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Mathletes wanted

Published: November 12, 2009
Registration is open for the Kettering University Mathematics Olympiad Nov. 21. Prizes include a full-tuition scholarship and $1,000 gift card.

Published: October 12, 2009
Kettering University's Dr. Brian McCartin will receive the prestigious 2010 Chauvenet Prize for Mathematical Expository Writing from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for his writings on e.

Commencement is June 13

Published: June 02, 2009
Kettering University will graduate almost 300 undergraduate and graduate students during ceremonies June 13. Former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, Michael M. Wood, will receive an honorary degree.

Contact fatigue by the numbers

Published: December 01, 2008
Kettering's Dr. Ilya Kudish is one of 18 of the world's leading authorities on rolling contact fatigue. He and his colleagues met in Lyon, France, this year to try to mathematically unravel contact fatigue.

Honoring excellence

Published: October 10, 2008
Kettering University recently recognized seven faculty members for outstanding teaching, research and citizenship at University Conference.

Changing of the guard

Published: October 10, 2008
An impending retirement heralds a change at Kettering as beloved math professor "Doc" Green prepares to retire at the end of the calendar year.

Honoring 315 graduates

Published: June 05, 2008
Kettering University will celebrate the accomplishments of 315 graduates and present two honorary degrees at Commencement at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 14, in the Connie and Jim John Recreation Center.

An all-Kettering crew

Published: March 07, 2008
Entrepreneur Kyle Schwulst '02 was having trouble finding the employees he needed to grow his fledgling engineering company, then he hired a Kettering co-op and the rest is history.

Calculating to win

Published: February 21, 2008
A Saginaw high school junior won the "gold medal" in the Kettering Math Olympiad - a full academic scholarship.

International recognition

Published: August 31, 2007
Dr. Brian McCartin has been named a Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy.

Kettering launches online research digest

Published: February 09, 2007
In response to growing interest among Kettering alumni and visitors to the institution's website regarding the desire to learn more about faculty research projects and publications, the University recently developed the Technical Research News Digest website.

Running the numbers

Published: October 13, 2006
Suzanne Larsen gave up a career at General Motors to help college students break through their math anxiety.

Math degree and research add up

Published: September 08, 2006
A 2006 Kettering graduate majoring in Applied Mathematics has been accepted into the Mathematical Sciences Ph.D. program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Professor joins international editorial board

Published: August 11, 2006
Dr. Brian J. McCartin, professor of Applied Mathematics at Kettering University, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the new international journal Applied Mathematical Sciences (AMS).

Math Olympiad is April 29

Published: April 14, 2006
About 75 students are expected to participate in the sixth Kettering Mathematics Olympiad on Saturday, April 29.

Role of Editor challenging

Published: January 20, 2006
Dr. Ilya Kudish was appointed associate editor for the ASME Journal of Tribology soon after being named an ASME Fellow.

New technologies need new math

Published: November 04, 2005
Traditional mathematical equations to rapidly calculate heat transfer don't work with new technologies like lasers. A Kettering undergrad developed a numerical solution to the problem with a little help from his professor.