Updated General Schedule

MAA Ohio Section

Spring 2016 Program

 Friday, April 8

12:00-4:00	Registration	Faculty & Staff Lounge MT200, Mathile Center
12:00-1:20	Leo Schneider Student Team Competition	Activities Room, McIntosh Center
12:00-1:00	Committee Meetings:
	CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE	Conference Room 202, McIntosh Center
	CONCUR     (Curriculum)	Conference Room 203, McIntosh Center
	CONSACT    (Section Activities)	Conference Room 204, McIntosh Center
	CONTEAL    (Teacher Education & Licensure)	Conference Room 205, McIntosh Center
1:00-4:00	Vendor & Book Exhibits	MT206 A & B, Mathile Center
1:30-1:45	Welcome and Announcements	HP151, Hakes Pierstorf
1:45-2:45	Retiring President’s address: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716): an academy in himself ---Danny Otero	HP151, Hakes Pierstorf
2:45-3:00	Break	MT206 A & B, Mathile Center
3:00-3:05	Centennial Minute	HP151, Hakes Pierstorf
3:05-4:00	Invited Address:  Problems in number theory involving age-old sequences ---Dan Baczkowski	HP151, Hakes Pierstorf
4:15-5:50	Executive Committee Meeting	MT 239 Math & Stat Conference Room, Mathile Center
4:15-5:50	Contributed Paper Sessions	2nd floor, Mathile Center
5:50-6:30	Meeting of the Great Lakes Region of KME Chair:  Pete Skoner, St. Francis University	MT 212, Mathile Center
6:30-6:45	Social Time	Ballroom, McIntosh Center
6:50-8:00	Banquet	Ballroom, McIntosh Center
6:30-8:00	Student Pizza Party	Activities Room, McIntosh Center
8:15-9:15	Invited After-Dinner Address: Benjamin Franklin Finkel: The Man on the Ball ---Fred Rickey	Ballroom, McIntosh Center
9:15	Business Meeting	Ballroom, McIntosh Center

 Saturday, April 9

8:00-10:00	Registration	Faculty & Staff Lounge MT200, Mathile Center
8:00-10:00	Book Vendors and Exhibits	MT206 A & B, Mathile Center
8:00-9:25	Coffee and Pastries	MT206 A & B, Mathile Center
8:50-9:25	Committee On Local Arrangements	MT 239 Math & Stat Conference Room, Mathile Center
9:25-9:35	Welcome and Announcements	HP151, Hakes Pierstorf
9:35-10:30	Invited Address:  Top Secret:  Women’s Contributions to the History of Computing ---Jenna Carpenter, First Vice President of the National MAA	HP151, Hakes Pierstorf
10:30-10:35	Announcement of the results of the Leo J. Schneider student team competition	HP151, Hakes Pierstorf
10:35-10:50	Break	MT206 A & B, Mathile Center
10:50-11:50	Contributed Paper Sessions	2nd floor, Mathile Center
12:00-1:00	Invited Address:  Mentoring Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Mathematics ---Jenna Carpenter	HP151, Hakes Pierstorf
1:00-1:10	Closing Remarks	HP151, Hakes Pierstorf

Schedule for the Contributed Paper Sessions

Contributed Paper Sessions

*denotes undergraduate student

Friday, April 8

4:15—4:50

Time	Session A Mathile Center MT212 Session Chair: Carl Mummert	Session B Mathile Center MT210 Session Chair: Yong Wang	Session C Mathile Center MT209 Session Chair: Barbara Margolius	Session D Mathile Center MT247 Session Chair: Malena Espanol	Session E Mathile Center MT248 Session Chair:  Vani Cheruvu	Session F Mathile Center MT311 Session Chair: Clayton Brooks
4:15-4:30	An Observatory, a Railroad,  and the founding of the MAA Abstract 1 Thomas Hern Bowling Green State University - Main	Algebra Abstract 2 Dang Phuong Kent State University - Kent	Statistical Analysis of Differential Gene Expression in Spinal Nerve Ligated Rats using RNA-seq Abstract 3 Dirk Bullock The University of Akron	Visible Learning in WebAssign Abstract 4 Michael Lafreniere Ohio University - Chillicothe	MyMathLab Abstract 5 Gina Mackey	Visible Learning in WebAssign Abstract 6 Michael Lafreniere Ohio University - Chillicothe
4:35–4:50	A nonquantitative grading system for upper-level classes Abstract 7 Carl B. Mummert Marshall University	Focusing on Fibonacci Through Different Eyes Abstract 8 Douglas W Titchenal Ohio State University - Columbus	The Generating Function for a k-erlang Random Walk in terms of Roots of Unity Abstract 9 Barbara Margolius Cleveland State University	A Number Theory Surprise? Abstract 10 Matthew McMullen Otterbein University	Phylogenetic Tree Reconstruction with Balanced Minimal Evolution Abstract 11 William A. Sands University of Akron	Image Compression Using Fourier Series Abstract 12 Ronald A. Johns Ohio Northern University

