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Mathematical Association of America
Southeastern Section
87th Annual Meeting
28 – 29 March 2008
The Citadel
Charleston, South Carolina
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MAA-SE Officers
Chair, Martha Abell, Georgia Southern University
Past Chair, Charlotte Knotts-Zides
Vice Chair for Two Year Colleges, John Long, Midlands Technical College
Program Chair, Jim Vandergriff, Austin Peay State University
Secretary-Treasurer, John Harris, Furman University
Section Governor, Ellen Kirkman, Wake Forest University
2007-2008 Section Lecturer, Angela Shiflet, Wofford College
Newsletter Editor, Karen O'Hara, High Point University
State Directors: Emily Hynds, Samford University (Alabama), Lila Roberts, Georgia College and State University (Georgia),
Gregory Rhoads, Appalachian State University (North Carolina), Tom Fitzkee, Francis Marion University (South Carolina),
Jeff Knisley, East Tennessee State University (Tennessee)
Student Activities Coordinator, Laurie Heyer, Davidson College
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Annual Conference
Mathematical Association of America, Southeastern Section
http://macs.citadel.edu/chenm/MAA-SE/webpage_08.htm
Eighty-seventh Annual Meeting
The Citadel
Charleston, South Carolina
Friday—Saturday, 28—29 March 2008
Sessions will be held in Grimsley Hall and Thompson Hall with the general sessions being held in Mark
Clark Hall.
Thursday, 27 March
Treasure Hunt Activities: Lobby Thompson Hall
Project NExT-SE Activities: Thompson Hall Rm 303
Executive Committee Dinner and Meeting: Regimental Commanders Riverview Room and Thompson
Hall Rm 203
Friday, 28 March
7:30—4:30 Registration: Lobby Grimsley Hall
8:00—12:00 Math Jeopardy Preliminary Rounds: Grimsley Hall Auditorium Rm 117, Organizers
John Harris and Mike Mossinghoff, Moderator Mike Berry
8:30—11:30 Short Courses
Mathematics and Social Justice, Andy Miller, Belmont University, Sheila Weaver, University of
Vermont, Grimsley Hall Rm 114
Prime Numbers: Finding and Applying Them, Jeffrey Ehme, Spelman College, Grimsley Hall Rm 112
Active Learning Strategies for the College Liberal Arts Mathematics Course, Nell Rayburn, Austin Peay
State University, Grimsley Hall Rm 328
Engaging Students in Advanced Analysis via Fractal Geometry and the Hausdorff Metric, Doug
Burkholder, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Thompson Hall Rm 203
11:15—12:45 Graduate School and Career Fair: Mark Clark Hall Greater Issues Room and Room 228
11:30—12:30 Liaisons’ Luncheon. Regimental Commanders Riverview Room
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12:40—1:50 General Session I, Mark Clark Hall Buyer Auditorium, Martha Abell, Section Chair,
presiding. Welcome and opening remarks by Samuel Hines, The Citadel Provost, and Chuck
Groetsch, The Citadel Dean of Science and Mathematics.
Invited address, George Andrews, Pólya Lecturer, The Pennsylvania State University, The Lost
Notebook of Ramanujan.
2:00—5:15 Exhibits: Lobby Grimsley Hall
2:00—4:10 Refreshments: Lobby Grimsley Hall
2:00—4:00 Concurrent Special and Contributed Sessions
1. Special Session on Combinatorial Number Theory, Organizers Mike Mossinghoff and Andrew
Sills, Grimsley Hall Rm 112
2:00 1.1 Some observations about the generating function for C4(n), Louis Kolitsch, University of
Tennessee at Martin
2:25 1.2 Arithmetic properties of the partition function, Matthew Boylan, University of South Carolina
2:50 1.3 When does k! divide nCk?, Joshua Cooper, University of South Carolina
3:15 1.4 The parity of the 5-regular and 13-regular partition functions and related results, Kevin
James, Clemson University
3:40 1.5 On the 2-adic digits of Bernoulli numbers of the second kind, Paul Young, College of
Charleston
2. Special Session on Presentations by Beginning Faculty Session I, Organizer David Stone, Grimsley
Hall Rm 114
2:00 2.1 Convergence of Approximate Solutions to Scalar Conservation Laws by degenerate diffusion,
Simon Seok Hwang, LaGrange College
2:20 2.2 Domains and Extended Calculus in a Quasicontinuous Function Space, Rodica Cazacu,
Georgia College & State University
2:40 2.3 Some Topics in Gorenstein Homological Algebra, Alina Iacob, Georgia Southern University
3:00 2.4 Frames and Equiangular Lines, Jim Solazzo, Coastal Carolina University
3:20 2.5 Using Performance Assessments and Number Lines to Build Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge
of Fractions and Rational Expressions, Joy W Darley, Georgia Southern University
3:40 2.6 Partitions and Compositions, Sarah Mason, Davidson College
3. Special Session on Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom, Organizer Catherine
Aust, Grimsley Hall Rm 305
2:00 3.1 Probability 1/e, Martin L. Jones, College of Charleston, Reginald Koo, University of South
Carolina Aiken
2:20 3.2 A Measuring Device Used in the Leather Tanning Industry and Riemann Sums, George E.
