Schedule

This is a tentative schedule that may still be subject to minor changes.

Friday

8:00-12:00 Section NeXT workshop (Lory Virginia Dale)
9:30-11:30 Workshop: Proposal writing for the NSF DUE (Lory 217)
Stephanie Fitchett, NSF and University of Northern Colorado
11:45-12:45 Luncheon for Dept. Chairs and MAA Liaisons (Lory 230)
11:00-4:30 Registration (Lory 227)
1:00-1:10 Opening Remarks and Welcome (North Ballroom)
1:10-1:55 Burton W. Jones Teaching Award Lecture (North Ballroom)
Richard Grassl, University of Northern Colorado
1:00-5:30 Publisher Exhibits, and MAA Book Sales (Cherokee Park)
2:10-4:35 Parallel Sessions-Contributed Papers & Special Sessions

Parallel Sessions-Contributed Papers & Special Sessions

Friday Time Combinatorics
Lory 228		 Contributed Papers
Lory 224/6		 Education Research
Lory 230		 History of Mathematics
N. Ballroom		 Undergraduate Research
Lory 210		 Pure and Applied
Lory 211E
2:10 -2:30 ∗Colin Garnett (UWyoming)
Spectrally Arbitrary Companion-like Matrices		 Darel Hardy (CSU)
Some Average Calculus Problems		 ∗Kristin King (UNC)
Learning in Introductory Statistics		 Ginger Anderson (Pikes Peak CC)
Alice in Matrixland		 ♣Eric Kuss (Fort Lewis)
Fibona00i
(mod c)
 Travis Kowalski (SDSMT)
Taylor series solutions to ODEs
2:35 -2:55 ∗Reshmi Nair (UWyoming)
Eigenvalues of acyclic matrices		 Julie Barnes (USAFA)
Hosting Math Treasure Hunts		 Alexandre Probst (CCU/CSM)
Assessing student improvement in statistics		 Bill Briggs (UC Denver)
Evolution of Calculus Art		 ♣Adam Ruff (UC Denver)
Analyzing Advice Networks of Math and Science Teachers		 Benjamin Dyhr (Metro State)
Self-Avoiding Random Walk on the Strip
3:00 -3:20 ∗Rodney James (CSU)
Sandpiles on edge-weighted graphs		 Michelle Ghrist (USAFA)
Experiences with High School Mathematics Competitions		 ∗David Glassmeyer (UNC)
Assessment within Online Graduate Courses		 ♣Melody Dodd (SDSMT)
Methods for Orbit Determination		 ♣Sara Linville (Fort Lewis)
Möbius Transformations of Geometric Constructions		 Ivan Raykov (CSU -Pueblo)
Approximation of Effective Diagonalization Strategies
3:25 -3:45 ∗Yang Zhang (CSU)
Continuum Limits of Markov Chains and Network Modeling		 Louis Talman (Metro State)
Mathematics on the Web		 Curtis Card (Black Hills State)
Pass Rates in Developmental Math Classes
Invited Presentation
3.50-4.35
N. Ballroom
 ∗Dan Jones (CSU – Atmos.Sci.)
Controlling the Chaotic Lorenz System		 Daniel Swenson (Black Hills State)
The Steinberg Complex of an Arbitrary Finite Group
3:50 -4:10 ∗Mary Allison (UWyoming)
Markov Chain Problem for the Union of Two Cliques		 Erich McAlister (Fort Lewis)
Further Geometry of Derivatives of Complex Functions		 Gary Olson (UC Denver)
College Mentoring for Pre-Service Teachers		 Wade Ellis (West Valley CC)
Effective Learning with Software Tools		 ♣Mark Pengitore (SDSMT)
Automorphisms of real submainfolds in C2 		∗Kristin King (UNC)
Mathematical Modeling in an Ecology Laboratory
4:15 -4:35 ∗Cara Wiblemo (UWyoming)
Automorphism Decompositions of Graphs		 Jonathan Poritz (CSU -Pueblo)
On entropy-preserving stochastic averages		 Zim Olson (Zim Mathematics)
Systems and/or Sub Systems		 Wade Ellis (West Valley CC)
Effective Learning with Software Tools		 ♣Millie Mays (USAFA)
Game Show Statistics		 Tianyu Zhang (Montana State)
Phase model of biofilm

∗indicates a graduate student,♣an undergraduate student. Please provide support for our next generation of mathematicians.

