Career Options for Women in Mathematical Sciences

March 03 - 05, 2013

Content

Overview

Advisory:

The workshop is co-organized by the IMA and the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Poster:

SW3.3-5.13_poster.pdf

Organizers:

Georgia Benkart	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Erica Klampfl	Ford Motor Company
Irina Mitrea	Temple University
Evelyn Sander	George Mason University
Chehrzad Shakiban	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

This workshop aims to familiarize women in the mathematical sciences with professional opportunities in academics, industry and government labs and to help them thrive in the mathematics related fields. There will also be a special panel discussions to discuss interviewing process, and the principles of negotiation, developing "best alternatives to a negotiated agreement," and understanding your negotiating style.

The audience is graduate students and Ph.D.s in the early stages of their post-graduate careers. Researchers at any stage of their careers will also find it valuable.

Speakers, panelists, and discussion leaders are women in research and management positions in industry and government labs as well as women in academia.

Participants are encouraged to present a poster on their research. Sponsored by the IMA and the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM).

Additional Resources
The Academic Job Market: How to Increase your Odds

Schedule

Sunday, March 03, 2013

12:01 am	Afternoon Chair: Erica Klampfl
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Registration and Coffee	Keller 3-176
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm	Welcome and Introduction Georgia Benkart (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Erica Klampfl (Ford Motor Company), Irina Mitrea (Temple University), Evelyn Sander (George Mason University), Chehrzad Shakiban (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	Keller 3-180
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm	Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer Jasmine Foo (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	Keller 3-180
4:45 pm - 5:15 pm	Modeling of Trace Gas Sensors Susan Minkoff (University of Texas at Dallas)	Keller 3-180
5:15 pm - 6:05 pm	Considering Non-Academic Jobs in Industry Ankur Ganguli (Eaton Corporation), Catherine (Katy) Micek (The Travelers Companies, Inc.)	Keller 3-180
5:15 pm - 6:05 pm	Transforming Eaton Corporation Through Innovation in Power Management Solutions Ankur Ganguli (Eaton Corporation)
5:15 pm - 6:05 pm	Estimating Losses with Predictive Models: Analytics Careers at Travelers Catherine (Katy) Micek (The Travelers Companies, Inc.)
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Dinner and Networking at the Tea House Erica Klampfl (Ford Motor Company)

Monday, March 04, 2013

12:01 am	Morning Chair: Georgia Benkart Afternoon Chair: Evelyn Sander
8:15 am - 8:45 am	Coffee	Keller 3-176
8:45 am - 9:00 am	Welcome and Introduction Fadil Santosa	Keller 3-180
9:00 am - 9:30 am	Conservation Laws for Beginners Barbara Keyfitz (The Ohio State University)	Keller 3-180
9:30 am - 10:00 am	Hidden landscape of wave localization Svitlana Mayboroda (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	Keller 3-180
10:00 am - 10:20 am	Break	Keller 3-176
10:20 am - 11:00 am	Opportunities for Women in Mathematics Loredana Lanzani (University of Arkansas)	Keller 3-180
11:00 am - 11:30 am	Frequency functions, monotonicity formulas, and the thin obstacle problem Donatella Danielli (Purdue University)	Keller 3-180
11:30 am - 12:00 pm	Boxed Lunch Pick-up	Keller 3-176
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch Discussion: Leadership Skills and Developing a Technical Research Program - Starting as a Graduate Student Donatella Danielli (Purdue University), Barbara Keyfitz (The Ohio State University), Irina Mitrea (Temple University)	Keller 3-180
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Image Modeling with Undergraduates and Industry Kathryn Leonard (California State University, Channel Island)	Keller 3-180
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm	Panel Discussion: Job Search and Career Development Skills in the Industry and Quantitative Finance Sector Erica Klampfl (Ford Motor Company)	Keller 3-180
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm	Group Photo	Keller 3-180
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Break	Keller 3-176
3:15 pm - 4:20 pm	Lightening Poster Presentations Evelyn Sander (George Mason University)	Keller 3-180
4:20 pm - 6:00 pm	Reception and Poster Session	Lind 400
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm	Banquet and Keynote Speaker Reinventing yourself: the challenges and opportunities of new paradigms in research and education Jill Pipher (Brown University)

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

12:01 am	Morning Chair: Irina Mitrea
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Coffee	Keller 3-180
9:00 am - 9:30 am	From Groundwater Flow to Crystal Dislocation Dynamics: Solving Differential Equations for the Department of Energy Carol Woodward (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)	Keller 3-180
9:30 am - 10:00 am	Building Diversity in Mathematical Sciences Pamela Williams (LMI Government Consulting)	Keller 3-180
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Designing a Hypersonic Vehicle Laura Lurati (The Boeing Company)	Keller 3-180
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Break	Keller 3-180
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Group Discussion: What We Learned and What We Still Have Questions About Georgia Benkart (University of Wisconsin, Madison)	Keller 3-180
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Boxed Lunch	Keller 3-176

