Special Programs

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and other Summer Programs

Research Experience for Undergraduates is offered on several college campuses during the summer. Small groups of students are chosen to work together and independently on a research project. Stipends are provided. Strong interest in these programs makes it difficult to gain acceptance. Wheaton College's Science Division also sponsors a summer research program.

Students Participating in Summer Programs:

(Please let us know of any omissions or corrections)

2012

Doeke Buursma summer mentored research at Wheaton College in mathematical epidemiology
Katrina Hartzler Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics at Washington University
Joshua Snoke Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics at Boston University
Nate Veldt REU at Northern Arizona University
Adam Zarn REU at Fresno State University, studying Survival Analysis, a branch of Statistics

2011

Ben Fulan REU at Kent State University in Geometry
Jeff Sommars REU at Texas A&M in Computational Algebraic Geometry

2010

Brain Larson REU at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Computational Number Theory
Christina Radder Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics at North Carolina State University

2009

Kimberly Kopchick, David Lewis milti-week research and ministry experience in Japan with Dr. Isihara

2008

Sarah Cobb REU at Hope College
Michael DiPasquale REU at Louisiana State University
Jessie Liebe 4 week research experience in Cambirdge, England with Dr. Brabenec
Gloria Cho, Sam Cole, Cora Embalabala, Mike Kerins, Kimberly Kopchick, Xiaoxiao Liu, Zachary Ward multi-week research and ministry experience in Japan with Dr. Isihara

2007

Andrew Betts Mekelle Institute of Technology, Ethiopia - Mathematics of Wireless Communications
Michael DiPasquale REU at University of North Carolina, Asheville in connectivity properties of infinite graphs
Sarah Motsinger REU at University of Illinois in Financial Mathematics and Stochastic Modeling
Kelly Whiting Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics at Duke

2006

Esther Lee Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics at UW, Madison
Ashley Zenisek instructor at the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

2005

Matt Cardwell REU at Oregon State University in knot theory
Christine Charlton internship at the National Security Agency
Jeff Patillo internship at the National Security Agency

2004

Stephen Hruska REU at Californis State University, San Bernardino in graph theory
Jeffrey Pattillo REU at Texas A&M University in game theory

2003

Nathaniel Stapleton REU at Indiana University in galois theory

2002

Rebekah Johnson Johns Hopkins program for gifted students - teaching assistant for probability and game theory
Will Landry REU at UIC in fractals, chaos, and complex dynamics

2000

Rebekah Johnson Johns Hopkins program for gifted students - teaching assistant for individually paced math sequence
Andrea Koenigsberg research project in knot theory in Wheaton's Science Division Summer Research Program with Dr. Isihara
Nancy Elizabeth Bush Johns Hopkins program for gifted youth

1999

Nancy Elizabeth Bush George Washington University program for women in mathematics

1998

Anne Hurd research project in mathematical biology, Utah State University

Budapest Semester

This program offers a semester of study at the University of Budapest with other U.S. college students. It is an excellent experience for anyone considering a doctoral program in mathematics. Here's how to get more information (and the application materials).
Go to the Budapest Semester website >>

Students Participating in the Budapest Semester

(Please let us know of any omissions or corrections)

Fall 2010 Brain Larson
Spring 2010 David Stapleton
Fall 2008 Zachary Ward
Fall 2007 Michael DiPasquale
Fall 2002 Nathaniel Stapleton, Jonathan Skowera
Spring 2001 John Puryear
Fall 1998 Nate Roberts
Fall 1997 Aaron Jaggard