THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Department of Mathematics & College of Engineering
Madison, Wisconsin 53706

TALENT SEARCH HONORS DAY
May 4, 2012

The following students were winners of the 2011-2012 Talent Search for Wisconsin high school students and were invited to an Honors Day program in Madison on May 4, 2012. A copy of the program follows the list of honorees.



STUDENTS HONORED FOR ACHIEVEMENT
ON TALENT SEARCH PROBLEMS

Chamila Amithirigala

North High School

Jasper Arneberg

Chippewa Falls High School

Rylo Ashmore

Waunakee High School

Brandon Benson

Milton High School

Austin Cao

Homestead High School

Karen Chen

Bayside Middle School

Steven Fuhrman

Menomonie High School

Araminta Gwynne

Lodi Area High School

Thomas Hameister

Neenah High School

Shauna Jacob

Madison West High School

Donghyun Kim

Middleton High School

Kijung Kwak

Walden III Middle School, Racine

Willard Kwak

Walden III High School, Racine

Max Luck

Appleton West High School

Blake Nigh

Neenah High School

Joonsung Oh

Madison West High School

Samuel Owen

Muskego High School

Gregory Plumb

Middleton High School

Sohil Shah

Madison Memorial High School

Anne Ulrich

Ulrich Homeschool

Christopher Xu

Jefferson Middle School

Peter Yang

Jefferson Middle School

Wentong Zhang

Whitefish Bay High School

Shaina Zhao

Southwest High School

 

THE HONOREES




Top row: Sam Owen, Blake Nigh, Rylo Ashmore, Jasper Arneberg, Dr. Passman, Anne Ulrich, Donghyun Kim
Middle row: Steven Fuhrman, Gregory Plumb, Joonsung Oh, Shauna Jacob, Brandon Benson, Thomas Hameister, Chamila Amithirigala
Front row: Wentong Zhang, Peter Yang, Christopher Xu



VAN VLECK SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS (with Prof. Passman)


Christopher Xu

Wentong Zhang

Jefferson Middle School

Whitefish Bay High School

 

 

PROGRAM

9:00 - 9:45

Registration and Refreshments

911 Van Vleck Hall

9:55 - 10:45

"The Allied attack on the German Enigma cipher"

Prof. Zev Klagsbrun, UW-Mathematics Department

B215 Van Vleck Hall

11:00 - 11:50

"Math on the Big Screen: What do numbers have to do with special effects in your favorite movie"

Prof. Eftychios Sifakis, UW-Computer Science Department

B215 Van Vleck Hall

12:00 - 1:30

Luncheon and Presentation of Awards

911 Van Vleck Hall

1:45 - 3:00

Tour: Botany Greenhouse

 

To those not invited, we encourage you to try again next year.



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