18 19 Annual Meeting at Saginaw Valley State University, May 4–5, 2012 Tim Husband presented the Distinguished Service Award to Norm Richert. Colin Mulcahy (above and l.), Spelman C, spoke at dinner on “The Mathematics, Magic, and Mystery <strong>of</strong> Martin Gardner”. Thomas Plante, CMU graduate student, spoke on “The Base-Height Property”. Darren Narayan, Rochester Inst. <strong>of</strong> Tech., spoke on “Real World Applications <strong>of</strong> Math”. Kathleen Heid, Penn State U, spoke on preparation for teaching high school mathematics. Sommer Gentry, U.S. Naval Academy, spoke Friday on “Adventures in Operations Research”. Bing Liu (l) and Nancy Colwell are shown at the registration table. Hasan Al-Halees, Chair <strong>of</strong> the Local Arrangements Committee, relaxed with his daughter, Marwa. Doug Ensley recognized Tom Zerger as a 25-year member. Doug Ensley, Shippensburg U., spoke at lunch on Saturday on “Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moe”.
20 21 Contest News <strong>of</strong> the All-Stars, and a grant from the George S. and Helen G. Deffenbaugh Foundation, with in-kind support from the coaches’ institutions. The 2012 American Regions Math League (ARML) competition took place on June 2 on the campuses <strong>of</strong> four universities: Iowa, Penn State, Georgia, and Nevada-Las Vegas. A total <strong>of</strong> 140 teams each represented various regions <strong>of</strong> the United States and Canada. Teams from eight countries also participated in the International Regions Mathematics League (IRML). This year the <strong>Michigan</strong> All-Stars fielded three full teams <strong>of</strong> 15 students each, two in the A division and one in the B division. The <strong>Michigan</strong> A1 Reals placed 16th nationally out <strong>of</strong> a field <strong>of</strong> 78 in the A division. They were fourth at the Iowa site in the A division. Individual round top scorer with 7 was David Lu, Detroit Country Day School. Team co-captains were Hirsh Jain, International Academy, and Vikram Prasad, Troy Athens HS. The <strong>Michigan</strong> A2 Naturals placed 52nd nationally out <strong>of</strong> a field <strong>of</strong> 78 teams in the A division. In 2011 they were #1 in the country in the B division and required to move up to A. Individual round top scorer with 7 was Steven Cheng, Troy HS. Team co-captains were Rohit Bhadange, Farmington HS, and Kevin Wu, St. Joseph HS. The <strong>Michigan</strong> B1 Primes ranked 13 out <strong>of</strong> 62 teams in the B division. They were fourth at the Iowa site in the B division. Individual round top scorers with 5 were Nishant Kakar, Novi HS, Perry Lee, Walled Lake Western HS, Siyan Daniel Li, Ann Arbor Pioneer HS, and Priyanka Shanmugasundaram, Farmington HS. Team co-captains were Tian Cathy Dong, DCDS, and Kevin Lee, Ann Arbor Huron HS. The contest consists <strong>of</strong> four parts: Team problems, 20 minutes for 10 problems; Power problem, one hour for a sequence <strong>of</strong> related problems requiring pro<strong>of</strong>; Individual problems, 10 problems, 10 minutes for each group <strong>of</strong> two; and the Relay round, short problems requiring a number to be passed back to the next team member. Groups <strong>of</strong> three get six minutes to complete each <strong>of</strong> two Relays. A tiebreaker round is held for ties for the top score in the Individual round. Complete information can be found at www.arml.com. Team coaches were Ruth Favro (LTU), Ada Dong (OU), Dave Friday (Grand Rapids CC), and guest coaches Mike Bolt (Calvin C) and Michael “Cap” Khoury (UM-AA). Assistant coaches were former team members Paul Lewis and Nicholas Triantafillou (both UM-AA) and Nikita Consul, Krithika Shanmugasundaram, and Ram Bhaskar (all MIT). The <strong>Michigan</strong> All-Star Project is an activity <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Michigan</strong> <strong>Section</strong>-<strong>MAA</strong>. We recruit from the top 100+ winners <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Michigan</strong> Mathemaics Prize Competition. Thanks to our supporters: the alumni/ae, parents, and coaches During the 2011–2012 academic year, 6,751 <strong>Michigan</strong> students participated in the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC)—4,065 students from 54 schools in AMC 8 and a total <strong>of</strong> 2,686 students in AMC 10/12, among them 2,096 students from 48 schools in AMC 10/12A and 590 students from 18 schools in AMC 10/12B. Among the <strong>Michigan</strong> AMC winners for the 2011–2012 academic year, there are two perfect scorers for AMC 8, a three-way tie for AMC 10B, one top scorer for each <strong>of</strong> the other three AMC high school competitions (AMC 10A, AMC 12A, and AMC 12B), and eight USAMO qualifiers. The AMC 8 perfect scorers are Yannis Bi (an 8th grader from Meads Mill Middle School, Northville) and Justin Xu (an 8th grader from Boulan Park Middle School, Troy). The top scorers for the two AMC 10 high school competitions are: Ankan Bhattacharya (a 7th grader from ICAE, Troy), Heesu Hwang (a 10th grader from AAMOC, Troy), Dhruv Medarametla (an 8th grader from ICAE, Troy), and Aaron Zeng (a 10th grader from Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills). The top scorers for the two AMC 12 senior high school competitions are Eric Ryu (a 10th grader from Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills), and Apurva Shrivastava (a 10th grader from ICAE, Troy). In 2012, a total <strong>of</strong> 126 <strong>Michigan</strong> students qualified for the AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Examination), 82 through AMC 10/12A and 44 through AMC 10/12B. Among them, eight qualified for the USAMO (United States <strong>of</strong> America <strong>Mathematical</strong> Olympiad). The USAMO qualifiers are Hirsh Jain (a 11th grader from ICAE, Troy), David Lu (a 12th grader from Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills), Akhil Nistala (a 11th grader from ICAE, Troy), Raj Raina (a 10th grader from ICAE, Troy), Eric Ryu (a 10th grader from Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills), Apurva Shrivastava (a 10th grader from ICAE, Troy), Peter Su (a 12th grader from Plymouth Canton Educational Park, Canton), and Michael Yu (an 11th grader from Athens High School, Troy). Among the <strong>Michigan</strong> AMC senior winners, David Lu is attending MIT and Peter Su is attending UM-AA. The ICAE (Indus Center for Academic Excellence, Troy) team is the top AMC team winner <strong>of</strong> Region 4 (including Indiana, <strong>Michigan</strong>, and Ohio) this year. Other schools on the top five in the region are: Detroit Country Day School (Beverly Hills), Novi Senior High School (Novi), and Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills). Ruth Favro, LTU and Ada Dong, OU
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