Math Students Win Awards in State Competition


Math Team Scores in Competition From MCC Infonet - April 26, 2010 The College Math Team took third place - first among all two-year colleges in the Garden State Undergraduate Math Conference sponsored by the Mathematics Association of America. This year's competition took place at Middlesex County College and featured 25 teams from colleges and universities in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Middlesex finished first among all New Jersey schools. "We have a lot of excellent students here," sadi Professor Paul Bachmann, the team's advisor. "The best come to MCC and our department does a great job of moving them to the next level. With the high technology and advanced placement, it is such a positive influence here." The team consists of Kevin Wong, Daniel Snider and Zizhou Zhao. Mr. Wog placed fourth in the individual part of the competition out of 100 students. "Everything I know about Calculus I've learned here at MCC, so my performance in this competition is really a reflection of the quality of education I've received here." Mr. Wong said. "It's pretty cool that we can compete on an equal or greater level than four-year colleges like NJIT or Rutgers. I really owe everything to two phenomenal professors, Michael Scanlon and Simon Aloff." The competition was broken down into two parts: team and individual. The team part involved all three members working together on 10 mathematical prblems; the individual part consisted of students working individually for an hour on 20 mathematical problems. Participating schools included Stony Brook, which won the event, the University of Scranton, which fiished second, as well as Rutgers University, The College of New Jersey, College of St. Elizabeth, Montclair State Univeristy, Rowan University and Ramapo College. Math Students Are First Among Community Colleges From This Month at Middlesex April 2009 For the third year in a row, the College math team has taken first place honors for community colleges and fourth among all competing colleges at the New Jersey Undergraduate Math League Competition held at Monmouth University. The Middlesex team, under the tutelage of Professor Paul Bachmann, was outscored only by Princeton, the Rutgers A-Team and University of Scranton. Of the 28 competing teams, each consisting of three individuals, the Middlesex members placed sixth, ninth and 28th among the 84 competing students. The math team consisted of Alex Filiakov, Saarth Shah and Kevin Wong. “We are extremely proud of our outstanding students,” said Dr. Maria DeLucia, chair of the mathematics department at Middlesex. “They are examples of the kind of very bright students who come here to begin their college education and to learn, taking full advantage of the options they have. They are outstanding reminders to never overlook the community college when it comes to educating the superior student.” Professor Bachmann, who has been the team advisor for the six years that the New Jersey Mathematical Association has been holding the competition, praises the students and their love of math. “I enjoy working with them and hearing how their minds are so absorbed with mathematics,” he said. “They are forever asking me to challenge them with new problems and are delighted and excited about what they are learning and what they can do. These are very smart kids who come here specifically for mathematics education.” Math Students Win Awards in State Competition Posted on FYI on April 18, 2008 For the second year in a row, the Middlesex County College math team has taken first place honors for community colleges and sixth among all competing colleges at the New Jersey Undergraduate Math Competition held on April 12 at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ. The annual competition, a part of the Mathematics Association of America spring meeting, hosted 36 teams and 97 students in team an individual events pitting the best against the best. The math team, all traditional-age men who will return to MCC next year, consisted of Alex Filakov of New Brunswick, Anthony Leontiev of Monroe Township and Saarth Shah of Edison. In the individual competition, math and physics major Alex Filiakov scored sixth highest among all 97 competitors in this impartial, heavily proctored test. "We are extremely proud of our outstanding students," said Dr. Maria DeLucia, chair of the Mathematics Department at Middlesex. "They are examples of the kind of very bright students who come here to learn and know that they have options. Sometimes community colleges are overlooked when people think of educating the superior student. We know that the New Jersey Stars program will challenge that thinking." Professor Paul Bachmann, who has been the team advisor for the five years that the New Jersey Math Association has been holding the competition, praises the students and their love of math. "I enjoy working with them and hearing how their minds are so absorbed with mathematics," he said. "They are forever asking me to challenge them with new problems and are delighted and excited about what they are learning and what they can do. These are very smart kids who came here specifically for math education." In addition to the satisfaction of superior accomplishment, the students' reward for their test performance is a certificate of achievement from the Mathematical Association of America and a treat to dinner hosted by professor Bachmann.

