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2019 Texas MAA Friday Morning Sessions 9:20 - 9:35 AM Connecting Number Theory and Satellite Constellations Ayesha Gonzales St. Edward’s University A Nurse with aJosie Pie Chavez Chart Hardin-Simmons University On a Family ofDivisibility Generalized Relations Otto Osterman, Joseph Burnett The University of Texas atProperties and Dallas Parameters of Codes from Line GraphsCirculant of Graphs Jennifer Melendez, Alexander Westbrooks Texas A&M University - Commerce Hausdorf Dimension Corina Huether Stephen F. Austin State University 9:00 - 9:15 AM erent Countdown ↵ Midwestern State University Charting the SET Universe Adrian Silva Jr. St. Edward’s University The History and Developmentthe of Saccheri Quadrilateral Samantha Atkins Hardin-Simmons University Rocket Projections Claire Harding , MaddieSouthwestern Godleski University Indexing and its PossibilityMultiple in Number Realms Daeyoung Son Middle Georgia State University Using Systems Factorial Technology to Classify Numerical Cognition with Python Sabrina Hetzel Tarleton State University A Di Conundrum Shania Roberts 8:40 - 8:55 AM cile Infections in California Overview of Friday Morning Sessions -Body Approach to the Saint Edward’s N Traveling SalesmanJohnny Seay Problem Tarleton State University Complex Analysis on the Intersection of Two DisksPlane on the Cristo Sanchez, Micalyn Rowe Texas A&M University - Commerce Can the Practice ofConsidered Religion Contagious?: be A Dynamical Systems Approach to Modeling the Practice ofin Religion the Twentieth Century. Jocelyn Baca St. Mary’s University Intervening in Clostridium di Hospitals Erik Boonstra Stephen F. Austin State University Integer Values for Generating Functions ofIvan Mota Gibonacci Sequences 3 -adic ﬁelds of degree n p 8:20 - 8:35 AM 2 Blake Allan Baylor University Midwestern State University A Toy Problem andSolution it’s Twisted Nicholas Petela, Jaryd Domine Tarleton State University On Critical Dipoles in Dimensions Calculus: Putting the “C”Keegan in Winchester CSI Hardin-Simmons University Role of InternalDuring Acute CalciumMethylmercury-Induced Pools Cell Death in the C57BL6JAndrea Mouse Aldaz St. Mary’s University Classifying p Alex Jenny 212 213 109 112 208 209 Room

99th Annual Meeting of the Texas Section of the MAA, Stephenville, TX 9 2019 Texas MAA Friday Morning Sessions 10:20 - 10:35 AM Writam Nanda, Chris Talley Collin College Obtaining Integer Outputs From Square Nonnegative Integer Matrices Andrew Rogers Stephen F. Austin State University The Five Platonic Solids Katy Yarbrough Hardin-Simmons University Parameter Estimation and Simulation of Bacteriophage Infection Model David Kiker, Shey Andrews, Michaela Aguirre, Keith Emmert, Dustin Edwards Tarleton State University Math V Gerrymandering Preston Ward Tarleton State University Racial GerrymanderingConvex Hulls and Omar Dominguez St. Edward’s University A Mathematically “Sound” Analysis 10:00 - 10:15 AM Rebecca Desrochers Hardin-Simmons University Progress on the Earth-Moon Problem for Graphs Zachary Nadeau Angelo State University Keeping PIECE in theLacey Family Scott Stephen F. Austin State University Project Sant´e:Battery Storage Management Application Emmanuel Alvizo, Hector Leduc University of the Incarnate Word N-body Simulation of binarymass star transfer using NvidiaMason GPUs McCallum Tarleton State University Women’s Golf: An NCAA Comparison using Mathematical Modeling Katie Dyo Southwestern University Discovering New Bases Overview of Friday Morning Sessions 9:40 - 9:55 AM Preston Ward Tarleton State University A k-medoids Approach to Exploring Districting Plans Anthony Pizzimenti The University of Iowa On the Homology ofFunction the Logistic Logan Willhoite Stephen F. Austin State University Modeling the Interaction Between Two Phytoplankton Species Ixtaccihuatl Obregon University of the Incarnate Word N-body Adaptive Optimization of Lattice Towers Hakiem Grant, Wyatt Young, Jaryd Domine Tarleton State University On Some Flexible Statistical Distributions To Model Lifetime Data Tom Overman, Henry Alvarez, Summer Zeigman, Angela Avila University of Texas at Arlington Magic Squares of Squares 209 212 213 109 112 208 Room

