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.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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.
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.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Schedule for Week 2 (June 14-18)
Monday:
Morning:
Group Meetings (scheduled by Victor and Long)
Afternoon:
(2:00) Meet the graduate students, an introduction to graduate school and what to expect as a graduate student.
Group meetings as scheduled.
Tuesday:
Morning:
Group Meetings
Afternoon:
Group Meetings
(3:00) An introduction to LaTeX with David Anton.
(4:10) Guest lecturer: Guo Qingping from Wuhan University of Technology, Parallel Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm of Inverse Heat Conduction Problem
Wednesday:
Morning:
Group Meetings
Lunch: (12:30-2:00) Ethics
Afternoon:
Group Meetings
Thursday:
Morning:
(9:00-10:00) Research Reports (Students report on their progress so far)
Afternoon:
Group Meetings
(3:00) Writing Mathematics, Myron Allen
Friday:
Morning:
Group Meetings
Afternoon:
(2:00)An introduction to the Math subject GRE, Mike Bostick.
Group Meetings
Morning:
Group Meetings (scheduled by Victor and Long)
Afternoon:
(2:00) Meet the graduate students, an introduction to graduate school and what to expect as a graduate student.
Group meetings as scheduled.
Tuesday:
Morning:
Group Meetings
Afternoon:
Group Meetings
(3:00) An introduction to LaTeX with David Anton.
(4:10) Guest lecturer: Guo Qingping from Wuhan University of Technology, Parallel Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm of Inverse Heat Conduction Problem
Wednesday:
Morning:
Group Meetings
Lunch: (12:30-2:00) Ethics
Afternoon:
Group Meetings
Thursday:
Morning:
(9:00-10:00) Research Reports (Students report on their progress so far)
Afternoon:
Group Meetings
(3:00) Writing Mathematics, Myron Allen
Friday:
Morning:
Group Meetings
Afternoon:
(2:00)An introduction to the Math subject GRE, Mike Bostick.
Group Meetings
Thursday
Thursday morning students were given an introduction to each of the three projects and given the opportunity to select which of the three they preferred. It turned out that the students split directly into two groups each with four students, so there will be two projects this year.
After lunch the students split into their groups and started on the projects. At 4:00 Ye Zhang from the geology department came in and gave a lecture about Upscaling & Model Complexity in Subsurface Flow, this helped to show the importance of a good model in real world applications.
After lunch the students split into their groups and started on the projects. At 4:00 Ye Zhang from the geology department came in and gave a lecture about Upscaling & Model Complexity in Subsurface Flow, this helped to show the importance of a good model in real world applications.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday and Wednesday
Tuesday morning Long Lee gave a more in depth look at Partial Differential Equations and how they will be used in the projects. After lunch Harish Gopalan gave an introduction to the cluster and how to access the cluster. Long Lee followed this by an introduction to CLAWPACK (Conservation Law Package) for calculating the solution to PDEs. Long then went on to talk about renormalization groups and the application to PDEs.
Wednesday morning Victor Ginting talked about a more theoretical approach to PDEs with the finite element method. The students then went to lunch with the Chemistry REU. Bryan Shader and John Hoberg acted out a scenario and students were given the opportunity to participate in a mock PhD oral exam. After lunch Victor continued his presentation with an introduction to Matlab and more about the Finite element method. At 4:00 students visited Mohammad Piri's lab in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. Mohammad Piri injects various fluids (oil, gas, water, etc...) into various rock samples and maps the result of injection using a CT scan. This lab is the only of its kind in the world and it was a treat to visit such a well designed, well run lab.
Wednesday morning Victor Ginting talked about a more theoretical approach to PDEs with the finite element method. The students then went to lunch with the Chemistry REU. Bryan Shader and John Hoberg acted out a scenario and students were given the opportunity to participate in a mock PhD oral exam. After lunch Victor continued his presentation with an introduction to Matlab and more about the Finite element method. At 4:00 students visited Mohammad Piri's lab in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering. Mohammad Piri injects various fluids (oil, gas, water, etc...) into various rock samples and maps the result of injection using a CT scan. This lab is the only of its kind in the world and it was a treat to visit such a well designed, well run lab.
Monday, June 7, 2010
REU Begins!
Today marks the first day of UW Math REU 2010. We began the day with a bingo ice-breaker bright and 8 am early! Bryan then laid out the plan for the REU this year, we hope to achieve these goals and get some publications out there. After the break Greg Lyng gave an introduction to PDE's and some of the main topics to be considered in our program.
After lunch the students met and did some paperwork (woo-hoo) and all that fun jazz! We then took a campus tour, got bikes and parking permits. Colin and Katrina then gave a rousing tour of Laramie and we went on a short warm-up walk to help prepare for the hike on Saturday. If anyone has questions about Laramie, or the university feel free to contact Colin. We will see everyone bright and early tomorrow morning!
After lunch the students met and did some paperwork (woo-hoo) and all that fun jazz! We then took a campus tour, got bikes and parking permits. Colin and Katrina then gave a rousing tour of Laramie and we went on a short warm-up walk to help prepare for the hike on Saturday. If anyone has questions about Laramie, or the university feel free to contact Colin. We will see everyone bright and early tomorrow morning!
Immersion notetakers
Here's the schedule for Immersion note-taking.
Immersion 1 (Monday): Tim & Emilie
Immersion 2 (Tuesday morning): Stefan & Elliot
Immersion 3 (Tuesday afternoon): Nitin and Kelly
Immersion 4 (Wednesday morning): Derek and Ashley
Immersion 5 (Wednesday afternoon): Tim and Emilie
Project 1 (Thursday morning): Stefan and Elliot
Project 2 (Thursday monring): Nitin and Kelly
Please work with your partner to put together a nice set of
notes by the following day. Give your notes to Colin or Bryan to post on
the web.
Immersion 1 (Monday): Tim & Emilie
Immersion 2 (Tuesday morning): Stefan & Elliot
Immersion 3 (Tuesday afternoon): Nitin and Kelly
Immersion 4 (Wednesday morning): Derek and Ashley
Immersion 5 (Wednesday afternoon): Tim and Emilie
Project 1 (Thursday morning): Stefan and Elliot
Project 2 (Thursday monring): Nitin and Kelly
Please work with your partner to put together a nice set of
notes by the following day. Give your notes to Colin or Bryan to post on
the web.
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