Results of REU Research 2010
Participants
- Mathematical Biology/Ecology/Physiology Mentors: Jay
walton, May Boggess, Masami Fujiwara.
- Gabe Davis, Carlton College: Mathematical Models for Analyzing the
Effect of Transmission-Blocking Vaccines on the Spread of Malaria
[LINK NOT AVAILABLE]
- Greg Backus, Bard College, NY: A Categorization of Mexican Free-Tailed
Bat 'Tadarida brasiliensis' Chirps
- Patrick Davis, Eastern Michigan University, MI: Modeling the Effects of Cannibalistic
Behavior in Zebra Mussel Populations, slides.
- Georgia Pfeiffer, The College of William and Mary, VA: Extinction Equilibria of Stage
Structured Populations,
- Halley Belli, University of Oregon , OR: A Mathematical Model of the Effects of
Antioxidants on Atherosclerotic Lesion Growth
- Algebraic Methods in Computational Biology Mentors:
Maurice Rojas.
- Alexandra Gendreau, Wellesley College, MA: Sequence Alignment
Using the Needleman-Wunsch Algorithm and the Polytope Propagation
Algorithm I.
- Tiara Henry, Priarie View A\&M UNiversity, TX: Sequence
Alignment Using the Needleman-Wunsch Algorithm and the Polytope
Propagation Algorithm II.
- Maya Bam, Gordon College, MA: Sequence Alignment Using the
Needleman-Wunsch Algorithm and the Polytope Propagation Algorithm
III.
- Kenneth Ascher, The State University of New York, NY: On the
Roots of Univariate Trinomials.
- Abel Chan, Stanford UNiversity, CA: Extremal Fewnomial
Systems.
- Matrix Analysis and Wavelet Theory Mentors: David
Larson.
- Eileen Martin, University of Texas, TX: Continuously Moving
Parseval Frames on Smooth Manifolds I.
- Ryan Hotovy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE: Continuously
Moving Parseval Frames on Smooth Manifolds II.
- Sam Scholze, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, WI: Unitary
Equivalence of Vector Spaces over the Binary Field.
- John Myers, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, SD:
Unitary Equivalence to Matrices with Constant Main Diagonal.
- Patrick Orchard, University of Oklahoma, OK: Orthogonal and
Maximal sets for Bernoulli Measures.
3nd Annual REU/MCTP Mini-Conference
Wednesday, July 28th and Thursday, July 29th, 2010.
Journal Articles
Conference Talks
- MathFest, August 2010: Pittsburgh, PA
- Kenny Ascher*, The State University of New York; Dr. Maurice
Rojas, Texas A&M University; On the Roots of Univariate
Trinomials. AWARDED Best Student Presentation for 2010.
CONGRATULATIONS KENNY!
- National Joint Mathematics Meetings New Orleans, January 2011:
- A Mathematical Model of the Effects of Antioxidants on
Atherosclerotic Lesion Growth. Hayley M Belli*, University of
Oregon; Jay R Walton, Texas A&M University; May Boggess, Texas
A&M University ; AMS Session on Mathematical Biology and
Ecology, III.
- A Categorization of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat (Tadarida
brasiliensis) Chirps. Gregory Alan Backus*, Bard College; Albert
Boggess, Texas A&M; May Boggess, Texas A&M; Kirsten Bohn,
Texas A&M, Department of Biology; AMS Session on Mathematical
Biology and Ecology, I.
- Modeling the Effects of Cannibalistic Behavior in Zebra Mussel
Dreissena polymorpha Populations. Patrick Thomas Davis*,
Eastern Michigan University; May Boggess, Texas A&M University;
Jay Walton, Texas A&M University;
- Random Trinomials and Lower Binomials. Kenneth B Ascher*, SUNY
Stony Brook (Texas A&M REU); AMS Session on Commutative Rings
and Fields.
- Unitary Equivalence to Matrices with Constant Main Diagonal.
John Myers*, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by
Undergraduates, I.
- Unitary Equivalence of Vector Spaces over the Binary Field. Sam
L Scholze*, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Ryan L Hotovy,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on
Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, I.
- Continuously Moving Parseval Frames on Smooth Manifolds. Ryan
L. Hotovy*, University of Nebraska- Lincoln; Eileen R. Martin, The
University of Texas at Austin; Daniel Freeman, University of Texas
at Austin; AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics
by Undergraduates, II.