Students taking the Senior Capstone in Math were tasked with analyzing coronavirus policy this spring
Fifteen seniors who took the Senior Capstone in Math course this spring put their modeling skills to the test to help officials evaluate past coronavirus policies and predict future outcomes. At the end of the semester, the students presented the results to their clients, Jennifer Schneider, the Eugene H. Fram Chair of Applied Critical Thinking and a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety, and Suronda Gonzalez, executive director of Upstate New York College Collaboration.
Mathematical modeling has been a powerful tool for policymakers grappling with COVID-19 to help predict how targeted actions can impact the rates of infections, minimize the risk of exposures, increase recovery rates, and much more. Fifteen seniors who took the Senior Capstone in Math course this spring put their modeling skills to the test to help o