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Krista Bird
  • Class of 2013
  • Fair Haven, VT

Saint Michael's Student, Krista Bird of Fair Haven, Presented Research at Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

2013 May 3

From fractals to the Archimedean Screw, from nanostructures to Quintic Equations-Saint Michael's College students presented mathematics research across a range of topics. Nineteen Saint Michael's students and five faculty members attended the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference held April 6 at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. The conference celebrates undergraduate mathematics research with students and faculty from across the Northeast.

Krista Bird, daughter of Donna and Patrick Bird of Fair Haven, presented her research on "Techniques for Fractal Terrain Generation". Bird graduated from Fair Haven Union High School before coming to Saint Michael's.

"Our student presenters/participants did an excellent job representing our department and Saint Michael's College at the Conference," said Mathematics Professor George Ashline.

Saint Michael's faculty members George Ashline, Jim Hefferon, Greta Pangborn, and Phil Yates chaired sessions at the conference. Also attending was faculty member Jo Ellis-Monaghan.

Saint Michael's College www.smcvt.edu students are challenged to do their best, find their niche, take on opportunities to grow, and immerse themselves in academic pursuits. Intellectual rigor, compassion, teamwork, caring-these characterize a Saint Michael's experience. A residential Catholic college, Saint Michael's is steeped in the social justice spirit of its founding priests, the Edmundites. Saint Michael's is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top 10 college towns. Headed by President John J. Neuhauser, the college has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Identified by the Princeton Review, 2013 as one of the nation's Best 377 Colleges, and included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013, Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Goldwater, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report rankings.