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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 baffenze@gmail.com UP 23.4

Alhaddad Shemsi alhaddad@gwm.sc.edu SS 3.5

Allen Elijah pupilofyah@gmail.com CS 16.6

Andrews George andrews@math.psu.edu GS 1

Atanasov Risto ratanasov@email.wcu.edu SS 15.2

Baker Paul pbaker@catawba.edu SS 17.5

Barnes Julie jbarnes@email.wcu.edu SS 17.4

Barry Brandon anybudy1@uab.edu GP 21.3

Baynard William wtbaynar@edisto.cofc.edu UPS 1

Beasley Brian bbeasley@mail.presby.edu CS 16.4

Bernhardt Kerri kebernhardt1@catamount.wcu.edu UPS 2

Bingham Ann D. abingham@peace.edu SS 17.1

Bivens Irl C CS 7.5

Bond William GP 21.4

Boreing Bradley BJBorein@king.edu UP 23.2

Boylan Matthew SS 1.2

Brazil Matthew mbraz@uab.edu UPS 3

Broom Mark CS 8.1

Brown Ryan ryan@math.gcsu.edu SS 3.6

Budden Mark Mark.Budden@armstrong.edu CS 16.3

Burkholder Doug BurkholderD@lrc.edu SC 4

Caldwell Chris caldwell@utm.edu CS 16.2

Carnell Lisa lcarnell@highpoint.edu CS 9.2

Carroll Philip ptcarroll@king.edu CS 18.5

Carter Javon UP 11.5

Cavanah Megan mcavanah1@catamount.wcu.edu UPS 4

Cawood Mark cawood@CLEMSON.EDU CS 7.2

Cazacu Rodica rodica.cazacu@gcsu.edu SS 2.2

Claiborne Sarah UP 23.5

Clark Jeff clarkj@elon.edu CS 20.4

Clay Robert E. rclay@daltonstate.edu SS 5.3

Cobb Laurel lacobb1@catamount.wcu.edu UPS 5

Coleman Alex VP 12.1

Collings Ray E rcolling@gpc.edu SS 14.2

Cook Emily VP 12.2

Cook Melissa UPS 6

Cooper Joshua SS 1.3

Corriere Chris ccorrier@spsu.edu UP 23.1

16

Crissey Brian L. bcrissey@ngu.edu] CS 20.3

Curry Clinton clintonc@uab.edu GP 21.5

Darley Joy W jdarley@georgiasouthern.edu SS 2.5

DeMaio Joe jdemaio@kennesaw.edu SS 6.1

Deng Baiqiao deng_baiqiao@colstate.edu CS 8.4

Denny Jeff denny_jk@mercer.edu CS 9.4

Devlin Anna UP 11.3

Dexter Amy adexter14@apmail.apsu.edu UP 11.3

Dohse Lothar dohse@unca.edu SS 4.1

Douglas Emmeline SC 5

Duncan Chris cduncan@lander.edu SS 15.5

Eastman Sean Sean.Eastman@armstrong.edu CS 18.3

Eaton Carrie D eaton@math.utk.edu GP 21.6

Ehme Jeffrey jehme@spelman.edu SC 2

Ellison Shay UPS 7

Enyioha Chinwendu cenyioha@gardner-webb.edu UP 10.1

Epperson Kelly ksepperson@gmail.com UPS 8

Eure Amanda aeure106@wssu.edu UPS 9

Evans Charles M UPS 10

Eyabi Gilbert geyabi@andersonuniversity.edu SS 15.6

Fadimba Koffi B. KoffiF@usca.edu CS 18.2

Fedore Maria mjfedore@gmail.com UP 11.2

Fedore Maria mfedore@elon.edu UPS 11

Finuf Nicole UP 23.5

Fitzgerald Meghan mfitzgerald23@earthlink.net UP 10.2

Fitzgerald Meghan mfitzgerald23@earthlink.net UPS 12

Francel Margaret francelm@citadel.edu SS 6.2

Freeze Michael freezem@uncw.edu CS 16.5

Ghimire Kailash ghimire@gsw.edu] CS 20.2

Gibson Greg gagibson@ncat.edu SS 15.3

Ginn Mark ginnmc@appstate.edu CS 9.5

Govan Anjela SC 5

Gove Robert rpgove@uncg.edu UPS 13

Govil Narendra K govilnk@auburn.edu CS 19.2

Greenwald Sarah CS 7.1

Groetsch Charles charles.groetsch@citadel.edu CS 8.2

Gupta Manan UPS 7

Hamilton Megan UP 23.5

Hartsfield Jane jhartsfi@unca.edu SS 15.1

Hawkins John SS 5.4

Haynes Denise UP 10.4

17

Herink Curtis herink_cd@mercer.edu SS 6.3

Herman Russell hermanr@uncw.edu CS 18.6

Hicklin Karen KHicklin@spelman.edu UP 10.5

Hicklin Karen UPS 14

Hill Ryan HillRG@wofford.edu UP 22.3

Honaker G. L., Jr. CS 16.2

Houghton Jeffrey houghton@uab.edu CS 19.4

Howard Keith howard_ke@mercer.edu CS 9.4

Hoys Laura SS 14.5

Hull Michael UP 22.1

Humphrey Patricia phumphre@georgiasouthern.edu SS 4.2

Hwang Simon Seok shwang@lagrange.edu SS 2.1

Iacob Alina aiacob@georgiasouthern.edu SS 2.3

Jackson Jon Jonathan.Jackson@turner.com UPS 15

Jagannathan Keshav kjaganna@coastal.edu SS 4.5