Contributed Paper Sessions                                                                                                             Friday, April 8

*denotes undergraduate student                                                                                                                                                      4:55—5:50

Time	Session A Mathile Center MT212 Session Chair: Carl Mummert	Session B Mathile Center MT210 Session Chair: Yong Wang	Session C Mathile Center MT209 Session Chair: Barbara Margolius	Session D Mathile Center MT247 Session Chair: Malena Espanol	Session E Mathile Center MT248 Session Chair:  Vani Cheruvu	Session F Mathile Center MT311 Session Chair: Clayton Brooks
4:55-5:10	A Modified Emporium Developmental Mathematics Course - The Good, the Bad, and Everything in Between Abstract 13 Anna Mummert Marshall University	Cover Pebbling Numbers Abstract 14 Grace McCourt* Ashland University	Discrepancies between student perception and achievement of learning outcomes in learner-centered instruction Abstract 15 Jenna Van Sickle Cleveland State University	On the R. Lemke Oliver - K. Soundararajan recent "prime conspiracy" Abstract 16 Michelle Haver* Ohio Northern University	Retaining Interests- what student interests reveal about retention rates Abstract 17 Melody H. Sabo* Malone University	Summing Like Euler Abstract 18 Jenna L. Wise* Youngstown State University
5:15-5:30	Mathematical Models of the Human Sleep-Wake Cycle Abstract 19 James Delmege* Cleveland State University	A Process Convolution Approach to Modeling Massive Spatial Data Abstract 20 Yong Wang Ohio Northern University	Curiosities of the Lorenz System Abstract 21 Alena A Schwartsman* Cleveland State University	A Learning Approach for Computing Regularization Parameters for Tikhonov Regularization Abstract 22 Malena Espanol University of Akron	Updates from the Ohio Mathematics Initiative Abstract 23 Michelle Younker Owens Community College & Vani Cheurvu University of Toledo	Hawkes Learning: Revolutionizing Math Courseware Abstract 24 Kristin Marley Hawkes Learning
5:35-5:50	M The Analysis of Dose Response in GERD Patients  Abstract 25 riateUse ofUniN NNaira Chovelidze Cleveland State University aiversity		Credit Scoring Concepts Abstract 27 Michael Mina* Cleveland State University	Markov Chains Apllied to Economics Abstract 28 Mackenzie Jones* University of Akron

Contributed Paper Sessions

*denotes undergraduate student

Saturday, April 9

Time	Session A Mathile Center MT212 Session Chair: Adam Parker	Session B Mathile Center MT210 Session Chair: Mohammad Zaki	Session C Mathile Center MT209 Session Chair: Michael W. Schroeder	Session D Mathile Center MT247 Session Chair: Barbara D’Ambrosia	Session E Mathile Center MT248 Session Chair: Susan Thompson	Session F Mathile Center MT311 Session Chair: Mihai Caragiu
10:50-11:05	The Architecture of the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) Abstract 29 Brian J. Shelburne Wittenberg University	Who Was Joseph Ray? Abstract 30 David E. Kullman Miami University – Oxford	Constructing a Universal Differential Equation Based on Certain Trigonometric Relationships Abstract 31 Leah Buck* Muskingum College	Hyperoperations and Insights into Tetration Abstract 32 Grant Dersom West Jefferson High School	Emmy Noether's Ideal Theory in Rings Abstract 33 Phil Blau Shawnee State University	Romanian Mathematics Baccalaureate Exam (2015) Abstract 34 Mihai Caragiu Ohio Northern University
11:10-11:25	Is it Statistics? Abstract 35 Laurence D. Robinson Ohio Northern University	Decimal, Fractions, and Congruence Modulo Ten Abstract 36 Patricia L. Johnson Ohio Northern University	Enumeration of Violations to the Costas Property in Identity Matrices Abstract 37 Christopher N. Swanson Ashland University	Spirograph Designs Abstract 38 Barbara D’Ambrosia John Carroll University	Bayesian Survival Analysis Abstract 39 Benjamin L Elson Cleveland State University	What are the conic sections? Abstract 40 Irina A. Boyadzhiev Ohio State University-Marion
11:30-11:45	Variations in Brain Cancer Mortality Rates in Contract Health Service Delivery Areas Abstract 41 Keshav Pokhrel	Arithmetical Functions in Several variables Abstract 42 Mohammad Zaki Ohio Northern University	Optimal Strategies for 4X Games Abstract 43 Matt Greer* University of Findlay	Trees for Values of the Span and Icaps for L(2,1)-Colorings Abstract 26 William Higgins Wittenberg University