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2001

In the 2001 Siemens Westinghouse Competition, 7 PROMYS students participated: 2 were semifinalists; 2 others went on to be national finalists. Their research topics included:

"Surreal Dimensions and Their Applications" (Second place, $50,000 scholarship)

"Rainbow Ramsey Theory : Rainbow Arithmetic Progressions and Anti-Ramsey Results" (4th place, $30,000 scholarship)

"Dirichlet Series and Arithmetic Functions"

"An Algebraic Description of Combinatorial Games"

"Elliptic Curves: The Only Path in Solving Fermat's Last Theorem"

"Water Relations in Pinot Noir (Vitis vinifera) Grapevines" (Semifinalist)

"On Chromatic Polynomials and the Properties of their Chromatic Growth Ratios" (Semifinalist)

2000

In the 2000 Siemens Westinghouse Competition, 6 PROMYS students participated: 5 were semifinalists; 1 went on to be a regional finalist. Their research topics included:

On the Hamiltonian Decomposition of Z_m x Z_n (Regional Finalist, $1,000 scholarship)

Improving the Performance of Genetic Algorithms With Dynamic Mutation Rates (Honorable Mention/Semifinalist)

The Effect of Magnetic Ions in a Barrier on Spin Tunneling (Honorable Mention/Semifinalist)

Biochemical Characterization of E-type ATPases (Honorable Mention/Semifinalist)

The Heliotropic Solar Cell: A Novel Approach to Enhance Photovoltaic Efficiencyand Mobility (Semifinalist, team project, participating as a sophomore)

Many others have participated and placed in national competitions, and continue to excel in their academic careers. Our alumni database continues to track their contributions in academics and in their careers.