Summer Internship at Wabash

One summer internship student needed for one of two possible projects. Up to eight weeks, forty hours per week, $2080, supervised by Dr. Foote. Preference will be given to Project A below. How to Apply Not sure if you qualify? Need more information? Contact Dr. Foote. Office: G013. Phone ext: 6429. E-mail: footer or footer@wabash.edu.

Project A: Continuing programming work on PoincaréDraw. PoincaréDraw is an existing program for teaching and learning hyperbolic geometry. It is similar to Geometers Sketchpad. It was originally written by Nathan Fouts ('97). The goal for this summer is to extend the capabilities of the program, streamline the code, and eliminate known bugs (and hopefully not make new ones!). The current program is about 6000 lines of Turbo Pascal code, which makes extensive use of objects, pointers, and recursion. Sample screen images and the current version of PoincaréDraw are available from Dr. Foote's web site http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/footer/PDraw/PDraw.htm.

Requirements for intern:

Must have taken CS2, or have done very well in CS1 and be capable of quickly learning additional programming concepts.
Must be willing to deal with a long, complicated program written in Turbo Pascal by someone else.
It would help to have taken a course that uses vectors, either Math 23 or a physics course.
No knowlege of hyperbolic geometry is required!

Project B: Creating Mathematica notebooks for the multivariable calculus portion of Math 14. This project will involve creating Mathematica notebooks containing graphics and computations related to Dr. Foote's A Brief Introduction to Multivariable Calculus. The notebooks will allow Math 14 students and instructors to view and manipulate many of the images from the text, and to work the related computations.

Requirements for intern:

Must have taken Math 14 or had some experience with multivariable calculus (partial derivatives and multiple integrals). It would help to have taken Math 23 and 25.
Must have some proficiency with Mathematica and a desire to learn more. Other programming experience would be helpful.
Some technical writing will be involved, such as instructions for the users of the notebooks.

How To Apply Applications must be in writing to Dr. Foote.

Things to include in application:

Which project you would like to work on.
Description of previous programming experience, especially in Pascal (for Project A) or Mathematica (for Project B).
Applicants for Project A should include a printout of some substantial, recent programming project. Applicants for Project B should include a sample of their technical writing (such as a group problem in Math 14 or a lab report for physics or chemistry).
List of math and CS courses taken at Wabash, and instructors. Applicants for Project A who have taken a physics course that used vectors should mention this as well.

Applicants must be able to work independently, with only moderate supervision. All Wabash students are eligible to apply.
Applications should be received by 17 April 1998.

If you want to apply, but can't get your application in by 17 April, please send a message to Dr. Foote by 17 April and submit your application by 20 April.