2017 Michigan
MAA Section Annual Meeting March 31 - April 1, 2017 Ferris State University |
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Friday, March 31, 2017 |
1:00-6:00 | Registration (outside University Center 202 AB) |
2:15-3:20 | Welcome Kristi Haik (Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Ferris State University) Opening Plenary JP Cossey (Univ. of Akron) An Algebraist Tries to Do Combinatorics with Undergrads, and Occasionally Doesn't Completely Fail University Center 202 AB |
3:30-4:10 |
Local Invited Lecture Dawn Archey (Univ. of Detroit-Mercy) The Boy Who Cried Wolf and the Mathematicians Who Said Math Was Really Useful University Center 217 |
Local Invited Lecture David Murphy (Hillsdale) It Takes a Community University Center 203 |
4:15-4:35 |
Tanweer Shapla and Khairul Islam
(EMU) Communicate Large Sample Concepts in Statistical Education Using Simulation University Center 209 |
Gerry Cox (Lake Michigan
College) Using an Introductory Calculus Text to Teach a Pre-Calculus Algebra/Trig Class University Center 211 |
Jeff
Ford and Leighann McReynolds (Ferris St.) Strategies for Smokestack: A Statistical Analysis of Card Game Algorithms University Center 213 |
4:40-5:00 |
Anil Venkatesh (Ferris
St.) Mastery-Based Assessment: An Implementation with Reflective Writing University Center 209 |
Arlo Caine (Cal
Poly-Pomona) Text Recognition with Computational Topology and Geometry University Center 211 |
Sara
Hayes (CMU) Mathematics of Needlework: An Introduction to Knit and Crochet University Center 213 |
5:10-5:40 | Business Meeting (University Center 203) |
5:30-6:30 |
Refreshments (University Center 202
AB) |
6:30-9:00 |
Banquet and Plenary Lecture Timothy Chartier (Davidson) MAA Section Visitor Mathematical Celebrity Look-Alikes University Center 202 AB |
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Saturday, April 1, 2017 |
8:00-12:00 | Registration (outside University Center 202 AB) |
8:00-12:00 |
Continental Breakfast (University
Center 202 AB) (served until food is gone or lunch begins) |
8:45-9:40 | Plenary
Lecture Matthew Wyneken (UM-Flint) MI-AMTE President The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) - Celebrating 25 Years University Center 202 AB |
9:50-10:10 |
Jon Wilson (Ferris St.) Entropy of Non-Rectangular LEGO Bricks University Center 209 |
Khairul Islam (EMU) The Invariance of Chi-Squared Test under Various Probabilistic Models University Center 211 |
Jon
Oaks (Macomb CC) Teaching Vocabulary in the Mathematics Classroom University Center 213 |
Panel
Discussion The Ferris State University Quantitative Reasoning Project: Student Voices University Center 217 |
10:15-10:35 |
Rebecca Robinson
(UM-Flint) A Markov Chain Model of the Viral Spread of Internet Memes University Center 209 |
Huizhen Zhang, Hongli Zhang and
Marissa Mizwa (LTU) An Optimized Modern Toll Plaza: An Application of Queuing Theory and the Poisson Distribution University Center 211 |
Feryal
Alayont (Grand Valley St.) Analyzing Student Work as a Way to Learn the Intricacies of Counting Techniques University Center 213 |
Continuation
of Panel Discussion The Ferris State University Quantitative Reasoning Project: Student Voices University Center 217 |
10:40-11:20 | Break (University Center 202 AB) |
11:20-11:55 |
Local Invited Lecture Katrina Piatek-Jimenez (CMU) College Students' Stereotpyes of Mathematicians University Center 217 |
Local Invited Lecture Alan Lindsay (Notre Dame) Modeling Diffusion and Capture University Center 203 |
12:00-12:45 |
MUMC Pizza Lunch (for undergraduates) University Center 217 |
Conference Luncheon University Center 202 AB |
12:55-1:50 | Plenary
Lecture Ronnie Pavlov (Univ. of Denver) Nearest-Neighbor Tilings in One and Two Dimensions University Center 202 AB |
2:00-2:20 |
Daniela Goetz (UM-Flint) Mathematical Identity and the Impact of Stereotype Threat University Center 209 |
Suzy McTaggert (EMU) On Predicting Successful Family Medicine Residents Using the Characteristics of Medical Students Accepted to University of Michigan Family Medicine Residency Program University Center 211 |
Matthew
Wyneken (UM-Flint) An Introduction to General Orthogonal Polynomials University Center 213 |
2:25-2:45 |
Talk
Cancelled |
Ben Savoie (UM-Flint) Mixing Time for the Generalized Rook's Walk University Center 211 |
P.
Gavin LaRose (UM-Ann Arbor) Increasing Student Engagement in a Large-Enrollment Differential Equations Course: Effect and Effectiveness University Center 213 |
2:50-3:10 |
Justin Wisby (UM-Flint) 3D Rendering and Printing Fractals and Lindenmayer Constructions University Center 209 |
Layla Potts (EMU) The Effects of Gender and Ethnicity on Students' Perceptions of Small-Group Learning in Collegiate Mathematics Courses University Center 211 |
Alexander
Israetel (Davenport Univ.) Statistical Analysis of Select Biometric Life History Variables in Primates University Center 213 |
3:15-3:35 |
Alec Ward (Saginaw Valley
St.) How can a Parabola be a Source of Difference Equations? University Center 209 |
Khairul Islam (EMU) Teaching and Research Using Statistical Software R University Center 211 |
Peter
Brown (Lake Michigan College) You Cannot Add Cats and Dogs University Center 213 |
Stephanie Loewen and Vasily
Zadorozhnyy (Grand Valley St.) A New Triangle Generation of Generalized Genocchi Numbers Using Rook Placements on Genocchi Boards University Center 217 |
3:35-4:00 | Break |
4:00-5:15 | Student
Awards Ceremony and Closing Plenary Lecture Chris Rasmussen (Wesleyan Univ.) Solving S-Unit Equations University Center 202 AB |