Schnibben, Francis Marion University
2:40 3.3 Computers and Calculators Are Not Always Right, Iason Rusodimos, Barrett Walls,
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Georgia Perimeter College
3:00 3.4 Calculus without a Textbook?, Cornelius Stallmann, Augusta State University
3:20 3.5 Using Technology to Enhance Communication: Tablets, Blackboard/WebCT and Electronic
Homework Submission, Shemsi Alhaddad, University of South Carolina Lancaster
3:40 3.6 Service-learning projects in mathematics courses, Ryan Brown, Georgia College & State
University
4. Special Session on Innovative Ideas for Teaching Concepts in an Introductory Statistics Class,
Organizer Pat Humphrey, Grimsley Hall Auditorium Rm 117
2:00 4.1 Five years of teaching distance learning: What works and what needs work, Lothar Dohse,
University of North Carolina at Asheville
2:20 4.2 Podcasts, Video “Tutors” and More in Introductory Statistics, Patricia Humphrey, Georgia
Southern University
2:40 4.3 A Baseball-Themed Statistics Course, Neal Smith, Augusta State University
3:00 4.4 Teaching Introductory Statistics Using Course Compass, Joel Sanqui, Appalachian State
University
3:20 4.5 An introduction to two alternative styles of teaching introductory statistics, Keshav
Jagannathan, Coastal Carolina University
3:40 4.6 Using Fathom to Investigate Sampling Distributions in an Introductory Statistics Class,
Erin McNelis, Western Carolina University
5. Special Session on College Geometry and Trigonometry, Organizer Subhash C. Saxena, Grimsley
Hall Rm 328
2:00 5.1 Using the Great Wall of China Myth in a Trigonometry Course, George E. Schnibben,
Francis Marion University
2:20 5.2 Reinforce rigor in College Geometry with Sketchpad, Cabri, or Cinderella, Subhash C.
Saxena, Coastal Carolina University
2:40 5.3 The Intersection of a Cone and a Plane, Robert E. Clay, Dalton State College
3:00 5.4 On A = mP Heronian Triangles and V = mA Cones, David Stone, John Hawkins, Georgia
Southern University
3:20 5.5 Illustrating Volume of Revolutions via Maple, Lyndell Kerley, East Tennessee State
University
6. Special Session on Combinatorial Mathematics, Organizer Spencer Hurd, Thompson Hall Rm 315
2:00 6.1 More Than Meets the Eye: Visualizing Combinatorial Proofs via Graph Theory, Joe
DeMaio, Kennesaw State University
2:20 6.2 Packed and Monadic Balanced Ternary Designs, Margaret Francel, The Citadel
2:40 6.3 A Combinatorial Interpretation of a Modified Version of the Fibonacci Polynomials, Curtis
Herink, Mercer University
3:00 6.4 The Hitting Time for the Height of a Random Recursive Tree, Thomas M Lewis, Furman
University
7. Contributed Session on Calculus, Session Chair Peter Greim, Grimsley Hall Rm 322
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2:00 7.1 Developing a Website for Mathematics History in Calculus 3 and Differential Geometry
(Preliminary Report), Gregory Rhoads, Sarah Greenwald, Appalachian State University
2:20 7.2 The Mathematics and Computation of Removal Sampling, Mark Cawood, Clemson
University
2:40 7.3 New iterative methods for solving nonlinear equations and multiple roots, Yilian Zhang,
University of South Carolina, Aiken
3:00 7.4 A Family of Minimization Problems with a Surprising Commonality – Part I, Benjamin G
Klein, Davidson College
3:20 7.5 A Family of Minimization Problems with a Surprising Commonality – Part II, Irl C Bivens,
Davidson College
8. Contributed Session on Math Modeling and Math Applications, Session Chair Chuck Groetsch,
Thompson Hall Rm 317
2:00 8.1 Evolution of kleptoparasitic behavior, Jan Rychtar, University of North Carolina
Greensboro, Mark Broom, University of Sussex, England, Christian Sykes, University of
North Carolina Greensboro
2:20 8.2 Matter Gravitates, But Does Gravity Matter?, Charles Groetsch, The Citadel
2:40 8.3 Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medicine, Akongnwi C. Mformbele, Georgia
