AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, October 29, 2005 01:24:04

Associate secretaries:
Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu

Friday October 21, 2005, 1:45 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Research, I
Room 110, Avery Hall
Organizers:
Richard L. Rebarber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln rrebarbe@math.unl.edu
Gordon S. Woodward, University of Nebraska-Lincoln gwoodwar@math.unl.edu
- 1:45 p.m.
  Energy Measures on the Sierpinski Gasket.
  Jonas Azzam*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  (1011-30-310)
- 2:15 p.m.
  The Tree Congestion of Graphs.
  Diana Carr*, Central College, Pella, IA
  (1011-05-329)
- 2:45 p.m.
  Patterns in Genetic Data.
  Leanne Hicks*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Brian Van Koten, Pitzer College
  Aya Mitani, Pitzer College
  (1011-92-357)
- 3:15 p.m.
  A Birfurcation in the two by two linear system.
  Steven Spriggs*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  (1011-34-352)

Saturday October 22, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Research, II
Room 115, Avery Hall
Organizers:
Richard L. Rebarber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln rrebarbe@math.unl.edu
Gordon S. Woodward, University of Nebraska-Lincoln gwoodwar@math.unl.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Theorems on Non-negative Primitive Matrices.
  Derek Boeckner*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  (1011-15-359)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Robustness and Transients Applied to Harvesting Peregrine Falcon Populations, Preliminary report.
  Alyson Deines*, Kansas State University
  Ellen Peterson*, Wittenberg University
  Richard Ryan*, University of Rhode Island
  (1011-92-298)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Cheetah Conservation - A New Approach.
  Amy Keighley*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Joan Lubben, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  (1011-92-307)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The Evolution of Cooperation in Finite, Growing Populations.
  Allison Bishop*, Princeton University
  (1011-91-328)
- 10:30 a.m.
  The Henstock-Kurzweil Delta Integral on Unbounded Time Scales.
  Stephen Avsec*, Princeton University
  Brittany Bannish, Mt. Holyoke College
  Brian Johnson*, North Dakota State University
  Scott Meckler, SUNY at Geneseo
  (1011-39-304)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Optimization algorithms in portfolio management with non-linear constraints.
  Bill Bade*, St. Mary's University of Minnesota
  (1011-90-325)

Saturday October 22, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Research, III
Room 115, Avery Hall
Organizers:
Richard L. Rebarber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln rrebarbe@math.unl.edu
Gordon S. Woodward, University of Nebraska-Lincoln gwoodwar@math.unl.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  The Root Squeezing Theorem.
  Justin From*, Central College
  Samuel Kolins, Bowdoin College
  (1011-26-361)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Rearranging Almost Convergent Sequences.
  Christopher Bay*, SUNY at Stony Brook
  (1011-40-327)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Discussion: Going to Graduate School?

Sunday October 23, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Research, IV
Room 115, Avery Hall
Organizers:
Richard L. Rebarber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln rrebarbe@math.unl.edu
Gordon S. Woodward, University of Nebraska-Lincoln gwoodwar@math.unl.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Sampled-Data Stabilization of a Beam Equation.
  Jonas Azzam, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Jesse Windle*, University of Texas-Austin
  (1011-93-309)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Alexander Quandle Identification.
  Gabriel Murillo*, University of California, Riverside
  Sam Nelson, University of California, Riverside
  Anthony Thompson, University of California, Riverside
  (1011-55-341)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Twist Number for Graphs.
  Thomas Albertson*, California State University, Long Beach
  (1011-05-312)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A Genetic Algorithm For the Minimum Tollbooth Problem.
  Corby Harwood*, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA
  (1011-90-335)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Virtually cyclic subgroups of three-dimensional crystallographic groups.
  Andrew Gainer*, Mercer University, Macon, GA
  Lisa Lackney, University of Akron
  Katelyn Parker, Wellesley College
  (1011-20-332)
- 11:00 a.m.
  The Pebbling Number for Graphs.
  Joyce Charlesworth, Warren-Wilson College
  Theang Ho*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Brian Keinath, Central Michigan University
  David Lin, Princeton University
  (1011-05-338)

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