2009 MAA Undergraduate Poster Session Prize Winners

#5. A Math Classic: The Tale of Three Links
Author(s): Samuel Jacob, Behrend Denison University
Advisor(s): Dr. Lew Ludwig, Denison University
#8. Predicting Viscoelastic Properties of the Arterial Wall
Author(s): Kasey Crompton University of South Carolina - Columbia
Andrew Davis, Clarkson University
Satoru Ito, North Carolina State University
Gregory Morton, Morehouse College
Amanda Olsen, LaGrange College
Advisor(s): Dr. Mette Olufsen, Daniela Valdez-Jasso, Associate Professor of Mathematics of North Carolina State University, Biomathematics Doctoral Student of North Carolina State University
#13. On Possible and Probable Triangles in a 2-Edge-Colored Complete Graph
Author(s): Rebecca Ruth Payne, Pomona College
Advisor(s): Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College
#14. On Metric Trees and n-Widths
Author(s): Kyle E. Kinneberg, Claremont McKenna College
Advisor(s): Asuman Aksoy, Claremont McKenna College
#36. Multilievel and Multidimensional Hadamard Matrices
Author(s): Bryce Lee, Olin College
Caity Greeley, Olin College
Matthew Crawford, Olin College
Advisor(s): Dr. Sarah Spence Adams, Olin College
#49. Wilf Equivalence in the Generalized Factor Order
Author(s): Daniel G. Glasscock, Rice University
Min Xu, University of California, Berkeley
Advisor(s): Dr. Brian Miceli, Trinity University
#51. Modeling Blood Flow in Time Dependence
Author(s): Bryant M. Watkins, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Bo Xu, Columbia University
Dezhi, Xu Wabash College
Advisor(s): Chad Westphal, Wabash College
#58. On factorization properties of B(Z,S)
Author(s): Yiwei She, Northwestern University
Ryan Rodriguez, Texas A&M
Advisor(s): Scott Chapman, Trinity University
#59. Zero-Divisor Graph Associated to a Semigroup
Author(s): Jonathan Peiyu Wang, Harvard University
Advisor(s): Lisa DeMeyer, Central Michigan University
#61. Obstacle Numbers of Graphs
Author(s): Hannah Alpert, University of Chicago
Christina Koch, St. Olaf College
Advisor(s): Joshua D. Laison, Willamette University
#74. The Brain and Mathematical Modeling: Influence of Neuronal Geometry on its Repetitive Firing
Author(s): Harold L. Gomes, Queens College-CUNY
Advisor(s): Dr. Joshua C. Brumberg (Advisor & PI), Queens College, & The Graduate Center, CUNY
Dr. Nicholas T. Carnevale, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University
#75. Application of a Coupled Oscillator Model to Sea Lamprey Locomotion
Author(s): Natalie Elizabeth Sheils, Seattle University / Penn State Erie
Advisor(s): Joseph Previte, Penn State Erie
#77. Algebraic Methods for Phylogenetic Inference
Author(s): Andrew Howard, Sam Houston State University
Alexander Diaz, Sam Houston State University
Advisor(s): Luis Garcia, Frank Sottile, Sam Houston State Univerity, Texas A&M University
#84. The Development of Mathematica Software Tools for the Analysis of Differential Equation Systems
Author(s): Amy D. Schmidt University of Minnesota, Duluth
Advisor(s): Harlan W. Stech, University of Minnesota, Duluth
#92. Controlling the Motion of Charged Particles in a Vacuum Electromagnetic Field from Boundary
Author(s): Luis R Suazo, University of Central Arkansas
Advisor(s): Weijiu Liu, University of Central Arkansas
#98. Geometric Methods in Voting and Agreement
Author(s): Michael Abrahams, Vassar College
Meg Lippincott, Vassar College
Advisor(s): Thierry Zell, Vassar College
#100. The Effects of Maternal Age on the Prevalence of Autism
Author(s): Melissa Ann Bilbao, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Advisor(s): Baojun Song, Montclair State University
Xiaohong Wang, Arizona State University
#101. The Algebraic Compatibility of Riemannian Operators' Voice-Leading Properties
Author(s): Maxx H. Cho, Swarthmore College
Advisor(s): Samuel R. Kaplan, University of North Carolina at Asheville
#103. Intrinsically triple-linked graphs in RP3
Author(s): Emily R. Stark, Pomona College
Kristin McNamara, James Madison University
Advisor(s): Joel Foisy, SUNY Potsdam
#106. Variational symmetries and local conservation laws in general relativity
Author(s): Olabode M. Sule, University of Central Arkansas
Advisor(s): Balraj Menon, University of Central Arkansas
#116. Tiling 4×n Rectangles with Tetrominoes
Author(s): Mindy M. Swancott, Houghton College
April Bowers, Houghton College
Advisor(s): Kristin Camenga, Houghton College
#125. Properties and Topologies Created by Applying Linear Lebesgue Measure to Plane Sets with Concentric Circles
Author(s): Charles A. McEachern, St Olaf College
Advisor(s): Paul Humke and Wladislaw Wilczynski, St Olaf College and Lodz University, Poland
#135. Extensions and Deformations of Associative Algebras
Author(s): Mitch Phillipson, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Advisor(s): Michael Penkava, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
#140. Calculating class numbers of ray class extensions over imaginary quadratic fields
Author(s): Ila Varma, California Institute of Technology
Advisor(s): Matthias Flach, California Institute of Technology
#147. A Sinkhorn-Knopp Fixed Point Problem: A Matrix and its Doubly Stochastic Equivalent
Author(s): William B. Cousins, Pepperdine University
Advisor(s): David Strong, Pepperdine University
#150. Exploring Gassmann Triples
Author(s): Michael Robert DiPasquale, Wheaton College
Advisor(s): Robert Perlis, Louisiana State University
#152. r-Reduced and Vertex Attrition of Multipartite Graphs
Author(s): Joshua M. Crunkleton, North Georgia College & State University
Dusti Amber Nisbet, North Georgia College & State University
Advisor(s): Brad Bailey, North Georgia College & State University
#185. An Improved Bound on When Delta Sets of Numerical Monoids Become Periodic
Author(s): Anton S. Malyshev, Princeton University
Advisor(s): Scott Chapman, Sam Houston State University
#189. Integral Formulas and Linking Numbers
Author(s): Stefan Sabo, University of Pennsylvania
Advisor(s): Dr. Dennis DeTurck, University of Pennsylvania
#201. A Combinatorial Proof of the Characteristic Polynomial Roots Solution for a k^th Order Linear Homogeneous Recurrence Relation
Author(s): Halcyon C. Derks, Kalamazoo College
Advisor(s): Michele Intermont, Kalamazoo College
#208. Your Paths are Determined! Motzkin Numbers in Hankel Determinants
Author(s): Andrew C. M. Yip, Lewis and Clark College
Advisor(s): Naiomi Cameron, Lewis and Clark College
#213. Thin Film Evolution over The Porous Layers
Author(s): Kumnit Nong, George Mason University
Advisor(s): Dr. Daniel M. Anderson, George Mason University
#214. KlustaKwik and Semi-Automatic Spike Sorting
Author(s): Gina-Maria Pomann, The College of New Jersey (Research conducted at Princeton University)
Advisor(s): Dr. Carlos Brody and Dr. Jeff Erlich, Princeton University

