Communicating Applied Mathematics: Four Examples

Communicating Applied Mathematics is a writingand speaking-intensive graduate course at North Carolina State University. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief description of the course objectives and the assignments. Parts A–D of of this article represent the class projects and illustrate the outcome of the course: • The Evolution of an Optimization Test Problem: From Motivation to Implementation, by Daniel E. Finkel and Jill P. Reese • Finding the Volume of a Powder from a Single Surface Height Measurement, by Christopher Kuster • Finding Oscillations in Resonant Tunneling Diodes, by Matthew Lasater • A Shocking Discovery: Nonclassical Waves in Thin Liquid Films, by Rachel Levy