,” Mary Ambrosino
Capstone Talks are expository presentations by seniors on topics in higher mathematics. All students, especially first-year, sophomore, and junior mathematics majors, are encouraged to attend.