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2009 MAA Undergraduate Poster Session Prize Winners

#5. A Math Classic: The Tale of Three Links

#8. Predicting Viscoelastic Properties of the Arterial Wall

#13. On Possible and Probable Triangles in a 2-Edge-Colored Complete Graph

#14. On Metric Trees and n-Widths

#36. Multilievel and Multidimensional Hadamard Matrices

#49. Wilf Equivalence in the Generalized Factor Order

#51. Modeling Blood Flow in Time Dependence

#58. On factorization properties of B(Z,S)

#59. Zero-Divisor Graph Associated to a Semigroup

#61. Obstacle Numbers of Graphs

#74. The Brain and Mathematical Modeling: Influence of Neuronal Geometry on its Repetitive Firing

#75. Application of a Coupled Oscillator Model to Sea Lamprey Locomotion

#77. Algebraic Methods for Phylogenetic Inference

#84. The Development of Mathematica Software Tools for the Analysis of Differential Equation Systems

#92. Controlling the Motion of Charged Particles in a Vacuum Electromagnetic Field from Boundary

#98. Geometric Methods in Voting and Agreement

#100. The Effects of Maternal Age on the Prevalence of Autism

#101. The Algebraic Compatibility of Riemannian Operators' Voice-Leading Properties

#103. Intrinsically triple-linked graphs in RP3

#106. Variational symmetries and local conservation laws in general relativity

#116. Tiling 4×n Rectangles with Tetrominoes

#125. Properties and Topologies Created by Applying Linear Lebesgue Measure to Plane Sets with Concentric Circles

#135. Extensions and Deformations of Associative Algebras

#140. Calculating class numbers of ray class extensions over imaginary quadratic fields

#147. A Sinkhorn-Knopp Fixed Point Problem: A Matrix and its Doubly Stochastic Equivalent

#150. Exploring Gassmann Triples

#152. r-Reduced and Vertex Attrition of Multipartite Graphs

#185. An Improved Bound on When Delta Sets of Numerical Monoids Become Periodic

#189. Integral Formulas and Linking Numbers

#201. A Combinatorial Proof of the Characteristic Polynomial Roots Solution for a kth Order Linear Homogeneous Recurrence Relation

#208. Your Paths are Determined! Motzkin Numbers in Hankel Determinants

#213. Thin Film Evolution over The Porous Layers

#214. KlustaKwik and Semi-Automatic Spike Sorting

#201. A Combinatorial Proof of the Characteristic Polynomial Roots Solution for a k^th Order Linear Homogeneous Recurrence Relation