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Recognition Reception{ {17th Annual
University of Nebraska–LincolnDepartment of Mathematics
Wednesday, April 27, 2016Van Brunt Center
5:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln does not discriminate based upon any protected status. Please see go.unl.edu/nondiscrimination.
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June 1-5 and June 8-12, 2015 ESU 3 Primarily Math
June 3-July 24, 2015 Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes Courses
June 8-July 17, 2015 IMMERSE Workshop
July 12-18 and July 26-August 1 All Girls/All Math: 19th Annual Mathematics Summer Camp for High School Girls
Summer 2015 LPS Title I Primarily Math and Math in the Middle
Summer 2015 NebraskaMATH Omaha Public Schools Teacher Leader Academy
September 25, 2015 9th Annual Pi Mu Epsilon Lecture
Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University
October 23, 2015 Inaugural Career Perspectives in Mathematics Lecture Brian Bares, Bares Capital Management
November 5-6, 2015 Masters Week W. Kim Austen, Nationwide Insurance
November 14-15, 2015 MoSAIC: Mathematics of Science, Art, Industry and Culture
November 19, 2015 26th Annual Math Day
January 29-31, 2016 18th Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
February 18, 2016 Career Perspectives in Mathematics Lecture Kamara Wright, Naval Air Systems Command
March 4-5, 2016 Graduate Recruiting Weekend
March 17, 2016 20th Annual Rowlee Lecture Jordan Ellenberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 24-25, 2016 KUMUNU Junior
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9Math Majors Graduating with Highest Distinction — Spring 2016Aaron Calderon, Ryan Erdmann, Jordan O’Neal, Claire Schirle
Math Majors Graduating with High Distinction — Spring 2016Michaela Cunningham, Nathan DeMaria, Megan Han, Timothy Rolling, Nathan Schlautman
Math Majors Graduating with Honors — Spring 2016Samuel Adams, Aaron Calderon, Emily Griffin, Mitchell Matis, Jordan O’Neal, Timothy Rolling, Claire Schirle
Math Majors Graduating with Distinction — Spring 2016 Samuel Adams, Brittany Bard, Emily Griffin, Mitchell Matis
Math Majors Graduated with Highest Distinction — Fall 2015Gregory Atkin
Math Majors Graduated with Distinction — Fall 2015Timothy Mastny
Math Majors Graduated with Highest Distinction — Summer 2015 Erin Fick
Math Majors Graduated with Honors — Summer 2015Erin Fick
Math Majors Graduating in May 2016Audrey Ackerman, Samuel Adams, James Albright, Brittany Bard, Nathaniel Benes, Judson Buescher, Aaron Calderon, Michaela Cunningham, Nathan DeMaria, Qianlun Ding, Ryan Erdmann, Taylor Fish, Thomas Glaser, Steven Gour, Emily Griffin, Megan Han, Ran Jin, Nirmal Kc, James Keeler, Kyle Kelley, Seth Kurfman, Shannen Lambdin, Matthew Leech, James Maciag, Mitchell Matis, Jordan O’Neal, Paul Quint, Timothy Rolling, Karen Sanchez Ariza, Claire Schirle, Nathan Schlautman, Christian Spaccarotella, Xiang Teng, Jonathan Wang, Chad Wright, Zijiao Xia, Jiawei Yu
Math Majors Graduated in December 2015Gregory Atkin, Thomas Blanton, Po Yu Chen, Marsh Lemen, Elliot Marr, Timothy Mastny, William O’Malley, Steven Schindler, Emma Schneider, Branden Smith, Qixiong Sun, Ian Thackray
Math Majors Graduated in August 2015Erin Fick, Trinh Hang, Ethan Koopman, Casey Ross, Keith Yaple
Senior Honors ThesesSamuel Adams (Computer Science & Engineering, Cottingham), Aaron Calderon (Hermiller, Susse) Erin Fick (Spanish, Lorenzo), Emily Griffin (English, Capuano), Mitchell Matis (Biology, Brassil), Jordan O’Neal (Physics, Fuchs), Timothy Rolling (Comupter Science & Engineering), Claire Schirle (Meteorology, Bathke)
Chancellor’s Scholars Gregory Atkin, Nathan DeMaria, Ryan Erdmann
Math Majors Going to Graduate/Professional SchoolsAaron Calderon (Yale University), Timothy Rolling (Purdue University)
Summer REUs and InternshipsChris Beeman (CSG International), Cashous Bortner (Carnegie Mellon), Aaron Calderon (Williams College)
UCARE Awards and Undergraduate Research ParticipationCashous Bortner (Peterson), Aaron Calderon (Hermiller), Jiawei Yu (Peterson)
Undergraduate Students Notable Events
Thank you to Bo Deng, Marilyn Johnson, and Daniel Toundykov for organizing the department’s 17th annual recognition event, noting
accomplishments from June 2015 to May 2016.
