1. Beginning Code for Geometers An introduction

2. What I did on my summer vacation This summer, I worked as an intern in the Stanford Integrated Systems Laboratory (SISL), within the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department. My task: to adapt a curriculum from the graduate school level to the high school level.

3. Who cares about optimization? People in all of these fields: Manufacturing Production Inventory control Transportation Scheduling Networks Finance Engineering Mechanics Economics Control engineering Marketing Policy Modeling

4. How math is used by air and space engineers Optimization is useful in aircraft design because the shape of the aircraft and its wings affect its speed, fuel consumption, range, noise, weight, cost, ease of use, amount of lift, amount of drag, sonic boom volume, and payload… among other things.

5. How math was used in SISL Within the lab I worked in, the Stanford Integrated Systems Laboratory (SISL), the designers were researching systems to make intelligent, automated decisions in the aerospace field. Air-traffic control systems Piloting systems Collision avoidance systems Unmanned aircraft systems

6. Applied Math vs. Pure Math The difference History of career opportunities Transition in career opportunities Current state of career opportunities

7. It All Comes Down to Coding Pure mathematician with no coding skill = teacher Pure mathematician with coding skill = anything

8. The Purpose of These Lessons Most coding instruction is created by coders for people who already know a little bit about coding. This makes it hard for beginners to get started. These lessons will get you started.

9. Three Goals 1.Learn some basic coding techniques 2.Appreciate the power of computers to simplify and enrich mathematics 3.Reinforce Geometry learning