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Academic Year 2002-2003

  Aaron Becker makes it into the Omaha World Herald

[Posted:  Tuesday, May 27, 2003 ]

Our student, Aaron Becker, makes it into the local newspaper Omaha World Herald. Aaron is graduating from UNO with four (YES, 4!!!) majors. Please read the article in the Omaha World Herald, Love of learning adds up to 4 majors. Disclaimer: Reprinted with permission from the Omaha World-Herald.
 

  Led by Gacek, Manley, Wesselman and Davis, UNO places in top 15% among Universities in US and Canada

[Posted:  Wednesday, May 19, 2003 ]

One Saturday last December, nine UNO students stood face to face with a most formidable challenge, the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. They did not blink! Andrew Gacek led the pack earning Honorable Mention with 60 points (61/3349, top 2%). He was followed by Eric Manley (21 pts - top 18%), Vince Wesselmann (20 pts - top 20%) and Jared Davis (19 pts - top 23%). Zach Zaiss earned 11 pts (top 1/3). Hing Lim Chan and Travis Deyle scored in the top half, and Philip Griess placed in top 2/3. This is the strongest performance by UNO EVER! (Last year we placed 97/453. This year 67/476.) Andrew Gacek's performance led to the following article in the Omaha World Herald UNO student figures his way into math elite. And here is Andrew!
 

  April is the National Mathematics Awareness Month!

[Posted:  Sunday, March 30, 2003 ]

Since 1991, April has been the month for celebrating mathematics and its applications. This year the theme of the Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM) is Mathematics and Art. The Mathematics department at UNO is celebrating this event through a variety of activities including the Mathematics Symposium: Math Awareness Month at UNO, an Art Exhibition by Math and Art majors, a Poster Session for Students, and a Problem Solving Contest for Area High School Students. The schedule of the events can be found at the MAM at UNO web site. We hope you will join us in the celebration of Mathematics!
 

  Eric Manley Accepts Position in Clemson University's REU

[Posted:  Thursday, March 27, 2003 ]

Eric Manley, UNO Math & Computer Science undergraduate has accepted an offer to participate in Clemson University's (Clemson, South Carolina) Research Experience for Undergraduates in Computational Number Theory and Combinatorics. Eric will join eight other highly talented students from around the country in this eight-week summer program run by Professor Kevin James. Eric will receive a $3600 stipend in return for his participation. The goal of the program will be to help students attain a higher level of independence in mathematical research by giving them the opportunity to take part in a significant and interesting research project. For more information visit: link.
 

  James M. Earl Scholarship nominations sought!

[Posted:  Wednesday, March 12, 2003 ]

The James M. Earl Mathematics Scholarships are awarded each year to our most gifted majors. The main selection criteria are: the GPA and involvement in mathematics related enrichment activities. (e.g. participation to Math Club, Math Awareness Month, Putnam group, Problem of the Week etc.) The total amount available for these scholarships is $5000. Based on the number of strong applicants, individual awards may vary in value. Eligible students should be undergraduate students and math majors, (students with double majors, one of which is mathematics, are eligible). The applications or nominations should be in the math office DSC203 by April 2, 2003. For the application form click on the following link.
 

  Dr. Valentin Matache is an AOTA recipient

[Posted:  Saturday, March 8, 2003 ]

Dr. Valentin Matache has been recently announced as a UNO Alumni Outstanding teaching Award (AOTA) recipient of this year. The $1000 award is offered annualy to the best of the UNO teachers. Dr. Matache will be honored during the Faculty Honors convocation on April 10, and during the Alumni Association's Founder's Day Luncheon on June 6. Congratulations!.
 

  Dr. Elder presents in Baton Rouge

[Posted:  Thursday, February 13, 2003 ]

Dr. Griff Elder has been invited to speak on "New Ramification Breaks and Local, Additive Galois Structure" in the Special Session on Algebraic Number Theory and K-Theory. This is part of the American Mathematical Society Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting in Baton Rouge, LA, March 14-16, 2003.
 

