Mathematics Summer School
The TU Delft summer school offers an incredible opportunity to develop your mathematical skills, review topics seen in high school, and possibly explore new mathematical concepts to set you up for success in your studies. With engaging lectures, interactive discussions, and hands-on problem-solving sessions, you'll gain a deep understanding of key mathematical concepts and their applications, all while having fun and meeting your new peers! The summer school is designed and set-up for students that will start with their bachelor's studies in the 2024 - 2025 academic year.
The programme syllabus will closely follow the syllabus for the Dutch Wiskunde B course. Specifically, the course will delve into various pre-calculus topics including functions, trigonometry, solving equalities / inequalities, differentiation, and integration. We have included a self-assessment under the `Contents' tab to see if the summer school programme may be of help for you.
Each day, the programme will run from 9 am to 5 pm. From 9 am to 12 pm, lectures will be given by one of the instructors. From 1 pm to 5 pm, instructions will be given by teaching assistants (TA's). During instructions, you will be given exercises to work on; TA's will walk around the classroom to address any questions you may have on the exercises or on the lecture content.
The summer school programme is primarily developed to offer a recap of high school mathematics. The programme will closely follow the syllabus for the Dutch Wiskunde B course. In particular, we will cover functions, trigonometry, equalities / inequalities of functions, differentiation, and integration. Students who would like to follow the programme but are not able to, can also hone their skills by following the Pre-Calculus MOOC curriculum provided by the TU Delft.
We encourage students to complete the following self-assessment to check your level of understanding before registering.
Zoë Gromotka
Zoë is a lecturer at the Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics. She studied Applied Mathematics in TU Delft and has a doctorate in Mathematical Engineering from UGhent. She has several years of experience in teaching mathematics to engineering students at university level. She also performs research in applications of mathematical modelling techniques to chemical engineering. In her free time, Zoë enjoys dancing, improving her sewing and knitting skills, and watching foreign language cinema.
Bernard Meulenbroek
Bernard is an assistant professor with focus on education at the Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics. In education he teaches mathematical modelling and courses in calculus, linear algebra and differential equations. He has been active in many innovation projects, resulting in his YouTube-channel ''the mathemagician'', containing more than 600 weblectures on basic and more advanced mathematics. In research he specializes in mathematical modelling of the subsurface; recent work include topics as CO2 sequestration, geothermal energy and induced seismicity.
Yuki Murakami
Yuki is an assistant professor with focus on education at the Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics. His research is in graph theory and their applications. In particular, he is interested in phylogenetic networks, which are graphs used to represent evolutionary histories of objects. Such graphs are widely used in biology, but they also crop up in linguistics and stemmatology. Currently, his favorite course to teach is linear algebra. Outside of mathematics, Yuki enjoys going to the gym, gaming with friends, and playing the guitar.
Ananth Ravi
Ananth is a PhD candidate in the Research Group of Discrete Mathematics & Optimization, focusing on Combinatorics, an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting. He dreams of exploring combinatorial topology and its intersection with biosciences in the future. Outside academia, Ananth is learning Bachata and the card game bridge, and aspires to become a kick-boxing techno-DJ.
Valentina Vaniushkina
Valentina is a lecturer at DIAM, teaching Calculus and Linear Algebra, mostly to AE students. Valentina has a background in Physics, specifically in Mechanics. Before starting the job at EWI, Valentina was doing a PhD in CITG on installation of the offshore wind turbines, focusing on the vibrations and stresses of the turbine foundation. In her free time Valentina plays ultimate frisbee, walks her dog and enjoys reading and drawing.
Teaching Assistants
Yordi Boesveld
Yordi is currently a third year bachelor Applied Mathematics student. After his bachelor he wants to do his master in Computational Science and Engineering which involves approximation methods to solve models that describe things such as water flow or wound healing. Yordi is a enthusiastic person who loves solving math problems and helping people who have difficulty with them. Furthermore, Yordi enjoys going out with friends, going to the gym and watching football.
Birgit van Prooijen
Birgit is a master's student in Applied Mathematics for the Discrete Mathematics and Optimization group. They're interested in mathematical applications to public transport scheduling and will be doing an internship at the RET in this area starting in September. Their favourite (more theoretical) topics are phylogenetics (see Yuki's bio!) and coding theory, which they might pursue for their master's thesis. With a long background of tutoring, giving high school exam trainings and being a teaching assistant, they're looking forward to helping you through your summer school course!
Abigaïl Zuiddam
Abigaïl is a mathematics student at Delft University of Technology. Having just finished her bachelor, she is about to start the Masters in Mathematics in September. Within mathematics, she enjoys Optimization and Graph Theory. Her bachelor thesis focused on explaining the behaviour of the Borwein Integrals with the help of Fourier Analysis. Outside of Mathematics, she enjoys playing piano, embroidery, and nature. She is also a member of C.S.F.R., a christian student association in Delft.
The mathematics summer school will take place on-campus, at the EEMCS building (building 36) of the TU Delft. You will be randomly allocated to one of the lecture halls Chip, D@ta, Pi, F, or G. It will not be possible to follow the lectures online.
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