The PI (Purdue-Indiana) Math Club

PI Photo and Event Archive

Fall 2007 events

• Sloppy joe dinner and IFPW Women's Basketball game - Wednesday, Nov. 28
• Welcome Back Picnic - Monday, Sept. 10.
• PI Book Sale: Sept. 18 and 19, 2007.
• A Survey of Projective Geometry, a talk by Prof. Coffman. Friday, September 28.
  • Abstract: Dr. Coffman will demonstrate some theorems about points, lines, and planes that you might not have seen in high school geometry but that have interesting real-world applications. No college math background is required.
• Daniel Rockmore, Dartmouth College: The College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecture, on Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis. Monday, October 15. Photos from this event
• Dr. Rockmore is also presenting a video, "The Math Life", Monday, Oct. 15.
• End-of-Semester Party: Friday, December 14.

Video Presentation "The Math Life", hosted by Prof. Dan Rockmore, Dartmouth College, Monday, Oct. 15. 2007

Followed by pizza

"A Survey of Projective Geometry" PI Math Club talk by Prof. Coffman - with demonstration of Geometer's Sketchpad software Friday, Sept. 28, 2007.

Welcome Back Party Monday, Sept. 10, 2007

2006-2007 events

End-of-Semester Party, May 4, 2007.

Dr. Bill Frederick, IPFW, The Digit Game Challenge, April 20, 2007.

Student Research presentations, April 4.

Bruce Berndt, University of Illinois, Ramanujan's Lost Notebook. March 23, 2007.

Robin Wilson, The Open University, England, Yea, why try her raw wet hat?, a taped lecture.

Chili supper followed by Men's Volleyball vs. Ohio State, Feb. 9, 2007.

Dr. David Pike, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Web Communities and Connectivity, Feb. 16.

"Welcome Back" Picnic, Sept. 11, 2006.

PI Book Sale: September 19 and 20, 2006. Kettler Basement

Dr. Allen Schwenk, Western Michigan University. A Plethora of Perplexingly Persistent Simpson Paradoxes, Sept. 22.

PI Math Club and Chemistry Club: Soccer and a Cookout, Oct. 20.

Dr. James Hersberger, IPFW, Everybody knows..., Oct. 23.

MAPLE software demonstration, Oct. 25.

Terry A. McKee, Wright State University, The Fundamental Theorem of Superficial Trivia, Nov. 3.

GAME NIGHT: Nov. 17.

Women's Basketball, with Math Club snacks at half-time, Dec. 2.

End-of-Semester Party, Dec. 15.

End of Semester Party, May 4, 2007

"The Digit Game" talk by Prof. Frederick, April 18, 2007

Election of Officers 2007-08 Left to right: Tim Cummins, Landan Hicks, Drew Swartz

Student Research talks, April 4, 2007

Hap Fiandt, IPFW math major, In Terms of Proportion --- Sometimes Less is More

Sio Kong, IPFW math major, introduced by S. Hatfield, Pi Club Vice-President Breaking Statistical Rules: How Bad is it Really?

Spring 2007 Chili dinner, before Volleyball game Feb. 9, 2007 Gates Sports Center Comments on the Men's Volleyball game vs. Ohio State

End of Semester Party, Dec. 15, 2006

• Here is a link to one of the web sites shown during this talk:

Dinner and IPFW Men's Volleyball Game, Feb. 17, 2006.

Dr. Stan Wagon, Macalester College, How to Four-Color a Map in the Plane, Feb. 22, 2006.

Dr. Andrew Rich, Manchester College, Leftist Numbers, March 16.

Dr. Mario Goetz, Continental Temic Research Center and Katholische Universitaet Eichstaett, Germany, First to the Casino, then Ready to Crash: An Application of the Monte Carlo Method to the Simulation of Airbag Algorithms, March 23.

PI Math Club presents Student Research presentations, April 10, noon to 1.

Game Night, April 7.

Movie: The Right Spin, directed by George Paul Csicsery, April 19.

End-of-Semester Party, May 5

Fall 2006 Welcome Back Picnic Sept. 11, 2006 Inside Walb due to rain

End of Semester Party, May 5, 2006
Pi Club officers
Graduating students
Presentation of gifts to graduates
Cake

Talks by undergraduate students April 10, 2006.

Susan Hatfield Estimating population proportion: Are we as confident as we think?

David Shaheen Demonstrating a mental algorithm for constructing a 4 by 4 magic square assisted at the console by C. Strong

Tiffany Drayer More confidence in confidence intervals

followed by pizza

Talk on mathematical modeling of car airbag deployment systems Dr. Mario Goetz March 23, 2006.

