Student Posters

Jessica Porath (mentor Don Reynolds)
Markov Chains and Student Academic Progress II

Kaitlyn Hellenbrand (mentor Colleen Duffy)
Polynomial Equations over Matrices

Lindsay Brunshidle, Mitch Phillipson, & Dan Wackwitz
(mentor Michael Penkava)
Extensions and Deformations of Associative Algebras

Mark Bauer and Kaitlyn Hellenbrand (mentor Robert Anderson)
Construction of Lichtenwasser Numbers

Mark Bauer, Kaitlyn Hellenbrand, & Emily Klungtvedt (mentor Simei Tong)
Optimizing the Evacuation of Hospitals

3rd place in Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Jessica Porath (mentor Don Reynolds)
"Markov Chains and Student Academic Progress"

4th place in Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Jacqueline Christy (mentor James S. Walker)
"A New Method of Cryptography"

4th place in Business and Professional Studies
Maggi Varsho (mentor Susan Harrison)
"Factors Influencing Mathematics Performance and Attitudes"

Alex Larsen and Tyler Tallman (mentors Shyam Chadha & Veena Chadha)
"A Generalized Linear Fractional Program"

Eric Weber, Chris DeCleene, and Mitch Phillipson (mentor Michael Penkava)
"Classification and Deformations of Two Dimensional Infinity Algebras"

Frank Emmert (mentor Mohamed Elgindi)
"On the Computation of Elongational Viscosity-Shear Rate Temperature Master Curves for Polymeric Liquids"

Gregory Beranek (mentor James Walker)
"New Methods in Color Image Compression"

Mark Frie (mentor Chris Hlas)
"Achieving Flow in Mathematics"

Mitch Phillipson and Tanya Smeltzer (mentors Simei Tong and Mike Wick)
"Optimal Evacuation Plan for Emergency Situations"

Mitch Phillipson and Yunyun Yang (mentors Simei Tong & Alex Smith)
"Introduction to the Busemann-Petty Problem"

Second Place Award in Physical and Mathematical Sciences:
Stacy Jo Kouba (mentors Mohamed Elgindi & Robert Langer)
"Exploring the Mathematical Models for Calculating Alcohol Concentration in the Blood and the Breath"

Fourth Place Award in Physical and Mathematical Sciences:
Zachary Krieger Frye (mentors Mohamed Elgindi & John Drost)
Approximations of the Cross Section of a Membrane Trough that Produces Optimum Flow

Brandon Barrette (mentor Simei Tong)
Realizations of Subspaces of Lp, p > 2, with Norm Given by Partitions and Weights

Brandon Barrette (mentor Alex Smith)
Realizing Keplerian Orbits as Geodesics on a Surface of Revolution

Brandon Barrette (mentor Alex Smith)
Self-intersections of Light Cones in General Relativity

Brandon Barrette (mentor Matt Bloss)
The Poincaré Conjecture

Brandon Barrette (mentor Analisa DeGrave in Latin American Studies)
Salvador Dalí and his Fascination with the Mathematical Sciences

Tarek Elgindi (mentor James Walker)
A New Cryptographic Scheme Using Iterated Discrete Derivatives

Heather Goserud (mentor James Walker)
"Legendre Polynomials and Spherical Harmonics"

David Kincaid (mentor Mohamed Elgindi)
"Finite Difference Solutions for the Recovery of Lame Parameters of a Linear Elastic Membrane"

Cassandra Lawler and Mitch Phillipson (mentors Simei Tong & Carl Schoen)
Transportation Models for Emergency Situations Phase II

Eric Weber, Chris DeCleene, and Mitch Phillipson (mentor Michael Penkava)
Deformations of Infinity Lie Algebras

First Place Award in Natural and Physical Sciences:
Carolyn Otto (mentor Michael Penkava)
Deformations of Low Dimensional Lie Algebras

Brandon Barrette (mentor Alex Smith)
Visualizing Lightlike and Timelike Geodesics in Black Hole Solutions

Garrett Jones, Emily Vance-Curzon and Corey Hilber (mentor R. Michael Howe)
The Orbits of Sp(2n,C) X Gl(n,C) Acting on 2n X n Complex Matrices

Carolyn Otto and Jacquelyn Dumin (mentor Carl Schoen)
Alcohol Consumption in Pierce County Wisconsin

Carolyn Otto and Cassandra Lawler (mentor Simei Tong)
Transportation Model for Emergency Flooding Situations

Carolyn Otto and Ryan Steinbacha (mentor Michael Penkav)
Deformations of Associative Algebras

Carolyn Otto, David Kincaid, Steven Henke, and Joe Kane
(mentor Paul Thomas)
Modeling Subsurface Melt-through Events in the Oceans of Europa

First Place Award in Natural and Physical Sciences:
Darin Mohr (mentors Bob Langer & Mohamed Elgindi)
Temperature Profile of Polymer Flow

First Place Award in Business and Professional Studies:
Danielle Aanenson, Lindsey Duwell and Rebecca Hutchinson
(mentors Ruth Cronje & Marc Goulet)
Regional research and evidence-based healthcare practice in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Tyler Birkel and Jessica Eckles(mentors Bob Langer & Mohamed Elgindi)
Numerical Computation of Neck-in and Edge Beading in Film Casting

Derek Franz (mentor Bob Andersen)
Surreal and Transfinite Numbers

Darin Mohr (mentor Simei Tong)
Spectral Methods in Mathematical Physics

Darin Mohr (mentor Paul Thomas)
Modeling Airbursts in Titan's Atmosphere

Carolyn Otto (mentor Michael Penkava)
Moduli Spaces of Lie Algebras of Low Dimension

Lori Scardino and Chee Yang (mentor Veena Chadha)
Least is Best: Envelope Folding Problem

Elizabeth Burgener (mentors Alex Smith & Don Reynolds)
Peer Mentoring In UWEC Mathematics Curriculum

Darin Mohr (mentor Alex Smith)
Isometric Deformations of Minimal Surfaces