Question 3. Other than courses, what are the Student/Faculty Scholarly Activities?

STUDENT/FACULTY RESEARCH IN MATH/STATS
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SUPPORT FROM UNIVERSITY FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

AREAS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS

STATISTICS

  • Probabilistic Optimal Allocation & Its Applications on UMM Housing
  • Dependence Structure Modeling
  • Statistical Analysis of Stock Market Data
  • Statistical Analysis of Domestic Violence in Rural Minnesota
  • Degree of similarity in lifetimes of identical & fraternal twins
APPLIED MATHEMATICS

  • Classroom Scheduling - Discrete Optimization
  • Optimal network flows
  • Leontief matrices and directed hypergraphs
  • Efficient snow plow routes for the City of Morris
  • Efficient routes for Recycling Management
  • Numerical solutions to types of differential equations
  • chracterization of balanced directed hypergraphs
PURE MATHEMATICS & GEOMETRY

  • fractals: Mendelbrot & Julia Sets
  • topological spaces
  • manifolds: algebraic geometry
  • decomposition of partially ordered sets (posets)

PARTIAL LIST OF ALUMNI & STUDENTS

Alumni and current students who have collaborated with faculty in the aforementioned undergraduate research programs (UROP, MAP, etc) include:

  • Charles Rudeen, UMM 2009
  • Rachel Friedrich, UMM 2009
  • Samuel Potter, UMM 2009
  • Matthew Bryan, UMM 2007
  • Emily Stout, UMM 2007
  • Chris Orth, UMM 2006
  • Matt Gravelle, UMM 2006
  • Katie Sullivan, UMM 2005
  • Jeanna Schultz, UMM 2004
  • Chris Zabiski, UMM 2004
  • Curtis Kunkel, UMM 2003
  • Joanie Lofgren, UMM 2003
  • Steve Formaneck, UMM 2002
  • Dan Enderton, UMM 2002
  • Helen Lena Wollan, UMM 2001
  • Daniel Hill, UMM 2001
  • Laura Eisenmenger, UMM '99
  • Brent Heeringa, UMM '99
  • Nic Hopper, UMM '99
  • James R. Johnson, UMM '99
  • Deanne Nordberg, UMM '99
  • Gina Garding, UMM '99
  • Ross Dierkhising, UMM '98
  • Lisa Martin, UMM '98
  • Lora Martin, UMM '98
  • Ryan Bolduan, UMM '97
  • Jessica Rybaski, UMM '97
  • Eric Nordberg, UMM '96
  • Craig Schwegerl, UMM '96
  • Ben Winchester, UMM '95
  • Chris Pezalla, UMM '95



PARTIAL LIST OF STUDENTS' RESEARCH

This is a partial list of publications and presentations at national, regional, and undergraduate conferences, by the above students.

LIST OF MATH FACULTY

Byungik Kahng, Assistant Professor

    Education
  • B.S. Seoul National University, Korea
  • M.S. Stanford university
  • Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Areas of Research Interest
  • Discrete Dynamical Systems
Byungik Kahng

Mark Logan, Associate Professor

    Education
  • B.A. Carleton College, Minnesota
  • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Areas of Research Interest
  • Algebra
  • Combinatorics
Mark Logan

Barry McQuarrie, Associate Professor

    Education
  • B.Sc. University of Winnipeg
  • M.Math University of Waterloo
  • Ph.D. University of Manitoba
    Areas of Research Interest
  • Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics
  • Dynamical Systems
  • Numerical Integration
  • Molecular Scattering and Photodissociation
  • Mathematical Modeling
Barry McQuarrie

Peh Ng, Professor

    Education
  • B.S. Adrian College, Michigan.
  • M.S., Ph.D. Purdue University.
    Areas of Research Interest
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Combinatorial and Discrete Optimization
  • Network Modeling and Optimization
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Applications of Graph Theory
  • Matroid Theory
Peh Ng

Michael O'Reilly, Professor

    Education
  • B.Sc. Queens University, North Ireland.
  • Ph.D. Manchester University, England.
    Areas of Research Interest
  • Algebra
  • Representation Theory
Michael O'Reilly

David Roberts, Professor

    Education
  • B.A. Princeton University.
  • Ph.D. Harvard University.
    Areas of Research Interest
  • Algebraic Geometry
  • Game Theory
  • Group Theory
  • Number Theory
David Roberts




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