Awards and Fellowships (cont.):
Faculty and Staff (cont.):
2004-2005 Fling Fellowships:
Frank Moore
New Faculty, August 2005:
Mikil Foss, Petronela Radu
2004-2005 McDonald Fellowships:
Jennifer Everson
New Staff Member, March 2004:
Elizabeth Youroukos
2004-2005 Emley Fellowships:
Josh Brown Kramer
UNL Parents Association Certificates of Recognition for
Contributions to Students:
Brian Harbourne (2), Tom Marley (4), Bill Rogge (2),
Gordon Woodward (7)
2004-2005 Othmer Graduate Fellows:
Brian Bockelman, Keith Dailey
2004 Outstanding First Year Student:
Keith Dailey
2004 Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student:
Martha Gregg
2004 Emeritus Faculty Fellowship Scholars:
Kathy Bartley, Josh Brown Kramer, Jennifer Everson, Frank
Moore, Amanda Potts
2004 Grace Chisholm Young and William Henry Young
Fellowship:
Andrew Crabbe
2004 Outstanding Qualifying Exams:
Brian Bockelman, Landon Sullivan
Reichenbach Fellowship for 2004:
Livia Miller
2004 Regional Workshop in the Mathematical Sciences
Speakers:
Brian Bockelman, Melissa Desjarlais, Steve Haataja, Matt
Koetz, Jennifer Langdon, Mark Stigge, Jacob Weiss
2005 MAA Sectional Meeting Speakers:
Ned Hummel
Faculty and Staff
Willa Cather Professorship in Mathematics:
David Logan
College of Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Research
and Creativity (ORCA):
Roger Wiegand
2004 Kirkman Medal (Institute of Combinatorics and Its
Applications):
Jon-Lark Kim
Faculty Members Receiving Promotion to Full Professor:
Lynn Erbe
External Grants and Contracts Received in 2004-2005:
Steve Dunbar, Mathematical Association of America contract
Brian Harbourne, NSA grant
Srikanth Iyengar, NSF grant
Glenn Ledder, Initiative for Teaching and Learning Excellence grant
Jim Lewis, $5,000,000 NSF grant for Math in the Middle Institute Partnership
Irakli Loladze, NEBSCoR grant
Tom Marley and Judy Walker, $2,500,000 NSF MCTP grant
John Orr, Brownstone contract
Petronela Radu, AWM Travel grant
Richard Rebarber and Gordon Woodward (co-PI’s), NSF Research
Experience for Undergraduates site grant
Judy Walker, NCUWM Organizing Committee, NSA grant
Mark Walker, NSA Research grant
Gordon Woodward, CSEMS grant
Faculty and Staff Members Serving for 0 (mod 5) years:
George Avalos
5 years
Steve Dunbar
20 years
John Meakin
35 years
Mohammad Rammaha
20 years
National Offices:
Steve Dunbar, MAA NE-SESD Section Chair and MAA Director
of Competitions
Susan Hermiller, Member-at-Large of the Council of the AMS and
member of the AMS Committee on Science Policy
Jim Lewis, Chair of the Conference Board for the Mathematical
Sciences (CBMS)
Books and Conference Proceedings Published:
Glenn Ledder, “Differential Equations: A Modeling Approach”,
McGraw-Hill”, 2004.
J. David Logan, “A First Course in Differential Equations”,
Springer-Verlag, August 2005.
Allan Peterson and Walter Kelley, “The Theory of Differential
Notable Events
June 10, 2004:
Math Department moved to Avery Hall
Sixth Annual
July 2004:
Edith T. Hitz and Marilyn M. Hitz Research Assistant
professorships established. The first Hitz Professors will join
the department in Fall 2005
Summer 2004:
All Girls/All Math: Eighth Annual Mathematics Summer
Camp for High School Girls
Summer 2004:
Nebraska Research Experience for Undergraduates in
Applied Mathematics
Bo Deng, Wendy Hines, Irakli Loladze, Al Peterson, and
Jamie Radcliffe directed a total of 10 undergraduate
students from across the country.
