Awards and Fellowships (cont.): Faculty and Staff (cont.): Faculty and Staff (cont.): Faculty and Staff Members Serving for 0 (mod 5) years: 2005-2006 MCTP Advanced Fellows (Spring): UNL Parents Association Certificates of Recognition for Tom Danaher 10 years David Pitts 20 years Jennifer Everson, Martha Gregg, Frank Moore Contributions to Students: Judy Walker 10 years David Logan 25 years Jim Campbell (3), Steve Cohn (5), Irakli Loladze (1), Mark Walker 10 years Leo Chouinard 30 years Seventh Annual 2005-2006 MCTP Fellows: Tom Marley (5), Allan Peterson (6) Lori Mueller 15 years Gordon Woodward 35 years Kris Lund, Lori McDonnell, Emily Price John Orr 15 years Jim Lewis 35 years New Staff Member, December 2005: Elizabeth Youroukos 20 years David Skoug 40 years 2005-2006 Project Fulcrum Participants: Tom Danaher Melissa Desjarlais, Pari Ford, David Milan, Diana White A&S Monthly Applause Award, November 2005: 2005-2006 Centennial Fellowships: Marilyn Johnson Notable Events Jesse Burke, Anthony DeLegge, Kyle Fey A&S Annual Applause Award, December 2005: May 7-9, 2005: 2005-2006 Larson Fellowships: Marilyn Johnson and Lori Mueller Nebraska Commutative Algebra Conference: WiegandFest Susannah Go, Elizabeth Jurshak (Honoring Roger & Sylvia Wiegand) External Grants and Contracts Received in 2005-2006: 2005-2006 Othmer Graduate Fellows: Mark Brittenham, CCR SCAMP funding Summer 2005: Firuz Kamalov, Laura Lynch Allan Donsig, Brian Harbourne, Wendy Hines, Glenn Ledder, All Girls/All Math: Ninth Annual Mathematics Summer Richard Rebarber, Judy Walker, NSA grant for NCUWM Camp for High School Girls 2005 Outstanding First Year Student: Susan Hermiller, CCR SCAMP funding Recognition Deanna Turk Wendy Hines, Lori Mueller & Gordon Woodward, ITLE grant for Summer 2005: “Advising for Success” Nebraska Research Experience for Undergraduates in 2005 Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student: Wendy Hines, NSA and AMS funding for “All Girls/All Math” Applied Mathematics Heidi Feller Srikanth Iyengar, NSF grant Al Peterson and Richard Rebarber Jerry Johnson & Dave Skoug, NSF grant for Conference on Dinner 2005 Emeritus Faculty Fellowship Scholars: Feynman Integral Summer, 2005: Brian Bockelman, Matt Dvorak, Livia Miller, Frank Moore, Glenn Ledder (Lead PI), Bo Deng, David Logan, Irakli Loladze, Power Math Camp: 6th Annual Summer Camp for Jr. High Sawanya Sakuntasathien NSF grant for RUTE Program Boys and Girls Glenn Ledder, CCLI grant from NSF 2005 Grace Chisholm Young and William Henry Young Fellowship: Irakli Loladze, Grant from the Ohio State Math Biology Institute July 27-August 4, 2005: Bobbi Buchholz Tom Marley, Research Council Seed grant IMMERSE Workshop (organized by Tom Marley) Monday Petronela Radu, ITLE grant for “Math in the City” 2005 Outstanding Qualifying Exams: Richard Rebarber and Gordon Woodward (co-PI’s), NSF Research October 6, 2005: Terri Moore, Silvia Saccon Experience for Undergraduates site grant Reception honoring Walter Mientka and Art Mastera Judy Walker, NSF research grant April 24, 2006 2005 AMS Conference Speakers: Mark Walker, NSF research grant October 21-23, 2005: Melissa Luckas, Steven Spriggs Roger Wiegand, NSA grant AMS 2005 Sectional Meeting at UNL Roger Wiegand (Lead PI), Laurie Bellows, John Meakin, David AMS Einstein Lecturer: Sir Michael Atiyah Pitts, Judy Walker, Mark Walker, GAANN grant Nebraska Union • Regency (Local organizer: Sylvia Wiegand) Gordon Woodward, CSEMS grant Gordon Woodward, Advanced Scholars Undergrad Course November 10, 2005: Faculty and Staff Development grant 16th Annual Math Day 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
