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Kyle Wilson was the top problem solver among
students participating in the 19th Alfred R. Schmidt Freshman
Mathematics Competition, which tested students’ problem-solving skills
on six challenging problems over a two-hour testing period during the
fall academic quarter. Awards were presented on Sept. 29 during the
college’s homecoming festivities.
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Top Freshman Problem Solvers: Award
winners in this year's Alfred R. Schmidt Freshman Mathematics
Competition included (front row, from left) LeMoyne Michael
Habimana-Griffin, Clancy Soehren, Kimiko Parker (Math Club),
James Dalton and Nicole Burton. In the back row (from left) are
Robert Lemke-Oliver (Math Club), Steven Torno (Pi Mu Epsilon),
David McGinnis, Joel Carlson, Professor John Rickert, Kyle
Wilson and Eric Crockett. |
Wilson is a freshman mechanical engineering
major from Dublin, Ohio. He received a book, a copy of Math Horizons
and a cash prize.
Second-place honors went to Jenny Levey,
an electrical engineering major from Palatine, Ill. She also received a
book, a copy of Math Horizons and a cash prize.
Tying for third place were Eric Crockett,
a software engineering major from Georgetown, Ind., and James Dalton, a
mechanical engineering major from Salem, Oregon. Both received a copy
of Math Horizons and a cash prize.
Meritorious mention honors were given to
Joel Carlson, Andrew Johnson, Alexander Jones and Tim Murphy. Honorable
mention awards were presented to Hanna Chadd, LeMoyne Michael Habimana-Griffin,
Matthew Middleton and Clancy Soehren.
A total of 16 students participated in
this year's competition. The problems were compiled by Rose-Hulman
Mathematics Professor John Rickert, Paul Kominers and Scott Kominers.
Grading the tests were professors Kurt Bryan, Joshua Holden, Tanya
Jajcay and Rickert.
The competition helps the Department of
Mathematics identify students that might be interested in representing
Rose-Hulman later this school year in the William Lowell Putnam
Mathematics Competition and Mathematical Contest in Modeling. The
competition was started in 1989 to honor of Schmidt, who served as a
mathematics professor at Rose-Hulman from 1949-95.
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