Friday, April 25, 2008
Registration and Exhibits Carver 211
Concurrent Session 1 Carver 231
| 3:00-3:20 | Using Artificial Intelligence in the Teaching of Algebra and Precalculus |
| Monica Meissen, Clarke College |
| 3:30-3:50 | Class Research Projects in Elementary Statistics |
| Michael Smith, Morningside College |
Concurrent Session 2 Carver 205
| 3:00-3:20 | Proofs in elementary geometry - what IS the sum of angles in a triangle? |
| Christian Roettger, Iowa State University |
| 3:30-3:50 | A new formula for depth perception |
| K Stroyan, University of Iowa |
Break
Concurrent Session 3 Carver 231
| 4:10-4:30 | Geometer's Sketchpad and Undergraduate Research |
| Martha Waggoner, Simpson College |
| 4:40-5:00 | Teaching an introduction to LaTeX course during May Term |
| Debra Czarneski, Simpson College |
Concurrent Session 4 Carver 205
| 4:10-4:30 | Certain quasigroup homogeneous spaces |
| Bokhee Im, Chonnam National University, Rep. of Korea |
| 4:40-5:00 | The Ping and the Pong: Echolocating for fun and profit |
| Neil Martinsen-Burrell, Wartburg College |
Dinner on your own
Plenary Session 1 Carver 215
| 7:30-7:50 | Connections Between Mathematics and Biology |
| Carl Cowen, Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis |
Reception Carver Atrium
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Registration and Exhibits Carver 211
Plenary Session 2 Carver 215
| 8:30-8:50 | Rearranging the Alternating Harmonic Series |
| Carl Cowen, Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis |
Break
Calculator Workshop Carver 340
| 9:40-10:00 | Activities to Nspire College Algebra and Calculus |
| Patsy Fagan, Drake University |
Concurrent Session 5 Carver 205
| 9:45-10:05 | Matrix functions |
| Palle Jorgensen, University of Iowa |
| 10:15-10:35 | Bloch Band Based Level Set Method for the Schrodinger Equation |
| ** Zhongming WANG, Iowa State University |
| 10:45-11:05 | variable selection in high dimensional regression |
| ** Fengrong Wei, University of Iowa |
Concurrent Session 6 Carver 231
| 9:45-10:05 | Math for Elementary Teachers |
| Dan Willis, Loras College |
| 10:15-10:35 | REU 2007 at University of Iowa--A Personal Experience |
| Yi Li, University of Iowa |
| 10:45-11:05 | The Mathematical Contest in Modeling: An Advisor's Perspective |
| ** Benjamin Galluzzo, University of Iowa |
Concurrent Session 7 Carver 312
| 9:45-10:05 | Euler and Music: a look at the Tentamen of 1739 |
| Joel Haack, University of Northern Iowa |
| 10:15-10:35 | Computer Investigations of Problems in Pickover's "The Mathematics of Oz" |
| Charles Ashbacher, #none |
Calculator Workshop Carver 340
| 10:35-10:55 | Activities to Nspire College Algebra and Calculus |
| Patsy Fagan, Drake University |
Business Meeting Carver 215
Lunch, on your own
Concurrent Session 8 Carver 205
| 1:35-1:55 | A model of cardiac action potential incorporating caveolae-associated ion currents |
| ** Ian Besse, University of Iowa |
| 2:05-2:25 | Digitalization in the signal processing |
| ** Le Gui, University of Iowa |
Concurrent Session 9 Carver 231
| 1:35-1:55 | Running a Math Circle |
| Elgin Johnston, Iowa State University |
| 2:05-2:25 | Leading a Book Discussion in a Liberal Arts Mathematics Class |
| Russell Goodman, Central College |
Break
Concurrent Session 10 Carver 205
| 2:45-3:05 | Orthogonal Polynomials on the Cantor Set |
| * Greg Ongie, Coe College |
| 3:15-3:35 | Alternating evolution (AE) schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws |
| ** Haseena Ahmed, Iowa State University |
Concurrent Session 11 Carver 231
| 2:45-3:05 | Calculus: The 800 lb Gorilla in the Curriculum---Ideas from Wartburg |
| Mariah Birgen, Wartburg College |
| 3:15-3:35 | Calculus: The 800 lb Gorilla in the Curriculum---Ideas from Cornell |
| James Freeman, Cornell College |
Additional Calculus Discussion Carver 231
* denotes an undergraduate speaker and ** indicates a graduate student speaker