Math Team Scores in Competition

From MCC Infonet - April 26, 2010

The College Math Team took third place - first among all two-year colleges in the Garden State Undergraduate Math Conference sponsored by the Mathematics Association of America. This year's competition took place at Middlesex County College and featured 25 teams from colleges and universities in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Middlesex finished first among all New Jersey schools.

"We have a lot of excellent students here," sadi Professor Paul Bachmann, the team's advisor. "The best come to MCC and our department does a great job of moving them to the next level. With the high technology and advanced placement, it is such a positive influence here."

The team consists of Kevin Wong, Daniel Snider and Zizhou Zhao. Mr. Wog placed fourth in the individual part of the competition out of 100 students.

"Everything I know about Calculus I've learned here at MCC, so my performance in this competition is really a reflection of the quality of education I've received here." Mr. Wong said. "It's pretty cool that we can compete on an equal or greater level than four-year colleges like NJIT or Rutgers. I really owe everything to two phenomenal professors, Michael Scanlon and Simon Aloff."

The competition was broken down into two parts: team and individual. The team part involved all three members working together on 10 mathematical prblems; the individual part consisted of students working individually for an hour on 20 mathematical problems.

Participating schools included Stony Brook, which won the event, the University of Scranton, which fiished second, as well as Rutgers University, The College of New Jersey, College of St. Elizabeth, Montclair State Univeristy, Rowan University and Ramapo College.

Math Students Are First
Among Community Colleges

From This Month at Middlesex April 2009

For the third year in a row, the College math team has taken first place honors for community colleges and fourth among all competing colleges at the New Jersey Undergraduate Math League Competition held at Monmouth University. The Middlesex team, under the tutelage of Professor Paul Bachmann, was outscored only by Princeton, the Rutgers A-Team and University of Scranton. Of the 28 competing teams, each consisting of three individuals, the Middlesex members placed sixth, ninth and 28th among the 84 competing students.

The math team consisted of Alex Filiakov, Saarth Shah and Kevin Wong.

“We are extremely proud of our outstanding students,” said Dr. Maria DeLucia, chair of the mathematics department at Middlesex. “They are examples of the kind of very bright students who come here to begin their college education and to learn, taking full advantage of the options they have. They are outstanding reminders to never overlook the community college when it comes to educating the superior student.”

Professor Bachmann, who has been the team advisor for the six years that the New Jersey Mathematical Association has been holding the competition, praises the students and their love of math. “I enjoy working with them and hearing how their minds are so absorbed with mathematics,” he said. “They are forever asking me to challenge them with new problems and are delighted and excited about what they are learning and what they can do. These are very smart kids who come here specifically for mathematics education.”

Math Students Win Awards
in State Competition

Posted on FYI on April 18, 2008

For the second year in a row, the Middlesex County College math team has taken first place honors for community colleges and sixth among all competing colleges at the New Jersey Undergraduate Math Competition held on April 12 at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ.

The annual competition, a part of the Mathematics Association of America spring meeting, hosted 36 teams and 97 students in team an individual events pitting the best against the best.

The math team, all traditional-age men who will return to MCC next year, consisted of Alex Filakov of New Brunswick, Anthony Leontiev of Monroe Township and Saarth Shah of Edison. In the individual competition, math and physics major Alex Filiakov scored sixth highest among all 97 competitors in this impartial, heavily proctored test.

"We are extremely proud of our outstanding students," said Dr. Maria DeLucia, chair of the Mathematics Department at Middlesex. "They are examples of the kind of very bright students who come here to learn and know that they have options. Sometimes community colleges are overlooked when people think of educating the superior student. We know that the New Jersey Stars program will challenge that thinking."

Professor Paul Bachmann, who has been the team advisor for the five years that the New Jersey Math Association has been holding the competition, praises the students and their love of math. "I enjoy working with them and hearing how their minds are so absorbed with mathematics," he said. "They are forever asking me to challenge them with new problems and are delighted and excited about what they are learning and what they can do. These are very smart kids who came here specifically for math education."

In addition to the satisfaction of superior accomplishment, the students' reward for their test performance is a certificate of achievement from the Mathematical Association of America and a treat to dinner hosted by professor Bachmann.