National Offices: December 2005: Charles Bessey Professor in Mathematics: Lucho Avramov, AMS-JMS-SIAM Committee on Summer Research Mavis Hettenbaugh’s Retirement after 17 years in the Allan Peterson Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences Department of Mathematics Steve Dunbar, MAA Director of Competitions Edith T. Hitz and Marilyn M. Hitz Research Assistant Professorships: Susan Hermiller, Member-at-Large of the Council of the AMS and February 4-6, 2006: Cynthia Farthing and Janet Striuli member of the AMS Committee on Science Policy Eighth Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Jim Lewis, Chair of the Conference Board for the Mathematical Women in Mathematics MAA Haimo Teaching Award: Sciences (CBMS) Judy Walker Jim Lewis, Member of the National Research Council March 3-4, 2006: Gerald W. Johnson, Committee on Teacher Preparation Programs in the U.S. Graduate Recruiting Weekend retiring after 38 years MAA Sectional Award for Distinguished College or University Jim Lewis, Chair, MAA Coordinating Council on Education in the Department of Teaching of Mathematics: John Meakin, Member of the AMS Committee on Meetings and April 21, 2006: Tom Marley Mathematics Conferences Tenth Annual Rowlee Lecture: Ingrid Daubechies Judy Walker, Member-at-Large of the Council of the AMS and (organized by Steve Cohn and Sylvia Wiegand) Faculty Members Receiving Promotion to Full Professor: member of the AMS Committee on Science Policy George Avalos, Judy Walker, Mark Walker Sylvia Wiegand, AMS Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Employment Security May 12-14, 2006: New Faculty Members, August 2005: The Feynman Integral and Related Topics in Mathematics Mikil Foss, Petronela Radu and Physics (Honoring Jerry Johnson and David Skoug) Undergraduate Students 2005 Putnam Competition Participants: Graduate Students Stephen Anthony, Jonas Azzam, Derek Boeckner, Robert Brase, Brian Kell, Alan Mock, Dana Oberg, Yuliy Pisetsky, Chancellor’s Scholars: Gabriel Smith, Derrick Stolee Ph.D. Recipients: Andrew Clements May 2006: Research Experiences for Undergraduates Participants and Justin James, advised by Susan Hermiller & John Meakin Program Internships, Summer 2005: − accepted a tenure-track position at Minnesota State Math Majors Graduating with Highest Distinction: Colin Anderson and Masatoshi Shoji Jonas Azzam (Cornell) University-Moorhead. Leanne Hicks (Pitzer College, Claremont Colleges) Dissertation title: “Some Decision Problems in Group 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Reception Math Majors Graduating with High Distinction: Theang Ho (Central Michigan) Theory”. Jonas Azzam, Andrew Clements, Joshua Howard, Matthew − 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner Johnson, Evan Peterson Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences Kathy Bartley, advised by Judy Walker accepted a position (UCARE) Participants for 2005-2006: with the National Security Agency (Department of Defense). 7:30 Presentations Math Majors Graduating with Distinction: Melissa Ackerman (directed by Glenn Ledder) Dissertation title: “Decoding Algorithms for Algebraic Paul Demmel, Erin Donovan, Brian Kell, William Norton, Kaydi Derek Boeckner (directed by Richard Rebarber) Geometric Codes over Rings”. Osowski, Amber Whisler, Curtis Wray Will Norton (directed by Steve Dunbar) Gabriel Smith (directed by Mark Brittenham) August 2006: Presenters: John Meakin − Math Majors Graduated in August 2005: Steve Haataja, advised by John Meakin & Allan Donsig David Pitts Paul Demmel, Erin