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Pamela Pierce publishes The Hamster Diaries, a light-hearted look at teaching during a pandemic

Pamela Pierce, Professor of Mathematics at The College of Wooster, welcomed not just one, but two housemates when the start of the COVID pandemic […]

Bowen, Pierce co-edit book titled “Mathematical Themes in a First-Year Seminar”

Two faculty members at The College of Wooster are the editors of a book titled, “Mathematical Themes in a First-Year Seminar.” Jennifer Bowen, Dean […]

Students pose for Community water project at The College of Wooster

AMRE | Community Water

Chamari Abercrombie ’24 | Neuroscience & Spanish Layali Banna ’22 | Geology Mazvita Chikomo ’22 | Environmental Geoscience Grace Hodges ’23 | Biology & […]

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AMRE | Goodyear OTR

Minh Duc Dao ’23 | Computer Science and Mathematics Lemfon Karl Ndze’dzenyuy | Computer Science Raisa Tasnim Raofa ’23 | Physics and Mathematics Khandokar […]

students pose in front of Galpin Hall at The College of Wooster

AMRE | Goodyear CTMAS

Percy Brown | Computer Science Kien Le ’22 | Mathematics and Computer Science Bang Nguyen ’22 | Computer Science Karen Suzue ’22 | Computer […]

collage of head shots of College of Wooster students

AMRE | Schneider Electric

El Yazid Chalabi ’22 | Business Economics and Statistical & Data Sciences Demetris Papaloucas ’23 | Statistical & Data Sciences Marshal Ruzvidzo ’22 ’22 | […]

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AMRE | ACME

Abigail Breitenbucher ’22 | Mathematics (History & Anthropology minors) Luke Pritchard ’22 | Statistical & Data Sciences Maya Vasta ’22 | Statistical & Data […]

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Students and faculty team up to help local community adapt to climate change

As Northeast Ohioans along with people around the world live through unprecedented levels of natural disasters due to climate change, students and faculty at […]

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Mathematics and art come together in this I.S. about artificial intelligence

Alayt Issak, a mathematics major with a minor in studio art, wanted to combine her lifelong interest in art with the intrigue that arose around artificial intelligence (AI) after watching a talk given by a research engineer in Machine Learning.

Andy Nicol ’07

Mathematics alumnus analyzes crypt systems for NSA

Andy Nicol ’07 heard about the benefits of completing Independent Study at The College of Wooster, but he never knew the experience with research […]

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Wooster sends two teams to virtual Datafest

Students develop data plan that places third in regional competition

Ariel Xie

Exoplanet Sunsets

Name: Ariel Xie Majors: Physics, Mathematics Minor: Computer Science Advisors: Dr. Lindner, Dr. Kelvey How does sunset look like on exoplanets? For some eccentric […]

Emma Busch

It’s Friezing Out There: Take My Sweater! Examining How Math Can be Enhanced by Knitting in the Case of Frieze Patterns

Name: Emma Busch Major: Mathematics Minor: Spanish Advisor: Dr. Pamela Pierce The purpose of this IS was to look at the relationship between math […]

Investigation of Para-Aminobenzoic Acid’s Photodegradation in Different pH Environments under UVB Light

Name: Jingyi Daniel Zhou Majors: Chemistry, Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Sarah Sobeck, Dr. Drew Pasteur The vast use of UV-filters has been related to many […]

Alayt Issak

Visualizing Concepts

Name: Alayt Issak Major: Mathematics Minor: Studio Art Advisors: Dr. Drew Pasteur, Dr. Subhadip Chowdhury Critical Digital Engagement Award My I.S. began with the […]

Musical Engineering and Discovery with Wavelet Analysis

Name: Rephael Berkooz Major: Mathematics Minor: Computer Science Advisors: Dr. Pamela Pierce This project presents a novel method for extracting musical features via signal […]

Energy Conservation: Harnessing Excess Thermal Energy and Converting to Electricity by Use of the Thermoelectric Effect

Name: Katie Shideler Majors: Physics, Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Susan Lehman, Dr. R. Drew Pasteur The dynamics of thermoelectric energy were studied throughout this research. […]

Abstract Unity in Material Diversity: An Introduction to Category Theory and a Defense of Mathematical Realism

Name: Micah Phillips-Gary Majors: Philosophy, Mathematics Minor: German Studies Advisors: Rob Kelvey and Garrett Thomson This project is concerned with looking for abstract structural […]

Carlos Owusu-Ansah

The trajectory of an Anisotropic Particle Near a Light-Transmitting Optical Nanofiber

Name: Carlos Owusu-Ansah Majors: Physics, Mathematics Advisors: Dr. Cody Leary, Dr. Robert Kelvey Hi, I am Carlos. I love to do research. When I […]

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Interdisciplinary research team publishes article on geographic tongue

Wooster alumni and professors integrate math, physics, computer science, and dentistry in study published in peer-reviewed journal