Northeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America
Fall 2006 Meeting
Sacred Heart University
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Northeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of AmericaFall 2006 MeetingSacred Heart University
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The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is the largest professional society that focuses on undergraduate mathematics education. Our members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; and many others in academia, government, business, and industry. We welcome all who are interested in the mathematical sciences. The mission of the MAA is "to advance the mathematical sciences, especially at the collegiate level." |
This page provides information about the NES/MAA Fall 2006 Meeting and links to information about the meeting. It will be updated as additional information becomes available.
The meeting will be held at Sacred Heart University on Friday, November 17th and Saturday, November 18th, 2006 and will feature 6 invited speakers including a Christie lecturer, a Polya lecturer, and the recipient of the Distinguished Teacher award.
There will also be undergraduate student presentations, graduate student presentations, new colleagues presentations, and regular contributed presentations. There will be an opening banquet on Friday night and a luncheon on Saturday.
The biographies of the invited speakers and the abstracts of their presentations are available.
The program for the meeting is given below. Please check back the website during the week of the meeting to obtain final room locations. All rooms are located in the MAIN ACADEMIC BUILDING.
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Friday, November 17th |
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12:00-2:00 |
SECTION NEXT |
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2:00-2:50 |
EXECUTIVE COMMITEE MEETING Room SC 200B |
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3:00-3:50 |
PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETITION Room UC 107 |
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4:00-4:50 |
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5:00-5:50 |
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6:00-7:50 |
RECEPTION AND BANQUET Mahogany Room |
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8:00-8:50 |
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Time |
Saturday, November 18th |
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8:00 - 8:50 |
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9:00 - 9:50 |
"Some New Advances in the Theory of Dynamic Materials" Konstantin Lurie - University Commons |
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9:50 10:30 |
BREAK |
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10:30-11:20 |
DISTINGUISHED TEACHING LECTURE: Gilbert Strang "Isoperimetric Inequalities (1000th Proof) with Applications" University Commons |
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11:20-11:50 |
BUSINESS MEETING University Commons |
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11:50-1:00 |
LUNCH Mahogany Room |
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1:00-1:50 |
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2:00-2:50 |
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3:00-3:50 |
CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSIONS Rooms UC 104-106 |
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The Northeastern Section is continuing a Section NExT program for new and relatively new colleagues at this year's FALL/SPRING Section meeting. By providing talks and workshops on issues of interest, opportunities to meet and share ideas with other new colleagues, and an introduction into Section activities, we hope to assist new faculty in their transition from graduate school to professional academic life.
The Section NExT program will be on Friday, November 17th, 2006. Please indicate your attendance on your preregistration form.
Would you like to present at the meeting? Here's how:
There is no online registration for this meeting, but there are two other options.
You may register at the meeting if you wish; however, it would help to plan the meeting if you pre-register by mail.
Pre-registration will (i) save you money since the on-site registration fees are $5 more than the pre-registration fees, and (ii) guarantee your meals.
Friday dinner and Saturday lunch cannot be guaranteed unless reservations are made and paid for via the preregistration process by Friday, November 3rd, 2006.
You are welcome to purchase tickets for spouses and guests to join you for the meals.
There will be limited tickets available for the banquet and the luncheon at the meeting.
Blocks of rooms are being held at the following hotels:
Courtyard by Marriott, Shelton
780 Bridgeport Avenue
Shelton, CT 06484
Phone: (203) 929-1500
Reservation: $94 per night.
__________Ask for MAA Block
__________Deadline: October 27
Trumbull Marriott
180 Hawley Lane
Trumbull, CT 06611
Phone: 1-800-682-4095
Reservation: $99 per night
__________Ask for MAA - Sacred Heart University block
__________Deadline: October 18
Hilton Garden Inn, Shelton
25 Old Stratford Road
Shelton, CT 06484
Phone: (203) 447-1000
Reservation: $79 per night
__________Ask for Group Code SHU
__________Deadline: October 28
AmeriSuites
695 Bridgeport Avenue
Shelton, CT 06484
Phone: (203) 925-5900
Reservation: $89 per night
__________Ask for Group Name SHU – Mathematical Association (MAA)
__________Deadline: October 15
Homewood Suites by Hilton
6905 Main Street
Stratford, CT 06614
Phone: (203) 377-3322
Reservation: $89 per night
__________Ask for Group Code MAA
__________Deadline: October 25
These rooms are being offered to us at the above rates for the Friday night of the meeting. Reservations should be made directly with the hotel and participants should say that they are with the MAA group.
Sacred Heart University, located in Fairfield, CT was founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport. Led and staffed by the laity, Sacred Heart University has grown into a residential university with approximately 3,100 full-time undergraduates. As t he second-largest Catholic university in New England, SHU provides men and women with a comprehensive, hands-on education rooted in the liberal arts and Catholic intellectual tradition . The university offers baccalaureate degrees in over 30 majors from four colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the John F. Welch College of Business, the College of Education and Health Professions, and University College which is responsible for our adult education program. In addition, Sacred Heart University also offers graduate programs in many areas. We also offer a clinical doctorate in physical therapy.
The mathematics department consists of ten full-time members. Faculty have received their doctoral degrees from schools such as Wesleyan University, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Institute of Technology, and University of Connecticut. The department offers many courses in a variety of areas of mathematics and is actively engaged in research in areas such as group theory, ring theory, topological groups, matrix theory, and graph theory. We also offer a wide range of research opportunities for students.
Last modified: November 13th, 2006