Talk by Prof. Stan Wagon Feb. 22, 2006. Link to http://www.stanwagon.com

Coloring chains in a graph

Coloring regions in a symmetric Venn diagram: 3 circles, 23=8 regions

An example of a symmetric Venn diagram with 11 curves, 211=2048 regions

followed by pizza

2003-2006 events

Sloppy Joe Dinner before Volleyball: IPFW Men vs. Ball State Feb. 17, 2006. Later that evening, IPFW wins 3-1 over the eighth-ranked, previously undefeated (11-0) Ball State team.
Coaches stop by to discuss the upcoming game and answer questions

Game night and dinner, Nov. 4.

Lowell Beineke, and Jennifer Beineke, Western New England College, Through the Lurking Graphs, Nov. 22.

PI Art Sale: November 29 and 30, 2005.

Chili supper followed by Women's Basketball, Dec. 2.

End of Semester Party, Dec. 16, 2005.

Bill Frederick, "To be or not to be...": Decisions, Risk, and Status, Oct. 21.

K. Reiskytl, Lincoln Financial, and IPFW Alumnus Moriah Simmons, Summer internships and entry level actuarial positions at Lincoln Financial Group, and also Diana Burns, IPFW Director of Cooperative Education, Services offered by the IPFW Cooperative Education Office, Oct. 17, 2005.

IPFW Alumna Marjorie Keever, Reflections on a teaching career, Sept. 27.

"Welcome Back" Picnic, Fri., Sept. 9, 2005.

PI Book Sale: September 6 and 7, 2005.

Fall 2005 Welcome Back Picnic Sept. 9

End-of-Semester Party: May 7, 2005.

Student Talks: April 13. Sio F. Kong, Andy Hockensmith.

Pi Mu Epsilon ceremony, April 10, with a talk, "Doomsday," by Prof. M. Lipman. Photos from the Event.

"How I Spent my Summer," presentations by student B. Schnitker and alumnus M. Simmons, March 23.

Dr. Allen Schwenk, Western Michigan University. The Price is Right Bonus Wheel: What is Your Best Strategy? Feb. 25

PI Book Sale: January 25 and 26, 2005.

Dr. Peter Kloosterman, Executive Associate Dean of the School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington. How Much Mathematics are Students Learning? Jan. 27th, 2005.

End-of-Semester Party: Dec. 17, 2004.

Chili dinner, followed by IPFW Women's Basketball game.

Math Movie: Fermat's Last Tango, Nov. 5.

Adam Coffman, Ellipsoid packing, Oct. 27. Click here for photos and web links from this talk.

• This talk is on the geometry of three-dimensional shapes fitting together in a volume of space. There will be a demonstration of some recent physics experiments showing the packing density of solid ellipsoids randomly jammed into a volume of space.

"Welcome Back" Picnic, Sept. 10, 2004.

PI Book Sale: Sept. 15 and 16, 2004.

End of Semester Party, May 2005
Awards for student talks
Presentation of gifts to graduates

Fall 2004 Welcome Back Picnic Sept. 10

Also the birthday of President Kim S.

Talk on voting systems by Prof. Walsh, followed by Pizza April 14, 2004

Soap Bubbles and Geometry talk by Prof. Coffman Feb. 16, 2004
PI Math Club president E. Eastgate with photos

Sloppy Joe dinner, Feb. 4, followed by IPFW Women's Basketball.

Dinner at Casa's, Feb. 13, followed by Komet Hockey vs. Kalamazoo Wings, Coliseum.

Adam Coffman, IPFW, Soap bubbles and geometry, Feb. 16.

Talks by students Yun Tan and Madhur Mathur, March 3.

Chris Lomont, Cybernet Systems Corporation, Mathematics and video games, March 19.

Bill Frederick, IPFW, Did you ever have to make up your mind?, Apr. 2.

Matt Walsh, IPFW, Voting: Procedures, Properties, and Paradoxes, April 14.

"Welcome Back" Picnic, Sept. 5.

PI Book Sale: September 17, 18, 2003.

Raymond Pippert, IPFW, The smallest uninteresting number, the largest useful number, and more, Sept. 26.

"Teaching tips they don't teach," Teacher Panel, Oct. 21.

On October 24, PI Math Club members helped with the IPFW Mathematical Sciences Exposition: Photos from the event

IPFW Mastodons vs. Harlem Globetrotters Men's Basketball game, Nov. 13.

Marc Lipman, IPFW, What Mathematicians Don't Know and How They Know That, Nov. 17.

