Overall Results from the COMAP 2006 ICM/MCM

A total of 990 teams registered for the 2006 Mathematical Contest in Modeling.  Each team had to chose one of three problems (Problem A, B, or C) which they would attempt to solve during the first weekend of February (which happened to coincide with the Super Bowl this year!).  Teams from all over the world competed in this contest.  A total of 972 teams successfully completed the contest earning the following possible designations (from highest to lowest):  Outstanding, Meritorious, Honorable Mention, Successful Participant.  All of the competing teams are to be congratulated for their excellent work and enthusiasm for scientific and mathematical modeling and interdisciplinary problem solving.  

Problems A and B constitute the MCM (Mathematical Contest in Modeling) and Problem C constitutes the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM).  Below are the statistics for the MCM and ICM.

 

Classification MCM (Problems A and B) ICM (Problem C)
Total Number of Participating Teams 748 224
High School Teams 10 (1%) 3 (1%)
United States Teams 247  (33%) 26 (13%)
Foreign Teams form Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, China, South Africa, and South Korea 501 (67%) 198 (87%)
Outstanding Winners 12 (2%) 4  (2%)
Meritorious Winners 122 (16%) 48 (21%)
Honorable Mentions 188 (25%) 113 (51%)
Successful Participants 426 (57%) 59 (26%)

 Longwood University fielded two teams:

 

Virginia Schools in the Contest.  Listed below are all of the Virginia schools that completed the contest given by the name of the institution, the location of the institution, the team advisor’s name, the problem the team worked (A, B, or C), and the team's designation: