Texas Section

Mathematical Association of America

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Student Session I                                                      BO 212

8:00 – 8:15         "Hard" Mathematical Problems
                           Voke Abemree, Stephen F. Austin State University

8:20 – 8:35         When Differential Equations Get Fishy
                           Heather Bruch, St. Edwards University

8:40 – 8:55         The Great RBI Prophecy
                           Riley Gough, Sam Houston State University

9:00 – 9:15         A preliminary exploration of the finite difference approximations
                           Brian Jain, Baylor University

9:20 – 9:35         Magnetization of Cerium Ions as a Function of Temperature
                           Shelly Keith, Sam Houston State University

9:40 – 9:55         Singular Discrete Third Order Boundary Value Problems
                           Curtis Kunkel, Baylor University

10:00 – 10:15     Actuaries: Capitalizing Risk
                           Erik J. Robertson, Sam Houston State University

10:20 – 10:35     A Pony's Proper Proportions
                           Courtney Sanchez, Sam Houston State University

Student Session II                                                     BO 213

8:00 – 8:15         Brunnian Links and Exotic Solutions to the Mu Transposase System
                           Stephanie Anderson, St. Edward's University

8:20 – 8:35         Exponential Sums and Simultaneous Solutions of a Diophantine System
                           J. P. Coffelt, Texas A&M University

8:40 – 8:55         Population Processes
                           Eunice Gray, Sam Houston State University

9:00 – 9:15         Elliptic Trigonometry
                           Tarcia Jones, Stephen F. Austin State University

9:20 – 9:35         K_3,3: a Flatland Utility Workers Worst Nightmare
                           Jason Snyder, University of North Texas

9:40 – 9:55         Two-Level Fractional Factorial Designs
                           Min Sun and Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University

10:00 – 10:15     Comprehensive optimal design in split-plot method
                           Yuhong Tang and Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University

10:20 – 10:35     Using Geometry Alone to Solve Jigsaw Puzzles
                           Richard M. Thames, St. Mary's University

Student Session III                                                     BO 304

8:00 – 8:15         An Exploration of a Radon Relative
                           William F. Beard, St. Edward's University

8:20 – 8:35         Homeomorphisms, Diffeomorphisms and Prime Numbers
                           Samuel Seth Demel, Sam Houston State University

8:40 – 8:55         The Effects of Vedic Mathematics
                           Amy Guillot, Lamar University

9:00 – 9:15         The Mathematical "Witch"
                           Leslie Pacher , Sam Houston State University

9:20 – 9:35         “Understanding Animal Group Movement'' or “A Schooling Schooling''
                            Kennon Silence, Sam Houston State University

9:40 – 9:55         How Knot Theory and DNA Do the Tangle
                           Jenny Tompkins, University of Texas-Tyler

10:00 – 10:15      Two RSM Models and the Corresponding Designs
                            Jing Wang and Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University

10:20 – 10:35     Fire!
                           Lyndsey C. Wharton, Dallas Baptist University

Student Session IV                                                         BO 309

8:00 – 8:15         The Art Gallery Problem at Texas State University
                           Steven P. Bitner, Texas State University-San Marcos

8:20 – 8:35         Generalizing the Power Rule
                           Amanda Hoffman, Sam Houston State University

8:40 – 8:55         The Chain Rule Revisited
                           Carl Price, Stephen F. Austin State University

9:00 – 9:15         Crossover Design
                           Fang Duan and Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University

9:20 – 9:35         Magic Connections Between Squares and Graphs
                           Mark Lane, Sam Houston State University

9:40 – 9:55         Minimizing the Cost of Xigris Therapy: A Mathematical Approach
                           Fred Poage, Stephen F. Austin University

10:00 – 10:15     Analyzing bargaining problems through cooperative and noncooperative Game Theory
                           Kenneth Reddix, Stephen F. Austin University

10:20 – 10:35     Applications and Limitations of Harmonic Functions in Modelling Wave Phenomena
                           Richard Wooten, Lamar University

Student Session V                                                        BO 311

8:00 – 8:15         Figures of Constant Width on a Chessboard
                           Camille D. Broadus, St. Edward's University

8:20 – 8:35         A Partial Classification of Mathematically Celtic Knots
                           Angela Brown, Sam Houston State University

8:40 – 8:55         Methods of Solution for the One and Two Dimensional Heat Equation
                           Joel Douglas, Carrie St.Louis, and Juan Paramo, Midwestern State University

9:00 – 9:15         An Introduction to Cauchy's Theorem
                           Roy Joe Harris, Stephen F. Austin State University

9:20 – 9:35         Cauchy's Theorem and a Proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
                           Patrick Sugrue, Stephen F. Austin State University

9:40 – 9:55         Convex Quadratic Programming and Gaussian Random Fields
                           W. Max Jones and John Quintanilla, University of North Texas

10:00 – 10:15     Fingerprints: Are They Your Own?
                           Melissa Mauck, Sam Houston State University

10:20 – 10:35     Taguchi Approach to the Design of Experiment for Quality and Cost
                           Aruna Saram and Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University

Student Session VI                                                       BO 312

8:00 – 8:15        Why all this fuss about the parallel postulate?
                          Anny-Claude Joseph, Stephen F. Austin State University

8:20 – 8:35         Optimization with Origamics: Working with Chessboards
                           M. Fred Deutsch, St. Edward’s University

8:40 – 8:55         Incomplete Block Designs
                           Huixing He and Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University

9:00 – 9:15         Incomplete Block Designs: Factorial Treatment Design
                           Youfeng Nie and Ferry Butar Butar, Sam Houston State University

9:20 – 9:35         Positive Solutions to an 3rd Order Right Focal Boundary Value Problem
                           Mariette Maroun, Baylor University

9:40 – 9:55         Art and Mathematics
                           Mauricio Rivas, Sam Houston State University

10:00 – 10:15     A New Look at an Old Twist
                           Lacey Wells, Sam Houston State University

10:20 – 10:35     Analyzing Bargaining problems through cooperative and noncooperative Game Theory
                            Yoshiharu Kobayashi, Stephen F. Austin University

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