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ISMAA Friday April 3 2009 Schedule
8:45-11:45 a.m. S/C LZT Mtg. Room #6 Student Center Pre-conference workshop:
Ivars Peterson, Mathematical Association of America
Communicating Mathematics
8:45 a.m-4:30 p.m. Registration Neumiller Foyer Bradley Hall
12:50-2:00 p.m. Plenary Talk Neumiller Lecture Hall Bradley Hall
Laura Taalman, James Madison University
Sudoku: Questions, Variations, and Research
2-4:30 p.m. Exhibits Bradley 247 Bradley Hall
2:15-3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Bradley 125 |
Bradley 126 |
Bradley 132 |
Bradley 139 |
Bradley 120 |
Vince Matsko Fractals Produced by Affine Transformations |
M. Vali Siadat*, Euguenia Peterson, Cyrill Oseledets, Ming-Jer Wang
The Keystone Method of Instruction in Basic Mathematic: Theory, Practice, Results, and Future |
Timothy Comar Biocalculus Courses & Computer Laboratory Projects |
Tony Bedenikovic A Two-Bedroom Bing-Style House with a Great View
David Atkinson Chances of a Cruise Ship Birthday Match |
Student Talks
Cara Tacoma Measuring Sea Spray over Wind Waves
Tyler Hyndman Golf Scheduling Problems
Tom Edwards The Schwarzschild Solution of the Field Equations of General Relativity |
Michael Sostarecz GPS Tracking of a Roller Coaster |
Jeremy Alm On Vague Predication |
3:30-4:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions Bradley Hall
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Stephen Brown A “Founders of Mathematics” Project which requires more than Cut and Paste
Mandi Maxwell
Visual Mathematics for the Visually Impaired: Reflections and Strategies |
Rohan Attele*, Victor Akatsa, and Dan Hrozencik
Linear Algebra Done Right! Back to Grassman |
Andrew Greene Noncommutative Holomorphic Functions
Lena Folwaczny Finitely Many Proofs of Infinitely Many Primes |
Herb Kasube
An MAA Study Tour of the Galapagos Islands and Peru |
Student Talks
Kumud Bhandari Computing the Arrow Polynomial
YoungJu Jo Orthogonal Art Gallery with Holes
Christos Mitillos Graph Fall-coloring
These talks are by candidates for the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award |
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4:45 p.m. Student Math Contest Bradley Hall 139
4:45 p.m. Business Meeting Marty Theatre Student Center
6 p.m. Bar opens Student Center Ballroom
6:15 p.m. Student Pizza Party Wright 203 Student Center
6:30 p,.m. Banquet Student Center Ballroom
Followed by Plenary Talk Ivars Peterson Mathematical Association of America
Knotty Tales: From Vortex Atoms to DNA Tangles
ISMAA Saturday April 4 Schedule
8:30 -11:30 a.m. Registration Neumiller Foyer Bradley Hall
8:30-noon Exhibits Bradley 247 Bradley Hall
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Plenary Talk Neumiller Lecture Hall Bradley Hall
Gail Burrill, Michigan State University
The Mathematical Education of Teachers: The Role of Mathematics Departments
9:45-10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
Bradley 125 |
Bradley 126 |
Bradley 132 |
Bradley 139 |
Bradley 120 |
Ron Thomas Texas Instruments
Multiple Representations on the TI-Nspire Graphing Calculator |
N.F. Ellerton * and M.A. Clemens ISMAA’s Challenge to Mathematics Education Establishment in the 1940s |
Todd Oberg What Should a Geometry Course for Pre-Service Teachers Look Like? |
Biology and Mathematics Session
Joshua Hallam Evolutionary Predictive Modeling in Ecology
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Student Talks
Ming Wei Chang Eigenvalues of Trees
John Meuser On Refinable Functions
Jackie Chalmers Creating Fractals of a Given Dimension |
M.A. Clemens* and N.F. Ellerton The American Mathematical Society and an Earlier New Math Movement around 1900 |
Katie Taylor Mary Had a Little Lamb |
10:55-11:55 a.m. Concurrent Session
Bradley 125 |
Bradley 126 |
Bradley 132 |
Bradley 139 |
Bradley 120 |
Marjorie E Bond
The SATS Project |
Cindy Traub Gift-wrapping a Polyhedron
Peter Andrews Plane Analytic Geometry Using Complex Numbers
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Astrida Cirulis
IMTE Discussion and Meeting |
Biology and Mathematics Session
Debbie Witczak Analysis Censored and Truncated Data
Fusun Akman Teaching a Biomathematics Modeling Course with Allen’s Textbook
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Student Talks
David MacFadden Binomial Asset Pricing Model
Isaak Daniels Chinese Remainder Theorem
Matthew Pruitt Stat Analysis of EVE Online |
12:05-105 p.m. Closing Plenary Talk Neumiller Lecture Hall Bradley Hall
Sunil Chebolu Illinois State University
Cohomology with Stones and Sticks
1 p.m. Box Lunches available in Neumiller Foyer Bradley Hall
1:15-3:15 p.m. Section NExT Discussion S/C LZT Mtg. Room #6 Student Center