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Undergraduate Research at MTBI/SUMS
Every summer MTBI/SUMS offers sequential research experiences for undergraduate students. The program, which has been held for the past eleven years in conjunction with Cornell University (1996-2003), Los Alamos National Laboratory (2003-2005), and Arizona State University (2004-) focuses on the field of applied mathematics and its applications to the biological and social sciences. With the culmination of the 2006 summer institute, MTBI/SUMS alumni have co-authored 111 technical reports documenting their summer research experiences.
The online research archives are a collection of the technical papers produced by the participants of the MTBI/SUMS summer research program. Following four weeks of intensive coursework, homework and lectures, participants work in self-selected groups on projects of their own choosing in collaboration with faculty, visiting scholars and graduate students. Participants then attend and present their work at national conferences such as the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) conference on the life sciences, the National Meetings of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), the AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings and at their respective institutions.
This research is made possible through funding provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost of Arizona State University. MTBI/SUMS funding was provided by Cornell University and Los Alamos National Laboratory (T-Division) from 1996-2004.
* print versions of all the technical reports from 1996-2006 are available for review in the MTBI/SUMS library. Electronic versions will available at a later date.