Gwinnett College
3:00 8.4 Progressive Wavelets on Nonuniform Nodes, Baiqiao Deng, Columbus State University
3:20 8.5 Kinematics and Dynamics of the Straight Lead, Blake L Queen, Jeffrey K Lawson, Western
Carolina University
3:40 8.6 A powerful test for testing order-restricted hypothesis in longitudinal Data, M. Hanif
Talukder, Albany State University
9. Contributed Session on General Math Education and Teaching Assessment, Session Chair Steve
Comer, Thompson Hall Rm 319
2:00 9.1 Mathematics Exams in the CLEP Program: Their Relevance to the College Curriculum,
Robin O'Callaghan, The College Board
2:20 9.2 Multiple Methods of Assessment for Introductory Mathematics Courses, Lisa Carnell, High
Point University
2:40 9.3 Should Normal Data Have Outliers?, David Steele, University of North Carolina at
Asheville
3:00 9.4 Using programming to complement the teaching of proofs in a discrete mathematics
course, Jeff Denny, Mercer University, Keith Howard, Mercer University
3:20 9.5 Redesigning the Major: One Departments Story, Mark Ginn, Appalachian State University
10. Undergraduate Papers Session A, Organizers Karen O’Hara and Luis Cueva-Parra, Thompson
Hall Rm 203
2:00 10.1 Topologies of complex networks: Understanding a GRAPH of graphs, Chinwendu Enyioha,
Gardner-Webb University
2:20 10.2 To Steal or Not to Steal: A Game Theoretical Model of Brood Parasitism in the dung beetle
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Onthophagus taurus, Meghan Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina Greensboro
2:40 10.3 Central Limit Theorems for Distributions With Heavy Tails, Alicia Smith, Winston Salem
State University, Evelyn J Patterson, Penn State
3:00 10.4 Negative Dependence and the Bivariate Normal Distribution, Denise Haynes, Carver High
School, Ronald F Patterson, Wanda M Patterson, Winston Salem State University
3:20 10.5 Lucas Primality Test, Karen Hicklin, Spelman College
3:40 10.6 Hyperbolic Functions, Daudi Muhamed, South Carolina State University
11. Undergraduate Papers Session B, Organizers Karen O’Hara and Luis Cueva-Parra, Thompson
Hall Rm 303
2:00 11.1 Hurricane Evacuation: An analysis of evacuation models on the Houston / Galveston area,
Laura Sinden, Elon University
2:20 11.2 Steady-State Distributions of Closed Asset Systems, Maria Fedore, Elon University
2:40 11.3 Collective Behaviors, Amy Dexter, Austin Peay State University, Anna Devlin, Johns
Hopkins University, John Pate, University of Arizona
3:00 11.4 Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, Brevin S Rock, University of North Carolina Wilmington
3:20 11.5 Mathematical Model of Action Potential Within a Neuron, Javon Carter, Winston Salem
State University
12. Vendor Presentations, Thompson Hall Rm 316
2:00 12.1 Customizing Technology to Meet the Needs of Your Course, Alex Coleman, Houghton
Mifflin
3:00 12.2 How to Motivate Students to Learn by Using Software, Emily Cook, Hawkes Learning
Systems
4:10—5:20 General Session II, Mark Clark Hall Buyer Auditorium, Charlotte Knotts-Zides, Past
Chair, presiding. Awards.
Invited address, Angela Shiflet, Section Lecturer, Wofford College, Computational Science
Coursework and Internships: Applying Mathematics and Computer Science to Important Scientific
Problems.
6:00—6:45 Social Hour, Citadel Beach House
6:45—9:00 Banquet, Citadel Beach House, Charles Groetsch, The Citadel, Fear of Refrigerators: Some
Mathematical Characters, Crackpots and Crazies
Saturday, 29 March
7:30—10:30 Registration: Lobby Grimsley Hall
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7:50—8:35 MAA Business Meeting: Grimsley Hall Auditorium Rm 117
8:00—1:00 Exhibits and refreshments: Lobby Grimsley Hall
8:45—9:50 General Session III: Mark Clark Hall Buyer Auditorium, Emily Hynds presiding,
Announcements.
Invited address, David Sumner, 2007 Section Teacher of the Year, University of South Carolina,
Jumping at the Chance.
