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-Actuarial Program
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  Undergraduates
-School of Math Fall Picnic
-School of Math Holiday Party
-NCS-MAA Mathematics Contest
-Graduate Program
-MN Center for Industrial
  Mathematics
-IMA Math Modeling Wkshop
-IMA Update
-Contacting Us

MINNESOTA CENTER FOR INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS

The Minnesota Center for Industrial Mathematics (MCIM), a graduate program within the School of Math, continues to provide industry training for its students in the form of industrial internships. In the summer of 2000, 8 mathematics graduate students performed internships at leading industry research laboratories. While some local companies such as 3M have accepted our students for several years now, there were also several new local companies working with Center students and staff for the first time. In addition, several companies from out-of-state participated in our internship program for the first time. Kimberly Clark in Wisconsin, IBM in New York, Agilent Technology in California and Ford Motor Co. in Michigan all supported MCIM interns in the summer of 2000. Moreover, four of the students are continuing the research they did during the summer into the academic year, collaborating with their industry mentors.

Sam Albert, working under Bernardo Cockburn, finished his Ph.D. in August, and is now working for Interactive Data, a company that provides valuation products. Jinzhu Yu graduated with an M.S. degree and is working for Minnesota Public Radio.

We have been actively recruiting and the program has grown to over 20 graduate students. Two of our students, Thomas Hoft and Paul Macklin, hold NSF Graduate Fellowships.

The Center now enjoys a well deserved reputation for the ability of its students and faculty to solve problems originating in industry. It receives inquiries from companies who are interested in finding students for internships and employment, as well as requests to provide research support on specific company projects. We are presently working with several companies on projects of different scales that are long-term in nature. The Center is directed by Avner Friedman, with Fadil Santosa as Associate Director.

For more information, including past internship projects, industry partnerships and program requirements, please see our website at www.math.umn.edu/mcim or contact us at mcim@math.umn.edu.

Fadil Santosa, Professor of Mathematics
Associate Director, MN Center for Industrial Math (MCIM)
mcim@math.umn.edu

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