Each summer students in the mathematics and computer science department are invited to participate in academic-year undergraduate research groups. These teams generally consist of one or two freshmen and a single upper-class student who meet weekly with a faculty advisor for the duration of an academic year. Below we showcase the final reports of a number of these research teams.
Additionally, in selected upper-division courses students may be asked to write mathematical papers for class projects.
In the Spring 2009 Experimental Mathematics course, students were each asked to pick a mini-research project topic, define an interesting question within that topic, and explore this question using the mathematical software package Maple. The expository reports of these students are also posted below.
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Undergraduate Research Group Reports
- Circle the Cat: A Modern Adaptation and Analysis of a Classic Mathematical Game, by Timothy Olson, Kirk Baly, Owen Prough, and Alex Youngman (James Caristi, Advisor) 2010.
- R and Its Applications, by Traci Blonquist and Robert Thompson,2010
- A Counter Intuitive Bad Effect of Quarantine, by Krista Schaerfer and Adam Shull (Daniel Maxin, Advisor) 2010.
- Association Between Professor Credit Load on Student Course Evaluations by Carly Anderson, Traci Blonquist, and Tom Lee (Sara Crawford, Advisor), 2009.
- k-Equitable Labeling of Graphs by Deborah Beals and Robert Thompson (Zsuzsanna Szaniszló, Advisor), 2009.
- Isolation and Contentment in Segregation Games with Three Types by Mark Burek, Brian McDonough, Spencer Roach, and Brit Wagoner (Rick Gillman, Advisor), 2009.
- Radio Frequency Identification by Stephen Dolph, Dan Roggendorf, Kirsten Swanson, and Adam Watkins (Karl Zimmerman, Advisor), 2009.
- Vertical Transmission in Epidemic Models of Sexually Transmitted Diseases with Isolation From Reproduction by Tim Olson, Thomas Patrick, and Adam Shull (Daniel Maxin, Advisor), 2009.
Upper-Division Course Final Papers
