New York City Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (NYC AMP)
Contact Person: Dr. Maria Psarelli, Director, Room: CP 112, Phone: (718) 289-5375, Email maria.psarelli@bcc.cuny.edu
Background
The NYC AMP is a
federally funded minority research and training program sponsored by a
grant from the
National Science Foundation in collaboration with CUNY. Its goal is
to encourage the participation of minority students in scientific,
engineering and mathematical disciplines (SEM). The AMP at BCC provides
instructional and tutorial support for introductory SEM courses.
Moreover, it also provides funding for supervised research by
undergraduate students.
Along with other CUNY colleges, BCC enthusiastically participates in
the AMP program. Our program has grown during the last years, and we
strongly encourage students to participate, taking advantage of this
unique opportunity to elevate their academic achievement in science,
engineering and mathematics.
The program is structured in research units where faculty members in
the above mentioned disciplines supervise undergraduate research
projects with the participation of selected students.
List of Current AMP Projects
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Project:
“Visualizing Essential Singularities for Complex Ordinary Differential Equationsâ€,
Fall 2014-Spring 2015 |
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Project:
“Evolutionary Game Theoryâ€,
Fall 2014-Spring 2015 |
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Project:
“Nondegenerate linear formsâ€,
Fall 2014-Spring 2015 |
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Project:
“Binary Linear Codes and Decoding by Message-Passingâ€,
Spring 2014-Fall 2014 |
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Project:
“Navigating in a Dynamically Changing Closed Environmentâ€,
Spring 2014- Fall 2014 |
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Project:
“Cops and Robbers on Graphsâ€,
Summer 2013 |
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Project:
“(Coming)â€,
Fall 2013-Spring 2014 |
Recent AMP Projects
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Project:
“The
Sum of Four Squares Theorem and the Hurwitz Integersâ€,
2011-12 |
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Project:
“The
Sum of Four Squares Theorem and Minkowski's Geometry of Numbersâ€,
2011-12 |
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Project:
“Kepler's
Lawsâ€,
2011-12 |
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Project:
“Multidimensional
risk theory and its dualityâ€,
2012 |
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Project:
“Elliptic
Curves Over Finite Fieldsâ€,
2012 |
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Project:
“Introductory
Insights into Knot Theory and Its Applicationsâ€,
2012 |
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Project: “The
arithmetic of a sequence of polynomials associated with the
Fibonacci sequenceâ€,
2010-11 Mentor: Dr. Rony Gouraige, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Student: Freddy Gomez. Major: Computer Science |
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Project: “Introduction
to Point-Set Topology using Moore’s methodâ€,
2010-11 |
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Project: “Modern
Techniques in Solving Linear Differential Equationsâ€,
2010-11 |
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Project: “The
Irrationality of Zeta(2)â€,
2010-11 |
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Project: “Cramer’s
Rule in Boolean Algebraâ€,
2009-10 |
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Project: “The
dynamics of the sums of cubes of the digits of a natural numberâ€,
2009-10 |
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Project: “Continued
fractions and the Frobenius problemâ€,
2009-10 |
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Project: “Icosahedronâ€,
2009-10 |
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Project: "Lissajous knots
", 2008-09 |
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Project: "Jones polynomial and classical invariants of knots
", 2008-09 |
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Project: "Group Characters and the Kesava Menon Identity",
2008-09 |
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Project: "Sums of Squares of Digits,"
2008-09 |
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Project: "Numerical Exploration of Elliptic Curves with
Complex Multiplication," 2008-09 |
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Project: ``Classification of Tricolorable Knots and
Links, II", 2007-08 |
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Project: ``Tricolorable Links and Knot Polynomials",
2007-08 |
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Project: ``The Generalized Division Algorithm",
2007-08 |
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Project: ``Phytoremediation of Aluminum by American and
International Rice Oryza Sativa Cultivars in vitro," 2007-08 |
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Project: ``Properties of polymer environmentally friendly
polymer membranes," 2007-08 |
Further AMP Projects, 2002-2007
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Project: "Arithmetic Eigenvalue Problems,"
2006-07 |
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Project: "Ideal
Class Group of an Imaginary Quadratic Number Field," 2006-07 |
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Project: "The
Number of Points on an Elliptic Curve Modulo p," 2006-07 |
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Project: "Classification
of Tricolarable Knots and Links," 2006-07 |
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Project: "Winning Strategies for a Graph
Deletion Game," 2006-07 |
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Project: "An Exploration of Software
Methods of Handwriting Recognition," 2006-07 |
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Project: "Matrix
Rings of the form R= M_2 (Z/p^n Z), p a rational prime, n a
