AMC Michigan Coordinator Report (2012 Fall)

During the 2011-2012 academic year, 6,751 Michigan students participated in the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) -- 4,065 students from 54 schools in AMC 8 and a total of 4,065 students in AMC 10/12, among them 2,096 students from 48 schools in AMC 10/12A and 590 students from 18 schools in AMC 10/12B.

Among the Michigan AMC winners for the 2011-2012 academic year, there are two perfect scorers for AMC 8, a three-way tie for AMC 10B, one top scorer for each of the other three AMC high school competitions (AMC 10A, AMC 12A, and AMC 12B), and eight USAMO qualifiers. The AMC 8 perfect scorers are: Yannis Bi (an 8th grader from Meads Mill Middle School, Northville) and Justin Xu (an 8th grader from Boulan Park Middle School, Troy). The top scorers for the two AMC 10 high school competitions are: Ankan Bhattacharya (a 7th grader from ICAE, Troy), Heesu Hwang (a 10th grader from AAMOC, Troy), Dhruv Medarametla (an 8th grader from ICAE, Troy), and Aaron Zeng (a 10th grader from Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills). The top scorers for the two AMC 12 senior high school competitions are: Eric Ryu (a 10th grader from Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills), and Apurva Shrivastava (a 10th grader from ICAE, Troy).

In 2012, a total of 126 Michigan students qualified for the AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Examination), 82 through AMC 10/12A and 44 through AMC 10/12B. Among them, eight qualified for the USAMO (United States of America Mathematics Olympiad). The USAMO qualifiers are: Hirsh Jain (a 11th grader from ICAE, Troy), David Lu (a 12th grader from Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills), Akhil Nistala (a 11th grader from ICAE, Troy), Raj Raina (a 10th grader from ICAE, Troy), Eric Ryu (a 10th grader from Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills), Apurva Shrivastava (a 10th grader from ICAE, Troy), Peter Su (a 12th grader from Plymouth Canton Educational Park, Canton), and Michael Yu (a 11th grader from Athens High School, Troy). Among the Michigan AMC senior winners, David Lu is attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Peter Su is attending University of Michigan.

The ICAE (Indus Center for Academic Excellence, Troy) team is the top AMC team winner of Region 4 (including Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio) this year. Other schools on the top five in the region are: Detroit Country Day School (Beverly Hills), Novi Senior High School (Novi), and Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills).

Following our tradition of recognizing the achievements of the AMC winners, their teachers, and their parents, two celebrations were planned: the Awards Ceremony and the reception with the Governor. The Awards Ceremony was held on September 7th at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, with Professor Dave Friday (Macomb Community College) presenting a lecture on "An Introduction to Almost Right Triangles". Professor Friday earned his B.A. in mathematics from Albion College in 2004 and his M.S. in mathematics from Michigan State University in 2006. From 2006 to 2012, he has worked an adjunct instructor of mathematics for Grand Rapids Community College. During his time there, he formed the Grand Rapids Community College Mathematics League, which trained for mathematical competitions such as the AMATYC Student Mathematics League Exam, the Michigan Autumn Take-Home Challenge, and the Lower Michigan Mathematics Competition. He has also served as a coach for Michigan's American Regions Mathematics League competition since 2009. Starting in the fall of 2012, he is a tenure track professor of mathematics at Macomb Community College. The idea of almost right triangles has been a topic of interest since 2010, when the original question was posed. The talk has been given as a seminar at Grand Rapids Community College, a presentation at a MichMATYC conference at Muskegon Community College, and a talk at a Michigan chapter MAA meeting at Western Michigan University.

These AMC celebration events are funded by the AMC, sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Oakland University, American Mathematical Society, Wolfram Research, and the Art of Problem Solving Foundation.

Please find the entire list of Michigan AMC winners in the AMC Awards booklet. This website will be moved to its permanent location at the Michigan Section MAA AMC Coordinator site soon.