10:00 – 11:30 Department Chairs’ Meeting, Martha Abell, presiding, Grimsley Hall Rm 108
11:00 – 11:50 Vendor Presentation, Introducing the new Academic Systems Algebra, a cutting-edge
mathematics solution from PLATO Learning, Mike Zak, PLATO Learning, Inc., Thompson Hall Rm
316
10:00 – 12:00 Undergraduate Poster Session, Organizers Sarah Mason and Catherine Matos,
Thompson Hall Writing Center
UPS. 1 Plane Application of Orbifold Classification, William Baynard, College of Charleston
UPS. 2 "New Math": The History of a Movement in Mathematics Education, Kerri Bernhardt, Western Carolina
University
UPS. 3 The intricacies behind simple problems: How the solution of a separable equation le\d to a recurrent
differential dynamical system, Matthew Brazil, University of Alabama at Birmingham
UPS. 4 Mathematics Education in Nineteenth-Century America, Megan Cavanah, Western Carolina University
UPS. 5 Blaise Pascal: Proving the Existence of God in Mathematics, Laurel Cobb, Western Carolina University
UPS. 6 BRT Polynomials of a Link Family, Melissa Cook, Berry College
UPS. 7 Sudoku Puzzle Difficulty Models, Shay Ellison, Stephen Strickland, Manan Gupta, Wofford College
UPS. 8 On a Model of Vortex Filament Mothion: Closed Solutions, and Knot Energy, Kelly Epperson, College of
Charleston
UPS. 9 Iris Recognition Optimized for Information Assurance, Amanda Eure, Winston Salem State University
UPS.10 Cayley Tables and Sudoku, Charles M. Evans, Michael F. Lomuscio, Berry College
UPS.11 Steady-State Distributions of Closed Asset Systems, Maria Fedore, Elon University
UPS.12 To steal or Not To Steal: Modeling Kleptoparasitic Behavior in the Dung Beetle Onthophagus Taurus,
Meghan Fitzgerald, University Of North Carolina Greensboro
UPS.13 Improving Honeybee Division of Labor and Colony Fitness with Genetic Variation in Workers, Robert
Gove, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
UPS.14 The Four Primality Tests, Karen Hicklin, Spelman College
UPS.15 The Queen's Domination number, Jon Jackson, Kennesaw State University
UPS.16 Music and Ratios: Pythagoras to Present, Jaymi Jeffery, Western Carolina University
UPS.17 Gracefully labeling a new class of trees, Sally Lake, UNC Asheville
UPS.18 King's Total Domination on the Square Chessboard of Side n, Andy Lightcap, Kennesaw State University
UPS.19 The Monte Carlo Method, Truly Lucman, Western Carolina University
UPS.20 Unexpected groups, Sarah Mason, Western Carolina University
UPS.21 Julia and Fatou sets, Katelan Price, Western Carolina University
UPS.22 Hyperbolic Tilings, Mallory Schaffert, UNCA
UPS.23 The Dottie Number, Theodore Schoen, UNCA
UPS.24 Public Key Cryptosystems, Lauren Scott, Spelman College
UPS.25 Hurricane Evacuation An analysis of evacuation models on the Houston/ Galveston region, Laura Sinden,
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Elon University
UPS.26 A three-stage model of mosquitofish population dynamics, Luke Stannard, University of Alabama at
Birmingham
UPS.27 Grbner basis for ideals and some applications, Shakiera Stembridge, Spelman College
UPS.28 A Dark Age for Mathematics?, Ray Swanson, Western Carolina University
UPS.29 Ranking genes with statistical tests, Jessica Wehner, Georgia College and State University
10:00—12:00 Concurrent Special and Contributed Sessions
13. Contributed Session on Topics in Teaching Mathematics, Session Chair Steve Comer, Thompson
Hall Rm 319
10:00 13.1 My Experiences on Teaching PEMDAS in Pre-Algebra Classes, Shumei Richman,
Columbia College
10:20 13.2 Refocusing College Algebra for Student Success, Zephyrinus C Okonkwo, Albany State
University
10:40 13.3 Using the Limit Process and Numerical Sequences to Enhance Student Understanding of
the Concept of the Derivative, Mohammed Talukder, Zephyrinus C Okonkwo, Albany State
University
14. Special Session on Mathematics in the First Two Years, Organizer John Long, Grimsley Hall Rm
305
10:00 14.1 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education in the Upstate:
Communication, Cooperation, and Collaboration, Gerald L. Marshall, Tri-County
Technical College
10:20 14.2 Boost for Student Success: MESA at Georgia Perimeter College, Ray E Collings, Alice
Eiko Pierce, Georgia Perimeter College
10:40 14.3 Competitive Events for Fun, Excitement, and Curriculum Development, John Long,
Midlands Technical College.
11:00 14.4 SMART Notebook and the Sympodium: Before, During and After Class, Laura Lundy,
Georgia Perimeter College
11:20 14.5 SOCAMATYC and the Role of Two Year College Mathematics in SC, Laura Hoys, Trident
Technical College.
