2006 MCM at UAF

The MCM is the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, is a take-home applied simulation and mathematics contest.  Teams of three undergraduates spend 96 hours writing code and preparing a writeup for either of two problems.  The writeups from across the world are then read, and the "Outstanding" writeups are published in the COMAP journal.  UAF has had quite a few Outstanding papers in the past.

In the 2006 MCM competition, both UAF teams were rated "Meritorious", the second-highest possible ranking! Of the 970 teams competing, from across the world:
See the UAF Press Release.

The MCM 2006 problems were an irrigation problem and an airport problem.


Team "GRO", Paul Gentemann, Alex Ross, and Kent Overstreet, chose the irrigation problem.  You can read their writeup (7MB PDF) or download their code and data (7MB tar-gzip).

Distribution of water over a field irrigated with four nozzles

Team "SLY", consisting of Troy Lawlor, Jay Schamel, and Elyse Yeager, chose the airport problem.  You can read their writeup (900K PDF) or download their code and data (5.7MB tar-gzip).

Spokane Airport Floorplan and Simulation
Posted by Dr. Lawlor, MCM 2006 Faculty Advisor.