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Daniel Catello
  • Mathematics
  • Class of 2014
  • Youngstown, Ohio

YSU Student Daniel Catello of Youngstown, Ohio, Excels at National MathFest

2012 Aug 13

Daniel Catello of Youngstown, Ohio, a student at Youngstown State University, made a presentation at the Annual Summer Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America and Pi Mu Epsilon. The meeting, commonly known as MathFest, was in Madison, Wis., earlier this summer.

Catello made a presentation titled, Goursat's "Other" Theorem.

In all, 10 undergraduate students in the YSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics attended and gave presentations. YSU students have now won 30 awards in the last eight years of MathFest competitions.

"The real value of participating in this and other conferences is to expose our students to the variety of mathematics that occurs throughout society and to encourage interactions with students and faculty from other universities," said George Yates, YSU associate professor of Mathematics and Statistics. "Another goal is to excite students about mathematics and involve them in professional activities that lead to a lifetime of learning."

YSU mathematics faculty attending the MathFest event included Yates, Angela Spalsbury and Tom Wakefield. Faculty who advised students on their projects included Yates, Wakefield, Spalsbury, Tom Smotzer, Nathan Ritchey, Neil Flowers and Jacek Fabrykowski.

The MathFest trip was supported the YSU College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, the YSU Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, Pi Mu Epsilon, Mathematical Association of America and a grant from the National Science Foundation.

For more information on the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at YSU, visit http://web.ysu.edu/stem/math.

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