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黑料不打烊 math students and faculty present at Mathematical Association of America Southeastern Section Conference

By Hwayeon Ryu, faculty

March 11, 2025

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黑料不打烊鈥檚 Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Southeastern Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America at High Point University in Feb/March 2025.

Students and faculty at the 黑料不打烊 Mathematics Department attended and presented at the MAA Southeastern Section Meeting on Feb. 27-March 1, 2025, at High Point University.

黑料不打烊鈥檚 Department of Mathematics and Statistics had a strong showing this March鈥痑t the Southeastern Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, which was held at High Point University.

At this conference, over 20 members of the mathematics and statistics department (13 黑料不打烊 students and 10 faculty) attended, and 18 members (11 students and seven faculty) presented.

Student Accomplishments:

  • Lila Snodgrass 鈥26, a Lumen Scholar, and Sol Addison 鈥25, an Honors Fellow, co-presented their collaboration work titled 鈥淭he Danceability Index鈥 in an oral session. Their research is mentored by Assistant Professor of Mathematics Nancy Scherich.

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    Sol Addison 鈥25 (left) and Lila Snodgrass 鈥26 (right) co-presented their collaboration work titled 鈥淭he Danceability Index.鈥
  • Lauren Beuerle 鈥25, a Lumen Scholar and an Honors Fellow, gave an oral presentation titled, 鈥淢athematical Modeling of COVID-19 With a Focus on Asymptomatic Transmission.鈥 Her research is mentored by Karen Yokley, professor of mathematics.
  • Jillian Thomas 鈥25, an Honors Fellow, gave an oral presentation titled, 鈥淣umerical Simulation of Jellyfish Swimming,鈥 under Yokley鈥檚 supervision.聽 Jillian鈥檚 work was funded by the National Science foundation.
  • Liwei Chen 鈥25, shared her research work in a poster titled 鈥淎 Recursive Approach to a Multi-State Cylindrical Lights Out Game鈥 mentored by Kristen Mazur, associate professor of mathematics and statistics.
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Liwei Chen 鈥25 presented her poster titled 鈥淎 Recursive Approach to a Multi-State Cylindrical Lights Out Game.鈥
  • Nicolas Alvarez 鈥27 and Murilo Lopes 鈥27, gave a poster presentation on their project 鈥淢athematical Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Reveals Immune Cell Dysfunction.鈥 Their work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, under Associate Professor of Math Hwayeon Ryu鈥檚 supervision.
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Murilo Lopes 鈥27 (left) and Nicolas Alvarez 鈥27 (middle) gave a poster presentation on their project 鈥淢athematical Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Reveals Immune Cell Dysfunction,鈥 mentored by Associate Professor of Mathematics Hwayeon Ryu (right).
  • Clayton McLamb 鈥25, Nat Song 鈥26, Lily Helm 鈥25,and William Corky 鈥26 gave a poster presentation on their project 鈥淎rea under a rolling ellipse (without actually rolling it)鈥. This project is co-mentored by Professor of Mathematics Todd Lee and Assistant Professor of Mathematics Nancy Scherich.

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    Left to right: Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Nancy Scherich, Lily Helm 鈥25, William Corky 鈥26, Clayton McLamb 鈥25 and Nat Song 鈥26 presenting a poster on “Area under a rolling ellipse (without actually rolling it).”

Faculty Accomplishments:

  • Associate Professors of Mathematics Hwayeon Ryu and Aaron Trocki led the workshop on 鈥淪trategies for Targeting and Assessing Conceptual Understanding in Undergraduate Mathematics鈥 based on their recent SoTL project for the Calculus I course, supported by 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Inclusive Excellence in STEM Grant.
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Associate Professor of Mathematics Aaron Trocki (left) and Associate Professor of Mathematics Hwayeon Ryu (right) led the workshop on “Strategies for Targeting and Assessing Conceptual Understanding in Undergraduate Mathematics.”
  • Associate Professor of Mathematics Kristen Mazur and Senior Lecturer Ryne VanKrevelen gave a contributed talk on 鈥淐reating an Undergraduate Learning Assistants Program for Calculus 1 and Introductory Statistics Courses,鈥 supported by an 黑料不打烊 Innovation Grant and 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Inclusive Excellence in STEM Grant.
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Senior Lecturer, Ryne VanKrevelen and Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Kristen Mazur gave a contributed talk titled “Creating an Undergraduate Learning Assistants Program for Calculus 1 and Introductory Statistics Courses.”
  • Lecturer Brittany Riggs gave a contributed talk on 鈥淒eveloping an Interdisciplinary Course on the History of Women in Mathematics.鈥澛 This talk focused on her work developing “COR 3002: Rebel Women of Mathematics” at 黑料不打烊.
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Lecturer, Brittany Riggs gave a contributed talk on 鈥淒eveloping an Interdisciplinary Course on the History of Women in Mathematics.鈥
  • Professor of Mathematics Crista Arangala gave a contributed talk on “A Data Competency Quality Enhancement Plan.” This talk focused on 黑料不打烊’s 2020-2030 Strategic Plan and commitment to a Data Competency Quality Enhancement Plan that harnesses the data-centric interdisciplinary work done across campus.

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