101 careers in mathematics

354 Pages·2014·2.694 MB·English

by  Andrew Sterrett (editor)

101
Careers
in Mathematics
Third Edition
Third Edition ©2014 by
The Mathematical Association of America (Incorporated)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014933022
Print edition ISBN: 978-0-88385-786-1
Electronic edition ISBN: 978-1-61444-116-8
Printed in the United States of America
Current Printing (last digit):
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101
Careers
in Mathematics
Third Edition
Edited by
Andrew Sterrett
Published and Distributed by
The Mathematical Association of America
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Committee on Books
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CLASSROOM RESOURCE MATERIALS
Classroom Resource Materials is intended to provide supplementary classroom material
for students—laboratory exercises, projects, historical information, textbooks with unusual
approaches for presenting mathematical ideas, career information, etc.
101 Careers in Mathematics, 3rd edition edited by Andrew Sterrett
Archimedes: What Did He Do Besides Cry Eureka?, Sherman Stein
Beyond the Quadratic Formula, Ron Irving
Calculus: An Active Approach with Projects, Stephen Hilbert, Diane Driscoll Schwartz, Stan Seltzer,
John Maceli, and Eric Robinson
Calculus Mysteries and Thrillers, R. Grant Woods
Conjecture and Proof, Miklós Laczkovich
Counterexamples in Calculus, Sergiy Kylmchuk
Creative Mathematics, H. S. Wall
Environmental Mathematics in the Classroom, edited by B. A. Fusaro and P. C. Kenschaft
Excursions in Classical Analysis: Pathways to Advanced Problem Solving and Undergraduate Research,
by Hongwei Chen
Explorations in Complex Analysis, Michael A. Brilleslyper, Michael J. Dorff, Jane M. McDougall,
James S. Rolf, Lisbeth E. Schaubroeck, Richard L. Stankewitz, and Kenneth Stephenson
Exploratory Examples for Real Analysis, Joanne E. Snow and Kirk E. Weller
Exploring Advanced Euclidean Geometry with GeoGebra, Gerard A. Venema
Geometry From Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations, Paulus Gerdes
Historical Modules for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics (CD), edited by Victor Katz and
Karen Dee Michalowicz
Identification Numbers and Check Digit Schemes, Joseph Kirtland
Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects, edited by Chris Arney
Inverse Problems: Activities for Undergraduate, Charles W. Groetsch
Keeping it R.E.A.L.: Research Experiences for All Learners, Carla D. Martin and Anthony Tongen
Laboratory Experiences in Group Theory, Ellen Maycock Parker
Learn from the Masters, Frank Swetz, John Fauvel, Otto Bekken, Bengt Johansson, and Victor Katz
Math Made Visual: Creating Images for Understanding Mathematics, Claudi Alsina and
Roger B. Nelsen
Mathematics Galore!: The First Five Years of the St. Marks Institute of Mathematics, James Tanton
Methods for Euclidean Geometry, Owen Byer, Felix Lazebnik, and Deirdre L. Smeltzer
Ordinary Differential Equations: A Brief Eclectic Tour, David A. Sánchez
Oval Track and Other Permutation Puzzles, John O. Kiltinen
Paradoxes and Sophisms in Calculus, Sergiy Klymchuk and Susan Staples
A Primer of Abstract Mathematics, Robert B. Ash
Proofs Without Words, Roger B. Nelsen
Proofs Without Words II, Roger B. Nelsen
Rediscovering Mathematics: You Do the Math, Shai Simonson
She Does Math!, edited by Marla Parker
Solve This: Math Activities for Students and Clubs, James S. Tanton
Student Manual for Mathematics for Business Decisions Part 1: Probability and Simulation, David
Williamson, Marilou Mendel, Julie Tarr, and Deborah Yoklic
Student Manual for Mathematics Business Decisions Part 2: Calculus and Optimization, David
Williamson, Marilou Mendel, Julie Tarr, and Deborah Yoklic
Teaching Statistics Using Baseball, Jim Albert
Visual Group Theory, Nathan C. Carter
Which Numbers are Real?, Michael Henle
Writing Projects for Mathematics Courses: Crushed Clowns, Cars, and Coffee to Go, Annalisa
Crannell, Gavin LaRose, Thomas Ratliff, and Elyn Rykken
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Contents
Preface to the First Edition xv
Preface to the Second Edition xvii
Preface to the Third Edition 1
Brian Adams 2
Senior Member of Technical Staff Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation; Sandia
National Laboratories
Jeffrey Zane Anderson 4
Industrial Engineer; Commonwealth Aluminum Corporation
#Alysia Appell 6
Senior Analyst; Northwest Airlines
