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Department of Mathematics

2009 PIKES PEAK REGIONAL
UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS CONFERENCE

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Saturday February 28, 2009
8:30am-4:30pm
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs


The focus of this annual conference is to give undergraduate mathematics students an opportunity to present their work in a professional, supportive setting. It is also an occasion for students to become acquainted with other students from the region, and to learn more about the mathematics profession, including graduate school and career opportunities.

Undergraduates from throughout the Rocky Mountain region are encouraged to attend, and especially encouraged to make a presentation. Presentation topics could include the results of classroom, independent study, REU or other research projects. Both research and expository topics are welcome.Undergraduates will discuss their research topics during 15-minute presentations. The conference also features a keynote speaker and a panel discussion, giving participants the opportunity to learn more about the mathematics profession, including graduate school and career opportunities.

Registration is free for all participants, and includes a buffet lunch. Participants traveling from outside the Colorado Springs region may be partially reimbursed for travel expenses, depending on availability of funds. It would be a tremendous help to provide your own travel and lodging if at all possible.

An informational flyer and registration form (second page) can be downloaded by clicking HERE or  post a one page poster , click HERE to download the conference poster.


LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS:


Location: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs is located three miles north of downtown Colorado Springs, one mile east of Exit 145 Garden of the Gods on Interstate 25. Click HERE for a map of the UCCS Campus

The UCCS University Center (pictured), is located - the University Center is labeled as building number 11 on this PDF Map of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Campus.

Registration will take place on the 2nd floor Foyer of the University Center (outside the Gym), and talks will take place in Room 302 (3rd floor University Center).

Driving Directions to UCCS: go to www.Mapquest.com

 

**Click here for a PDF of Presentation Abstracts
2009 PPRUMC PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8:30am -  9:00am
   Registration (coffee and pastries) 2nd Floor Atrium University Center
9:00am -  9:15am
   Welcome & Opening Remarks (University Center Room 302)
9:20am - 10:05am
Keynote Address:
 Professor Donald Estep, Colorado State University- Ft. Collins
10:10am -11:50am

Student Presentations (15 minutes each, with 5 minutes between talks)

10:10am- Tim Lewkow, UCCS

10:30am- Carla Elder, Maurisa Jensen, Kelley O'Toole (Univ. of Wyoming)

10:50 am- Tyler Takesita (University of Northern Colorado)

11:10 am- Aaron Sheppart (Western State College)

11:30am- Yongli Chen, Scott Harder, Tim Lewkow UCCS

12:00pm -12:30pm

Lunch in University Center 3rd Floor Lounge (free for all registered participants)

12:30 pm – 1:30pm
 Panel Presentation
  1:50pm - 3:50pm

Student Presentations (15 minutes each, with 5 minutes between talks)

1:50pm- Heather Thomas  (Mesa State College)

2:10pm- Molly Moran (Colorado College)

2:30pm- Andrew Hauser, Karl Heimbuck, Heather Robinson (Univ of Wyoming)

2:50pm- Heather Thompson (University of Northern Colorado)

3:10pm- James Garcia (CSU Pueblo)

3:30pm- JewellAnne Hartman UCCS

3:50pm-  Benjamin Cooper (Metro State College) 

  4:10pm
   Closing Remarks (University Center Room 302)

 

2009 PPRUMC Keynote Address:

Continuum Modeling of Stochastic Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless sensor networks are extremely useful tools for gathering
information from a complex environment. The networks are made up of
many (tens to thousands) of data gathering devices spread over a
region. The devices are connected locally to each other to make a
wireless network over which the collected information is transmitted.
There are applications in many fields, e.g. ranging from measuring the
absorption of pollution by trees in a forest to detecting the spread
of an aerosol in a crowded airport to measuring the passing of
submarines in the ocean. Unfortunately, both building networks and
directly simulating their behavior are enormously expensive
undertakings. Improving our ability to understand how a large wireless
network behaves and to design a network that gathers and transmits the
desired information accurately and reliably is a high research
priority for the nation. This raises many mathematical challenges. I
will describe an approach to create a mathematical model of a wireless
sensor network that uses probability, differential equations, and
computer solutions to greatly improve the speed with which network
behavior can be described.


Travel and Lodging

Participants are asked to make their own travel arrangements.  Funding will be available to offset some travel and lodging expenses, with priority given to student presenters and student participants.  The amount of travel funding available per person will depend on the demand.  Please keep receipts for all travel expenses.

There are several lodging possibilities that are convenient for the conference:

Hyatt Place
503 W Garden of the Gods Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
(719) 265-9385
http://coloradosprings.place.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/place/index.jsp?icamp=coloradospringsplaceredirect

La Quinta Inn- Garden of the Gods
4385 Sinton Rd, Colorado Springs - 1(800) 531-5900
http://www.lq.com/lq/index.jsp

Amerisuites Colorado Springs
503 W. Garden of the Gods Rd. ?
Colorado Springs, CO
719-265-9385

EconoLodge
714 N. Nevada Ave.
(719) 636-3385
Call for rates

Lennox House B+B
1339 N. Nevada Ave.
(800) 471-9282
Call for rates

Antlers Hilton
4 S. Cascade AVe.
(719) 955-6209
Call for rates

NEED MORE INFO? Contact the organizers: Dr. Stefan Erickson stefan.erickson@coloradocollege.edu and Dr. Greg Morrow gmorrow@uccs.edu

Sponsored By: NSF grant DMS-0536991 through the MAA Regional Undergraduate Conferences Program, www.maa.org