Math Colloquiums
Mathematics Department Colloquium
The Mathematics Department hosts a colloquium most Tuesday afternoons at 3 p.m. in MAB 5 (Mathematics building, Room #5). The University community is invited to attend. Each talk lasts about an hour.
2022-2023
October 11, 2022
Speaker: Bryan Dawson
Title: A Tale of Four Integrals
October 25, 2022
Speaker: John Carr
Title: An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
November 3, 2022
Speaker: John Carr
Title: Color Trades on Graphs
November 29, 2022
Speaker: Ken Roblee
Title: Harmonious and Equitably Harmonious Labelings of Disjoint Unions of Graphs Having Multiple Components Consisting of Trees
2021-2022
July 21, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Abdel Mohamed
Title: The Positive Mass Theorem and an Application in Geometry
2020-2021
June 9, 2021
Speaker: Dr. J. Shane Welker
Title: An Immuno-epidemiological Model of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Dogs
2019-2020
December 3, 2019
Speaker: Kolby Thrasher
Title: Real eigenvalues of 2-by-2 octonionic matrices
April 28, 2020
Speaker: Anna Creekmore
Title: Analysis of the Accuracy of Government Contract Pricing
Speaker: Olivia McGriff
Title: Effectiness of Technology in the Math Classroom
Speaker: Sylver Carter
Title: Domain Decomposition for Nematic Liquid Crystals
2018-2019
October 5, 2018
Speaker: Anisah Nu’Man
Title: Bounds on the Rainbow Number for x+ky=z
February 7, 2019
Speaker: Ken Roblee
Title: Harmonious Labelings of Graphs
2017-2018
January 23, 2018
Speaker: Ken Roblee
Title: Harmonious Labelings of Graphs
March 20, 2018 (Undergraduate Research Presentation)
Speaker: Derek Brown
Title: A Cyptoanalysis of the Autokey Cipher Using the Index of Coincidence
April 27, 2018
Speakers: UNA Math Faculty Roundtable Discussion
Title: Graduate School
2016-2017
April 21, 2017
Speaker: Frank Patane
Title: Sum of Squares and Beyond
2015-2016
October 16, 2015 (Undergraduate Research Presentations)
Speaker: Joy Ashford
Title: Does Computer Programming Improve Instruction
Speaker: Andrea Shipley
Title: The Effectiveness of Supplemental Instruction in Introductory College Mathematics Courses
Speaker: Audrey McGee
Title: Spread Process for Sea Otters
Speaker: John Carr
Title: Amalgamation, Latin Squares, and Hamiltonian Decompositions
November 6, 2015
Speaker: Jason Imbrogno
Title: Applications of Data Analytics
November 13, 2015
Speaker: Andrew Penland
Title: Symbolic Dynamics and Groups
November 20, 2015
Speaker: Hung Nguyen
Title: Recognizing finite quasisimple groups by their character degrees
2014-2015
April 21, 2015 (Complex Analysis Presentations)
Speaker: Alex Edwards
itle: Using complex integration to evaluate real improper integrals arising from Fourier analysis
Speaker: Matthew Cooper
Title: Two-dimensional fluid flow and the stream function
Speaker: Tomoyuki Yara
Title: Electrostatic potential
April 14, 2015 (Undergraduate Research Presentation)
Speakers: Austin Oldag and Andrew Craft
Title: Sliding Disk Puzzles and Permutation Groups
April 7, 2015 (Undergraduate Research Presentation)
Speaker: Daniel Branscomb
Title: Metric Distances between Cayley Tables
March 31, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Jason Imbrogno
Title: Student Hint-Seeking Behavior and the Efficacy of a Pre-Algebra Cognitive Tutor in Mexico and Chile
March 17, 2015 (Undergraduate Research Presentation)
Speaker: John Carr
Title: Groups, Quasigroups, and the Sudoku Property
February 24, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Jill Stupiansky
Title: Introduction to Mathematical Modeling (Part II)
February 10, 2015
Speaker: Dr. Jill Stupiansky
Title: Introduction to Mathematical Modeling (Part I)
February 3, 2015 (Undergraduate Research Presentations)
Speaker: Daniel Branscomb
Title: Metric Distances between Cayley Tables
Speaker: John Carr
Title: Groups, Quasigroups, and the Sudoku Property
December 2, 2014 (Undergraduate Research Presentation)
Speaker: Elizabeth Kee
Title: Geodesics in the Heisenberg Group
November 18, 2014
Speaker: Dr. David Muse
Title: Challenging problems for a good high school student
November 11, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Lee Raney
Title: Using Permutation Groups to Solve a Sliding Disk Puzzle
November 4, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Ashley Johnson
Title: An Introduction to Knot Theory
October 21, 2014
Speakers: Dr. Ashley Johnson & Dr. Miranda Bowie
Title: Incorporating Free and Inexpensive Technologies in the Mathematics Classroom
October 14, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Mark Greer
Title: From groups to loops
October 7, 2014 (Undergraduate Research Presentations)
Speaker: Daniel Branscomb
Title: Metric Distances between Cayley Tables
Speaker: John Carr
Title: Exploring Algebraic Relationships between Quasigroups and the Sudoku Property
Speaker: Katie Goldsmith
Title: Investigating the Effectiveness of Peer-Led Supplemental Instruction
2013-2014
April 28, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Miranda Bowie
Title: Domination Parameters in Graphs
April 8, 2014
Speaker: Dr. James Jerkins
Title: MINA: An Algorithm for Detecting the Presence of Extrinsic Network Nodes using a Message Induced Graph
March 30, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Mark Greer
Title: Simple Right Conjugacy Closed loops
March 18, 2014 Speaker:
Dr. Jesse Prince-Lubawy
Title: Equivalence of Group Actions on Handlebodies (Part II)
March 11, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Jesse Prince-Lubawy
Title: Equivalence of Group Actions on Handlebodies (Part I)
March 3, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Jason Briley
Title: Preservice Elementary Teachers' Misconceptions of Perimeter and Area
February 25, 2014;
Speaker: Dr. Lee Raney
Title: Finite Group Representations and Characters (Part II)
February 4, 2014
Speaker: Dr. Lee Raney
Title: Finite Group Representations and Characters (Part I)