Summer, 2004:
Power Math Camp: 5th Annual Summer Camp for Jr. High
Boys and Girls
July 2004:
Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers Workshop
(organized by Jim Lewis and Ruth Heaton)
Recognition
Dinner
July 26-August 12, 2004:
IMMERSE Workshop (organized by Tom Marley)
September 30, 2004:
Avery Hall Dedication ceremony
November 2004:
Seventh Annual Regional Workshop in the Mathematical
Sciences
November 11, 2004:
15th Annual Math Day
February 4-6, 2005:
Seventh Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate
Women in Mathematics
March 5-6, 2005:
Graduate Recruiting Weekend
March 2005:
Earl Kramer’s Penrose tiling installed on 3rd floor Avery Hall
April 1-2, 2005
MAA Sectional Meeting (Organized by Steve Dunbar)
April 14, 2005:
Ninth Annual Rowlee Lecture: James P. Keener
(organized by Steve Cohn)
Monday
April 25, 2005
Nebraska Union
Regency Room
5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Undergraduate Students
Program
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. 7:30 Reception
Dinner
Presentations
Presenters: John Meakin
David Pitts
Gordon Woodward
Thank you to
Allan Donsig and Lynn Erbe
for organizing the department’s sixth
annual recognition dinner
Chancellor’s Scholars:
Andrew L. Hulme, Andrew T. Gelenter, Mary Vacha
Math Majors Graduating with Highest Distinction:
Andrew Hulme, Tristan Skrdla Markwell, Mary Vacha, Jesse
Windle
Math Majors Graduating with High Distinction:
Nathan Buhrman, Justin DeVries, Andrew Gelenter, Michael
Gerdes, Rebecca Harbison
Math Majors Graduating with Distinction:
Nicholas Gewecke
Math Majors Graduated in August 2004:
Matthew Boyle, Michelle Ochsner, Todd Stohs
Math Majors Graduated in December 2004:
Istiaque Ahmed Ali, Daniel Becker, Laura Gonnerman*, David
Johnson, Andhy Koesnandar*, David MacElhaney, Corey
Maley, Viet Duc Nguyen*, Kerrick Stack, Travis Stiens, Christian Tinsley, Hoa Phu Tran*, Erik Wiedel
Math Majors Graduating in May 2005:
Aaron Bredenkamp, Elizabeth Brown*, Nathan Buhrman*,
Sonya Christy, Justin DeVries, Heather Flores, Andrew
Gelenter, Michael Gerdes, Nicholas Gewecke*, Rebecca
Harbison*, Andrew Hulme, Matthew Kruse, Matthew Morten*,
Andrea Mullen, Katy Nelson, Phu Doan Nguyen, Matthew
O’Dell, Warren Odgers*, Jason Oswald*, Rodrigo Segura,
Tristan Skrdla Markwell*, Eric Timperley, Mary Vacha*, Vernon
Volpe, Sarah Weigel, John-Paul Wilson, Michael Wilson,
Steven Wiltgen*, Jesse Windle*, James Wragge
*Superior Scholar
Senior Honors Theses:
Michael Gerdes (directed by Steve Dunbar)
Tristan Skrdla Markwell (directed by Gordon Woodward)
Mary Vacha (directed by Susan Hermiller & Mark Brittenham)
Scott Wilson (directed by Steve Dunar)
Jesse Windle (directed by Richard Rebarber and George Avalos)
Undergraduate Speakers at Conferences
2005 Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in
Mathematics:
Melissa Ackerman
Program Designed by
Lori J. Mueller, Administrative Tech
2004 UNL Undergraduate Research Conference:
Jonas Azzam, Heather Flores, Robert Lefferts
2004 Regional Workshop in the Mathematical Sciences
Speakers:
Jonas Azzam, Jesse Windle (plenary speakers), Mary Vacha,
Nicholas Gewecke
2004 Putnam Competition Participants:
Hannah Breckbill, Dan Cromer, Shengjie Guo, Brian Kell,
