For the past six years Jim has also been
preparing students for the
Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM). His students have an
enviable record of success, with seven teams that he has coached
receiving the Outstanding Winner Award, and five of those seven winning
additional awards from the MAA, INFORMS, and SIAM.
Since 1994 Jim has organized a Mathday at UW, bringing 1,200 high
schoolers from the Northwest to the campus. It is an
opportunity to showcase the relevance of mathematics to a variety of
disciplines.
In addition, he is the codirector of the Summer Institute for
Mathematics at the University of Washington. This program
brings twenty-four high schoolers from the U.S. and Canada to campus
for six weeks in the summer. They take courses in the mornings
and
have lectures, activities, and field trips in the afternoons, with
speakers from academia and industry.
In 2003 Jim received the Distinguished Teaching Award at the University
of Washington. In 2005 Jim won the Education Prize
from the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences at the
University of British Columbia. In addition to making time
for
all of these initiatives, Jim is also a highly successful researcher
who has published results of lasting influence. He is most
deserving
of the Haimo Distinguished Teaching Award.
Maintained by Afton H. Cayford, at The University of British Columbia.
Last updated 31 March, 2008