15. Special Session on Presentations by Beginning Faculty Session II, Organizer David Stone,
Grimsley Hall Rm 114
10:00 15.1 Study abroad for math majors - visiting students welcome!, Jane Hartsfield, University of
North Carolina at Ashville
10:20 15.2 One Ended 2-dimensional Cohen-Macaulay Complexes, Risto Atanasov, Western Carolina
University
10:40 15.3 Using Web-based Multimedia Applications to Enhance Calculus Instruction, Greg Gibson,
North Carolina A & T State University, Neil P Sigmon, Radford University
11:00 15.4 Counting Threshold Graphs with Young Diagrams, Laurie Zack, High Point University
11:20 15.5 Power Distribution in Weighted Voting Systems: An Application of Integration Which is
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Appropriate for Single Variable Calculus Courses, Chris Duncan, Lander University
11:40 15.6 Coloring the USA Map and Other Graphs, Gilbert Eyabi, Anderson University
16. Contributed Session on Number Theory, Session Chair Spencer Hurd, Grimsley Hall Rm 112
10:00 16.1 Elliptic Curve Cryptography with the TI-83, Bill Yankosky, North Carolina Wesleyan
College, Blake Rice
10:20 16.2 Prime Curios!, Chris Caldwell, G. L. Honaker, Jr., University of Tennessee at Martin
10:40 16.3 Rational Residuacity of Prime Numbers, Mark Budden, Armstrong Atlantic State
University
11:00 16.4 Monoids for Math Majors, Brian Beasley, Presbyterian College
11:20 16.5 Factorization Lengths in Multiplicative Monoids, Michael Freeze, University of North
Carolina Wilmington
11:40 16.6 Landau’s Problems, Elijah Allen
17. Special Session on Connecting Math to the Liberal Arts, Organizer Sharon Sullivan, Grimsley
Hall Auditorium Rm 117
10:00 17.1 Learning College Algebra Through Dance, Ann D. Bingham, Peace College
10:20 17.2 Mathematics in the Movies and Television, Hugh Sanders, Georgia College & State
University
10:40 17.3 Inferring Linguistic Leadership Structure, Garrett Mitchener, College of Charleston
11:00 17.4 Teaching a First Year Seminar on Fractals: Frustrations, Fumbles, & Finally Fruition,
Julie Barnes, Western Carolina University
11:20 17.5 Dumbed-Down or Real Math?, Paul Baker, Catawba College
11:40 17.6 Learning Geometry in the Dance Studio, Jason Parsley, Christina Soriano, Wake Forest
University
18. Contributed Session on Differential Equations, Session Chair Li Zhang, Grimsley Hall Rm 328
10:00 18.1 The Trochoid as a Precessed Ellipse, Andrew J. Simoson, King College
10:20 18.2 A Linearization of a Numerical Scheme for the Saturation Equation: Regularity Results and
Consistency, Koffi B. Fadimba, University of South Carolina Aiken
10:40 18.3 Examining the error of linearization for an duality-based a-posteriori error estimate, Sean
Eastman, Armstrong Atlantic State University
11:00 18.4 Domain decomposition method for solving partial differential equations, Younbae Jun,
University of West Alabama
11:20 18.5 Overdetermined Linear Systems: Ideas and Applications, Philip Carroll, King College
11:40 18.6 Are Solitary Waves Color Blind to Noise?, Russell Herman, University of North Carolina
Wilmington
19. Contributed Session on Complex Analysis and Optimization, Session Chair John Moore, Grimsley
Hall Rm 322
10:00 19.1 Solution Techniques for Optimal Control of Projectile Motion, David C. Szurley, Francis
Marion University
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10:20 19.2 Some Integral Inequalities for Entire Functions of Exponential Type, Narendra K Govil,
Auburn University
10:40 19.3 Laminations of the unit disk and Julia sets, John C Mayer, University of Alabama at
Birmingham
11:00 19.4 Generalizations of a lamination lemma by Thurston, Jeffrey Houghton, University of
Alabama at Birmingham
11:20 19.5 A Generalized Inverse Representation of solutions to the primal and dual linear
programming problems, Shan Manickam, Western Carolina University
20. Contributed Session on Algebra, Logic, and Homology, Session Chair George Rudolph,
Thompson Hall Rm 317
10:00 20.1 The Qualified Quantifier: A Very Handy Logical Gadget, Damon Scott, Francis Marion
University
10:20 20.2 Generalized Mazurkiewicz’s Theorem, Kailash Ghimire, Georgia Southwestern State
Univesity
10:40 20.3 The Unique Infinity of the Denumerable Reals, Brian L. Crissey, North Greenville
University
11:00 20.4 A Brief Introduction to Term Rewriting, Jeff Clark, Elon University
11:20 20.5 Generating Functions of Symplectic Rook Monoids, Zhenheng Li, University of South
Carolina Aiken
11:40 20.6 A Constraint Language Approach to Constructing Certain Cyclic 2-class Association
Schemes, George Rudolph, The Citadel
21. Graduate Papers, Session Chair Margaret Francel, Thompson Hall Rm 315
10:00 21.1 Nonlinear Dissipative Wave Equations with Space-Time Dependent Potential, Maisa
Khader, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
