Prof. Daniel Maxin publishes paper in Journal of Applied Ecology

Daniel Maxin, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics, published the paper “Male-killing bacteria as agents of insect pest control” in the Journal of Applied Ecology. The article is co-authored with Dr. Ludek Berec of the Institute of Entomology, Czech Republic and Dr. Veronika Bernhauerova of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. This […]

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VU MST active at Joint Mathematics Meetings

Faculty from the department of Mathematics and Statistics were active at the Joint Mathematics Meetings January 6-9 in Seattle, Washington. Assistant Professor Alex Capaldi attended the Mathematical Association of America’s section officers meeting. Assistant Professor Mindy Capaldi gave a talk titled “Assessing Pre-Class Assignments in a Flipped Class” and attended her first meeting as a […]

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Math Colloquium: Charles Morris and Shannon Segin

On Friday, February 12, students Charles Morris and Shannon Segin will deliver their capstone Math 499 presentations.  Join us at 3:30pm in GEM 120.   Shannon Segin, Yahtzee as a Discrete Time Markov Chain Markov Chains are a brilliant use of mathematics when looking to model stochastic processes, and they have numerous applications and uses that span […]

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Math Colloquium: Peter Jones and Matthew Eifert

On Friday, February 5, students Peter Jones and Matthew Eifert will deliver their capstone Math 499 presentations. Join us at 3:30pm in GEM 120. Matthew Eifert, The Use of the Weibull Distribution in Baseball Forecasting Bill James revolutionized the game of baseball and the way that statisticians look at it.  By creating the Pythagorean Won-Loss Formula, James […]

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Valpo Math Professor Lara Pudwell Wins MAA’s Alder Award

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Lara Pudwell, is one of just two people nationwide to win the Mathematical Association of America’s 2014 Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member. The award was presented at Mathfest 2014 in August, in Portland, Ore. The Alder Award honors a beginning […]

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