During SCUDEM VIII 2023 (SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations) challenge period, Oct. 21 – Nov. 14, 2023, a student team from Penn State Berks, with preliminary help from coach Dr. Cesar Martínez-Garza, worked on one of three challenge problems in which they created a mathematical model using differential equations and prepared a 10-minute video presentation on their work for judging. Teams consisted of three or fewer high school or undergraduate students from one institution, as well as teams consisting of participants from different institutions. In all, some 424 students worked as teams, in some cases across the globe, and in most cases from one campus on one of three scenarios, and then produced a 10-minute video to share their results and get feedback and scores for awards from some 285 faculty or industry judges.
See https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/scudem for complete details and problems.
Students attempted to address a problem using the power and elegance of the mathematics they have learned and learned by working on their problem and then shared it with others in their video presentations. This year’s challenges from which students selected their problem they wished to work on included Kangaroo Care, Punishing Infants, and Dog Cannot Catch.
Outstanding Award-winning videos (37) will be placed on SIMIODE’s YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/SIMIODE in early January 2024.
Recent SCUDEM events have had students, coaches, and judges engage from the following countries and regions: Albania, Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Macao, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Netherlands, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe.
The event, SCUDEM VII 2023 (SIMIODE Challenge Using Differential Equations), for high school and undergraduate students was sponsored by SIMIODE – Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, funded in part by the National Science Foundation in the United States. Anyone interested in modeling with mathematics, specifically with the STEM pivotal material known as differential equations, can join SIMIODE for free at https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/simiode.
In addition to SCUDEM outreach, SIMIODE offers (1) a very low-cost textbook, Differential Equations: A Toolbox for Modeling the World, which is receiving excellent reviews and reception, as well as (2) an annual EXPO International conference in February of each year. SIMIODE EXPO 2024 is a three-day event, Feb. 9-11, 2024. Join our community and share the experiences of teaching through modeling.
SCUDEM IX 2024 will take place in the same time frame during fall 2024.
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