DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
HONORS DAY
APRIL 15, 2010
Some individuals were not available for pictures. A listing of candid pictures is available at the bottom of the program.
WELCOME Professor Michael W. Frazier, Head
MASTER OF CEREMONIES Professor Chuck Collins
RECOGNITION OF PUTNAM COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS
By Associate Professor Jochen Denzler
Zachery Lindsey John Collins Nick Carney
Brandon George Yue Cao Devin Robison
William Tune Katie Agle Timothy Michaels
JOHN H. BARRETT PRIZE
Presented by Professor Ed Clark
The tradition of the John H. Barrett Prize began in 1970. It is an annual memorial award given to outstanding undergraduate mathematics majors.
Brandon George Lee Troupe Michael Horning
Michael Roberts William Tune
THE CHARLEEN M. DERIDDER NCTM MEMBERSHIP AWARDS
Presented by Assistant Professor Steven Wise & Dr. Clifford Davis
An anonymous donor enabled us to award NCTM Memberships for mathematics student teachers. The donor requested that these awards be named The Charleen M. DeRidder NCTM Membership Awards in honor of Charleen DeRidder and her contribution to the improvement of mathematics instruction in Knox County during a long and distinguished career.
Kathleen Colbert Rachel Kelso Nicholas Kim
Richard Allen James Le Page Justin McConnell Shande Nicholas King
J. P. & GLADYS MAPLES SCHOLARSHIP
Presented by Professor Xiaobing Feng
J. P. and Gladys Maples set up their scholarship endowment fund to encourage scholastic excellence in students displaying financial need.
Yue Cao Kristen Karman
POLLY ANNA HARRIS SCHOLARSHIP
Presented by Professor Henry Simpson
This scholarship honors Mrs. Polly Anna Harris, a University of Tennessee Alumna and Presidential Award winning mathematics teacher. The award is sponsored by her husband and children. Its purpose is to help support a future mathematics teacher during his or her professional year internship.
Kimberly Young
DOROTHEA & EDGAR D. EAVES TEACHING AWARDS
Presented by Professor William Wade
The Dorothea and Edgar D. Eaves Awards were established in 1977 in order to recognize outstanding teaching among graduate teaching assistants.
Less than 2 years – Marco Martinez, Kristin McNamara
More than 2 years – Ellie Abernethy, Chris Sass
DOROTHEA & EDGAR D. EAVES SUMMER FELLOWSHIP
Presented by Professor Carl Wagner
The summer fellowships were established 1977 to encourage high school mathematics teachers to return to the university during the summer to further the study of mathematics.
Robert Cate Sarah Hacker Keith Jackson
GRADUATE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Presented by Professor Jie Xiong
The goal of these awards is to recognize outstanding academic achievement among graduate students. It was established several years ago to parallel the award for outstanding teaching among graduate students.
More than 2 years – Erin Bodine, Masato Kobayashi
WILLIAM HARRY ROW MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Presented by Professor Carl Wagner
Harry Row was deeply committed to teaching and spent considerable time working with teachers. One of his professional goals was to promote the appropriate use of technology in the teaching of mathematics. This scholarship funds a teacher who wants to continue the study of mathematics and preference is given to those who have significantly used technology in their teaching.
Susan Lamb
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Presented by Professor Carl Wagner
The Teacher of the Year Award is given to a K-12 mathematics teacher with current ties to The University of Tennessee in recognition of excellent teaching, professional growth, and service to the profession.
Susan Lamb
GRADUATING WITH HONORS IN MATHEMATICS
Presented by Professor Conrad Plaut
Kathryn Dabbs Michael Roberts William Tune
Brandon George Cathy Schuman John Whittingham
Michael Horning Lee Troupe
YUEH-ER, HONG-HSU & CLARENCE CHENG KUO
FELLOWSHIP ENDOWMENT
Presented by Professor Henry Simpson
The Yueh-er, Hong-hsu and Clarence Cheng Kuo Fellowship Endowment was established in 2003 by Dr. Yueh-er Kuo to promote master’s degree education in the Department of Mathematics. Yueh-er Kuo has been a professor in the Department of Mathematics since 1964. She is an expert in educating master’s degree students in addition to her own research. She has 56 thesis and project students and many of them are very successful in their careers. Hong-hsu Kuo was the husband of Yueh-er Kuo and was a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Clarence Cheng Kuo was the son of Yueh-er and Hong-hsu. He was a brilliant model student of University Nursery School.
Manda Sayler
JOHN M. ALLEN PRIZES
Presented by Assistant Professor Remus Nicoara
The Allen medal in mathematics was originated by John Mebane Allen in 1890 and has since been presented annually. It is noted to be one of the oldest awards given by The University of Tennessee. The Allen Medal Award is given to recognize freshman student(s) who demonstrate, upon testing, the best knowledge of Algebra, Plane Geometry, Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry, Single Variable Calculus, and/or any other area(s) of mathematics as may be determined by the department head and select faculty member(s).
1st Place – Alexander Perhac
2nd Place – Phillip Mingola, James Hitchcock, Chad Armstrong
COOPER D. SCHMITT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Presented by Professor Vasilios Alexiades
The Cooper D. Schmitt Endowment was established in 1987. The goal of this fund is to provide undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships and appropriate awards to students in the Department of Mathematics at The University of Tennessee.
Amy Barnett Geoffrey Laughon Alexander Perhac
LUCILLE & HERBERT LEE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Presented by Professor Carl Sundberg
The Lucille and Herbert Lee Scholarship Awards have been awarded annually since 1986 to sophomore and junior mathematics majors with outstanding records of academic achievement. They are made in memory of the Lee’s who generously provided an endowment to support these awards.
Yue Cao Charles Armstrong Abigail Delvaux
Phillip Mingola Jakob Gulledge James Reed
John Collins Kenneth Jacobs Jessica Welch
RECOGNITION OF PI MU EPSILON TENNESSEE DELTA CHAPTER
Presented by Associate Professor Jochen Denzler
Undergraduate Students
Charles Armstrong Geoffrey Laughon Benjamin Rahnema
Kenneth Jacobs Gainer Phay Jessica Welch
Merit Based Membership Award Winners
Charles Armstrong
Kenneth Jacobs
JAMES A. COOLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Presented by Professor Don Hinton
The James A. Cooley Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the memory of James A. Cooley and to help qualified and deserving mathematics students secure a college education. Professor Cooley was Head of the Department of Mathematics from 1942 until he returned to full time teaching in 1961.
Manuel Cuevas-Sanchez
2009-2010 GRADUATE PROGRAM GRADUATES
(Fall 2009 – Summer 2010)
| PH.D. GRADUATES | MS GRADUATES |
MM GRADUATES |
| Erin Bodine | Thao Chau |
Emily Casey |
| Gerardo Chacon | Dustin Pierce |
April Conner |
| Holly Clark | Manda Sayler |
Ann Contole |
| Ryan Clark | Drew Schmidt |
Susan Lamb |
| Brian Irick | ||
| Masato Kobayashi | ||
| Jason Laska | ||
| Rachel Leander | ||
| Ben Lynch | ||
| Harold Smith |
GRADUATE STUDENT BEST TEACHER AWARD
Presented by Ms. Ashley Rand
SPECIAL RECOGNITION GRADUATE STUDENTS
Presented by Professor David Anderson
SPECIAL RECOGNITION FACULTY
Presented by Professor Michael W. Frazier
Professor Henry Simpson, Chair of Honors Day Committee
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