10:20 21.2 Critical Leaf Configurations for σ3, Debra L Mimbs, Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham
10:40 21.3 Minimal laminations containing a rotational polygon, Brandon Barry, Clayton Kelleher,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
11:00 21.4 Guiding critical leaves for pullback laminations of the unit disk with irrational rotation
gaps, Ross Ptacek, William Bond, University of Alabama at Birmingham
11:20 21.5 Rotational Gaps in Cubic Laminations, Clinton Curry, Andrew McDonald, University of
Alabama at Birmingham
11:40 21.6 Mentoring as a vital component to a graduate teaching assistant teaching development
program, Carrie D Eaton, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
22. Undergraduate Papers Session C, Organizers Karen O’Hara and Luis Cueva-Parra, Thompson
Hall Rm 203
10:00 22.1 5-divisibility of 5-regular partitions and the eta function, Michael Hull, Furman University
10:20 22.2 On the Galois Module Structure of Square Classes of Maximal Elementary Abelian 2-
Extensions, Adam Topaz, Davidson College
10:40 22.3 Nearly Almost Perfect Numbers, Ryan Hill, Wofford College
11:00 22.4 Reverse Sierpinski Number Problem, Daniel Krywaruczenko, University of Tennessee at
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Martin
11:20 22.5 Numeration Systems Based on a Real Number, Alan Reece, Samford University
11:40 22.6 Topology and Prime Numbers: Are You Kidding?, Andrew Penland, Western Carolina
University
23. Undergraduate Papers Session D, Organizers Karen O’Hara and Luis Cueva-Parra, Thompson
Hall Rm 303
10:00 23.1 An Object Oriented Unit Circle, Chris Corriere, Southern Polytechnic State University
10:20 23.2 A wicker basket problem, Bradley Boreing, King College
10:40 23.3 Partially Orthogonal Sequences of Functions, William Ward, Samford University
11:00 23.4 The Search for a Perfect Cuboid, Brandon Affenzeller, Auburn University at Montgomery
11:20 23.5 Discovering the Curve-Creating Black Box, Amy Valentine, Sarah Claiborne, Nicole Finuf,
Megan Hamilton, Belmont University
11:40 23.6 Two Theorems of Zellbergers, Shatina Morgan, Winston Salem State University
12:10—1:00 Math Jeopardy Final Round: Grimsley Hall Auditorium Rm 117
Math Jeopardy Participating Institutions, Sponsors, and Competitors
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Sponsors: Mark Budden, Sean Eastman
Jaree Hudson, Scott King, Russell Manning, Stephen Savioli
Auburn University at Montgomery, Sponsor: Luis Cueva-Parra
Sarah Burnham, Brandon Affenzeller, Jonathan Henson, Jacob Phillips
Augusta State University, Sponsor: Cornelius Stallmann
Morgan Dominy, Tony Zamberlan, Howard Turner, Daniel Gray
Austin Peay State University, Sponsor: Jim Vandergriff
Amy Dexter, Caleb Wherry, Robert French, Michael Northington
Berry College, Sponsor: Ron Taylor
Robby Boston, Melissa Cook, Matt Evans, Michael Lomuscio
The Citadel, Sponsor: Mei-Qin Chen and Li Zhang
Jui-Chiang Chen, Christopher Jordon Hall, Tso Chun Meng
Columbia College, Sponsor: Nieves McNulty
Safiya Moran, Deborah Oswald, Cheryl Cockrell, Hannah Hines
Davidson College, Sponsor: Laurie Heyer
Adam Topaz, Daniel Orr, Mali Zhang, Daniel Martin
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Elon University, Sponsor: Jim Beuerle
Abby Lauer, Rachel Scott, Cindy Goodson, Nick Walton
Gardner-Webb University, Sponsor: Olga Poliakova
Chinwendu Enyioha, Chris Farthing, Tim Jefferies, Kendra Kennedy
Georgia Southern University, Sponsor: Jiehua Zhu
Mark Hanna, Andrew S. Haas, Josh Davidson, Chasen G. Smith
King College, Sponsor: Philip Carroll
Brad Boreing, Taylor Gillie, Dustin Pierce, Natalie Walters.
Methodist University, Sponsor: Shivappa Palled
Xiangming Wu, Ainura Togisbayeva, Sanjar Radjabov, Huy Thanh Nguyen
University of Tennessee at Martin, Sponsor: Brian Wagner
Emily Anthony, Brandi Nation, Justin Sims, Evan Trevathan
Western Carolina University, Sponsor: Risto Atanasov
Truly Lucman, Connie Markley, Sarah Mason, Andrew Penland
Wofford College, Sponsor: Charlotte Knotts-Zides
Ryan Hill, Luke Whiteside, Manan Gupta, Stephen Strickland
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Slate of Nominees for Offices
Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America
Election of officers will be at the annual business meeting held Saturday morning, March 29, 2008 at 7:50 in
Grimsley Hall Auditorium room 117. A person nominated and seconded from the floor by a Section
member will be added to the Nominating Committee’s slate provided the person nominated has agreed to
serve if elected. Election is by majority vote of the members of the Section present and voting at the
business meeting. Terms of newly elected officers begin at the adjournment of this Spring Section Meeting.