Participants

Name	Department	Affiliation
Jeannine Abiva	Department of Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences	The University of Iowa
Folashade Agusto	Department of Mathematics	Austin Peay State University
Katherine Anders	Department of Mathematics	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Julia Anderson-Lee	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Brittany Baker	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Snehalatha Ballamoole	Department of Mathematics & Statistics	Mississippi State University
Nitsan Ben-Gal	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Soledad Benguria	Mathematics Department	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Georgia Benkart	Department of Mathematics	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chassidy Bozeman	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Amy Buchmann	ACMS	University of Notre Dame
Dagny Butler		University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Patricia Cahn	Mathematics	University of Pennsylvania
Miriam Castillo Gil	Mathematics	Iowa State University
Lakshmi Chandrasekaran		Stowers Institute
Lu Chen	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Kent State University
Weiye (Betty) Chen	Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics	University of Notre Dame
Megan Dailey	Mathematics	University of Kentucky
Donatella Danielli	Department of Mathematics	Purdue University
Michelle Delcourt	Department of Mathematics	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Laurie Derechin	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Maggie Ewing	Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Cynthia Flores	Department of Mathematics	University of California
Jasmine Foo	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Samantha Fuller	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Ankur Ganguli	Eaton Corporate Innovation Center	Eaton Corporation
Aditi Ghosh	Department of Mathematics	Texas A & M University
Megan Gier	Department of Mathematics	University of Kentucky
Heidi Goodson	Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Paula Hamby	Mathematics and Statistics	University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Qing Han	Mathematics	Purdue University
Pamela Harris	Department of Mathematical Sciences	United States Military Academy
Diana Hay	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Cuiyu He	Mathematics	Purdue University
Monique Hladun		University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Leslie Hogben	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Alanna Hoyer-Leitzel	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Sogol Jahanbekam	Department of Mathematics	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gabriela Jaramillo	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Yuhan Jia	Department of Mathematics	The Ohio State University
Nan Jiang	Department of Mathematics	University of Pittsburgh
Yi (Jacky) Jiang	Department of Mathematical Science	Michigan Technological University
Sunnie Joshi	Mathematics	Temple University
Stephanie Kajpust	Department of Mathematical Sciences	Michigan Technological University
Mona Karimi	Aerospace Engineering & Applied Mathematics	Texas A & M University
Isabelle Kemajou-Brown	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Barbara Keyfitz	Department of Mathematics	The Ohio State University
Nicole Kingsley	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Erica Klampfl	Ford Research Laboratory	Ford Motor Company
Vidhya KrishnasamySaraswathy	Department of Mathematics	Mississippi State University
Loredana Lanzani		University of Arkansas
Ellen Le	Program in Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences (AMCS)	The University of Iowa
Kathryn Leonard	Department of Mathematics	California State University, Channel Island
Hongxia Li		University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Anna Lischke	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Sarah Loeb	Department of Mathematics	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Laura Lurati	Department of Applied Mathematics	The Boeing Company
Svitlana Mayboroda	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Olive Mbianda	Department of Mathematics	Southern Illinois University
Catherine (Katy) Micek		The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Susan Minkoff	Department of Mathematical Sciences	University of Texas at Dallas
Irina Mitrea	Department of Mathematics	Temple University
Casey Monday	Mathematics	University of Kentucky
Juliet Ndukum		Visionserve Associates LLC
Grace Ngunkeng	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	Bowling Green State University
Van Nguyen	Mathematics	Texas A & M University
Samantha Oestreicher	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Catherine Patterson	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Catherine Payne	Mathematics & Statistics Department	University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Jill Pipher	Department of Mathematics	Brown University
Camelia Pop	Department of Mathematics	University of Pennsylvania
Candice Price	Department of Mathematics	United States Military Academy
Kahntinetta Pr'Out	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Ke Ren	mathematics	Iowa State University
Bonnie Roberson	Mathematics and Statistics	Mississippi State University
Hwayeon Ryu	Department of Mathematics	Duke University
Zekiye Sahin	Mathematics Department	Texas A & M University
Evelyn Sander	Department of Mathematical Sciences	George Mason University
Radmila Sazdanović	Department of Mathematics	University of Pennsylvania
Madeline Schrier	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Chehrzad Shakiban	Institute of Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Wenhui Shi	Department of Mathematics	Purdue University
Feride Tiglay	Department of Mathematics	Purdue University
Samantha Tracht	Department of Mathematics	University of Tennessee
Carolyn Troha	Department of Mathematics	University of Kentucky
Jing Wang	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Xiaolin Wang	Department of Mathematics	Georgia Institute of Technology
Tracy Weyand	Mathematics	Texas A & M University
Pamela Williams	Supply Chain Management	LMI Government Consulting
Emily Witt		Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Carol Woodward	Center for Applied Scientific Computing	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Selma Yildirim Yolcu	Department of Mathematic	Purdue University
Longhua Zhao	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities