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Texas A&M University
Mathematics

3rd Annual TX-LA Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

October 19-20, 2019

The TX-LA Undergraduate Mathematics Conference is a forum for sharing undergraduate research activities in mathematics among Louisiana State University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Houston. A primary goal of the conference is for students to present and share mathematics, as part of preparation for post-graduate studies or employment in research laboratories or industry.

Basic Information

October 19-20, 2019 — the Conference will start on Satuday morning and end around lunch on Sunday.
Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University
College Station, TX

Previous TX-LA Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences

University of Houston, November 11-12, 2017
Louisiana State University, October 5-7, 2018

Registration

To register for the conference, send an email to Matt Young (myoung@math.tamu.edu) with the following information:

  • Name & affiliation
  • Dates of visit if different from October 18-20
  • Suggested roommate (undergraduate participants)
  • Food restrictions

For undergraduate students presenting at the conference, include also

  • Research Advisor (if applicable)
  • Title of poster and presentation (if presenting)
  • Abstract of poster and presentation (if presenting)

The registration deadline is October 11, 2019.

Support

Some support is available for undergraduate students. The conference will book hotel rooms for funded undergraduate students who requested financial aid. Students and postdocs may need to share a double room.

Plenary Speaker

Ivan Ivanov, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University.

Panel Discussion

Weston Baines, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
Irina Gaynanova, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University
Irina Holmes, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
Ivan Ivanov, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University
Jeff Lovering, Customer Marketing Group (to be confirmed)

Schedule and Abstracts

All conference activities will be held at the Blocker Building on the Texas A&M University campus.

  • Registration and breaks will be held in Blocker 140, 141
  • All talks will be held in Blocker 166

Click each title to reveal the abstract.

Saturday, October 19, 2019

9:30am - 10:00am BLOC 141 Registration and Coffee
10:00am - 11:00am BLOC 166 Ivan Ivanov, Texas A&M University
+ Mathematical Models of Gene Regulatory Networks
11:15am - 12:15pm BLOC 166 Student Presentations
11:15am - 11:35am Cosmas Kravaris, Texas A&M University
+ Calculating the growth of the wallpaper groups using cone types
11:45am - 12:05pm Clinten Graham and Claire Pearson, Louisiana State University
+ Computational representation of prefractals and their attractors in R2
12:15pm - 1:30pm BLOC 141 Lunch
1:30pm - 3:30pm BLOC 166 Student Presentations
1:30pm - 1:50pm Jacob Bradley and Sean Campbell, University of Houston
+ Delay-induced dynamics of protein production in resource-limited environments
2:00pm - 2:20pm Xinyue Tracy Yu, Louisiana State University
+ Effect of photo-isomerization and thermal relaxation on the orientation of solid-state photoactive molecules
2:30pm - 2:50pm Lance Fegan, University of Houston
+ Two approaches for optimal synthesis of a thin wire antenna
3:00pm - 3:20pm Michael Sheppard and Noah Templet, Louisiana State University
+ An online GUI for EM waves in layered media
3:30pm - 4:00pm BLOC 141 Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm BLOC 166 Panel Discussion
  • Weston Baines, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
  • Irina Gaynanova, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University
  • Irina Holmes, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
  • Ivan Ivanov, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University
  • Jeff Lovering, Customer Marketing Group (to be confirmed)

Sunday, October 20, 2019

8:30am - 9:00am BLOC 141 Coffee
9:00am - 10:30am BLOC 166 Student Presentations
9:00am - 9:20am Andrew Winn, Texas A&M University
+ Revisiting a cutting plane method for perfect matchings
9:30am - 9:50am Larry Guan, University of Houston
+ Defect analysis of 1D spring-mass systems via Laplace transform and asymptotics
10:00am - 10:20am Rohin Gilman, Louisiana State University
+ Two approaches for optimal synthesis of a thin wire antenna
10:30am - 11:00am BLOC 141 & BLOC 1st Floor Lobby Break & set-up for Poster Session
11:00am - 12:30pm BLOC 1st Floor Lobby Poster Session

  • Jacob Bradley and Sean Campbell, University of Houston
  • Lance Fegan, University of Houston
  • Rohin Gilman, Louisiana State University
  • Clinten Graham and Claire Pearson, Louisiana State University
  • Larry Guan, University of Houston
  • Cosmas Kravaris, Texas A&M University
  • Michael Sheppard and Noah Templet, Louisiana State University
  • Alexandra Vaughn, University of Houston & Michael E. DeBakey High School
  • Andrew Winn, Texas A&M University
  • Xinyue Tracy Yu, Louisiana State University
12:30pm BLOC 141 Lunch

Location, Transportation, Parking

All activities will be held at the Blocker Building on the campus of Texas A&M University.

The Northside Garage (NSG) is located directly across from the Blocker Building (BLOC) and has space for visitor parking. During the weekend, you can also park for free at any un-reserved space in a numbered lot, such as Lot 50 and Lot 51. The interactive campus map also lists available parking lots.

Texas A&M University is located in College Station, Texas, which by automobile lies about 1 hour and 45 minutes northwest of Houston, 1 hour and 45 minutes east of Austin, and 3 hours south of Dallas.

Hotels

Hotel reservations for registered participants who receive financial support will be arranged and billed through the Mathematics Department. Details of your reservation will be sent to the provided email address at least one week prior to the conference. Funded participants will be housed at the Hampton Inn, 320 Texas Ave., College Station, TX 77840, which is within walking distance of campus.

If you are not receiving financial support from the conference, you can stay in any hotel in town. Below are some hotels that are within walking distance to the conference site. Please check the rate and availability with the hotels directly.

Resources

Acknowledgment

This conference is supported in part by a grant from the Simons Foundation and the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University.

Local Organizers

Michael Anshelevich (Texas A&M University)
Matt Papanikolas (Texas A&M University)
Matt Young (Texas A&M University)

Organizers at Large

Daniel Onofrei (University of Houston)
William Ott (University of Houston)
Stephen Shipman (Louisiana State University)
Andrew Török (University of Houston)