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Josh Abbott
Humboldt State University, CA
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Greetings all, I'm looking forward to
a full week of some interesting
mathematics with a group of people who really want to be there doing the
work. I live in Arcata, CA where it's nice to be able to step right off
campus and be in the middle of a Redwood forest. I spend most of my time
working on computer security and doing homework, but I also am big into
playing foosball, playing go, making electronic music, playing with
integers, and witty banter with friends.
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University of North Carolina
Asheville,NC
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My name is Kyle Anderson. I am a
senior in both math and computer science at the University of North
Carolina at Asheville. I've lived in beautiful for most of my life, but
originally, I am from across the peninsula in Stuart, Fla. Currently I
am working on my own undergraduate research project in fractal geometry
and that will hopefully be completed by the time of our retreat. I am
also an ultimate player, and co-captain of the UNCA team. Over the
summer, I plan on doing some freelance web design to make some money.
I'll see you all in June.
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Lenoir-Rhyne College, NC
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I live in the little town of Belews
Creek, NC. Although it may only have 1000 people, it has its own lake.
I enjoy boating, jet skiing, jumping off of rope swings, and kayaking
while I am at home. We also have four dogs and a one-eyed cat. When
I'm at school my biggest priority is being the president of our
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship chapter. But I also play intramural
basketball, play bass clarinet in the Concert Band and Keyboard in our
IVCF praise band, and actively hike/raft/camp with our Outdoor Adventure
Club. This year I have also become one of the most avid fans of our
baseball team, mainly because my boyfriend is one of their pitchers. In
addition to the PascGalois Retreat, my plans for this summer are to work
for our county school system's Network Communications Department, which
involves me installing cable, testing cable, designing databases, and
managing the budget. And hopefully I can make several weekend trips to
the beach and get some surfing in. That's me in a nutshell. I'm
looking forward to meeting you all.
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Katelin Childers
New College of Florida, FL |
My name is Katelin Childers. I am a first year student at New College
and have lived in Warrenton, VA (about an hour outside Washington, D.C.)
for my whole life. I love camping, reading, math and word puzzles,
baking, sewing, writing letters, and going to the beach. I enjoy doing
anything math related and hope to apply it to an engineering career and
to work with alternative energy sources. I'm very excited about the
retreat this summer and can't wait to meet everyone!
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Julie Coxe
James Madison University, VA |
Hello everyone! My name is Julie Coxe.
I am from the small wonder (Delaware…. that’s east of MD for anyone
wondering) and I currently attend JMU in Harrisonburg, VA where I’m
majoring in Math and minoring in French and Statistics. Since most
everyone disclosed their favorite topics in math, I will follow their
lead and say that Calculus is my personal favorite. At school I play
the piccolo in the Marching Royal Dukes Marching Band and I’m the Senior
Warden of the Episcopal Campus Ministry. If I could spend my summer
anyway I wanted, I’d live at one of the DE beaches and I’d alternate
days going to the beach and waterskiing in the bay. However, since that
is not possible, I’ll be working at a restaurant or a retail store
somewhere in town. My favorites are lime green, crocheting, root beer,
and James Taylor (the old guy who sings). See you in a few weeks!!!
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Erin Craig
New College of Florida, FL |
My name is Erin Craig and I'm in my
first year at New College as a math major. I live in Sarasota now, but I
grew up in Toledo, Ohio (the heart of the Midwest!). I am a ballet
dancer, and I love music, people, learning, and trying new things. I'm
really very excited about attending PascGalois and working with math and
other math-minded people! I can't wait to meet everyone! |
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Didi Desjardins
Holy Cross College, MA |
Hi everyone, my name is Didi Desjardins
and I'm from Dartmouth, MA. I'm a junior at Holy Cross in Worcester, MA
and I'm a math major and chemistry minor. I'm also planning to apply to
medical school next year, I actually just took the MCAT yesterday...so
I'm definitely glad that's over with! Most of my research so far has
been in applied mathematics, so I'm pretty excited to expand my research
into algebra. Well I guess it's back to work for me, I've got a lot of
catching up to do now...can't wait to meet you all!
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Ryan Johnson
University of Mary Washington, VA |
I wanted to give you a bit of information about myself
along with a picture. I am a Christian who is actively involved with
the campus ministries at UMW. I enjoy mountain biking, ping pong,
Volleyball and pretty much any other sport. I have a love for
mathematics and often work on problems in my spare time when I'm not
doing one of my other passions. I am a rising senior chemistry and math
double major who is looking to go to graduate school in mathematics in
pursuit of a PhD.
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Robin Keng
Stephen F. Austin State University, TX
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Hi, I am Robin Keng. I go to Stephen F. Austin State
University in Nacogdoches, Texas. I am from a suburb of Houston called
Humble. My academic interests are: Probability Theory, Abstract Algebra,
Geometry, computer programming, data structures, Mathematics education,
really anything math related. I love dogs and all animals. I am a
baseball and football fanatic and a huge Houston Astros fan. I love the
outdoors and anything adventurous. I am very excited to work on this
project! |
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Pittsburg State University, KS
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My name is Casey Kuhn. I am 21 and a senior in Math
Education at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas (not to
be confused with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). I am getting a minor in
English Speakers of Other Languages. I have taken many math classes,
including Abstract Algebra where I was exposed to Pascal's Triangle
and the many applications of it. I am the vice-president of service
for Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed national service fraternity, so I spend a
great deal of time doing community service. In my free time, I enjoy
playing tennis, cooking, and solving Sudoku puzzles.
