Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Special Session

Current as of Thursday, January 15, 2009 00:44:13

Joint Mathematics Meetings
Washington, DC, January 5-8, 2009 (Monday - Thursday)
Meeting #1046

• Wednesday January 7, 2009, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics and Mathematics Education in Fiber Arts
  McKinley Room, Mezzanine Level, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Sarah-Marie Belcastro, The Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics smbelcas@toroidalsnark.net
  Carolyn A. Yackel, Mercer University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Temari Math and Geometry on the Sphere.
    Carolyn Yackel*, Mercer University
    (1046-20-1195)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Don't Blow a Gasket!
    Ted Ashton*, Linthicum Heights, MD
    (1046-00-760)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Diaper Pattern in Needlepoint.
    Diane L. Herrmann*, University of Chicago
    (1046-00-899)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Semiregular tessellations.
    Irena Swanson*, Reed College
    (1046-52-674)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mathematical Fiber Arts Exhibit
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Visualizing Groups and Subgroups in Counted Cross Stitch.
    Mary D. Shepherd*, Northwest Missouri State University
    (1046-20-903)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Exploring two-dimensional manifolds with crochet hook.
    Daina Taimina*, Cornell University
    (1046-97-962)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Braids, Cables, and Cells: An intersection of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Fiber Arts.
    Joshua Brandon Holden*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1046-37-82)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Braid words in generalized helix stripe patterns.
    Sarah-Marie Belcastro*, Sarah Lawrence College / HCSSiM
    (1046-54-1626)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Calculating Patterns for Knitted Surfaces.
    Amy F. Szczepański*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1046-00-1046)