2011-2012 Fellows

Ross Sweet

Degree Sought : Ph.D. in Mathematics
Research Focus:

School Name : Heath School, Brookline
Teaching Partner: Bob Miller
Ross's Project GLACIER Site


Ross is a PhD student in the Mathematics and Statistics Department at Boston University.  His research, with advisor Dr. Takashi Kimura, focuses on a generalization of orbifold cohomology.  He is working with Bob Miller's sixth grade math and science classes at Heath School in Brookline.  Their focus for GLACIER is an increased integration of math and science throughout the curriculum, with an overarching theme of global climate change.


Sponsored by the NSF GK-12 Program