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Chen Liu
Loyola College, MD |
My name is Cen-bi
Liu. I am a freshman at Loyola College in Maryland. I came from China
three years ago. I am always called “Chen” by my friends, like Jackie
“Chan”. I was selected as a Resident Assistant for seniors as a
sophomore next year, i.e. I will be the only one who is under 21, and 21
is the legal age to drink. I always want to “commit suicide” because I
major in Engineering and Mathematics and Physics and work several jobs
during the school year. During the past Spring Break, I volunteered for
a community at Fries, VA, because the name sounds delicious ( I have
done a great deal of community service like Casey Kuhn). It will be my
first time to come to Florida, the Sunshine/Hurricane state. I am a huge
Baltimore Orioles’ fan, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays is in the same division
with Orioles. So,…Anyway, I like to meet new people and make friends
with them, especially those who like math.
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Dickinson College, PA |
My name is Christian Millichap. I'm
currently a sophomore at Dickinson College (middle of nowhere
Pennsylvania), majoring in both Math and Philosophy. I'm the president
of the Ultimate Frisbee Club at my school, and I spend as much time as
possible playing the sport. I also like playing hockey, running, and
going to concerts. During the summer I will probably lifeguard and
tutor math to high school students.
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Salisbury University, MD |
My name is Mike
Bardzell and I am one of the PI's on the PascGalois
grant. I did my undergraduate work in Physics at Mary Washington College
in Virginia and then did my Ph.D. in Mathematics (Ring Theory) at
Virginia Tech. I am in my tenth year now at Salisbury University.
Undergraduate Research has been a passion of mine since I came to
Salisbury. Hopefully, this retreat will be a valuable experience for the
exceptional group of young mathematicians that we have recruited for
this event. When I am not working on mathematics and other work related
issues, I enjoy playing soccer, running, and camping with my kids. In
the rare event that I get to visit far away places (the picture is from
a visit to see my Dad in Switzerland), I also enjoy hiking. I looks
forward to working with each of you in June. I have noticed from the
posted student profiles that several of you are ultimate frisbee
players. I also played ultimate throughout high school and college. It
appears that some pick-up games may be on our agenda for this retreat!
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Aaron
Churchill
Salisbury University, MD
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Hi all, my name
is Aaron Churchill, and I am graduating from Salisbury
University this semester. In the fall, I will be attending the
University of Delaware in the Ph.D. program for mathematics. While at
Salisbury, I have touched in many area of mathematics and several
research projects, including several dealing with the PascGalois
Project. In graduate school, I hope to study topology and complex
analysis. As for personal, I enjoy researching the history of math, and
creating fractals. I also enjoy writing programs for various things and
small games. The picture is of me at the Coba Mayan Ruins in Quinatana
Roo, Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula.
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New College of Florida
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Hi, my name is Elena Jeliazkova and this fall I am transferring from the University of Florida to New College. As Prof. Poimenidou's assistant you will most probably see me dashing around between classes and at events arranging things and helping out. I am very excited to be a part of the PascGalois program. I am looking forward to meeting all of you! |
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Jonathon
Miller
Salisbury University, MD
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My name is Jonathon Miller. I
was home-schooled until the age of 16, at
which time I started attending Chesapeake College. I continued my
studies there for the next four semesters. At the age of 18 I
transferred to Salisbury University where I will be graduating from in
a couple of weeks with a Bachelors in Math. Last summer I did some
research on infinite cellular automata and will be publishing it at some
point in the future. I also am graduating with departmental honors for
the research I started last year at the PascGalois retreat.
Next semester I plan on attending the University of Maryland, College
Park, where I will be beginning my work on a PhD in Mathematics in the
field of Abstract Algebra. In my free time I really enjoy writing programs.
Some for creating fractals in the Complex Plane using Julia sets for
quadratic functions, or parts of the Mandelbrot set. Next I would like to
write a program that will add color to the fractals and compute the Julia
sets for functions other than quadratics.
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Dr. Eirini
Poimenidou
New College of Florida, FL
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Hi
PG-ers 2006! I am Eirini (pronounced ee-REE-nee)
Poimenidou and I have just completed my thirteenth
year of teaching at New College, the Honors College of the state of Florida.
My mathematical interests are in Algebra and in particular character theory
of finite groups, algebraic combinatorics, number theory and graph theory.
I am very happy to be coordinating
again the PascGalois Undergraduate Research Retreat at New College and
looking forward to meeting you all really soon. This summer, I am also the
local coordinator for the EDGE (Enhancing Diversity
in Graduate Education) Program, a transition program for women pursuing a
graduate degree in Mathematics. It's going to be a busy summer.
See you soon!
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Dr. Kathleen Shannon
Salisbury University, MD |
My name is
Kathleen Shannon, I received a BA in mathematics and physics
from the College of the Holy Cross and then my Ph.D. in applied
mathematics from Brown University. I am presently the chair of the
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Salisbury University
where I have
been on the faculty for 17 years. The initial impetus for the
PascGalois project came from some programming I did on sabbatical to
investigate patterns in Pascal's triangle .... but I don't want to
give away too much of my welcoming lecture. I'm looking forward to
meeting all of you.
In my spare time I like to travel and indulge my expensive photography
hobby so the photo is one I took at Glacier National Park.
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Dr. Don Spickler
Salisbury University, MD |
My name is Don Spickler, I am
a faculty member in the Department of
Mathematics and Computer Science at Salisbury University. My main job on
the PascGalois project is to convert the PascGalois GT program to
Java and add some features. At the retreat I will mainly be there to
facilitate the use of the PascGalois JE program and pick up some ideas
for the next version. The image is an approximation to the Sierpinski
Pyramid; its dimension is about 2.321928095. The image was produced in POV-Ray
with 78,125 solid pyramids, 3 light sources and one reflective plane, which
took about an hour to generate on a Pentium III 1.066 GHz computer.
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