Donovan, Marc Newman Undergraduate MCTP Participants: accepted a position at Chadron State College, Chadron, Jonas Azzam, Derek Boeckner, Shengjie Guo, Scott Hottovy, Nebraska. Gordon Woodward Math Majors Graduated in December 2005: Brian Kell, Colin O’Keefe, Ed Rubin Dissertation title: “Amalgamation of Inverse Semigroups Andrew Davis*, Matthew Dickey, Donald Hapner, Brandy and Operator Algebras”. Hobbs*, Corey Maley, Sean Meyer, Phong Doan Nguyen, Graduate Women in Science Awardees: − Derek Vanosdall, Benjamin Williams Kimberlee Blaha, Laurel Burk, Jaclyn Cecetka, Amanda Fricke, Ed Loeb, advised by Tom Marley & Judy Walker Shengjie Guo, Leanne Hicks, Theang Ho, Kaydi Osowski, accepted a tenure-track position at Southwestern College in Math Majors Graduating in May 2006: Jessica Schroeder, Ella Reeves, Danielle Rood, Diane Topolski Winfield, Kansas. Colin Anderson*, Jonas Azzam, Derek Boeckner, Nathan Dissertation title: “Quantum Error Correcting Codes: Chandler-Smith, Andrew Clements, Elizabeth Elwell*, Nicole Freshmen Eastman Scholars: From Stabilizer Codes To Induced Codes”. Gohring, William Griffel, Leanne Hicks, Forest Merriman Rachael Farrar, Andrew Hassing, Charles Lucas, James Honerkamp, Joshua Howard*, Matthew Johnson, Brian Kell*, Carraher, Alan Mock, Jessica Sierk, Kristin Pedersen, Matthew Troupe, James Wallace, Andrew Wardyn Masters Degree Recipients: Joseph Moore, Sarah Naber, William Norton, Dana Oberg*, August 2005: Kaydi Osowski, Evan Peterson*, Ella Reeves, Christopher Olgur Celikbas Schmid, Jessica Schroeder*, Masatoshi Shoji*, Caleb Senior Eastman Scholars: Jaclyn Cecetka, Elizabeth Elwell, Danielle Rood Sweetser, Amber Whisler*, Curtis Wray* December 2005: Thank you to *Superior Scholar Brian Bockelman, Larry Evans, Terri Moore, Mark Stigge, JD Edwards Senior Undergrad Math Majors, 2005-2006: Deanna Turk Allan Donsig and Lynn Erbe Senior Honors Theses: Brian Kell, William Norton, Dana Oberg, Ella Reeves for organizing the department’s Colin Anderson (directed by Jamie Radcliffe) May 2006: Jonas Azzam (directed by Richard Rebarber) Delise Andrews, Diana French, Laurence Grant, Ines seventh annual recognition dinner Brian Kell (directed by Jamie Radcliffe) Henriques, Jacob Huseby, Aditi Kar, Richard Lassow, Will Norton (directed by Steve Dunar) Shawn Mousel, Silvia Saccon
August 2006: Undergraduate Speakers at Conferences Julie Amen, Darla Berks, Myrna Bornemeier, Virginia Clark, Dean Davis, Bryan Engelker, Doug Glasshoff, Shannon 2006 Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Jessie, Kristin Johnson, Julie Kreizel, Stacie Lefler, Leslie Mathematics: Lippitt, Tiffany Lothrop, Jim Pfeiffer, Kyle Poore, Anne Melissa Ackerman, Laurel Burk, Shengjie Guo Schmidt, Sandi Snyder
2005 UNL Undergraduate Research Conference: Jonas Azzam, Heather Flores, Robert Lefferts, Derek Stolee Awards and Fellowships: Program Designed by 2005-2006 GAANN Fellows: Bobbi Buchholz, Matt Dvorak, Christina Eubanks-Turner, Micah Lori J. Mueller 2006 UNL Undergraduate Research Conference: Leamer, David McCune, Livia Miller, Matt Morten, Diana White Melissa Ackerman, Derek Boeckner, Tigh Buckles, Jackie Cecetka, Nicole Gohring, Julianne Harm, Brian Kell, Eric 2005-2006 Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowship: Robbins, Caleb Sweetser Jacob Huseby, Nathan Axvig 2005-2006 MCTP Advanced Fellows (Fall): 2005 AMS Conference Speakers: Josh Brown Kramer, Paul Cokeley, Andrew Crabbe, Melissa Jonas Azzam, Derek Boeckner, Leanne Hicks, Theang Ho Luckas, Jacob Weiss
2005-2006 MCTP Advanced Fellows (Spring): Jennifer Everson, Martha Gregg, Frank Moore