Mathematic Problems in Industry workshop and camp for graduate students

Dear Colleagues:

We are pleased to announce the Sixteenth Annual Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp, GSMMC 20.  The camp will take place at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE from June 10-13, 2020.  Please circulate this announcement to graduate students in your department.

Description

The GSMM Camp is a workshop designed to teach graduate students a broad range of problem-solving skills, including mathematical modeling and analysis, scientific computation, and critical assessment of solutions.  Guided by an invited faculty mentor, graduate students work in teams on highly interdisciplinary problems inspired by real industrial applications.  As a result, the Camp provides a valuable educational and career-enhancing experience outside of the traditional academic setting.

Here are some past problems from the 2019 Camp:

• Drug Delivery in Contact Lenses
• Cutting with water: From fish to fracking
• Flow and Fouling in Elastic Membrane Filters
  
  
  For more examples of the types of problems presented, you may visit the Web page for the 2017 Camp.
  
  
  MPI Workshop

  
  The Camp is run in conjunction with the MPI Workshop the following week, held this year at the University of Vermont.  MPI focuses on real-world open-ended industrial problems, and draws both faculty and student attendees.  With the skills obtained at GSMMC, campers become valuable participants in the problem-solving teams at the workshop, helping to solve the posed problems.  The Workshop also provides mentoring and networking opportunities for Campers with academic and industrial representatives.  We expect that most Campers will automatically be registered for and supported at MPI.  For more information about MPI, you may visit the Web page for the 2019 Workshop.
  
  
  Application
  
  
  Financial support is available for participants, but is limited.  The selection will be based on academic background and interests as indicated in the application form and on a letter of recommendation from a faculty sponsor.  Women and students from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
  
  
  Applications must be completed by April 28, 2020 for full consideration, and successful applicants will be notified by early to mid-May. 
  
  
  
  

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

David A. Edwards

for the GSMMC 2020 Organizing Committee