THE THIRD SEMIANNUAL MATH HONORS-IN-DISCIPLINE DAY
(SAMHIDD 3)
Mathematics Honors-in-Discipline Program
East Tennessee State University

The third SemiAnnual Math Honors-in-Discipline Day (SAMHIDD 3) was held on May 1, 2009 in Room 205 of Gilbreath Hall. Seven presentations were given by students who registered for honors enhanced classes during spring 2009. Some general comments and descriptions of the Math Honors-in-Discipline program requirements were given by Dr. Bob.

The schedule of presentations is (tentatively):

TIME
SPEAKER
TOPIC
1:45
Dr. Bob
Math H-i-D Program and Requirements
2:00
Molly Noseworthy
The Calculus Wars (Honors Calculus 1)
2:20
William Jamieson
Molniya Orbits (Honors Calculus 3)
2:40
Jeremy Brooks
Signal Propagation in Neurons (Honors Calculus 3)
3:00
Laura Catron
The FitzHugh-Nagumo Model (Honors Calculus 3)
3:20
Victoria Moon
Markov Model (Honors Math Modeling)
3:40
Victoria Moon
The Mathematics of Google: PageRank and the Power Method
(Honors Numerical Linear Algebra)
4:00
Wesley Surber
Applying the Power Method to Google's PageRank System
(Honors Numerical Linear Algebra)


Molly Noseworthy


William Jamieson


Victoria Moon


Wesley Surber


Most of the group (Surber, Moon, Knisley, Catron, Jamieson). Dr. Jeff Knisley directed all of the honors sections this semester, with the exception of Honors Calculus.

Math Honors Page
ETSU Honors Page
ETSU Math Department Page
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Last updated: December 22, 2009