AMS Displays Mathematics at Capitol Hill Exhibition

Kenneth M. Golden, University of Utah, represented the AMS at the ninth annual exhibition of the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) held June 17, 2003. Professor Golden presented a lively exhibit on "Mathematics of Sea Ice" that included videos of his expeditions to the Antarctic and the Arctic.  The exhibit attracted a constant stream of Congressional staff and Members of Congress throughout the reception. The CNSF Exhibition, held on Capitol Hill, drew a record crowd of over 300 visitors.

To read more about Dr. Golden's research on the permeability of sea ice, please see the AMS Mathematical Moments "Going with the Floes." 

The CNSF is an alliance of over one hundred scientific and professional societies and universities that have banded together with the goal of increasing the federal investment in the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of the CNSF Exhibition is to provide a forum where Congressional representatives and their staffs can learn about scientific and engineering research being funded by the NSF. Samuel M. Rankin III, Director of the AMS Washington Office, is the Chair of the CNSF and this year's exhibition and reception was organized by AMS staff.

Thirty-one organizations and universities set up display booths and brought in scientists and engineers to talk about their work. The informal setting provided a good opportunity for one-on-one discussion of the projects presented.

Kenneth M. Golden (Univ of Utah)  with Congressional visitors
Photo J. David Sims

Previous AMS exhibits at CNSF Exhibitions include:

• Liquid Films and Image Inpainting presented by Andrea Bertozzi, Duke University
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Made Possible by NSF presented by Dr. John Bush, MIT
• Computer Simulation of Blood Flow in the Heart presented by Charles S. Peskin, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
• Mathematical Foundations of Image Analysis and Computational Vision presented by Don McClure, Brown University
• Ergotic Theory presented by Doug Lind, University of Washington
• The Energy of Knots presented with JPBM by Jonathan K. Simon, University of Iowa and Gregory R. Buck, Saint Anselm College

For information on the annual CNSF Exhibition & Reception, please visit the CNSF website.