STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

Students involved in programs offered by the Math and Computer science Department have the opportunity to participate in several activities outside of the classroom that supplement their education.  They have the chance to travel, join organizations and participate in contests.  The hands-on experience helps them prepare for their future careers.  Click on the links to the right to learn more about student activities supported by the department.

At Northern, the technology that continues to drive life is imbedded into the curriculum. Everyday at NMU, you'll be exposed to graphing calculators, Maple, Minitab, Geometer's Sketchpad, Java, numerous workstations and labs, robots and TI InterActive.

We also open the door for you to use a variety of specialized undergraduate research labs that will give you research opportunities and exposure to emerging technologies such as head-mounted displays in our immersive computing and 3D visualization labs.

STUDENT RESEARCH AND TRAVEL

Students have research opportunities along with national and international travel to present their work. Following are a few examples . . .

Argonne National Symposium
Each year 300 or more undergraduates from universities throughout the Midwest attend the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory for their Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics. Many of the students present their research papers and publications to an audience of their peers, Argonne scientists, graduate students and university faculty.
An average of 15 students from this department attend the event annually and four to six of these students present their own research.

Genetic and Evolutional Computation Conference

Correy A. Kowall and Brian J. Krent had their paper,  A Simulation of Evolved Autotrophic Reproduction, accepted for publication and presentation (as a poster) at the international Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), that was held in London, England in July, 2007.  Pictured to the left is Prof. Jeffrey Horn and Correy Kowall at the University College of London.

International IT Conference
Computer science seniors presented at the 2007 International IT Student Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM)
The MCTM is an organization of professionals dedicated to promoting the teaching and learning of meaningful mathematics for all students by supporting educators in their efforts to improve mathematics instruction.  Mathematics education students frequently attend meetings of the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics as well as those of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics.  Students also make presentations at these and other professional conferences..