Photographs by Lindsay Augustyn and Stephanie Vendetti
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2015-2016 Steven Haataja Award for Outstanding Exposition by a Graduate Student Lara Ismert
2015-2016 Conference Speakers and Poster SessionsAdvances in quantum and low-dimensional topology, Iowa City, IA — Nick OwadAMS/MAA Joint Meeting, Seattle, WA — Jessalyn Bolkema, Jessica De Silva, Christina Edholm, Luigi Ferraro, Nick Owad, Caitlyn Parmelee, Julia St. Goar, Peder ThompsonAMS Sectional Meeting, Athens, GA — Jason LutzAMS Sectional Meeting, Fargo, ND — Solomon Akesseh, Jessica De Silva, Maranda Franke, Nick OwadAMS Sectional Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT — Solomon AkessehAnnual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators — Erica MillerAWM Poster Session, Joint Meeting, Seattle, WA — Caitlyn ParmeleeEquations and Formal Languages in Algebra Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland — Maranda FrankeGeometric and Probabilistic Methods in Group Theory and Dynamical Systems, College Station, TX — Maranda FrankeGraduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp, Troy, NY — Christina EdholmKnots in Washington, Washington, D.C. — Nick OwadNonlocal Models in Mathematics, Computation, Science and Engineering Workshop, Oak Ridge, TN — Laura WhiteMathFest, Washington, D.C. — Julia St. GoarMPE 2013+ Workshop on Natural Resources, Washington, D.C. — Christina EdholmOrganization of Computational Neuroscience Poster Session, Prague, Czech Republic — Caitlyn ParmeleeUNL Graduate Research and Creative Activities Poster Session — Jessica De Silva, Erica Miller
Research Papers PublishedG. Aalipour, A. Abiad, Z. Berikkyzy, S. Butler, J. Cummings, J. De Silva, W. Gao, K. Heysse, L. Hogben, F. Kenter, J. Lin, M. Tait, Linear Algebra and Its ApplicationsT. Anderson, G. Avalos, E. Galvin, I. Kessler, M. Kleckner, D. Toundykov, W. Tritch, Mathematics in Engineering, Science and AerospaceF. Blanchet-Sadri, M. Cordier, R. Kirsch, Combinatorial AlgorithmsC. Cox, J. De Silva, P. DeOrsey, F. Kenter, T. Retter, R.J. Tobin, Mathematics MagazineC. Curto, C. Parmelee, W. Thoreson, M. Van Hook, Synapse
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Graduate Students
2015-2016 Chancellors Fellowship Gary DeClerk
2015-2016 Othmer Graduate Fellowship Robert Huben
2015-2016 GAANN FellowshipsJessalyn Bolkema, Seth Lindokken
2015 Walter Mientka Teaching AwardLara Ismert
2015 Don Miller Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student Nick Owad
2015 Outstanding First Year Student Benjamin Drabkin, Karina Kelly
2015 Outstanding Qualifying Exam David McMorris
2015 Emeritus Faculty Fellowship ScholarsCorbin Groothuis, Stephanie Prahl
2015 Bill Leavitt AwardAndrew Windle
2015 Lloyd Jackson AwardMitch Hamidi
2015 Grace Chisholm Young and William Henry Young Fellowship Jessalyn Bolkema, Seth Lindokken
Awards and FellowshipsPh.D. RecipientsDecember 2015Sara Reynolds advised by Glenn Ledder and Chad BrassilDissertation title: “Dynamics of Interacting Populations: Consumer-Resource Systems and Evolutionary Outcomes for Cannibalistic Spiders”
Zachary Roth advised by Vladimir Itskov and Judy WalkerDissertation title: “Analysis of Neuronal Sequences Using Pairwise Biases ”
May 2016Douglas Dailey advised by Tom MarleyDissertation title: “Rigidity of the Frobenius, Matlis Reflexivity, and Minimal Flat Resolutions”
Peder Thompson advised by Mark WalkerDissertation title: “Stable Local Cohomology and Cosupport”
August 2016Christina Edholm advised by Richard Rebarber and Brigitte TenhumbergDissertation title: “Management of Diaprepes Root Weevils through Control Theory”
Becky Egg advised by Tom Marley Dissertation title: “Cohen-Macaulay Dimension for Coherent Rings”
Jason Lutz advised by Luchezar Avramov Dissertation title: “Homological Characterizations of Quasi-complete Intersections”
Inam Muhammad advised by Mark Brittenham and John MeakinDissertation title: “Adian Inverse Semigroups”
Nick Owad advised by Mark Brittenham and Susan HermillerDissertation title: “Bridge Spectra of Cables of 2-bridge Knots”
Caitlyn Parmelee advised by Carina Curto and Jamie RadcliffeDissertation title: “Applications of Discrete Mathematics for Understanding Dynamics of Synapses and Networks in Neuroscience”
Julia St. Goar advised by Allan PetersonDissertation title: “A Caputo Boundary Value Problem in Nabla Fractional Calculus”
Master’s Degree RecipientsAugust 2015
MAT: Wade Anderson, Sondra Bravo, Erin Carder, James Cattau, Ty Copsey, Donnita Coulter, Duncan Davidson, Margaret Douglas, Stefanie Edwards, Thomas Gamble, Carol Goans, Lindsey Harders, Hannah Holguin, Anthony Jacobsen, Richard Kammandel Jr., Mariel Kloppenborg, Melissa Kosch, Patricia Krause, Emily Kroenke, Lindsay Larsen, Tracy Larson, Kristy Lee, Kimberly McCoy, Dawn McKain, Kenzi Medeiros, Molly Mertz, Karen Mohrbutter, Jennifer Olsen, Heather Osborne, Julie Preston, Scott Rice, Samuel Robb, Emily Romkema, Keith Schroetlin, Alexandra Sitko, Amy Smith, Amy Swartzendruber, April Sypal, Heather Waddell, Virginia YuhasMS: Ariel Setniker
December 2015MAT: Lee Plath MS: Allison Beemer
May 2016MS: Juliana Bukoski, Benjamin Drabkin, Katherine Tucker, Marla Williams, Andrew Conner, Elizabeth Galvin, Sean Gravelle, Karina Kelly, David McMorris
Graduate Students