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DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | February 24, 2012 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | February 24, 2012 |
| Award Number: | 1157105 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Jennifer Pearl
DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences MPS Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Start Date: | March 1, 2012 |
| End Date: | February 28, 2015 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $513,069.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $513,069.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
900 STATE ST SALEM OR US 97301-3922 (503)370-6049 |
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900 State Street Salem OR US 97301-3931 |
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| NSF Program(s): | WORKFORCE IN THE MATHEMAT SCI |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.049 |
ABSTRACT
The Willamette Valley Mathematics Research Consortium for Undergraduates and Teachers is a summer REU-RET program at Willamette University, Linfield College, Lewis & Clark College, and the University of Portland. Our program consists of four research teams, one per partner institution, each with four students, one teacher, and two faculty mentors for an eight-week REU and seven-week RET. Each team will focus on one of four challenging research projects from a faculty mentors? area of expertise, such as matroid theory, graph theory, combinatorial game theory, stochastic modeling, artificial intelligence, tiling theory, complex algebraic geometry, computational biology, knot theory or digital sensor networks. Consortium meetings will bring together the four research groups regularly to speak about their projects, learn about the progress of their peers, listen to presentations by invited speakers from academia and industry, and network with other students and faculty. Recruitment for student applicants is nationwide and includes targeted recruitment from underrepresented groups in consultation with the Pacific Northwest Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. Teacher applicants are recruited regionally in Oregon and southwest Washington.
The primary goal of the Willamette Valley Mathematics Research Consortium for Undergraduates and Teachers is to immerse undergraduates and teachers in a challenging, transformative research experience that will reveal the nature of mathematics research. Throughout the summer undergraduates and teachers will develop new content knowledge, research skills, and an increased understanding of the process of mathematical discovery and research. Within their research teams and at Consortium meetings, participants will improve their ability to communicate current mathematical research in an effective and engaging manner. All participants will develop a greater awareness of career opportunities in STEM fields. As in previous years, REU research results will be disseminated through student co-authored publications, through public presentations, and online. Teachers will create materials to be used in the classroom and disseminated at professional meetings; the REU-RET provides partial funding for students and teachers to present at conferences. Through these program activities our broader goals are to increase the number of students who pursue advanced study and careers in STEM fields, increase the number of teachers with an understanding of mathematical discovery and research, and increase the effective communication of mathematical research.
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The Willamette Valley Mathematics Research Consortium for Undergraduates and Teachers was a summer REU-RET program at Willamette University, Linfield College, Lewis & Clark College, and the University of Portland. The program consisted of four research teams, one per partner institution, each with four students, one teacher, and two faculty mentors for an eight-week REU and seven-week RET. Each team focused on one of four challenging research projects from a faculty mentor’s area of mathematical expertise, such as matroid theory, graph theory, combinatorial game theory, stochastic modeling, artificial intelligence, and computational biology. The four research groups met regularly to speak about their projects, learn about the progress of their peers, listen to presentations by invited speakers from academia and industry, and network with other students and faculty. Recruitment for student applicants was nationwide and included targeted recruitment from underrepresented groups in consultation with the Pacific Northwest Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. Teacher applicants were recruited regionally in Oregon and southwest Washington. Forty-six students and ten teachers participated in mathematics research experiences over the three years of the program.
The primary goal of the Willamette Valley Mathematics Research Consortium for Undergraduates and Teachers was to immerse undergraduates and teachers in a challenging, transformative research experience that would reveal to them the nature of mathematics research. Throughout the summer undergraduates and teachers developed new content knowledge, research skills, and an increased understanding of the process of mathematical discovery and research. Within their research teams and at Consortium meetings, participants improved their ability to communicate current mathematical research in an effective and engaging manner. All participants developed a greater awareness of career opportunities in STEM fields. REU research results are being disseminated through student co-authored publications, public presentations at regional and national mathematics conferences, and online. Teachers created materials to be used in their classrooms and disseminated at professional meetings; the REU-RET provided partial funding for students and teachers to present at conferences.
The REU-RET website is located at http://www.willamette.edu/cla/math/reu/projects/index.html.
Last Modified: 04/03/2015
Modified by: Colin L Starr
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