We invite you to participate in “Siege: Engines of War,” November 3-5, 2011, for Brain Games, a weekend challenge at Southwestern Adventist University, in Keene, Texas.

We will host three to four students and one sponsor from each school with housing, meals, and help with transportation costs.

Siege Warfare

“Siege: Engines of War” participants will investigate the science of force and trajectory in various forms within the historical concept of siege warfare. When you arrive on campus Thursday, November 3, we will describe your tasks and the parameters under which you must complete them.

Your on-campus tasks will involve constructing apparatus where you will attempt to vary the energy and direction in order to predict target objectives, i.e. functioning catapults, slings, trebuchets, and/or rockets! This means that you will need to be versed in the concepts of ballistics, i.e. angle, force, distance, trigonometry, and so forth.

Awards

The Saturday night Brain Games Mathletics competition will involve a game-show like contest with teams of three vying for the $9,000 first place prize ($2,000 per player and $1,000 departmental). Second place will receive $4,750 ($1,000 per player, $750 departmental). Third place will receive $2,500 ($500 per player, $500 departmental). The prizes are awarded to each school to use in their history, math or science departments and each winning student participant is awarded the same amount in a scholarship to Southwestern Adventist University. All mathematics questions are based on at least sophomore level academics. As the Brain Games date approaches, we will direct you to information that will help you succeed in the event.

For questions about activities, schedule, building, or just what to expect, please leave a comment by clicking on the link to the right under “Recent Posts”.

Since 2003 Brain Games has provided a venue for academically gifted students to challenge themselves, to prepare a project of value, and to meet like-minded students from across the United States. We offer Southwestern scholarships to winning competitors as well.

We look forward to meeting you and hosting you on our campus. For questions involving involvement and/or registration call Tina Bottsford at 817-202-6408 or email tinabot@swau.edu. Space is limited to 22 participating schools. Please confirm your participation with a $300 deposit by June 15, 2011. This deposit will be applied to your travel reimbursement.

See you in November for “Siege”

The Brain Games Team,

• Dr. Murray Cox, Ph.D.
  Assoc. Professor of Mathematics
• Dr. Steve Jones, Ph.D.
  Professor of History
• Cristina Thomsen
  University Librarian
• Islem Mattey
  Campus Chaplain
• Enga Almeida
  VP for Enrollment
• Tina Bottsford
  Director for Enrollment