Tuesday

Tuesday morning the RMMC started with lectures by the two main speakers, first H.K. Jenssen followed by J. Rossmanith. After lunch students worked in their groups. At 2:00 Eric Moorhouse gave a presentation about giving a math talk. I will email the notes from his talk to you if you would like them. The students then went back to their groups to work some more.

Monday

This morning students worked in their groups. After lunch Bryan Shader met with the students and gave them an idea of what the schedule is for the next two weeks. He also had a video about how to write mathematics badly, which didn't work due to technical difficulties, he has sent the link out in an email for the students. The next two weeks will be mostly the RMMC for the students and some talks in the afternoons.

Thursday and Friday

Thursday morning students gave 20 minute presentations about their research. Each went well and any specific comments will be given by the faculty to each group. After lunch Myron Allen gave a talk about writing mathematics. It will be important that you keep these tips in mind when you are writing up your projects for the summer.

Friday morning students met in groups. After lunch Mike Bostick came in and gave an introduction the Math subject GRE. I was unable to attend, but heard that it went well! We will be giving three more presentations about the Math subject GRE, one for each of the major topics on the exam. Be on the look out for the presentation on Calculus given by Charlie Angevine.

Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday morning students worked in groups. After lunch David Anton gave an introduction to LaTeX, any specific questions that come up can be addressed to David, Colin, or your faculty adviser/ graduate student adviser. The students then went to a presentation by Guo Qingping.

Wednesday morning students worked in groups. We met with the Chemistry REU for the final ethics in science luncheon. Students were then given instructions about how to register and fill out information for CITI so that we will be in compliance with NSF guidelines. Please complete this course as soon as possible. After lunch groups met again and prepared for the presentation on Thursday.

The Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Summer School kicks off on Tuesday.

The scheduled group activities for this week are given below.
Unless otherwise indicated the talks are in the Classroom Building, Room 140.

Monday June 21

           2:10-3:00  Poof vs Proof
           Ross Hall 247

 Tuesday
             8:00-9:40 Formulating balance laws
         10:05-11:15  Finite Volume Methods for 1D Scalar Equations
           1:30 - 2:30 Problem & Discussion Session
            5:30 -7:30 Welcome Picnic/Reception
                              Washington Park
Wednesday
             8:30-9:40 Finite Volume Methods for 1D Systems

         10:05-11:15 Formulating balance laws & Scalar equations
           1:30 - 2:30 Problem & Discussion Session
           3:00 - 4:00  Problem & Discussion Session
Thursday
 
            8:30-9:40 Scalar Equations
        10:05-11:15 Multidimensional Finite Volume Mehtods
          1:30 - 2:30 Guest Lecturer, Blake Temple on Numerical Simulation of GR Shock Waves
          3:00 - 4:00  Guest Lecturer, Blake Temple on General Relativistic Self-Similar Waves & 
                             Cosmology

Friday
              8:30-9:40  Systems of equations
          10:05-11:15  Guest Lecturer Blake Temple on Nonlinear Time-Periodic Sound Waves
              2:00 -3:00 The Beamer package for presenting math talks.

Saturday
                Hiking excursions to Snowy Range (details to be discussed in RMMC sessions).

Monday

Monday morning students worked with their groups. After lunch students had the opportunity to meet some of the graduate students in the department. We talked about the pros and cons of our own graduate school experiences, no professors were present and so hopefully students got a good feeling for the truth of graduate school. For the REU students, if there are any questions that you did not get answered or think of later let me know and we will address these questions when we meet with Beth Buskirk and the graduate students again.

After the meeting with graduate students we adjourned and students got back to their projects.

Friday and the weekend

All of Friday, students met with their groups and worked with Long and Victor on their projects. We can't wait to see what they have come up with during their Thursday presentations.

On Saturday we made an unsuccessful attempt at hiking at Vedauwoo, the rain was too much for us. We ended up going bowling and playing pool instead. On Sunday Bryan and Chanyoung invited students and all those involved with the REU over for a barbecue which I trust was successful.