MCSP Seminar Tuesday, March 12

The next MCSP Seminar will be on Tuesday, March 12 at 11:30 in SC 134.
The featured speakers will be a team of three Wartburg students who competed in the national Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) last month.  Jonathan Juett (4Y in Mathematics and Computer Science), Alyssa Hansen (3Y in Mathematics), and Paul Masterson (3Y in Mathematics and
Physics) considered geometry, calculus, thermodynamics and other approaches in order to model and create a design for a brownie pan that would produce the most uniform cooking and most efficient use of space within the oven.  They will discuss their model in their presentation entitled, "The Ultimate Brownie Pan."  (See below for the abstract.)  As always, refreshments (cookies and beverages) will be provided.  We hope to see you there!


MAR 12 SPEAKERS:
-Jonathan Juett (4Y in Mathematics and Computer Science, Wartburg Scholar) -Alyssa Hansen (3Y in Mathematics) -Paul Masterson (3Y in Mathematics and Physics)

"The Ultimate Brownie Pan"

We participated in the national Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) from January 31st through February 4th.  Our mission was to create a model and design for a pan that will produce the best results in uniform cooking and space efficiency. Our process consisted of comparing regular-polygon-shaped pans by how efficiently they take up space and distribute heat. To find the area the pans took up, we created formulas to examine how much area was lost for each shape. Additionally, we wrote a program to graphically analyze the heat distributions of the different shapes. Our efforts allowed us to reveal the pan that would yield high-quality brownies in high quantities.