This summer's Applied Mathematical Research Experience should prove to be one of the best. Since it's creation in 1994, the program has built an impeccable reputation of the impressive work Wooster students are able to offer to local businesses. Many companies were interested in AMRE for this summer. While at this time, specific outlines of the projects are sketchy, a vague idea of each can be determined.

Participating this summer are Siddhant Kaul ('00), Francis Browne ('99), and Robert Buckley ('00), all CS majors who will be working with Bell & Howell Publication Systems Co. This company produces manuals for parts and services and is looking to internationalize. These three students are asked to make significant changes in the computer programs in order that the computers can handle different languages and their characters. Dale Brown will advise these students.

Working with the Gerstenslager Company are Sohil Parekh ('99), Smita Narayan ('00), and Jennifer Leete ('00).  Advised by John Ramsay, this group of all math majors will be asked to improve the inventory accuracy analysis within the computers. Problems with inventory have become rather frequent, and Gerstenslager is looking to make a proposal for a huge initiative to improve accuracy. The three students will be working out the problem for a small segment, which will be used as justification to go larger with the correctional program.

Comprised of a computer science major, an economics major, and a math major (Rick Hochstetler ('99), Mirza Zeeshan Ahmed ('00), and Carey McGilliard ('00), respectively), the third project entails a combination of both math and CS. Working with LuK Incorporated and advised by Chuck Hampton, this project is slightly harder to understand. Entitled "Unformed Blade Specification in Turbine Blade Design," this project requires finding the correct specifications to cut the blade for a fan. The fans are designed on a computer, so after the proper specifications for the cuts are attained, a computer program must be written for the company to use this knowledge.

As usual, this summer's program will run for eight weeks, beginning on May 12 and concluding on July 3. The nine students hold regular working hours, and are able to live on campus for the duration of the program. The reason for starting a week earlier than most campus summer jobs and, in effect, living with no hot water or Lowry meals, is that the sooner they get started, the sooner they can go home.

Each of the students will receive a tour of all three companies and will need to spend the eight weeks working through the problem, giving presentations periodically, as well as displaying the final report.