Talks by undergraduate students Tom Beachy and Charity Hein, followed by lunch, Dec. 5, 2003.

End-of-Semester Party - Fri, Dec. 19, 2003.

2003-04 events:

End-of-the-Semester party and officer elections, May 10.

Lunchtime Lecture Series: Carl Cowen, Purdue University West Lafayette, Math and biology, April 23.

Bake Sale, Thursday, April 17, 9:00 to 6:00.

Movie of the month: The American President, April 11.

Lunchtime Lecture Series: Yvonne Zubovic, A Taste of Nonparametrics, March 28.

PI Book Sale: March 4.

Lunchtime Lecture Series: Geralyn Miller, IPFW School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Feb. 28.

Party, followed by IPFW Women's Basketball, Thursday, Feb. 13.

Movie of the month: A Beautiful Mind, Feb. 21.

"Beginning of the Semester" party, Jan. 22.

End-of-Semester Presentation/Dinner, Dec. 6. Followed by Movie of the month, Stand and Deliver.

Bake Sale, Nov. 26.

Chili/potluck dinner, Nov. 22.

Marc Lipman, IPFW, Paradox: A Few Tales to Wile Away a Mathematical Hour, Nov. 22.

Movie of the month: Sneakers, Nov. 15.

Movies of the month: Pi and The Young Poisoner's Handbook, Oct. 25.

Allen Schwenk, Western Michigan University, The Anxious Gambler and the Remarkable Strategy of the Bold Play, Oct. 25.

Professor Greg Frederickson, Purdue University Department of Computer Science, Geometric Dissections Now Swing and Twist, Oct. 7.

PI Book Sale: Oct. 1, 2.

General membership meeting: Sept. 30.

Movie of the month: Good Will Hunting, Sept. 27.

Adam Coffman, IPFW, Square, Eccentric, or Degenerate? How to Classify a Conic Section, Sept. 16.

"Welcome Back" Picnic, Sept. 9.

Fall 2002 Welcome Back Picnic

1. Meeting for Lunch. Sept-9-02

2. PI Club President C. MacLeod explains the benefits of membership. Sept-9-02

3. Bocce Ball. Sept-9-02

PI events archive

End-of-Semester Party - May 10, 2002.

Sue Mau, IPFW, New Licensing Procedures for K-12 Teachers, April 26.

Yifei Pan, IPFW, Mathematical Computing and Java Technology...a close look at Newton's Method, March 8.

Chili Party, IPFW Volleyball, February 15th.

End-of-Semester Party - December 15, 2001.

Talk: Lowell Beineke, IPFW, and Jennifer Beineke, Western New England College, Splendor in the Graphs, Nov. 21, 2001.

IPFW Basketball Game: Nov. 16.

Talk: Robin Wilson, The Open University, England, Stamping Through Mathematics, September 28, 2001.

"Welcome Back" Picnic, Friday, Sept. 7th, 2001.

Trip to the Fort Wayne Wizards home game, against Burlington, June 11.

End-of-the-Semester party, Saturday, May 5.

Dan Coroian, IPFW, Click this! - A Survey of Mathematical Software, April 20, 2001.

Adam Coffman, IPFW, Projective Geometry and Computer Graphics, March 30, 2001.

Peter Hamburger, IPFW, Coded Secrets Behind Doodles and Doilies, January 26, 2001.

Pi Math Club and Math Testing Center End of Semester Party, December 15th, 2000.

Pi Math Club Pizza Party, November 18th.

Pi Math Club Book Sale, October 18th and 19th.

Dan Maki, Indiana University Bloomington, Using Mathematics to Help Computers Pretend They Can See, Hear, and Talk, April 21.

Peter Dragnev, IPFW, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics behind the Soccer Ball Design -- or How to Distribute Dictators on a Planet, April 7.

Chili-and-Volleyball Event, Friday, March 24.

Doug Neitzel and Kari Marcotte, Career Services, Feb. 11, 2000.

Jennifer Beineke, Trinity College, Prime targets: an elementary look at recent developments in cryptography, Nov. 24.

Tisha Gratton, IPFW student, Euler: the man behind our mathematics, Oct. 27.

Allen Schwenk, Western Michigan University, Turn out those lights now! Sept. 17.

Chili Party, Feb. 19, 1999, followed by IPFW Volleyball.

Robin Wilson, The mathematics of Lewis Carroll, Jan. 22, 1999.

Allen Schwenk, What is the correct way to seed a knock-out tournament? Thursday, Sept. 24.

Fall 2000 Pizza Party

Spring 1999 Pizza Party

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