Texas Section

Mathematical Association of America

 

FACULTY CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS SCHEDULE

Friday Afternoon, April 13, 2007

Mathematics and General Classrooms Building (MAGC)

 

 

 

 

Faculty Session I (Texas NExT Research)            MAGC 1.410

 

2:30 - 2:50    Kumer Pial Das, Lamar University

Infinite Divisibility under Collective Risk Model

 

2:55 - 3:15    Kent Riggs, Stephen F. Austin State University

A Note of Caution on Interval Estimation of a Proportion and Difference of Two Proportions

 
3:20 - 3:40     Samuel Obara, Texas State University, San Marcos

Curriculum Materials implementation of the Performance Standards in Mathematics


3:45 - 4:05     Ananda Bandulasiri, Sam Houston State University

Applications of Statistical Shape Analysis in Medical Imaging

 

4:10 - 4:30         Brian Beavers, Stephen F. Austin State University

Sequential Matroids

 

4:35 - 4:55         Hilary Risser, Texas WomanÕs University

Numerical methods for singularly perturbed BVPs

 

5:00 - 5:20         Jeremy J. Becnel, Stephen F. Austin State University

CAT Scan in Infinite Dimensions

 

 


Faculty Session II                                                   MAGC 1.414

2:30 - 2:45     Frank Mathis, Baylor University

Locating Discontinuities in the Coefficients Certain Differential Equations

 

2:50 - 3:05     Therese Shelton, Southwestern University

Simulating Simple Disease or Rumor Spread


3:10 - 3:25     Yuliya Babenko and Andras Kroo, Sam Houston State University

Markov-type inequalities for homogeneous polynomials on non-symmetric star-like domains


3:30 - 3:45     Ye-Lin Ou, Texas A & M University-Commerce

The Geometry of Soap Bubbles

 
3:50 - 4:05     Minerva Cordero-Epperson, University of Texas at Arlington

Fields without associativity? Oh!, itÕs a semifield!

 
4:10 - 4:25     Chris Monico, Texas Tech University

Newton's Method Fractals

 



 


Faculty Session III                                                  MAGC 1.422

2:30 - 2:45     Ann Petrus, Our Lady of the Lake University

When does (f(x))-1 = f -1(x)?


2:50 - 3:05     Pamela Webster and Heather Burkham, Texas A&M University - Commerce

Workshops for Intermediate Algebra Classes (Part I)

 
3:10 - 3:25     Pamela Webster and Heather Burkham, Texas A&M University - Commerce

Workshops for Intermediate Algebra Classes (Part II)


3:30 - 3:45     Dwayne Snider, Tarleton State University

Faculty to Faculty Learning - A Distance Model


3:50 - 4:05     Jim Kirby, Tarleton State University
                                   Are the Hyperbolic Functions Really Correctly Named?

 

4:10 - 4:25         James Epperson, The University of Texas at Arlington

Mathematical Understanding Secondary Teachers Need to Create Technology-Enhanced Mathematics Lessons

 

4:30 - 4:45         Jacqueline Jensen, Sam Houston State University

An Honors Liberal Arts Mathematics Course

 

4:50 - 5:05         John F. Lamb, Jr.,  Texas A&M at Commerce

The 1089 Puzzle

 

 

 

 

Faculty Session IV                                                   MAGC 1.320

2:30 - 2:45    Jerry D. Frazee, Austin Community College (retired)

The Genesis of the Maxwell-Heaviside Equations

 

 2:50 - 3:05     Cong Kang, Texas A & M University at Galveston

Classifying the Convergence Behaviors of fa (x)=(1+1/x)x+a


3:10 - 3:25     Rick Kreminski Texas A&M University - Commerce

Finding pi to hundreds of thousands of digits from a 400-year-old formula

 

3:30 - 3:45     Paul F Bracken, University of Texas Š Pan American

The Generalized Weierstrass System in R^3 and Application to the Study of Deformations of Surfaces by Means of Integrable Hierarchies

 

3:50 - 4:05     Charles Dorsett, Texas A&M University - Commerce

The Rhind Papyrus Deciphered

 

4:10 - 4:25         Andrew Borden, Palo Alto College

The Mathematical Signature of Deception

 

4:30 - 4:45         Bill Harding, The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

The Real Y2K Problem A Mathematical Retrospective

 

 

 

 

Faculty Session V                                                MAGC 1.324

 

2:30 - 2:45     Selina Vasquez-Mireles and Sandra West, Texas State University-San Marcos

Parallel Concepts in Math and Science

 

2:50 - 3:05     Doug Harley and George Tintera, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Effective Teaching of Self-Paced Computer Assisted Mathematics Courses

 

3:10 - 3:25     Connie Yarema and David Hendricks, Abilene Christian University

Increasing Content Knowledge of Middle School Mathematics Teachers through Lesson Study


3:30 - 3:45     Carl Seaquist, Texas Tech University

Long Division in Cultural and Historical Perspective

 

3:50 - 4:05         Kenneth Word, Central Texas College

Using An Online Learning System To Assess Student Learning In Calculus I

 

4:10 - 4:25         Barbara Shipman, The University of Texas at Arlington

Highlights from a course on real analysis for in-service teachers

 

4:30 - 4:45         Jennifer McLoud-Mann and Ramona Ranalli, University of Texas at Tyler

Initiating A Sonya Kovelevsky Day

 

4:50 Š 5:05        Kumer Pial Das, Lamar University

Reading and Mathematics connection of an ELL (English Language Learner) student