The Mathematics Undergraduate Seminar
(III)

The Third Undergraduate Seminar Session

The third edition of UGS brought together three fascinating talks spanning physics, computer science, and engineering.

Speakers & Topics

• Noah Horne (3rd year PhDS) – Lagrangian Putt-Putt: Forced Geodesic Motion on Arbitrary C² Surfaces Models motion constrained to curved surfaces using variational (Lagrangian) mechanics, explaining how curvature affects trajectories (geodesics).
  

  Noah Horne presenting equations of motion

  

  Explaining the Christoffel symbol visually

  

  Discussing the Lagrangian mechanics framework

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• Zakaria Ghoddane (1st year CS) – Mathematical and Algorithmic Optimization of Irrigation and Drone Use Combines optimization and sensing: using drone data (e.g., vegetation indices) to schedule irrigation efficiently under water and cost constraints.
  

  Zakaria Ghoddane presenting irrigation allocation optimization

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• Natia Ramishvili (1st year ECE) – Dynamics of String Theory Introduces how strings evolve and interact mathematically, and why their dynamics are studied as a framework for unifying physical laws.
  

  Natia Ramishvili presenting "Dynamics of String Theory"

  

  Exploring Dirichlet boundary conditions in string motion

  

  Understanding the mathematical framework of string theory

  

  Presenting dual resonance discovery in particle physics

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