Rachel Kuske, Fernando Reitich, and Fadil Santosa, Organizers
University of Minnesota

Team Reports
Team 1	Team 4
Team 2	Team 5
Team 3	Team 6

The 6 reports are published as IMA Preprint 1866 in the July 2002 series.

The IMA is holding a 9-day workshop on Mathematical Modeling in Industry. The workshop is designed to provide graduate students and qualified advanced undergraduates with first hand experience in industrial research.

Format

Students will work in teams of up to 6 students under the guidance of a tutor from industry. The tutor will help guide the students in the modeling process, analysis and computational work associated with a real-world industrial problem. Each team will be expected to make a public oral presentation and submit a written report at the end of the 9-day period.

Projects and Industry Mentors

There will be 6 teams participating in the workshop. The following industry scientists have agreed to participate as mentors:

Team	Mentors	Affiliation	Topic
1.	Dr. Leonard J. Borucki borucki@act.sps.mot.com Team 1 Members     Report	Motorola	Modeling of Planarization in Chemical-Mechanical Polishing
2.	Dr. Sonja Glavaski sonja.glavaski@honeywell.com Team 2 Members     Report	Honeywell	Modeling Networked Control Systems
3.	Dr. Thomas A. Grandine thomas.a.grandine@pss.Boeing.com Team 3 Members     Report	Boeing	Designing Airplane Engine Struts Using Minimal Surfaces
4.	Dr. David Shallcross davids@research.telcordia.com Team 4 Members    Report	Telcordia Technologies	Mobility Management in Cellular Telephony
5.	Dr. David Misemer dkmisemer@mmm.com Team 5 Members     Report	3M Corporation	Optimal Design for a Varying Environment pdf     Word
6.	Dr. Suzhou Huang shuang10@ford.com Team 6 Members     Report	Ford	Optimal Pricing Strategy in Differentiated Durable-Goods Markets

Workshop Outline

Day 1 (May 26): Posing of problems by the 6 industry mentors. Half-hour introductory talks in the morning followed by a welcoming lunch. In the afternoon, the teams work with the mentors. The goal at the end of the day is to get the students to start working on the projects.

Day 2-Day 8: Students work on the projects. Mentors guide their groups through the modeling process, leading discussion sessions, suggesting references, and assigning work.

Day 6 (May 31): Informal progress reports by each group. This will be held in the morning.

Day 9 (June 3): Final presentations and submission of written reports. Closing lunch and pizza party. All activities are expected to end by 1:30 pm.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE