Student Recognitions
Brent Rogers, an undergraduate student in Mathematics and Statistics, won first prize in the “Biological and Health Sciences” category at the 12th annual SEARCH Symposium for Research and Creative Achievements in Pierson auditorium April 2012 for a project on “Mathematical Model to Quantify Dosing and Evaluate Effects of Modifications of Cancer Virotherapy. His research was funded by a grant from SEARCH. Swati DebRoy, Lecturer in the department of Mathematics and Statistics, mentored him for this project. Further details can be found at
On May 2, 2012, the Mathematics & Statistics Department learned that Jesse Hamer, an undergraduate mathematics major, had won the Ninth Annual HOMSIGMAA (History of Mathematics Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America) contest for papers written in History of Mathematics courses across the country for his paper “Indivisibles and the Cycloid in the Early 17th Century.” Jesse’s paper will be posted on the HOMSIGMAA web site. Students from the UMKC department had previously either won or co-won first place in this contest five times: in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, and 2011. Jesse will receive an MAA student membership and some MAA books provided by HOMSIGMAA, a complimentary CSHPM (Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics) membership, and books donated by Johns Hopkins University Press. His paper was written in Spring 2012 for Math 464 WI (History of Mathematics, Writing Intensive) taught by Richard Delaware. For more, see:
