You couldn't ask for a better day in the month of May in Michigan than Friday, May 13th. The sky was blue, the temperature was in the 80s with a perfect breeze to cool you down. On the beautiful campus of Oakland University (OU), the 19th annual Meeting of the Minds (MoM) attracted 184 students to making research presentations either orally or using posters. The students were from Oakland University, the University of Michigan-Flint, and the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The student presenters were joined by several family members, friends, and members of the faculty and staff from the three participating universities.
The event started at about 8:30 AM and went past 3:00 PM. It was well organized with a good breakfast and lunch. A photo session was held right before lunch on the stairs of the Oakland Center which is similar to our University Center. I counted about 30 students, faculty and staff members that crammed into the UM-Dearborn photos which I am eager to see. A band from OU entertained the lunch crowds.
Close to 50 students from the University of Michigan-Dearborn made either oral or poster presentations on a variety of topics. The students represented several CASL disciplines including Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Psychology, Literature, History and
Philosophy. The first presentation I attended was made by Ms. Soyeon Roh from UM-Dearborn. Ms. Roh was sponsored by Professor Yangjin Kim in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. She presented her work on "A Mathematical Model of Brain Tumor: miR451 Regulation." In 15 minutes, she did an excellent job presenting her work with a good introduction, a mathematical model used to do the work, some data, an interpretation of those data and a brief summary. Not only did I learn something new about her work on brain tumors, I was thrilled to see that the main mathematical tool she used in her work was Ordinary Differential Equations, a course I have often taught and enjoyed.
Close to 50 students from the University of Michigan-Dearborn made either oral or poster presentations on a variety of topics. The students represented several CASL disciplines including Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Psychology, Literature, History and
Philosophy. The first presentation I attended was made by Ms. Soyeon Roh from UM-Dearborn. Ms. Roh was sponsored by Professor Yangjin Kim in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. She presented her work on "A Mathematical Model of Brain Tumor: miR451 Regulation." In 15 minutes, she did an excellent job presenting her work with a good introduction, a mathematical model used to do the work, some data, an interpretation of those data and a brief summary. Not only did I learn something new about her work on brain tumors, I was thrilled to see that the main mathematical tool she used in her work was Ordinary Differential Equations, a course I have often taught and enjoyed.
From the Mathematics session, I moved to a few other sessions which focused on Literature, Archeology and Psychology. Most student presenters did excellent jobs presenting their work in 15 minutes to an audience with almost no prior knowledge about the work. I also took some time to browse the posters during the lunch break and right before I left OU in the afternoon.
The 20th annual Meeting of the Minds will be held at the University of Michigan-Dearborn next year. We will have to plan big to reflect this major milestone. If you have some ideas about the 20th anniversary of MoM, please contact me at xich@umd.umich.edu or Sue Gedert at sgedert@umd.umich.edu.Post by CASL Associate Dean Jennifer Zhao, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
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