Fourth Annual

Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

A conference for Undergraduate Mathematics Students and Faculty

February 16, 2002
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Note to Speakers

Please check the information below and contact Randall Pruim of Calvin College if you notice any errors or oversights. Each of the rooms below is equipped with a blackboard, an overhead projector and a computer with projection equipment and laptop connection ports. The computers in NH 276 and NH 259 have Macitosh computers (Mac OS versions between 8.5 and 9.2). All other rooms are equipped with PCs running Windows.



Schedule of Talks (Tentative)

Already a few modifications have been made since the original posting, and there may need to be a few more, but we will try to keep changes to a minimum. Abstracts are also available.

Last modification: Thursday, 28-Jul-2005 16:13:59 EDT

Morning Schedule

8:30-9:25 Registration, Refreshments, Exhibits
DeVries Hall Atrium
  SB 202 SB 203 NH 295 NH 259 NH 276 NH 253
9:30-9:45 Employment Opportunities in Mathematics

Ralph Svetic

Michigan State University
. 		So, you don't want to teach or go to graduate school?

Randall Reitsma

Deloitte and Touche
. 		Signal Preemption and Bus Travel Times

Ryan Admiraal

Calvin College
... 		An Animated Discussion of Rotations in 3 Dimensions

Ben Johnson

Grand Valley State University
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9:50-10:05 Professional Masters Degrees

Charles R. MacCluer

Michigan State University
. 		So, you don't want to teach or go to graduate school?

Randall Reitsma

Deloitte and Touche
. 		Mathematical Analysis of DNA

Joshua Boehme

Michigan State University
. 		Quaternions and Rotations

David Koop

Calvin College
. 		Focus Your Intelligence -- Career Opportunities with the National Security Agency

Carol Stephenson Bullock

National Security Agency
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10:05-10:20 Break, Exhibits
DeVries Hall Atrium
10:25-10:40 REU at GVSU

Jody Sorensen, Steven Schlicker, Clark Wells

Grand Valley State University
. 		Two Mathematical Models in Biology and a New Course

Rebekah Thomas

Hope College
.. 		A different way to divide a line segment into any number of equal parts

Nathan Besteman

Calvin College
. 		Central Michigan University Ph.D. Program

Sid Graham and Azita Manouchehri

Central Michigan University
. 		Hilbert's 10th Problem

Nicholas Bailey, Paul Astras

Central Michigan University
...




10:45-11:00 NSF-REU Summer Mathematics Research at Hope College

Timothy Pennings

Hope College
. 		Circles, Squares, and Series

John Skukalek

Grand Valley State University
.. 		On Sk,d Sets

Megan Foster

Alma College
. 		The University of Nebraska Graduate Program in Mathematics and

Dr. Mark Walker and Dr. Judy Walker

University of Nebraska--Lincoln
. 		A Basic Introduction to Enumerative Geometry

Joel Louwsma

University of Michigan
...




11:05-11:20 NSF REU at Central Michigan University

Sivaram Narayan and Ken Smith

Central Michigan University
. 		The Psuedo Product Property

Carter Gay

Alma College
.. 		The Four-Color Problem

Heather Butkovich and Robin Gilbert

Central Michigan University
. 		The University of Nebraska Graduate Program in Mathematics and

Dr. Mark Walker and Dr. Judy Walker

University of Nebraska--Lincoln
. 		On potentially K_4-graphic sequences

Morgan Warner

West Virginia University
...




Keynote Address and Lunch

11:20-11:40 Break, Exhibits
DeVries Hall Atrium
11:45-12:50 Welcome
Keynote Adress: Double Bubbles by Frank Morgan
Science Building 010
1:00-2:00 Lunch
Commons Dining Hall

Afternoon Schedule

  SB 202 SB 203 NH 295 NH 259 NH 276 NH 253
2:10-2:25 Mathematics majors in Engineering

Wendy Kooiman and Stacey Porter

Smiths Aerospace
. 		Who Wants to Be an Actuary?

JJ Carroll

Swiss Re
. 		Orthogonal Polynomials and Interpolation

Christopher Frayer and Ryan Koesterer

Grand Valley State University
... 		Ramsey Numbers, or How to Plan the Perfect Party!

Jon Stevenson

University of Michigan -- Flint
. 		Fermat's Last Theorem

Bob Spencer and Bradley Wahr

Central Michigan University
... 		A career in biostatistics

Bin Nan

Biostatistics, University of Michigan
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2:30-2:45 The Graduate Program in Mathematics at Western Michigan University

Dr. Clifton E. Ealy Jr. and Ms. Ralucca Gera

Western Michigan University
... 		Who Wants to Be an Actuary?

JJ Carroll

Swiss Re
. 		Determining Critical Points by use of the Ratio Vector

Matthew Wells

Grand Valley State University
.. 		Prisons, Bombs, and Vampire Bats

Catherine Boersma

Calvin College
. 		Numerical Simulations for a Non-linear Spring-Mass System of ODEs

William Lindsey

Oakland University
... 		A career in biostatistics

Bin Nan

Biostatistics, University of Michigan
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2:50-3:50 Closing Session (Who Wants to Be a Mathematician? , Doorprizes)
Science Building 010

Thank You, Sponsors

The Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference is made possible by generous contributions by

Michigan MAA



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