James Kevin SS 1.4

Jeffery Jaymi liljaymi@gmail.com UPS 16

Jones Martin L. JonesM@cofc.edu SS 3.1

Jun Younbae yjun@uwa.edu CS 18.4

Kelleher Clayton GP 21.3

Kerley Lyndell KERLEYLM@mail.etsu.edu SS 5.5

Khader Maisa khader@math.utk.edu GP 21.1

Klein Benjamin G beklein@davidson.edu CS 7.4

Kolitsch Louis SS 1.1

Koo Reginald SS 3.1

Krywaruczenko Daniel dankryw@utm.edu UP 22.4

Lake Sally salake@unca.edu UPS 17

Lawson Jeffrey K CS 8.5

Lewis Thomas M tom.lewis@furman.edu SS 6.4

Li Zhenheng ZhenhengL@usca.edu CS 20.5

Lightcap Andy andy.lightcap@gmail.com UPS 18

Lomuscio Michael F UPS 10

Long John longj@midlandstech.edu SS 14.3

Lucman Truly f520mf320g@gmail.com UPS 19

Lundy Laura llundy@gpc.edu SS 14.4

Manickam Shan mnkm@email.wcu.edu CS 19.5

Marshall Gerald L. gmarshal@tctc.edu SS 14.1

Mason Sarah samason@davidson.edu SS 2.6

Mason Sarah sabema86@hotmail.com UPS 20

Mayer John C mayer@math.uab.edu CS 19.3

McDonald Andrew GP 21.5

18

McNelis Erin emcnelis@email.wcu.edu SS 4.6

Mformbele Akongnwi C. amformbe@ggc.usg.edu CS 8.3

Miller Andy millera@mail.belmont.edu SC 1

Mimbs Debra L dmimbs@uab.edu GP 21.2

Mitchener Garrett MitchenerG@cofc.edu SS 17.3

Morgan Shatina UP 23.6

O'Callaghan Robin Rocallaghan@collegeboard.org CS 9.1

Muhamed Daudi dogoreal@hotmail.com UP 10.6

Okonkwo Zephyrinus C Zephyrinus.Okonkwo@asurams.edu CS 13.2

Okonkwo Zephyrinus C Zephyrinus.Okonkwo@asurams.edu CS 13.3

Parsley Jason parslerj@wfu.edu 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 kayakate24601@hotmail.com UPS 21

Ptacek Ross rptacek@gmail.com GP 21.4

Queen Blake L bqueen@email.wcu.edu CS 8.5

Race Shaina SC 5

Rayburn Nell rayburnn@apsu.edu SC 3

Reece Alan alanreece@gmail.com UP 22.5

Rhoads Gregory rhoadsgs@appstate.edu CS 7.1

Rice Blake CS 16.1

Richman Shumei richmansm@aol.com CS 13.1

Rock Brevin S bsr8990@uncw.edu UP 11.4

Rudolph George george.rudolph@citadel.edu CS 20.6

Rusodimos Iason irusodim@gpc.edu SS 3.3

Rychtar Jan J_RYCHTA@uncg.edu CS 8.1

Sanders Hugh hugh.sanders@gcsu.edu] SS 17.2

Sanqui Joel sanquijat@appstate.edu SS 4.4

Saxena Subhash C. saxenas@coastal.edu SS 5.2

Schaffert Mallory galmal4@gmail.com UPS 22

Schnibben George E. gschnibben@fmarion.EDU SS 5.1

Schnibben George E. gschnibben@fmarion.EDU SS 3.2

Schoen Theodore UPS 23

Scott Damon Dscott@FMARION.EDU CS 20.1

Scott Lauren lscott10@spelman.edu UPS 24

Shiflet Angela shifletab@wofford.edu GS 2

19

Sigmon Neil P npsigmon@radford.edu SS 15.3

Simoson Andrew J. ajsimoso@king.edu CS 18.1

Sinden Laura lsinden@elon.edu UP 11.1

Sinden Laura lsinden@elon.edu UPS 25

Smith Alicia UP 10.3

Smith Neal nsmith12@aug.edu SS 4.3

Solazzo Jim jsolazzo@coastal.edu SS 2.4

Soriano Christina SS 17.6

Stallmann Cornelius cstallma@aug.edu SS 3.4

Stannard Luke lukeys@uab.edu UPS 26

Steele David dsteele@unca.edu CS 9.3

Stembridge Shakiera sstembridge@spelman.edu UPS 27

Stone David dstone@georgiasouthern.edu SS 5.4

Strickland Stephen UPS 7

Sumner David sumner@math.sc.edu GS 3

Swanson Ray rdswanson2@catamount.wcu.edu UPS 28

Sykes Christian CS 8.1

Szurley David C. dszurley@fmarion.edu CS 19.1

Talukder Mohammed Mohammed.Talukder@asurams.edu CS 13.3

Talukder M. Hanif Mohammed.Talukder@asurams.edu CS 8.6

Topaz Adam adtopaz@davidson.edu UP 22.2

Valentine Amy UP 23.5

Walls Barrett bwalls@gpc.edu SS 3.3

Ward William wbward@samford.edu UP 23.3

Weaver Sheila SC 1

Wehner Jessica jessica_wehner@ecats.gcsu.edu UPS 29

Yankosky Bill byankosky@ncwc.edu CS 16.1

Young Paul SS 1.5

Zack Laurie lzack@highpoint.edu SS 15.4

Zak Mike mzak@plato.com VP Sat.

Zhang Yilian YillianZ@usca.edu CS 7.3