2022 Math Day Celebration

2022 Math Day Celebration

At the end of each academic year, the Department of Mathematics celebrates mathematics and faculty and student research at Math Day. For the event, students present their research in a lightning round format with three-minutes oral presentations. In addition, there is a poster session that launches the day prior to the oral talks. On May 4, 2022, the annual event had 10 poster presentations and 14 undergraduate and graduate students presented 13 research projects during the oral presentation session. Students must submit a research abstract for review prior to the Math Day presentations. A panel of VIP judges evaluated the oral presentations to aid in the selection of the presentation winners. The panel consisted of a variety of Tarleton administrators, alumni, and friends.

A total of 48 content judges graded the students’ research abstracts. This judging panel was predominantly Tarleton Alumni, and faculty connected with Tarleton, Baylor, and SMU. Scores from their abstracts, poster presentations, people’s choice, and Lightning Talks were used to determine the winners. This year’s winners were:

• First Place - Avery Campbell and Gavin McIntosh for N-Body Modeling of Supraventricular Tachycardias;

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Research Mentor: Dr. Bryant Wyatt

• Second-place - Vianey Rangel and Cody Drolet for Making Unbiased Voting Districts to Pass the “Eyeball Test” Via MCMC Redistricting;

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Research Mentor: Dr. Scott Cook

• Third-place - Trace Patterson for Hiding in Plain Sight – Finding USDA’s Multiply Marginal Producers;

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Research Mentor: Dr. Scott Cook

Each student won a monetary award that is made possible from the Bill & Winnie Wyatt Foundation.Math Day also celebrated other contributions of math students and faculty by presented the following awards:

Student Awards Kaylee Terrell - Fall 2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Julia Biberdorf - Spring 2022 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Elpida Cervantes - Rose Ann Jackson First-Year Teacher Award Jordan McCain - Pam Littleton Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year

Faculty Award

Ms. Janice Groseclose - 2022 Timothy L. Flinn Faculty Excellence Award (This award is voted on by faculty to recognize a faculty member for their excellence in the classroom).

It was an exciting day and a great way to end the 2021-2022 school year!

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