Master’s Thesis Defense: Alexa Schut

EMS Building, E408 3200 N Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI, United States

A Study of the Effect of Using Simulations on Students’ Learning of Inferential Statistics in the Elementary Statistics Classes in the Mathematics Department of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alexa Schut University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Student "We will present the results... Read More

Dissertation Defense: Joseph Tidmore

EMS Building, Room E495 E495; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Cocompact Cubulations of Mixed 3-manifolds Joseph Tidmore University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Student "Geometric group theory studies the connections between the algebraic properties of a group and the topological and geometric properties of spaces on which the group acts. If G... Read More

Master’s Thesis Defense: Rica Wedowski

EMS Building, Room E424A E424A; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Associated Hypothesis in Linear Models with Unbalanced Data Rica Wedowski MS Student University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "In a two-way linear model one can test six different hypotheses regarding the effects in this model. Those hypotheses can be ranked from less specific... Read More

Master’s Thesis Defense: Caitlin Crossett

EMS Building, Room W434 W434; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

An Examination of the Dynamics of a Rear-Inflow Jet Associated with an Idealized Mesoscale Convective System Caitlin Crossett University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Student "This study evaluates the main controls on the descent of the rear-inflow jet (RIJ), associated with a... Read More

Dissertation Defense: Matthew Hoeppner

EMS Building, Room E408 E408; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

On Some One-Complex Dimensional Slices of the Boundedness Locus of a Multi-Parameter Rational Family Matthew Hoeppner University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Student "Complex dynamics involves the study of the behavior of complex-valued functions when they are composed with themselves repeatedly. We... Read More

Master’s Thesis Defense: Aubree Freeman

EMS Building, E408 3200 N Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Assessing Student Comprehension of Learning to Solve Systems of Linear Equations with Practical Applications Through In-Class Group Project Aubree Freeman MS Student University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee In this presentation, we will demonstrate the effectiveness of project-based learning by looking at the outcomes... Read More

Dissertation Defense: Matthew Haulmark

EMS Building, Room E424A E424A; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Boundary Classification in Groups with Isolated Flats Matthew Haulmark University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Student "In 2000 Kapovich and Kleiner proved that if G is a one-ended hyperbolic group that does not split over a two-ended subgroup, then the boundary of... Read More

Dissertation Defense: Daniel Yee

EMS Building, Room E424A E424A; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Extending Enveloping Algebras via Anti-Cocommutative Elements Daniel Yee University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Student "We know that given a connected Hopf algebra H, the universal enveloping algebra U(P(H)) embeds in H as a Hopf subalgebra. Depending on P(H), we show that... Read More

Dissertation Defense: Olaniyi Iyiola

EMS Building, Room E495 E495; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Exponential Integrator Methods for Nonlinear Fractional Reaction-Diffusion Models Olaniyi (Samuel) Iyiola University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Student “Nonlocality and spatial heterogeneity of many practical systems have made fractional differential equations very useful tools in Science and Engineering. However, solving these type... Read More

Dissertation Defense: Andrew Gould

EMS Building, Room E495 E495; 3200 N Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

God's Number in the Simultaneously-Possible Turn Metric Andrew Gould University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Student “In 2010 it was found that God’s number is 20 in the face turn metric. That is, if the Rubik’s cube hasn’t been disassembled, it can... Read More