Daniel Morris, Dana Oberg, Ryo Namba, Yuliy Pisetsky,
Ciera Shelton, Stephanie Walz, Dan Williams
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Participants and
Internships, Summer 2004:
Melissa Ackerman (NASA)
Elizabeth Brown (internship at Fireman’s Fund, San Francisco)
Sonya Christy (NSA)
Heather Flores (Cornell, gene matching)
Nicholas Gewecke (Texas A&M)
Viet Nguyen (internship in actuarial science)
Viet Nguyen (Allan Donsig)
Mary Vacha (Lafayette College, John Meier mentor)
Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences
(UCARE) Participants for 2004-2005:
Melissa Ackerman (directed by Glenn Ledder)
Jonas Azzam (directed by Richard Rebarber)
Mike Gerdes (directed by Steve Dunbar)
Robert Lefferts (directed by Wendy Hines)
Jesse Windle (directed by Richard Rebarber)
Undergraduate MCTP Participants:
Jonas Azzam, Sonya Christy, Justin DeVries, Nicholas
Gewecke, Collin O’Keefe
Graduate Women in Science Awardees:
Elizabeth Elwell, Stephanie Gilbert, Alicia Gilmore, Katy Nelson,
Dana Oberg
Freshmen Eastman Scholars:
Stephen Anthony, Casey Fahrnbruch, Scott Hotovy, Lee
Richert, Kelli Roach, Amy Tentinger, Stephanie Walz, Daniel
Williams
Senior Eastman Scholars:
William Norton, Jason Oswald, Tristan Skrdla Markwell, Mary
Vacha, Jesse Windle, Curtis Wray
NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2004:
Elizabeth Beer and Elizabeth Green
JD Edwards Senior Undergrad Math Majors, 2004-2005:
Mathew Johnson, Matthew Jorde, Will Norton, Dana Oberg,
Matthew Odell, Ella Reeves, James Willcockson
Phi Beta Kappa-Alpha of Nebraska May 2005 Inductees:
Nathan Buhrman, Justin DeVries, Andrew Gelenter, Michael
Gerdes, Rebecca Harbison, Andrew Hulme, Tristan Skrdla
Markwell, Mary Vacha, Jesse Windle
Graduate Students
Ph.D. Recipients:
May 2005:
Nick Baeth, advised by Roger Wiegand − accepted a
tenure-track position at Central Missouri State College.
Dissertation title: “Representation Theory of One-dimen
sional Local Rings of Finite Cohen-Macaulay Type”.
Matt Koetz, advised by Judy Walker − accepted a tenuretrack position at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY.
Dissertation title: “Algebraic Constructions of Low Density
Parity Check Codes”.
August 2005:
Jennifer Langdon, advised by Al Peterson −
Dissertation title: “Asymptotic Behavior of Linear Dynamic
Equations on Time Scales”.
Masters Degree Recipients:
August 2004:
Rachel Brown, Matthew Dvorak, Christina Eubanks-Turner,
Mu-Wan Huang, Yu-Fu Kuo
December 2004:
Patricia Marquis, Christiaan Richter, Hoai Nam Tran
May 2005:
Megan Breit, Daniel Buettner, Elliot Campbell, Keith Dailey,
Amy Frederick, Michelle Metzger, Amanda Potts, Landon
Sullivan
Awards and Fellowships:
2004-2005 GAANN Fellows:
Kathy Bartley, Jennifer Everson, Jeremy Parrott, Mark Stigge
2004-2005 Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowship:
Amanda Potts
Summer 2004 SGRA Fellowships:
Olgur Celikbas, Amy Frederick, Rick Lassow
Summer 2005 SGRA Fellowships:
Ian Pierce
2004-2005 MCTP Advanced Fellows (Fall):
Nick Baeth, Justin James, Matt Koetz
2004-2005 MCTP Advanced Fellows (Spring):
Josh Brown Kramer, Paul Cokeley, Andrew Crabbe, Melissa
Luckas
2004-2005 MCTP Fellows:
Barbara McClain, Terri Moore, Deanna Turk
2004-2005 Project Fulcrum Participants:
Christina Eubanks-Turner