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Wound Healing
THE UNKOWN VARIABLES OF HEALING (from the Spring 2002 issue of BYU Magazine) By Lisa Ann Jackson, ’97 A BYU math professor is using complex equations to help solve the problem of scarring. A BYU math professor envisions a world with no scars. Burns, scrapes, gashes, and slices would heal without mark or lasting tissue damage. Blemishes […]
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Technology consultant/engineer
Technology and engineering companies such as Raytheon, Boeing, Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Bell Helicopter, Ford Motor Company, and W. L. Gore (manufacturing) employ mathematicians. In the past, if students wanted to work for companies that specialize in developing engineering projects, they often needed to be engineering majors. Today, these companies hire a […]

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Math in Photography
How does Math relate to beauty, art, and fashion? Jessica Wynne, a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York explored the beauty of math in her most recent project. She took creative photos of chalkboards that were labeled “Do Not Erase.” The results prove that beauty can be found in the most […]