Archimedes Day 2011 gave Mathematics the celebration it deserves!
Students and other guests were welcomed to participate in the days events, beginning with a public lecture about computational fluid dynamics, by Mr Murray Rudman.
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Mr Adam Malcontenti-Wilson, shown here being presentated with his award by Mr Murray Rudman, was the Best Student in HMS 111 with a final mark of 99%.
Best Student Award
At the conclusion of the talk, Mr Rudman presented the top HMS 111 Engineering Mathematics 1 student with a prize.
It is particularly noteworthy that the winner, Adam Malcontenti-Wilson, achieved the final mark of 99%.
This is quite a feat, given that there are nearly 500 students enrolled in Semester 1 of the difficult subject, which is taken by every Engineering student and a significant proportion of Science students.
Achimedes Principles Revisited
At 12:00pm in front of the Advanced Technologies Centre, toga-clad Geoff Brooks braved the scales to demonstrate Archimedes famous ‘lever principle’. Guests were encouraged to guess how many HMS 111 textbooks it would take to balance the professor of mathematics.
The final result was 168 books! Thomas Nocman took home the prize, guessing 181 books, only 13 away from the correct number.
The death of Achimedes
To the surprise of the crowd, a pair of ancient roman soldiers appeared before Geoff Brooks, clearly mistaking him for the famous Archimedes!
In a tragic series of events, Geoff, too distracted by drawing mathematics in the sand, was ‘killed’ by the soldiers, by order of the Roman Republic.
Infinite Secrets – The Genius of Archimedes
At 1:00pm, guests viewed a thrilling documentary about the recent discovery of one of Archimedes books that had previously been lost for centuries.
“Eureka Archimedes” - A Mousetrap Wine & Cheese production
The day concluded with a talk by Geoff Brooks called “Eureka Archimedes” that spoke about the life and tragic death of ancient mathematician.
Guests enjoyed complimentary wine and cheese during Geoff’s presentation.
The faculty of Engineering and Industrial sciences are delighted to have hosted such a successful event.
