The Mathematical Association of America
New Jersey Section

Drew University

Saturday, November 14, 1992


All Talks are in the Hall of Sciences

 

8:30-9:10

Registration and coffee

8:30-2:30

Publisher’s Exhibits

9:10-9:20

Welcome
Eric Gould
Academic Vice-President, Drew University

9:20-10;10

Strange Shapes and Unpredictable Events
Fern Y. Hunt
, NIST and Howard University

Presider: Pat Kenschaft, Montclair State College

10:30-11:20

The Mathematics of Buckyballs
Fan R. K. Chung
, Harvard University and Bellcore

Presider: Carl E. Bredlau, Montclair State College

11:20-12:10

M.C. Escher as a Mathematician
Doris Schattschneider
, Moravian College

Presider: Jeannette O’Rourke, Middlesex County College

12:10-12:15

Remarks by the Governor of MAA-NJ
Ruth O’Dell, County College of Morris

12:15-1:30

Lunch

1:30-2:20

Airplane Flight and its Connection to Mathematics
Cathleen S. Morawetz
, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Presider: Tilla Weinstein, Rutgers University

2:30-3:20

Dynamical Systems, Hyerbolic Geometry and Number Theory
Thea Pignataro, City College, CUNY

Presider: James Camacho, Jersey City State College

3:20-3:25

Remarks by the Chair of MAA-NJ
David Boliver, Trenton State College

3:25

Awarding of Door Prizes (by computer)

3:30

MAA-NJ Business Meeting

6:00

Dinner by advanced reservation
Madison Hotel

Program Committee:

David Housman, Drew University; Kay Gura, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Ann Stehney, IDA Center for Communications Research; and Theresa C. Michnowicz, Jersey City State College


 

MAA-NJ Executive Board

 

MAA-NJ Governor:

Ruth O’Dell, County College of Morris

MAA-NJ OFFICERS

 

Chair:

David Boliver, Trenton State College

Past Chair:

Thomas Marlowe, Seton Hall University

Vice Chair for
   Speakers:
   Innovations:
   Two-Year Colleges:   

 

Theresa C. Michnowicz, Jersey City State College
Patricia Kenschaft, Montclair State College
Agnes Azzolino, Mathematical Concepts, Inc.

Secretary:

Naomi Shapiro, Georgian Court College

Treasurer:

James Magliano, Union County College