The George Washington University

Washington, DC

 

Summer Program for Women in Mathematics
 

SPWM Field Trips

Field Trips (SPWM)

One day each week is devoted to an area of application of mathematics and an associated field trip. These activities bring the participants into contact with women mathematicians in their own workplace and expose the participants to current issues at the forefront of mathematics, the wide variety of applications of mathematics, the depth and complexity of the kinds of mathematics involved, and the possibilities for careers related to mathematics.

 

In 2007, the field trips were to

  • U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Maryland
  • Fannie Mae, Washington, DC
  • National Security Agency and National Cryptologic Museum, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Northrop Grumman- TASC, Chantilly, Virginia
  • The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, Virginia

In 2006, the field trips were to

  • U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Maryland
  • Dibner Library, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • Science Committee Room, U.S. House of Representatives, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
  • National Security Agency and National Cryptologic Museum, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Northrop Grumman- TASC, Chantilly, Virginia
  • The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, Virginia

In  2005, the field trips were to

  • U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Maryland
  • Dibner Library, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • Northrup Grumman- TASC, Chantilly, Virginia
  • The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, Virginia
  • National Security Agency and National Cryptologic Museum, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland
  • Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.

In 2004, the field trips were to

  • U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Maryland
  • Northrup Grumman- TASC, Chantilly, Virginia
  • Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), McLean, Virginia
  • Dibner Library, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • National Academy of Sciences Museum, Washington, DC
  • National Security Agency and National Cryptologic Museum, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland

In 2003, the field trips were to

  • Dibner Library, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • Arena Stage and readings of the play: Proof
  • Science Committee Room, U.S. House of Representatives, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
  • National Security Agency and National Cryptologic Museum, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Maryland
  • Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), McLean, Virginia
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland


In 2002, the field trips were to

  • Dibner Library, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • National Security Agency and National Cryptologic Museum, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland
  • SIAM 50th Anniversary Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Maryland
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
  • Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), McLean, Virginia

 


In 2001, the field trips were to

  • Dibner Library, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO 2001) at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
  • IMO 2001 Awards Ceremony at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington, DC
  • Science Committee Room, U.S. House of Representatives, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
  • National Security Agency and National Cryptologic Museum, Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Suitland, Maryland
  • Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), McLean, Virginia

For further details of these field trips, and some photographs, follow this link: Fieldtrips2001.
 


In 2000, the field trips were to

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
  • National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland
  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC

In 1999, the field trips were to

  • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
  • National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland
  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

In 1998, the field trips were to

  • Center for Computing Sciences, Bowie, Maryland
  • Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
  • National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland
  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC


In 1997, the field trips were to

  • Center for Computing Sciences, Bowie, Maryland
  • Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland
  • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC


In 1996, the field trips were to

  • Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland
  • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • National Security Agency


In 1995, the field trips were to

  • Center for Computing Science, Bowie, Maryland
  • Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
  • National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
  • National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock, Maryland
  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC


During 1995-98, we also spent a day each summer at Maryland Science Center in Baltimore to visit the exhibit entitled Beyond Numbers. This exhibit opened in June 1995, and was designed by four faculty members of the George Washington University Mathematics Department.

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