 

3:50-4:35 Effective Learning with Software Tools (N.Ballroom)
Wade Ellis, West Valley Community College
4:35-5:00 Coffee Break (University Club)
5:00-6:00 Education Address (North Ballroom)
Calculus as a High School Course
David Bressoud, Macalaster College
6:30-7:00 Cash Bar (Fort Collins Hilton, Prospect Road)
7:00-10:00 Banquet and Awards Ceremony (Fort Collins Hilton)
Banquet Address: 2010 Pólya Lecture (Fort Collins Hilton)
Codes on graphs: Shannon’s challenge and beyond
Judy Walker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2009/10 MAA Pólya Lecturer

Saturday

8:00-11:30 Registration (Lory 227)
8:00-8:50 Rocky Mountain Section Business Meeting (N.Ballroom)
9:00-9:50 Saturday Keynote Address (North Ballroom)
Proofs and Confirmations: The Story of the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture
David Bressoud, Macalaster College
9:30-1:00 Publisher exhibits and MAA Book Sales (Cherokee Park)
9:50-10:10 Coffee Break (University Club)
10:10-1:00 Parallel Sessions -Contributed Papers & Special Sessions

Parallel Sessions-Contributed Papers & Special Sessions

Saturday Time Combinatorics
Geometry
Lory 228		 Combinatorics
Graph Theory
Lory 226		 History of Mathematics
Lory 224		 Education Research
N. Ballroom		 Graduate Research
Lory 210		 Undergraduate Research
Lory 230		 Pure and Applied
Lory 211E
10:10 -10:30 Stanley Payne (UC Denver)
Finite Self-Dual Generalized Quadrangles		 Michael Ferrara (UC Denver)
Saturation Numbers for Families of Ramsey-minimal Graphs		 George Heine (BLM)
The Stereographic Projection is Conformal		 Scott Evans (Math Tutor)
What if Mathematics is a Psychomotor Skill?		 ∗Ramin Zahedi (CSU)
A lexicographic maxmin design for detecting sparse signals		 ♣Andreea Erciulescu (CSU)
Solving Kakuro Puzzles		 Anton Dzhamay (UNC)
Geometric Configurations Related to Matrix Factorizations
10:35 -10:55 ∗Cayla McBee (CSU)
Nucleotide Substitution Models and Hadamard Conjugation		 ∗Samantha Graffeo (UC Denver)
Quasi-Sum Graphs		 Janet Barnett (CSU - Pueblo)
Abstract Awakenings in Algebra		 Brian Lindaman (Montana State)
Students’ Conceptions of Repeating Decimals		 ∗Jeffrey Larson (UC Denver)
Applications and Algorithms for Derivative-Free Optimization		 ♣Rebecca Rasweiler-Richter (USAFA)
Mathematics in Molecular Biology		 R.M. Green (UC Boulder)
Polytopal subcomplexes
11:00 -11:20 Patrick Fleming (SDSMT)
Finite Semifields and Nonsingular Arrays		 ∗Timothy Morris (UC Denver)
Anti-Directed Hamilton Cycles		 Patrick Shipman (CSU) The Cantor Set and the Analytical Theory of Heat ∗Rebecca Dibbs (UNC)
The perceived utility of precision teaching calculus		 ∗Yang Zou (CSU)
Spatial- Temporal Chaos		 ♣Eric Robinson (USAFA)
Dividing Products of Differences		 Iuliana Oprea (CSU)
A temporal route to spatio- temporal chaos
11:25 -11:45 ∗Eric Nelson (CSU)
BLT-sets and Twisted Cubics		 ∗Breeann Tonnsen (UC Denver)
P-interval K-trees
Contributed Papers
Lory 224
 ∗Mary E. Pilgrim (CSU)
Intervention in Calculus I		 ∗Jennifer Maple (CSU)
Steady State Mode Interaction in Anisotropic Systems		 ♣Jacob Belka (USAFA)
Optimizing GPS using mathematical programing		 ∗Ryan Croke (CSU)
Solutions for 2+1 Soliton Equations
11:50 -12:10 William Cherowitzo (UC Denver)
15 Schoolgirls Take a Walk in Space		 ∗Craig Tennenhouse (UC Denver)
Subdivided Cycles and Graph Saturation		 Rick Kreminski (CSU -Pueblo)
Etudes for calculus and complex variables		 Alexander Hulpke (CSU)
Using Video solutions in Calculus		 ∗Chris Smith (UCCS)
Matrix types of Leavitt path algebras		 ♣Michael O’Connor (USAFA)
FalconSAT-5 Operational Testing		  
12:15 -12:35 ∗Timothy Vis (UC Denver)
Fifteen schoolgirls and Forty-two Ovoids		 Michael Barrus (Black Hills State)
Degree Sequences, Vertex Substitutions		 Stefan Erickson (Colorado College)
Zeta Functions of Graphs and Hypergraphs		 Joe Champion (UNC)
Affecting the Self-Efficacy of Students		 ∗Joseph Newhall (UC)
Convex Cones and Vector Efficiency		 ♣Daniel van der Vieren (Regis)
The Rubik’s Cube: A Trans-Composite Cipher		 ♣Christine Kistler (USAFA)
Chaotic Behavior of Newton's Method
12:40 -13:00 ∗Kenneth M Monks (CSU)
Möbius Numbers of Finite Groups		 ∗Shilpa Dasgupta (UC Denver)
Interval Bigraphs with containment restriction		     ♣Niles Armstrong (BHSU)
Pontryagin's Minimum Principle		  

∗indicates a graduate student,♣an undergraduate student. Please provide support for our next generation of mathematicians.

 

9:00-4:00 Workshop: Inspiring Your PreCalculus and Calculus Classroom: A TI Nspire Workshop (NESB B322, Registration required)
12:00-4:00 Section NeXT workshop (Lory Virginia Dale)