It all adds up

Julian Mattison is an Engineering Science major who uses the Engineering, Computer Science and Calculus lab nearly every day.

“The math lab is a fairly chill place to work, an environment free of other distractions,” he said. “I go there in between classes and sometimes before and after to work on homework, labs or study for my classes.”

According to Jill Lloyd, chair of the Mathematics Division and associate professor of Mathematics at SUNY Adirondack, mostly Engineering students use the space, since most high-level math students are in that program.

“Students benefit so much from working together and sharing ideas,” Lloyd said. “The best way to learn something is to explain to someone else; they’re helping somebody and gaining a better depth of knowledge.”

“Some of the professors started this space because we didn’t earn our degrees alone,” Lloyd said. “We worked with other people.” to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and University of Albany to study either civil or environmental engineering. “It’s a space for higherlevel math students to connect and work together.”

Students like Mattison use whiteboards and computers, and can easily pop in to one of the surrounding faculty offices for help when needed.