Student Research Projects
(All projects were supervised by me at Lenoir-Rhyne University, and all culminated in a written report and a public presentation.)
- Analysis of the Elo Rating Method in NBA Basketball, Austin Kelley, December 2024
- The Monty Hall Problem, Connor Gibson, December 2024
- The Mathematics Behind Quads, MacKenzie Hulsey, May 2023
- Whose Line is It Anyway? Exploratory Research on Queuing Theory, Eugenia K. Parish (Honors Thesis), May 2022
- Cowboys vs.Mathematicians: An exploration of the geometry of saddles and other minimal surfaces, Sarah Helfert (Honors Thesis), May 2021.
- How Big is That Number?: A Brief Introduction to p-adic Numbers, Katelyn Settlemyre (Honors Thesis), May 2020.
- n Discs Walk onto a Peg, Katherine Craven, May 2019.
- "Once you pop you can't stop": The geometry of the Pringle and other minimal surfaces, Natalie Kratts, May 2018.
- The Power of Happiness, Cody Mocilan, May 2018.
- Analyzing Balance and Imbalance Puzzles, Joanie Rhoades, December 2017.
- Just Dealing With The Wins and Losses: The Colley Bias Free College Football Ranking Method, Michael Patrick, May 2016.
- Phylogenetic Trees, Group-Based Evolution Models, and Their Associated Polytopes - Oh My!, Marie Mauhar, May 2015
- Limits of Golden Constructions, Leigha Myers, December 2014
- Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Match: The Staple Marriage Problem, Amber Longhi, May 2014
- Impossible Peg Solitaire: With a generous sprinkle of abstract algebra, Tera Crisp, May 2013.
- A Geometric Approach to the Card Game SET, Barbara A. Woodcock, May 2013.
- Math in the Cards: The Ins and Outs of Perfect Shuffles, Samantha Kay Harris, May 2012.
- The Mathematics and Educational Applications of Pascal's Triangle and the Fibonacci Numbers, Victoria Young, May 2011.