Undergraduate Math Conference Saturday, April 12, 2008

9:00 - 9:55 
Registration and Refreshments

Juice, coffee, pastries, fruit



10:00 - 11:00   
Opening Remarks and Invited address:   
Dr. Anant Godbole, East Tennessee State University
Graph Pebbling:  A Collection of Results by  Undergraduates




11:00 - 12:00   
Student Talks
11:10 - 11:25
Kathryn Dabbs - Un of Tennessee - Optimal control of pest models
11:30 - 11:45
Candice Messick - Un of Tennessee - Melting artic ice cap
11:50 - 12:05
Kumnit Nong - George Mason Un - Thin fluid films over the porous layers
12:05 - 1:00
Lunch:  Box lunches for all registrants (Rooms 223 & 224)
*Note:  The University Center Bookstore (located 1 floor down) is open until 4:00 p.m.
1:00 - 2:40 
Student Talks


1:00 - 1:15
Matthew Dawson - Union Un - Bridging the group definition gap



1:20 - 1:35
Shay Ellison, Manan Gupta, & Stephen Strickland - Wofford College - 
Solving the Sudoku:  Sudoku puzzle difficulty modeling 
1:45 - 2:00
James Sunkes - Tennessee Tech Un - On the average divisor function
2:05 - 2:20
Montgomery Taylor - Un of Tennessee - A brief look at zero-divisor graphs

2:25 - 2:40
Bryon Aragam - Un of Tennessee - Volume comparison in Lorentz 
manifolds with integral bounds

2:40 - 3:30
Refreshments and Poster Session (Rooms 223 & 224)
Fred Iacoletti - George Mason Un - An evaluation of the rigid band 
model and the virtual crystal approximation in the transition metals
Kumnit Kong - Geroge Mason Un - Thin fluid films over the porous layers


3:30 - 4:50 
Student Talks

3:30 - 4:45 
Jeffrey Hankins, Jr. - Un of Tennessee - A brief exposition of 
results from set theory and abstract algebra



3:50 - 4:05
Jonathan Kenigson - Un of Tennessee - Energy and L^2 decay estimates
for the dissipative wave equation with spacetime dependent potential
4:15 - 4:30
Ashley Bechel & Britni LaBounty-Lay - East Tennessee State Un - 
Universal cycles of functions
4:35 - 4:50
Hamilton Scott - East Tennessee State Un - Happiness levels in random matchings
4:50 - 5:00
Closing Remarks
 
 

Parking: Free parking is available in the University Center Parking Garage (map refers to this building as "the public
parking garage and plaza") located directly behind the University Center. Local faculty and students, please park in lot 9
or your usual parking lot.

Conference Contact: Dr. David Anderson, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tn 37996-1300: phone: 865-974-4298: e-mail: anderson@math.utk.edu

2007 Undergraduate Math Conference Department of Mathematics University of Tennessee ======================= Ayres Hall, home to the UT Department of Mathematics

This conference is sponsored by the
University of Tennessee Mathematics Department and
the National Science Foundation.

last updated: 4/9/08