The Nominating Committee: Ray Collings (Chair)(GA), Andrew Hetzel (TN), Bernie Mullins (AL), Walt
Patterson (SC), Wanda Patterson (NC)
Position
Candidate
Chair-Elect Bruce Atkinson
Samford University
Vice-Chair for TYC’s John Long
Midlands Tech. College
Secretary-Treasurer John Harris
Furman University
Beginning Faculty Activities Coord. David Stone
Georgia Southern University
Section Lecturer Chris Rodger
Auburn University
State Director Alabama Emily Hynds
Samford University
State Director Georgia Lila Roberts
Georgia College & State U.
State Director South Carolina Tom Fitzkee
Francis Marion University
State Director Tennessee Brian O’Connor
Tennessee Tech University
State Director North Carolina Greg Rhoads
Appalachian State University
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Index of Speakers and Authors
Affenzeller Brandon [email protected] UP 23.4
Alhaddad Shemsi [email protected] SS 3.5
Allen Elijah [email protected] CS 16.6
Andrews George [email protected] GS 1
Atanasov Risto [email protected] SS 15.2
Baker Paul [email protected] SS 17.5
Barnes Julie [email protected] SS 17.4
Barry Brandon [email protected] GP 21.3
Baynard William [email protected] UPS 1
Beasley Brian [email protected] CS 16.4
Bernhardt Kerri [email protected] UPS 2
Bingham Ann D. [email protected] SS 17.1
Bivens Irl C CS 7.5
Bond William GP 21.4
Boreing Bradley [email protected] UP 23.2
Boylan Matthew SS 1.2
Brazil Matthew [email protected] UPS 3
Broom Mark CS 8.1
Brown Ryan [email protected] SS 3.6
Budden Mark [email protected] CS 16.3
Burkholder Doug [email protected] SC 4
Caldwell Chris [email protected] CS 16.2
Carnell Lisa [email protected] CS 9.2
Carroll Philip [email protected] CS 18.5
Carter Javon UP 11.5
Cavanah Megan [email protected] UPS 4
Cawood Mark [email protected] CS 7.2
Cazacu Rodica [email protected] SS 2.2
Claiborne Sarah UP 23.5
Clark Jeff [email protected] CS 20.4
Clay Robert E. [email protected] SS 5.3
Cobb Laurel [email protected] UPS 5
Coleman Alex VP 12.1
Collings Ray E [email protected] SS 14.2
Cook Emily VP 12.2
Cook Melissa UPS 6
Cooper Joshua SS 1.3
Corriere Chris [email protected] UP 23.1
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Crissey Brian L. [email protected]] CS 20.3
Curry Clinton [email protected] GP 21.5
Darley Joy W [email protected] SS 2.5
DeMaio Joe [email protected] SS 6.1
Deng Baiqiao [email protected] CS 8.4
Denny Jeff [email protected] CS 9.4
Devlin Anna UP 11.3
Dexter Amy [email protected] UP 11.3
Dohse Lothar [email protected] SS 4.1
Douglas Emmeline SC 5
Duncan Chris [email protected] SS 15.5
Eastman Sean [email protected] CS 18.3
Eaton Carrie D [email protected] GP 21.6
Ehme Jeffrey [email protected] SC 2
Ellison Shay UPS 7
Enyioha Chinwendu [email protected] UP 10.1
Epperson Kelly [email protected] UPS 8
Eure Amanda [email protected] UPS 9
Evans Charles M UPS 10
Eyabi Gilbert [email protected] SS 15.6
Fadimba Koffi B. [email protected] CS 18.2
Fedore Maria [email protected] UP 11.2
Fedore Maria [email protected] UPS 11
Finuf Nicole UP 23.5
Fitzgerald Meghan [email protected] UP 10.2
Fitzgerald Meghan [email protected] UPS 12
Francel Margaret [email protected] SS 6.2
Freeze Michael [email protected] CS 16.5
Ghimire Kailash [email protected]] CS 20.2
Gibson Greg [email protected] SS 15.3
Ginn Mark [email protected] CS 9.5
Govan Anjela SC 5
Gove Robert [email protected] UPS 13
Govil Narendra K [email protected] CS 19.2
Greenwald Sarah CS 7.1
Groetsch Charles [email protected] CS 8.2
Gupta Manan UPS 7
Hamilton Megan UP 23.5
Hartsfield Jane [email protected] SS 15.1
Hawkins John SS 5.4
Haynes Denise UP 10.4
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Herink Curtis [email protected] SS 6.3
Herman Russell [email protected] CS 18.6
Hicklin Karen [email protected] UP 10.5
Hicklin Karen UPS 14
Hill Ryan [email protected] UP 22.3
Honaker G. L., Jr. CS 16.2