P. Darcy Barnett 8
Computer Scientist; National Institute of Standards and Technology
Carl M. Beaird 10
Mathematician; Rockwell International Corporation
Cherryl Beeman 12
Electronic Commerce Specialist; The Kodiak Group
Betsy Bennett 14
Private School Teacher; St. Albans School, Washington, DC
#Nick Bennett 16
Research Scientist; Schlumberger
Jonathan G. Blattmachr 18
Partner; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York and Los Angeles
#Mary Bonar 20
Emergency Medicine Physician; Pinnacle Hospital, Harrisburg, PA
Ron Bousquet 22
R&D Project Manager; Hewlett-Packard Company
Margaret L. Brandeau 24
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering; Stanford University
Judith R. Brown 26
Manager, Advanced Research Computing Services; The University of Iowa
Denise Cammarata 28
Senior Engineer; Westinghouse Wireless Solutions Company
Cora L. Carmody 30
Manager of Systems Engineering; PRC, Inc.
Jessie Caruso 32
Senior Systems Integrator; CollabraSpace, Inc.
Jack Cassidy 34
Engineer Scientist, Firmware; Hewlett-Packard
Shane Chalke 36
Actuary/Business Owner; Chalke, Inc.
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Judith E. Chapman 38
Senior Software Engineer; Harris Scientific Calculations
Samson Cheung 40
Research Scientist; MCAT Institute, NASA Ames Research Center
Yves Chiricota 42
Professor; Université du Québec á Chicoutimi
#Megan Christensen 44
Risk Analyst; Travelers Insurance
#Andrea Cook 46
Employee Benefits Consultant; Plante & Moran, PLLC
James L. Cooley 48
Aerospace Mathematician; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mary K. Cooney 50
Mathematics Editor; Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Jeff Cooper 52
Corporate Technical Developer; P.H. Glatfelter Company
Joe Corrigan 54
Project Mathematics!
H. Michael Covert 56
Senior Computer Systems Specialist; Chemical Abstracts Service
Sarah Cullen 58
Senior Professional Relations Representative; Bay State Health Care
Allison DeLong 60
Marine Research Associate; University of Rhode Island
Janet P. DenBleyker 62
Assistant Actuary; Buck Consultants
Mark Derwin 64
Susan J. Devlin 66
Director–Measurements Research; Bellcore
J. Wanzer Drane 68
Professor of Biostatistics; University of South Carolina School of Public Health
Arnitra Duckett 70
Educational Markets Manager; Texas Instruments, Incorporated
Paula Duckett 72
Elementary School Mathematics Specialist
Yawa Duse-Anthony 74
Senior Associate; KKO and Associates
M. Scott Elliott 76
Operations Research Analyst; FedEx Corporation
#Katie Evans 78
Assistant Professor; Louisiana Tech University
Helaman Ferguson 80
Sculptor
Rol Fessenden 82
Director of Inventory Control; L.L. Bean
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#Kathie Flood 84
Program Manager; Microsoft Games Studio
#Sara Ford 86
Software Design Engineer in Test; Microsoft Corporation
Richard D. Fuhr 88
Senior Engineer; Electronic Data Systems
Holly Gaff 90
Graduate Research Associate; University of Tennessee
Marshall B. Garrison 92
Principal Software Engineer; PictureTel Corporation
#Allen Gibson 94
Instructor; Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University
Ruth Gonzalez 96
Research Specialist; Exxon Production Research Company
Douglas A. Gray 98
Senior Consultant; American Airlines Decision Technologies
Cynthia Carter Haddock 100
Professor and Academic Program Director; University of Alabama at Birmingham
Charles R. Hadlock 102
Professor of Mathematics; Bentley College
Charles Hagwood 104
Mathematician; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
John F. Hamilton 106
Research Associate; Eastman Kodak Company
William D. Hammers 108
Chief Financial Officer; Optimal Solutions
#Jeff Hand 110
Senior Physics Engineer; Raytheon
Carl M. Harris 112
Professor and Operations Researcher; George Mason University
Mary Hesselgrave 114
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff; Lucent Technologies Bell Labs
Jerry W. Highfill 116
Mathematical Statistician; United States Environmental Protection Laboratory
#Matthew D. Janssen 118
Commercial Litigation Attorney; Pepper Hamilton LLP
Richard Järvinen 120
Professor and Consultant; Winona State University and NASA
#Captain C.J. Jaynes 124
PMA 213 Program Manager; United States Navy
Denise Ann Johnston 126
Instructor and Consultant on Quality Control ; Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Patricia H. Jones 128
Professor and Chair; Methodist College
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