MCSP Co-Curricular Activities

Spring 2021

MCSP Conversation Series Talks

All sessions will be in through Zoom and times listed are Eastern Time. Unless otherwise noted, all talks are being recorded.

*** Links to Zoom meetings (and their recordings) will be found here.***

Note: You must have an RC account to access the Zoom links.
If you are not a member of the RC community, email rahmoeller@roanoke.edu to request the Zoom links.

Date & Time Speaker Title Intended Audience

Fri,
Feb 5,
4-5PM

 Andrew Droubay
Roanoke College		 Interactive Virtual Reality Fire Spread Simulation Computer Science Majors/Minors
Wed,
Mar 17,
5-6PM		 Ruben Gamboa
University of Wyoming		 Reasoning About Quadratic Extension Fields with the Aid of a Computer MCSP Majors/Minors (&/or Interest in Geometry Proofs) 
Tues,
Mar 23,
6-7PM		 Daniel Hickox-Young
Northwestern University		 Materials Science and our Energy Crisis ALL
Thurs,
Mar 25,
6-7PM		 Jason Ybarra
Bridgewater College		 Globular Clusters, Star Formation, and the Human Endeavor ALL
Tues,
Mar 30,
6-7PM		 Tej Limbu,
North Carolina Central University		 Growing New Materials for a New Century of Challenges ALL
Wed,
Mar 31,
6:15- 7:15PM		 Mansoor Haider
North Carolina State University		 Mathematical Modeling of Biological Soft Tissues At Least Calculus II Strongly Encouraged
Tues, 
Apr 6,
5-6PM		 Linda Reichl
The University of Texas at Austin		 Order Out of Chaos ALL
Thurs,
Apr 8,
Noon-1PM

Jason Zimba
Math Milestones LLC
Student Achievement Partners

 What is the Mathematics of School Mathematics? ALL,
especially math education
Thurs,
April 15
6:30-7:30PM

Laurie McNeil
University of North Carolina -
Chapel Hill

 Women in Science ALL
Tues,
Apr 27,
7-8PM		 Michael McCracken
Washington & Jefferson College		 Physics in the Second Machine Age ALL, especially physics
Thurs,
Apr 29
Noon - 1PM		 Marie Snipes
Kenyon College		 The Kakeya Needle Problem ALL
 
For more information, please contact Dr. Maggie Rahmoeller @ rahmoeller@roanoke.edu.