Houghton Jeffrey [email protected] CS 19.4
Howard Keith [email protected] CS 9.4
Hoys Laura SS 14.5
Hull Michael UP 22.1
Humphrey Patricia [email protected] SS 4.2
Hwang Simon Seok [email protected] SS 2.1
Iacob Alina [email protected] SS 2.3
Jackson Jon [email protected] UPS 15
Jagannathan Keshav [email protected] SS 4.5
James Kevin SS 1.4
Jeffery Jaymi [email protected] UPS 16
Jones Martin L. [email protected] SS 3.1
Jun Younbae [email protected] CS 18.4
Kelleher Clayton GP 21.3
Kerley Lyndell [email protected] SS 5.5
Khader Maisa [email protected] GP 21.1
Klein Benjamin G [email protected] CS 7.4
Kolitsch Louis SS 1.1
Koo Reginald SS 3.1
Krywaruczenko Daniel [email protected] UP 22.4
Lake Sally [email protected] UPS 17
Lawson Jeffrey K CS 8.5
Lewis Thomas M [email protected] SS 6.4
Li Zhenheng [email protected] CS 20.5
Lightcap Andy [email protected] UPS 18
Lomuscio Michael F UPS 10
Long John [email protected] SS 14.3
Lucman Truly [email protected] UPS 19
Lundy Laura [email protected] SS 14.4
Manickam Shan [email protected] CS 19.5
Marshall Gerald L. [email protected] SS 14.1
Mason Sarah [email protected] SS 2.6
Mason Sarah [email protected] UPS 20
Mayer John C [email protected] CS 19.3
McDonald Andrew GP 21.5
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McNelis Erin [email protected] SS 4.6
Mformbele Akongnwi C. [email protected] CS 8.3
Miller Andy [email protected] SC 1
Mimbs Debra L [email protected] GP 21.2
Mitchener Garrett [email protected] SS 17.3
Morgan Shatina UP 23.6
O'Callaghan Robin [email protected] CS 9.1
Muhamed Daudi [email protected] UP 10.6
Okonkwo Zephyrinus C [email protected] CS 13.2
Okonkwo Zephyrinus C [email protected] CS 13.3
Parsley Jason [email protected] SS 17.6
Pate John UP 11.3
Patterson Evelyn J UP 10.3
Patterson Ronald F UP 10.4
Patterson Wanda M UP 10.4
Pedings Kathryn SC 5
Penland Andrew UP 22.6
Pierce Alice Eiko SS 14.2
Price Katelan [email protected] UPS 21
Ptacek Ross [email protected] GP 21.4
Queen Blake L [email protected] CS 8.5
Race Shaina SC 5
Rayburn Nell [email protected] SC 3
Reece Alan [email protected] UP 22.5
Rhoads Gregory [email protected] CS 7.1
Rice Blake CS 16.1
Richman Shumei [email protected] CS 13.1
Rock Brevin S [email protected] UP 11.4
Rudolph George [email protected] CS 20.6
Rusodimos Iason [email protected] SS 3.3
Rychtar Jan [email protected] CS 8.1
Sanders Hugh [email protected]] SS 17.2
Sanqui Joel [email protected] SS 4.4
Saxena Subhash C. [email protected] SS 5.2
Schaffert Mallory [email protected] UPS 22
Schnibben George E. [email protected] SS 5.1
Schnibben George E. [email protected] SS 3.2
Schoen Theodore UPS 23
Scott Damon [email protected] CS 20.1
Scott Lauren [email protected] UPS 24
Shiflet Angela [email protected] GS 2
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Sigmon Neil P [email protected] SS 15.3
Simoson Andrew J. [email protected] CS 18.1
Sinden Laura [email protected] UP 11.1
Sinden Laura [email protected] UPS 25
Smith Alicia UP 10.3
Smith Neal [email protected] SS 4.3
Solazzo Jim [email protected] SS 2.4
Soriano Christina SS 17.6
Stallmann Cornelius [email protected] SS 3.4
Stannard Luke [email protected] UPS 26
Steele David [email protected] CS 9.3
Stembridge Shakiera [email protected] UPS 27
Stone David [email protected] SS 5.4
Strickland Stephen UPS 7
Sumner David [email protected] GS 3
Swanson Ray [email protected] UPS 28
Sykes Christian CS 8.1
Szurley David C. [email protected] CS 19.1
Talukder Mohammed [email protected] CS 13.3
Talukder M. Hanif [email protected] CS 8.6
Topaz Adam [email protected] UP 22.2
Valentine Amy UP 23.5
Walls Barrett [email protected] SS 3.3
Ward William [email protected] UP 23.3
Weaver Sheila SC 1
Wehner Jessica [email protected] UPS 29
Yankosky Bill [email protected] CS 16.1
Young Paul SS 1.5
Zack Laurie [email protected] SS 15.4
Zak Mike [email protected] VP Sat.
Zhang Yilian [email protected] CS 7.3