  Job opportunity for Math majors

[Posted:  Monday, January 27, 2003 ]

The Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society of Omaha, NE, announces a job opening for students graduating with a BA/BS in Mathematics (and having actuarial interests) in May 2003, or those who have already graduated in December 2002. The deadline for applications is February 3, 2003. For details click on the following Job Specifications link, or contact Dr. Dora Matache.
 

  Publication by Dr. Zhenyuan Wang

[Posted:  Wednesday, December 11, 2002 ]

The paper Indeterminate integrals with respect to nonadditive measures by Dr. Zhenyuan Wang in cooperation with K. Xu, P. -A. Heng, and K. -S. Leung, has been recently accepted for publication in the journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems.
 

  Tenure-Track Faculty position available!

[Posted:  Thursday, October 24, 2002 ]

The department of mathematics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha announces the availability of a new tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning August, 2003. The EIMS recruiting ad can be viewed at the following address: EIMS ad. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2002, or until the position is filled.
 

  New publication by Dr. Griff Elder

[Posted:  Friday, October 11, 2002 ]

On Galois structure of the integers in cyclic extensions of local number fields by Dr. Griff Elder has just appeared in Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux 14 #1 (2002) 113-149.
 

  Dr. Zhenyuan Wang publishes in IEEE journal

[Posted:  Sunday, October 6, 2002 ]

Dr. Zhenyuan Wang and co-authors Kwong-Sak Leung, Man-Leung Wong, Wai Lam, and Kebin Xu published the paper Learning nonlinear multiregression networks based on evolutionary computation. The paper appeared in the IEEE T. SMC 32, No. 5 (2002), pages 630-644.
 

  New publication by Drs. Jack Heidel and John Maloney

[Posted:  Tuesday, September 17, 2002 ]

Dr. Jack Heidel and Dr. John Maloney have published a new paper together, called An analysis of a fractal kinetics curve of Savageau. The paper has appeared in the Journal of the Australian Math Society, Series B, Applied Mathematics.
 

  UNO High School POW has started!

[Posted:  Friday, September 13, 2002 ]

UNO High School Problem of the Week Competition has started on September 9, 2002. The University of Nebraska at Omaha is hosting a weekly, online problem solving competition for area high school students. Throughout the 2002-2003 school year, 20 math problems will be posted. Each week, a new problem will appear and high school students are encouraged to submit solutions via email, snail mail, or in person. The following week, the solution will be posted along with updated scores. The top scorers will be invited to UNO in April for the final round in the competition. The winners will receive fantastic prizes. Schools with substantial participation will also receive prizes. This year's competition is being run by Eric Manley, Zach Zaiss, and Josh Hubbard. Eric and Zach are undergraduate math and computer science students at UNO, and Josh is a computer engineering and math student at UNO.
 

  Dr. Zhenyuan Wang gives a talk in Hawaii

[Posted:  Tuesday, August 27, 2002 ]

Dr. Zhenyuan Wang gave a talk A new model of nonlinear multiregressions by projection pursuit based on generalized Choquet integrals at the International conference FUZZ-IEEE2002 held in Hawaii on May 12-17, 2002. The paper has been published in the Proceedings FUZZ-IEEE2002, pp. 1240-1244.
 

  Dr. Dora Matache is a Project NExT Fellow

[Posted:  Tuesday, August 27, 2002 ]

Dr. Dora Matache has been selected as a 2002-2003 Project NExT Fellow. Project NExT - New Experiences in Teaching is a program for new or recent Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences who are interested in improving the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics. It is sponsored by the MAA and it consists of multiple workshop, conferences and festivals. Dora Matache has already participated in a first workshop organized at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, VT, at the end of July 2002, followed by the Math Fest organized by the MAA at the beginning of August 2002. The topics covered during these events included: group projects in upper division courses, making precalculus/calculus meaningful, math modeling in the curriculum, technology in the classroom, research for undergraduate students. The following meeting will take place in Baltimore, in January 2003.