PIC Math Industrial Math Case Study Videos

Suzanne Weekes is the Executive Producer & Creative Director  of the PIC Math Industrial Mathematics Case Study Videos.  This work was supported by NSF grant DMS-1345499.

The PIC Math Industrial Case Studies videos consist of four two-video sequences highlighting some research problems that mathematicians and statisticians encounter outside of academia. The first video in each sequence features an industrial mathematical scientist talking about his/her career and some of his/her research. The second video in the sequence features a faculty member presenting some technical background and an approach that one may use to make progress on the industrial research problem.

Improving Marketing Strategies                                                                     

Use text analytics to help an online company distinguish between its business customers and its private consumers from messages on gift cards.  Featuring Dr. Jonathan Adler Nolis & Prof. Talithia Williams

Building a Better Filter 

Use mathematics and statistics to help understand waste capture mechanisms and to optimize microstructures to create better filtration devices.  Featuring Dr. Sumanth Swaminathan & Prof. Louis Rossi

Creating More Realistic Animation for Movies

Use mathematics to make realistic,  art-directable  animations to simulate phenomena such as water, fire, smoke, wind in the movie and gaming industries.  Featuring Dr. Alex McAdams & Prof. Joseph Teran

Finding the Safest Place to Store Nuclear Waste      

Use mathematics and statistics to study the feasibility and safety of prospective subsurface nuclear waste storage sites.              Featuring Dr. Genetha Gray & Prof. Gwen Spencer

Support for this Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) program is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF grant DMS-1345499).