THE TENTH SEMIANNUAL MATH HONORS-IN-DISCIPLINE DAY
(SAMHIDD 10)
Mathematics Honors-in-Discipline Program
East Tennessee State University

The tenth SemiAnnual Math Honors-in-Discipline Day (SAMHIDD 10) was held on December 7, 2012 in Room 313 of Gilbreath Hall. Several presentations were given by students who registered for honors enhanced classes during fall 2012. Pizza and snacks were generously provided by the Honors College and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.


Audience members consisting mostly of
Honors Calculus 1 students

Audience members, including Dean Pyles
(second from the left) of the Honors College

The schedule of presentations was:

TIME
SPEAKER
TOPIC
1:40
Dean Rebecca Pyles, Honors College
Robert "Dr. Bob" Gardner
Introduction and Welcome
1:45
Devanshu Agrawal
Compass and Straightedge Constructions
(Honors Introduction to Modern Algebra)
2:00
Ryan Mills
A Stochastic Model of Netflix Data for Customer Flow
(Honors Stochastic Processes)
2:15
Ryan Mills
Estimating a Proportion with Different Priors
(Honors Mathematical Statistics 1)
2:30
Ben Jewett and Chase Mussard
Leibniz Papers of 1684 and 1686
(Honors Calculus 1)
2:45
Kathleen King and Stephanie Mersch
Biography of Leibniz
(Honors Calculus 1)
3:00
Megan Butler and James Elliott
History and Derivation of L'Hopital's Rule
(Honors Calculus 1)
3:15
Zachary Helbert
Modeling of Solid Mechanics
(Honors Calculus 3)
3:30
Jessie Deering
Bolzano-Weierstrass: Extracting Convergent Subsequences from Bounded Sequences
(Honors Analysis 1)


Devanshu Agrawal (right) with his honors course instructor Dr. Robert Beeler


Ryan Mills giving one of his two presentations


Ben Jewett and Chase Mussard


Kathleen King and Stephanie Mersch


Megan Butler and James Elliott


Zachary Helbert


Jessie Deering

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Last updated: December 7, 2012