Author: parmentr

Conference Sponsors

University of Tennessee Mathematics Department
and the
National Science Foundation

2012 Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

University of Tennessee April 21, 2012

The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.

Organizing Committee: Dr. David Anderson

2012 Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

Saturday, April 21, 2012—Program — All talks will be held in the Shiloh Room (room 235) of the Carolyn Brown University Center.
9:00 – 9:45 Registration and Refreshments
9:45 -- 9:50 Welcome and opening remarks
9:50 — 10:50 Invited Address
Dr. Michael Dorff (Brigham Young University): Shortest paths, soap films, and mathematics
11:00 – 12:00 Student Talks
11:00 - 11:15 John Collins (University of Tennessee): Pricing variable annuities
11:25 – 11:40 Alice Curtis (Belmont University): Colossal corn
11:45 – 12:00 Ashleigh Jones (University of Montevallo): Multivariate statistics and mathematical modeling
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:40 Student Talks
1:00 – 1:15 Angela Gaetano & Alina Lepkowski (Belmont University): Exploring artistic and creative interests of students
1:20 – 1:35 Heather Hardeman (University of Montevallo): Cluster analytics
1:45 – 2:00 Kayla Von Hagel (Kennesaw State University): Access control logic
2:05 – 2:20 Ryan Carroll (Rhodes College): Generalizing the Euler-Satake characteristic of closed 3-orbifolds
2:25 – 2:40 Jordan Palmer (University of Montevallo) : RSA encryption

2:40—3:15 Posters and Refreshments
Shannon Bryce (Kennesaw State University): L^2-error of adaptive interpolation of hyperbolic functions y linear splines: global estimate
Teagan Bryce (Kennesaw State University): L^2-error of adaptive interpolation of hyperbolic functions by linear splines: local estimate
Duke DeLoache (Davidson College): Optimizing gene split-sites for bacterial computing
Josh Lipsmeyer (University of Arkansas): The strength of the Henstock-Kurzweil integral in terms of the measure of singularity sets
Megan McElmurray (Belmont University): The High School Student: What will she grow up to do?
Brad Weaver (Belmont University): A regression analysis of the American frown
Chris Carlile (University of Tennessee): Why do we like math?
3:15 – 4:35 Student Talks
3:15 – 3:30 Stefanie Erdman (Kennesaw State University): The Intermediate Value Theorem and its applications
3:35 – 3:50 Ryan Anderson (Kennesaw State University): Computing the minimum-norm least-squares solution of Ax = b with Gauss-Jordan elimination
4:00 – 4:15 Garrett Rose (Tennessee Wesleyan College): Predator/Prey: herbivores versus plankton
4:20 – 4:35 Zachery Lindsey (University of Tennessee): Simulation of SLE
4:40 Closing Remarks