Differential Equation Modeling Opportunities All Around - Measles Vaccination Issues Entry #146 26 Mar 2019 3:06 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments If we but look around us we will see material on which to build a Modeling Scenario for our students to see the role of modeling with differential equation scan play. In the 26 March 2019 New York Times reporter Michael Gold writes under the title, "New York Suburb to Declare Measles...
Trust, Modeling, Curiosity, and Learning Entry #145 03 Mar 2019 8:12 am Brian Winkel 0 comments In the current issue of The New Yorker (4 Mar 2019 on page 57) there is a cartoon of a man and a woman looking down at their baby who is sound asleep in a crib. They say to each other "Should we wake her before she wakes us?" They have trust that the child will awake. Indeed, they are...
Time lag in journal publication Entry #144 28 Feb 2019 10:46 am Brian Winkel 0 comments Just a short thought or should I say a long thought in a short form or should I say a short thought in a short form or should I stop this and just say! A recent correspondence with a colleague pointed out the 2 to 3 year lag from submission to publication of an article in a very good MAA...
Marches . . . Napolean to and from Moscow . . . . Students to Calculus Entry #143 26 Feb 2019 4:54 pm Brian Winkel 1 comments In a recent video conference call involving me and my colleague, Corban Harwood, Mathematics, George Fox University, Newberg OR USA, and others, I noted he had a copy of Charle Minard's marvelous map of Napoleon's Russian campaign hanging on his wall. I too have a copy framed and...
I learn by going . . . Entry #142 23 Feb 2019 4:40 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments At our SIMIODE Staff Meeting Friday held at SIMIODE World Headquarters (the dining room table at our home in Cornwall NY USA) I had shared with SIMIODE’s two technical directors, Leigh Noble and Mark Tourtellott, some fortune cookies I had not opened from a previous take out meal as a...
Students making up the questions Entry #139 29 Jan 2019 9:25 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments In our ever creative (we try!) growth process at SIMIODE we are working on thinking of our SIMIODE community as a "Community of Practice," in which we all draw energy and ideas, as well as practices, from each other and outside resources. SIMIODE's two Technical Directors, Mark...
And now for something completely different! The Wish Game. Entry #138 29 Jan 2019 12:05 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments This Blog is an email from my son, Doan Winkel, who is the John J. Kahl, Sr. Chair in Entrepreneurship & Director, Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship at...
Elevator Pitch Video Competition - describing how their work in mathematics is important and relevant to our everyday lives Entry #135 14 Jan 2019 5:11 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments BMSA Elevating Mathematics Video Competition is Live! The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicineBoard on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics (BMSA) "Elevating Mathematics" video competition is now live! The mathematical sciences are part of everyday...
Top-of-Mind Thinking and Sharing Entry #134 08 Jan 2019 1:16 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments I am lifting this Blog Entry ENTIRELY from my son's email promoting his online entrepreneurship course material which many faculty use around the country. He is Doan Winkel and he teaches at John Carroll University in Cleveland Heights OH. Indeed, he is Director, Muldoon Center, The John J....
Success story in the making, make that made already . . . Entry #133 21 Dec 2018 10:15 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments As Director of SIMIODE I fully intended to keep a quality running blog of ideas and stories related (somewhat at times) to our goal at SIMIODE which is to support faculty who wish to use modeling to motivate and teach differential equations. I have not made an entry since August 2018. So much for...
Ant Tunnel Building -- The Secret to Ant Efficiency Is Idleness Entry #129 19 Aug 2018 2:33 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments It has been too long since we shared in this Blog. It has been a very busy summer with 2.5 months on the road for vacation (one month in Lake Superior beach front house in the cool of June, one week at SIAM ED18 meeting in Portland OR and some family visiting there, two weeks at Manhattan...
Conference Board of the Mathematical Science Report Due Out Soon Entry #126 13 Feb 2018 2:09 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments CONFERENCE BOARD OF THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Every five years, the Conference Board of Mathematics Sciences (CBMS) sponsors a national survey that collects data about curriculum, pedagogy, enrollment levels, graduates, and faculty in undergraduate mathematical sciences departments in US...
Great Comments on Modeling Scenario Offered in Comments Tab of Modeling Scenario Entry #125 10 Feb 2018 12:49 am Brian Winkel Comments off Bill Kerbitz, from Wayzata High School in Plymouth MN, recently commented on a Modeling Scenario, 1-001A-T-MandMDeathAndImmigration, What is most interesting is what Bill found as unintended consequences of working with this material and we are pleased to share them with you in...
Five Principles of Extraordinary Math Teaching Entry #124 07 Feb 2018 10:49 am Brian Winkel 0 comments TED Talks. We have all been there, watched them, realized the clock moved way too fast as we watched, but always we come away inspired and informed. I commend this one to you. It was given by Dan Finkel (see below for details on Dan). Five Principles of Extraordinary Math...
Breathless Classroom. . . Entry #123 07 Feb 2018 12:22 am Brian Winkel 0 comments My son is Dr. Doan Winkel, Director, Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship, John Carroll University, Cleveland Heights OH USA. He is leading a session at the 4th Annual California Entrepreneurship Educators Conference, Lavin Entrepreneurship Center, San Diego State University, 12...
Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences - PIC Math Entry #122 21 Nov 2017 11:58 am Brian Winkel 0 comments We recently received the following email from SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) and wanted to share it with you. We strongly suggest you check out their videos, for they demonstrate the diverse power and beauty of applying mathematics and the incredibly supportive role of...
Students Speak About Their Experiences in Modeling competition with Differential Equations Entry #121 10 Nov 2017 10:43 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments For our shortest blog ever we simply point you to the video featuring students at SCUDEM 2017. While there are professors professing and narrating in the video, it is the students who steal the show with their testimony as to the meaning and value of the modeling and communication...
3 Ways to Get More Women Into Tech Entry #120 08 Nov 2017 9:57 pm Brian Winkel 1 comments We read this article today and thought more people ought to see it. We especially liked the part that says, “We have found that by pairing theory with real-world applications, particularly in introductory technical courses, we can capture the interest and enthusiasm of more students...
Applied mathematics may be underrepresented Entry #119 23 Sep 2017 2:39 am Brian Winkel 0 comments Years ago when I was teaching at a small liberal arts school, Albion College, Albion MI, I decided to venture out and teach an Operations Research course (piece of advice, NEVER start an OR course with linear programming as it is a quagmire of opportunities from which you can never extricate the...