Posted on Jun 05, 2006 Students at California State University, Monterey Bay applied mathematics to solve a problem involving irrigation of agricultural fields and won a Meritorious Award – the second-highest honor – in a recent international math competition. The award placed them in the top 15 percent of the nearly 1,000 teams that entered the competition. Those teams represented more than 500 colleges worldwide, including Harvard, Oxford, Duke, and universities in China.
– The Produce News, June 5, 2006