reu_1998

reu_1998, the home page for my participation in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, held at the Mathematics Department of Iowa State University in the summer of 1998. Professors Max Gunzburger and Janet Peterson were instructors for this six week program, and I was invited to give several talks.

• introduction.html, "An Introduction to Algorithmic Thinking", a talk on how to think about solving a problem using an algorithmic approach.
• problems.html, "Problems to Program", a talk on a number of simple problems, challenging the students to come up with a computational solution procedure.

Data and images:

• bell_206.png, a Bell model 206 helicopter.
• fish.wrl, 3D fish data.
• fish_lines.vla a data file that describes points and lines on a 3D fish;
• gerrymander.png, a cartoon that defined the "gerrymander".
• polyfish_lines.png, a flattened line drawing of a fish.
• pound.html, how to turn "POUND" into "OUNCE".
• prototein.png, an illustration of a "prototein".
• scan_blobs.png, a "checkerboard" of scanning data.
• worms.png, a cartoon of the worm problem.