March 18th, 2023 

FWIMD 2023

Florida Women in Mathematics Day

Florida Women in Mathematics Day (FWIMD) 2023, the fifth annual event for women in Mathematics, will take place both virtually and in person on Saturday, March 18th, 2023, at Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton. This event is organized by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Graduate Student chapter at Florida Atlantic University, and it is supported by Lisa Simonyi, the IAS Women and Mathematics Program, the FAU Department of Mathematical Sciences, and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Office of the Dean.

A summit of talks, activities, and workshops

Important Dates

Jan 01 2023 Research Talks Registration Opens

Jan 10 2023 Registration Opens  

Feb 10 2023 Research Talks Submission Date 

Mar 18 2023 FWIMD 2022 begins

Website Updates

Jan 01  2023 Website launched

This event was an effort to collaborate with people from all levels of mathematics
to share their support for women in STEM fields.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Evelyn Sander
University of Colorado, Boulder

Biography

Evelyn Sander is a Professor in the Department of  Mathematical Sciences  at George Mason University, working in the fields of dynamical systems and  mathematical design and visualization, with a focus on 3D printing. She now serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems and previously served as Section Editor of SIAM Review Research Spotlights section and the Editor-in-Chief of DSWeb Magazine. She has graduated five PhD students and regularly mentors undergraduate research. 

 Stable floating configurations for 3D printed objects

Abstract. This talk concentrates on the study of stability of floating objects through mathematical modeling and experimentation. The models are based on standard ideas of center of gravity, center of buoyancy, and Archimedes’ Principle. There will be a discussion of a variety of floating shapes with two-dimensional cross sections for which it is possible to analytically and/or computationally a potential energy landscape in order to identify stable and unstable floating orientations. I will also discuss the case of objects floating between two fluids, such as oil and water.   I then will compare the analysis and computations to experiments on floating objects designed and created through 3D printing. The talk includes a brief demonstration of code we have developed for testing the floating configurations for new shapes and an overview of the methods involved in 3D printing the objects. 

This research is joint work with Dr. Dan Anderson at GMU, along with two graduate students and nine undergraduate students  who participated in an undergraduate research program run by the GMU center MEGL assisted by the Math Makerlab. 


INVITED SPEAKER

Stephen Locke
Florida Atlantic University

Biography

Dr. Stephen C. Locke serves as the Chair of Mathematical Sciences. He earned his B.Math. and M.Math. from the University of Waterloo in Canada. As an undergraduate at UW, he was a member of the 1974 winning team on the prestigious William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. His Ph.D. in Combinatorics and Optimization in 1982 was also earned at the University of Waterloo. In 1981, Dr. Locke was hired by FAU as an Assistant Professor, and in 1993 he was promoted to Professor. He served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics from 2000 to 2003 and as Associate Chair for a total of 20 years or more. Dr. Locke has over 40 publications in Graph Theory and has recently published in Combinatorial Game Theory. He has had three Ph.D. students graduate. He is a regular member of the department's problem-solving group. Dr. Locke is a Rokudan in Judo, a Godan in Ju-Jitsu, and plays tournament bridge.

 CAREER PANELISTS

Samantha McLeod
National Council on Compensation Insurance 

Samantha McLeod is an Executive Director & Actuary in the Actuarial & Economic Services department of NCCI where she has worked for the last 15 years. She leads the actuarial team responsible for calculating and setting reserves for the residual market reinsurance pools in NCCI states. McLeod graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a master’s in mathematics and applied statistics. She is a Fellow in the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. 

Maura Sullivan
Spanish River High School

I'm a lifelong lover of math!  I enjoy the beauty of math and find the applications of math fascinating.

For 10 years, I worked as an actuarial assistant in the reassurance and life insurance industry. For the past 17 years,I have been sharing my passion for mathematics with high school students (first in Massachusetts, and for the past 6 years here in Florida).  Last year, I decided to study more about the physics applications of mathematics, and am now teaching AP Physics C:  Mechanics as well as AP Calculus AB and BC.  I love math puzzles and am constantly solving Sudoku puzzles.

Veronika Kuchta
Florida Atlantic University

Veronika’s main research areas are in post-quantum cryptography, the area of cryptography which is supposed to secure our digital communications also in presence of quantum computers. She is working on the design of new cryptographic systems which will resist quantum attacks and can be used in such applications as blockchain, health-care systems and other real-world scenarios. After her master’s degree in Mathematics from Heidelberg University in Germany, Veronika has collected a broad international research experience at universities in United Kingdom (PhD from University of Surrey), Belgium (Post-Doc at Universite libre de Bruxelles) and Australia (Post-Doc at Monash University and Lecturer at The University of Queensland). She joined Florida Atlantic University in November 2022 as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. 

Tim Adams

NASA

Tim Adams is a Senior Engineer in the Engineering Directorate for the NASA Kennedy Space Center. He uses Probability and Statistics to do quantitative Reliability, the portion of engineering assurance that determines the likelihood of mission success, one of two major elements in risk-informed decision making. He is the technical editor of the "KSC Reliability" website (search on its name) and an active Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) with continuous recertifications for almost three decades with the American Society for Quality. At NASA, Tim is the recipient of three medals and the Silver Snoopy Award in risk and reliability and the Superior Achievement Award in management. Tim's education is in Mathematics, Education, and Management with memberships in Pi Mu Epsilon, a national honorary in Mathematics, and Phi Delta Kappa Chapter, a professional honorary for educators. Contact Tim at Tim.Adams@NASA.gov

PAST EVENTS

FWIMD 2021

FWIMD 2020

FWIMD 2019

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