The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM) are offered to undergraduates each February by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP). The contests are a great opportunity for students to solve problems from real-world settings, practice working in a team with deadlines and write persuasively about mathematics, all skills that will serve them well in the work place.
Each three person team works for 96 hours on an open ended, real-world problem and submits a paper describing their solution to the problem. The problems for each year can be found at the COMAP site. The rankings of the teams are Outstanding (top 2-3%), Meritorious (next 10-15%), Honorable Mention (next 30-35%) and Successful Participant.
Clicking on the date if the contests will get you to the summaries of the papers and pictures of the teams where available.
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MCM | |||
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Meritorious |
Shikha Basnet | Maya Hristakeva | Max Schlatter |
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Title of Paper: |
Love and Loss in Wheelchair Service | ||
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Honorable Mention |
Patrick Carlson | Tim Fairfield | Joan Ritho |
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Title of Paper: |
"Hand Moved" Pipe Irrigation System | ||
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Successful Participant |
Joe Edgington | Dillon McKelvey | Prabal Thapa |
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Title of Paper: |
Irrigated Fields | ||
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MCM | |||
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Successful Participant |
Kelli Esbaum | Mandi White | Lindsay Saunders |
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Title of Paper: |
Toll plaza optimization | ||
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Honorable Mention |
Shikha Basnet | Maya Hristakeva | Lwanda Manxodidi |
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Title of Paper: |
Soooooothe the Booth Queue | ||
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Honorable Mention |
Gregory Elliott | Scott Roth | Prakash Kayastha |
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Title of Paper: |
Modeling Flood Damage Caused by a Failure of the Lake Murray Dam | ||
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Successful Participant |
Jean Clipperton | Casie Schmitt | Tracy Robson |
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Title of Paper: |
For Whom the Bar Lifts: Modeling a Toll Plaza | ||
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ICM | |||
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Honorable Mention |
Om Gurung | Nicholas Phillips | Christopher Fink |
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Title of Paper: |
Two Super Models, "Drinking Their Water" | ||
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MCM | |||
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Honorable Mention |
Greg Elliott | Micah Muller | Scott Roth |
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Title of Paper: |
Thumbs Are Not So Dumb | ||
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Meritorious |
Shikha Basnet | Maya Hristakeva | Lwanda Manxodidi |
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Title of Paper: |
Have Fun in No Time | ||
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Meritorious |
Ashley Bennett | Teresa Kreykes | Anita Zahs |
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Title of Paper: |
Betting Against the L(oops)A(rches)W(horls)...What are the Odds? | ||
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Successful Participant |
Shristi Upreti | Aye Win | Amber Woodley |
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Title of Paper: |
Thumbprints | ||
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ICM | |||
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Successful Participant |
Tony Breitbach | Jean Clipperton | Kris Langgaard |
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Title of Paper: |
Clever Conclusions for Complex Connections | ||
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Successful Participant |
Anuj Kachapati | Prakash Kayastha | Kumud Poudel |
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Title of Paper: |
Enforcing Network Security | ||
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MCM | |||
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Honorable Mention |
Nick Damm | Brian Mann | Joe Wilson |
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Title of Paper: |
Stunts | ||
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Meritorious |
Ashley Bennett | Greg Elliott | Teresa Kreykes |
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Title of Paper: |
Gamma Knife | ||
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Successful Participant |
Elitsa Banalieva | Shanie George | Shristi Upreti |
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Title of Paper: |
Gamma Knife | ||
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MCM | |||
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Successful Participant |
Ashley Bennett | Erik Jacobson | Jared Rokke |
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Title of Paper: |
Wind and Waterspray | ||
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Honorable Mention |
Elitsa Banalieva | Donald Onunga | Shristi Upreti |
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Title of Paper: |
Airline Overbooking | ||
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Successful Participant |
Nick Boyd | Shanie George | Teresa Kreykes |
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Title of Paper: |
Using Overbooking to Maximize Revenue | ||
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Successful Participant |
Nick Damm | Brian Mann | Joe Wilson |
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Title of Paper: |
Wind and Waterspray | ||
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MCM | |||
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Honorable Mention |
Lindsay Coffman | Dana Scott | |
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Title of Paper: |
Choosing a Bicycle Wheel | ||
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Successful Participant |
Amy Lowe | Nathaniel Iverson | Clark Potter |
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Title of Paper: |
More Than a Rainy Day | ||
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Successful Participant |
Matt Behrens | Brian Mann | Kirstin Ehm |
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Title of Paper: |
Choosing a Bicycle Wheel | ||
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ICM | |||
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Successful Participant |
Jeffrey Anderson | Brian Depew | Marcy Baker |
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Title of Paper: |
Foreign Invaders | ||
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MCM | |||
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Successful Participant |
Jeff Anderson | Kirstin Ehm | Arthur Silbernagel |
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Title of Paper: |
Stop the Static! | ||
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Successful Participant |
Katie Braden | Heather Layman | Jonathan Tyler |
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Title of Paper: |
Air Traffic Control | ||
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Meritorious |
Lindsay Coffman | Jesse Hunt | Dana Scott |
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Title of Paper: |
Improving Safety and Reducing Workload | ||
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Successful Participant |
Cheryl Guzikowski | Nathaniel Iverson | Tambandini Munhutu |
| Title of Paper: | Minimizing Mayhem | ||
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MCM | |||
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Honorable Mention |
Nathaniel Iverson | Heather Layman | Cassandra Stubbe |
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Title of Paper: |
Deep Impact | ||
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Honorable Mention |
Lacey Christensen | Nate Miller | Tarrah Schlueter |
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Title of Paper: |
Unlawful Assembly | ||
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Honorable Mention |
Judson Eastman | Jesse Hunt | Justin Pronga |
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Title of Paper: |
Deep Impact | ||
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Successful Participant |
Chad Cowden | Tim Hall | |
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Title of Paper: |
Unlawful Assembly | ||
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MCM | |||
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Successful Participant |
Michael Dorrell | Nathaniel Iverson | Chad Cowden |
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Title of Paper: |
MRI Cross-Sections: The Personal Computer Model | ||
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Honorable Mention |
Tim Hall | Matthew Mann | Jessica Comstock |
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Title of Paper: |
Standardization Deflates Grade Inflation | ||
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MCM | |||
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Successful Participant |
Michael Dorrell | Gary Kunkel | Kevin Mueller |
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Title of Paper: |
The Velociraptor Problem | ||
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Successful Participant |
Cynthia Evenson | Jennifer Koehler | Heather Layman |
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Title of Paper: |
Profitable Assignments for a Successful Meeting | ||