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2018 MCM A:Multi-hop HF Radio Propagation

Background: On high frequencies (HF, defined to be 3 - 30 MHz), radio waves can travel long dista...

2017 ICM Problem F: Migration to Mars: Utopian Workforce of the 2100 Urban Society

The international agency, Laboratory of Interstellar Financial & Exploration Policy (LIFE), h...

2017 ICM Problem E:Sustainable Cities Needed!

Background: Many communities are implementing smart growth initiatives in an effort to consider ...

2017 ICM Problem D: Optimizing the Passenger Throughput at an Airport Security Checkpoint

Following the terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, 2001, airport security has been signif...

2017 MCM C:“Cooperate and navigate”

Traffic capacity is limited in many regions of the United States due to the number of lanes of ro...

2017 MCM B:Merge After Toll

Multi-lane divided limited-access toll highways use “ramp tolls” and “barrier tolls” to collect t...

2017 MCM A:Managing The Zambezi River

The Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River is one of the larger dams in Africa. Its construction was con...

2016 ICM Problem F:Modeling Refugee Immigration Policies

With hundreds of thousands of refugees moving across Europe and more arriving each day, considera...

2016 ICM Problem E:Are we heading towards a thirsty planet?

Will the world run out of clean water? According to the United Nations, 1.6 billion people (one q...

2016 ICM Problem D:Measuring the Evolution and Influence in Society’s Information Networks

Information is spread quickly in today’s tech-connected communications network; sometimes it is d...

2016 MCM C: The Goodgrant Challenge

The Goodgrant Foundation is a charitable organization that wants to help improve educational perf...

2016 MCM B: Space Junk

The amount of small debris in orbit around earth has been a growing concern. It is estimated that...

2016 MCM A: A Hot Bath

A person fills a bathtub with hot water from a single faucet and settles into the bathtub to clea...

2015 ICM Problem D:Is it sustainable?

Problem background One of the largest challenges of our time is how to manage increasing populat...

2015 ICM Problem C:Managing Human Capital in Organizations

Building an organization filled with good, talented, well-trained people is one of the keys to su...

2015 MCM B:Searching for a lost plane

Recall the lost Malaysian flight MH370. Build a generic mathematical model that could assist "sea...

2015 MCM A:Eradicating Ebola

The world medical association has announced that their new medication could stop Ebola and cure p...

2014 ICM Problem: Using Networks to Measure Influence and Impact

One of the techniques to determine influence of academic research is to build and measure propert...

2014 MCM B:College Coaching Legends

Sports Illustrated, a magazine for sports enthusiasts, is looking for the “best all time college ...

2014 MCM A:The Keep-Right-Except-To-Pass Rule

In countries where driving automobiles on the right is the rule (that is, USA, China and most oth...

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