Recruitment Workshop 2001

Workshop Program

• Research Topics I
  • Using Lie Algebras to Find Solutions of Partial Differential Equations. Maria Agrotis (Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics).
  • 3-sphere: Exciting Math Behind a Simple Object. Philip Foth (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
  • Bacterial Swimming. Dan Coombs (Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics).
• Research Topics II
  • A Taste of Research in Mathematics Education. Marta Civil (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
  • An Introduction to the Ideal Class Group. Chris Rasmussen (Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics).
  • The Inverse Problem in fMRI. Andre Lehovich (Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics).
  • Universality in the Self-avoiding Random Walk. Tom Kennedy (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
• Research Topics III
  • Geometric Invariants via Algebra. Alexander Perlis (Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics).
  • An Introduction to the Theory of Dynamical Systems. Don Wang (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
  • Dynamics of Bacterial Colonies: Experiments and Models. Joceline Lega (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).
  • Numbers and Symmetry. Minhyong Kim (Faculty, Department of Mathematics).

Mathematics Participants

• Alejandra Alvarado, San Jose State University
• Jaclyn Anderson, University of Nebraska
• Kate Best, Miami University
• Arlo Caine, Cal State University , Hayward
• Isaac Coleman, Rutgers, Camden
• Aaron Greenblatt, Duke University
• Michael Lennek, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
• Anne McCarthy, University of San Francisco
• Timothy Middleton, Texas A&M University
• Justin Miller, University of Arizona
• Matthew Miller, Vassar College
• Robert Pawloski, University of Hartford
• Maria Rafael, Seattle University
• Alan Von Hermann, San Francisco State University
• Max Wakefield, Seattle University