Special Interest Group
for Environmental Mathematics

SIGMAA EM Past Activities

2023 MathFest - Tampa

• Introduction to MathFest (and meet members of SIGMAA EM)
  Thursday, August 3, 8:00 a.m. - 9 a.m., Room 101/102

• Invited Paper Session
  Trends in Mathematical and Computational Biology
  Thursday, August 3, 8:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m., Ballroom A
  

• Contributed Paper Session
  Mathematics and the Life Sciences: Initiatives, Programs, Curricula
  Thursday, August 3, 5:00 p.m. - 5:55 p.m., Room 117
  

• BIO SIGMAA
  Business meeting, reception, and guest lecture (Maeve McCarthy, Murray State)
  Thursday, August 3, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Room 117
  

• SIGMAA  EM
  Field Trip to the Florida Aquarium!
  Friday, August 4, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  Details and RSVP at this Google Form.
  

• SIGMAA EM
  Business meeting and guest lecture (Kayla Blyman, Saint Martin's and COMAP)
  Friday, August 4, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Room 118/119

2023 JMM - Boston

• Business Meeting
• Student Lightning Talks in Environmental Mathematics
  
• "Communicating Complex of Controversial Topics in Science", Eric Marland, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Appalachian State University
• Workshop on Math for Sustainability: Quantitative and Ethical Reasoning in General Ed., with Russ DeForest (PennState) and Eric Marland (AppState).
  

2022 JMM - Virtual

• Business Meeting
• “Climate Justice Integrating Learning in STEM” Heather Price, Dept. of Math and Science, North Seattle College , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6LI3228_s

2021 JMM - Virtual

• Business Meeting
• “Quantifying and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions” Rob Jackson, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University and the Global Carbon Project

2013 JMM -- San Diego

• Business Meeting and Reception
• CPS: MAA Session on Integrating the Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE) 2013 in the College Mathematics Curriculum, organized by Ben Galluzzo, Shippensburg University.

2011 MathFest - Lexington, KY

• Business Meeting: “Karst Hydrology” Peter Idstein, Dept. of Earth & Environ. Science, Univ. of Kentucky
• Bus Trip: “Karst Hydrology” Peter Idstein, Dept of Earth and Environ. Science, Univ. of Kentucky

2011 JMM -- New Orleans

• Business Meeting: “BP Oil Spill & the Union Carbide Explosion,” Charles Hadlock, Bentley University, MA
• IPS:  “The BP Oil Discharge & the Environment”
• Bus Trip: “Eagle Nests, Waterfowl, and Gulf Restoration,” G. P. Kemp, National Audubon Society

2010 MathFest -- Pittsburgh

• Business Meeting: “Free Trade & the Environment” Jim Case, Consultant Baltimore, MD
• Bus Trip: “Ancient  and   Modern Environments”, Charles Jones, Geology, Univ. of Pittsburgh

2010 JMM -- San Francisco

• Business Meeting: “Mathematics & Conservation Biology,” Mike Vanderman, AT&T, Berkeley
• CPS: “Quantitative Reasoning & the Environment”
• Bus Trip: “Muir Woods National Monument,” guided by a MWNM ranger

2009 JMM -- Washington, DC

• Business Meeting: “Energy, Math. & Public Policy,” Charles Hadlock, Bentley Univ., MA
• CPS: “Environmental  Mathematics”
• Panel: “Getting It into the Curriculum”
• Metro Trip: “US Botanical Gardens,” guided by a USBG staff member.

2008 MathFest -- Madison

• Business Meeting: “Modeling Forest Landscapes”, J. Buongiorno, Forest Ecology, U. of Wisconsin.
• CPS: “Integrating Mathematics &  Biology”. (Co-sponsor: SIGMAA BIO.)
• Bus Trip: Aldo Leopold Legacy Center. J. Buongiorno, Forest Ecology, U. of Wisconsin.

2008 JMM - San Diego

• Business Meeting: “Coastal Geography,” Kevin Robinson, SDSU, CA.
• Bus Trip: “Geology of Torrey Pines State Reserve,” Kevin Robinson, SDSU, CA
• Skit: “Shall We Have a Course in Environmental Mathematics?”

2007 MathFest -- San Jose

• Business Meeting: “ Earthquakes & Bay Tectonics”, Nan Shostak, Dept. of Geology, San Jose State U.
• Invited Lecture: “Managing Natural Resources’, Lou Gross, Univ. of Tennessee
• Bus Trip: Earthquakes and Bay Tectonics. Nan Shostak, Dept. of Geology, San Jose State U.

2007 JMM -- New Orleans

• Business Meeting: “Katrina’s Wrath or Human Greed,” G. Paul Kemp, LSU, LA
• Bus Trip: “The Locus of Katrina’s Wrath,” G. Paul Kemp, LSU, LA

2006 MathFest -- Knoxville

• Business Meeting: “Saving the California Condor”, Thomas O’Neil, California Polytech S.U.
• MAA Short Course: “Environmental Modeling”, Ben Fusaro, FSU
• Bus Trip: The Oak Ridge Region Geology. Gareth J. Davies, Consulting Geologist

2006 JMM -- San Antonio

• Business Meeting: “Complex Earth,” Bruce Herbert, Texas A & M
• IPS: “Environmental Modeling”
• Bus Trip: “San Marcos Mission Springs,” Bruce Herbert, Texas A & M

2005 MathFest -- Albuquerque

• CPS:  “Environmental Mathematics”
• “Conversations on the Environment”, Fred Chichester, NJ, and Stephanie Fitchett, Florida Atlantic Univ.
• Bus Trip: Rio Grande Nature Center. Bill Stone, N.M. Institute of Minerals & Tech.

2005 JMM -- Atlanta

• Invited Address: “The Fractal Geometry of Nature and Culture”,  Benoit Mandelbrot, Yale University
• CPS: “Environmental Mathematics and the Interdisciplinary”
• IPS: “Modeling the Environment”
• Panel: “Mathematical Outreach and the Environment”

2004 MathFest -- Providence

• Business Meeting: “Challenges of Environmental Consulting”, Charles Hadlock, Bentley Univ., MA
• Walking Tour: “Environment of Providence”, Barry Schiller, RI College
• Ferry Trip: Narragansett Bay Saul Saila, Oceanography-Geology, Univ. of Rhode Island.

2004 JMM -- Phoenix

• Business Meeting: “America’s Low Energy IQ”, Marcia Sward, Senior Director, National Environmental Education Training Foundation
• CPS: “Mathematical Models of the Environment”
• Panel:  “Environmental Mathematics In the Classroom”
• Bus Trip: “Geology and Mathematics” Steve Semken, ASU, AZ
• Dinner with speaker: “Max Dehn and Spaceship Earth”, F.A. Wattenburg, USMA, NY