natural number," Summer 2006 |
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Project: "Integral
Binary Quadratic Forms", Summer 2006 |
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Project: "Quadratic
Number Fields and their Subrings of Algebraic Integers",
Summer 2006 |
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Project: "Pell's
Equation; Use of Continued Fractions for Integral Solutions to Pell's
Equatio," Summer 2006 |
Project: "Solving a 2 by 2 System of Linear Boolean Equations by Elimination," 2005-06
Mentor: Dr. Alex Kheyfits, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistant: Clyde Lewis
Project: "Characteristics of Polymer Blends," 2005-06
Mentor: Dr. Vicki Flaris, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Research Assistant: Sikiru Lawal
Project: "Characterization of Cobomax, an amino-acid-vitamin B12 non-Covalent Complex," 2005-06
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Brennan, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Research Assistant: Oladipupo Ogunnibi
Project: "Statistical Mechanics and Topology Applied to Biopolymers," 2004-05
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Malinsky, Dept. of Physics and Technology
Research Assistant: Julian Diaz
Project: "The Impact of Psychosocial Measures on Depression and Anxiety Among Ethnically Diverse Students," 2004-05
Mentor: Dr. Jude Eugene, Dept. of Social Sciences
Research Assistant: Yomayra Reyno
Project: "Constructing Large Planar Networks," 2004-05
Mentor: Dr. Cormac O'Sullivan, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistant: Koami Semanyo
Project: "Properties of Symplectomorphisms", 2003-04
Mentor: Dr. Andrew McInerney, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistant: Stephany Soria
Project: "Legendre Curves in R3", 2003-04
Mentor: Dr. Andrew McInerney, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistant: Aida Wade
Project: "Flows of Hamiltonian Vector Fields", 2003-04
Mentor: Dr. Andrew McInerney, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistant: Raysa Martinez
Project: "Stirling, Bell and Bernoulli Numbers", 2003-04
Mentor: Dr. Cormac O'Sullivan, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistants: William DiNapoli, Sylvia Osuyi Ekpu
Project: "Visualizing the Sweep Line Algorithm for Computing the Voronoi Diagram", 2003-04
Mentor: Dr. Sharon Persinger, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistants: Santa Gonzalez, Anny Garcia
Project: "Cellular Automata and the Game of Life", 2003-04
Mentor: Dr. Ivan Petrovic, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistants: Eddy Coronado, Craig Roach
Project: "Turing Machines and their Applications towards Cellular Automata", 2003-04
Mentor: Dr. Ivan Petrovic, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistant: Koami Semanyo
Project: "Computational Studies of the Natural Medicinal", 2004
Mentor: Dr. Thomas Brennan, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Research Assistant: Charles Asamoah
Project: "Developing a New Technique for Measuring Interfacial Tension for Polymers", 2004
Mentor: Dr. Neal Phillip, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Research Assistant: Raul Gilles
Project: "Studies on Metal Chelates of Vitamin B6 Model Compounds", 2003-04
Mentor: Dr. Kamal Ismail, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Research Assistant: Ellen Olajide
Project: "The Development of an Ion Chromatographic Method to Quantitate Low levels of Anionic Pollutants in Cloud Water and Snow Samples", 2003-04
Mentor: Dr. Neal Phillip, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Research Assistant: Lydia Owusu
Project: "Asymptotic and Numerical Study of the Location of Zeroes of a Special Transcendental Equation", 2002-03
Mentor: Dr. Alexander Kheyfits, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistant: Halimatu Mohammed
Project: "Cellular Automata and the Game of Life", 2003
Mentor: Dr. Roman Kossak, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistants: Eddy Coronado, James Boakye
Project: "Deviation and Optimization of Non-Smooth Functions", 2002-03
Mentor: Dr. Mohamed Messaoudene, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistant: Rafiah Vitalis
Project: "The Fibonacci Numbers Modulo p, Quadratic Reciprocity and Searching for Large Primes", 2002-03
Mentor: Dr. Cormac O'Sullivan, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Research Assistants: Craig Salmon, Sylvia Osuyi Ekpu
Project: "Bioinformatics and Physical Properties of Biopolymers", 2002-03
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Malinsky, Dept. of Physics and Technology
Research Assistants: Lendon Simpson, Alexis Quiroga
Project: "Extraterrestrial Impacts and Mass Extinctions", 2002-03
Mentor: Dr. Luis Enrique Montenegro, Dept. of Physics and Technology
Research Assistant: Esmeraldo Castro, Godwin Dike
Highlights
Aliou Diop, a Bronx Commmunity College alumnus
of
the 2001 class, began his undergraduate research with the AMP program
in Spring 2000 under the mentorship of Dr. Andrew McInerney of the
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science. A year later, he was among
the first eight CUNY students and the first BCC student to be awarded
the AMP Carver Scholarship. In this capacity, he presented his work in
Science Fairs at both BCC and CUNY and in several undergraduate
research conferences around the country. In Fall 2002, while a junior
at Lehman College, he was among a handful of talented undergraduates
recruited from throughout the US to participate in the MASS
(Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters) Program at Penn State
University. He completed his B.S. in Mathematics at Lehman College in
the Spring of 2003 and is currently pursuing his Ph.D degree in
Mathematics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York!!!
The AMP and the Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science at BCC is
proud of accomplishments of students like Aliou Diop and is looking
forward to scout for a new generation of talented students in sciences
and mathematics.