10 99th Annual Meeting of the Texas Section of the MAA, Stephenville, TX 2019 Texas MAA Friday Afternoon Sessions 3:20 - 3:35 PM Surfaces containing double conics Fazle Rabby Texas Christian University New evidence of persistent periodicity inbilliards certain in dimension no-slip two Bishwas Ghimire Tarleton State University Mathmagic: Self Working Card Tricks Jason Snyder Collin College The Co-Requisite Model at TAMUC Pamela Webster Texas A&M University - Commerce The Datasaurus and Persistent Homology Ryan Jensen Stephen F. Austin State University Quantitative Consulting: My PIC Math Experience (So Far) Catie Patterson Austin College DE and Social Justice:Model A with Cholera Bacterial Reservoir Therese Shelton Southwestern University 3:00 - 3:15 PM Tarleton State Chaos in Generalized Inverse Limits Linda Pham Lamar University MIx Mix Revolution Clayton Boone Tarleton State University High Performance Computations for Random Network ModelsParental of Vaccine Acceptance and Disease Spread Andras Balogh University of Texas RioValley Grande HB 2223 Implementation at SFASU Sarah Stovall Stephen F. Austin State University Are online classes trulythan better traditional for most students? Anna Lurie St. Mary’s University Bad Math Clubs Borrow... Sarah Cobb, Marcos Lopez Midwestern State University A Comparison of MethodsCalculations for the Basic Reproductive Number for Periodic Epidemic Systems Christopher Mitchell Continued on next page. Overview of Friday Afternoon Sessions 2:40 - 2:55 PM Chattanooga The M/M/1 Queue with unreliable service and avacation. working Joshua Patterson University of Texas at Arlington Identifying the Inﬂuential: Using the PD4SDG database asfor a regime proxy formation Tu Nguyen Tarleton State University Bayesian model selection for informative hypotheses: A comparison ofdefault data-based encompassing priors versus Tom Faulkenberry, Bryanna Scheuler Tarleton State University Growth Minded Grading John Snow University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Online Courses: Tips &Hanan Kuzat Tricks Texas A&M University-Commerce Mathematics and Culture: An Experimental Course Michael Ortiz Sul Ross State UniversityGrande Rio A direct Algorithm forvertical solving generalized the linear complementarity problem.Aniekan Ebiefung The University of Tennessee at 209 212 213 108 109 112 208 Room

99th Annual Meeting of the Texas Section of the MAA, Stephenville, TX 11 2019 Texas MAA Friday Afternoon Sessions 3:20 - 3:35 PM Using group structure and transformations to connect abstract algebra with secondary school content to addressneeds the of preservice secondary mathematics teaches in an abstract algebra course Andrew Kercher, James Alvarez University of Texas at Arlington 3:00 - 3:15 PM Overview of Friday Afternoon Sessions 2:40 - 2:55 PM 311 Room

12 99th Annual Meeting of the Texas Section of the MAA, Stephenville, TX 2019 Texas MAA Friday Afternoon Sessions 4:20 - 4:35 PM Lagrangian formalismequations for and Bessel conditions its auxiliary Niyousha Davachi University of Texas at Arlington Essential Trigonometry Without Geometry Bryant Wyatt, John Gresham, Jesse Crawford Tarleton State University Enhancing Instruction of Linear Algebra using Dynamic Visualizations Richard Chandler University of North TexasDallas at Finding an Assessment StyleFits that the Modern Mathematics Course John Ehrke Abilene Christian University cients ,easycalculation ) 4:00 - 4:15 PM x, x, . . . , x ( Segmentation Adam Bowden, Nikolay Sirakov Texas A&M University - Commerce The Period of the Quasipolynomial for Coe of Gaussian Polynomials Arturo Martinez University of Texas RioValley Grande Electrophysiological markers for Mild-Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults Julio Cesar Enciso Alva University of Texas at Arlington Df of scary derivatives Fred Halpern Royal Path to Math Teaching CollegeApplications AlgebraKristofer through Jorgenson Sul Ross State University Who really teaches? Thestory untold of who actuallymath teaches in Texas andout how for it them works Keith Hubbard Stephen F. Austin State University Investigating Deep Euler-Lagrange-Poisson Segmentation Learning for Image Continued on next page. Overview of Friday Afternoon Sessions 3:40 - 3:55 PM System Chris Cox Tarleton State University Enigma: Breaking Down the German Encryption Machine Edward Smith Tarleton State University Math, the engine ofautonomous the vehicles race Tu Nguyen Tarleton State University Corequesites and Non-STEM Developmental Mathematics Curriculum Rebecca Steward Texas A&M University-Commerce Unavoidable Minors for Hypergraphs Dennis Hall Angelo State University Advancing Careers in Mathematics through Mentoring & Collaboration Timothy Huber University of Texas RioValley Grande Approximating a Nonholonomic 208 209 212 213 108 109 112 Room

99th Annual Meeting of the Texas Section of the MAA, Stephenville, TX 13 2019 Texas MAA Friday Afternoon Sessions 4:20 - 4:35 PM 4:00 - 4:15 PM The Impact of ReﬂectionDevelopmental on Mathematics Students Hannah Grant Tarleton State University Overview of Friday Afternoon Sessions 3:40 - 3:55 PM ´ Using Scripting Tasks in Undergraduate Courses to Examine Conceptual Understanding Janessa Beach, Theresa Jorgensen, James A. Mendoza Alvarez The University of TexasArlington at 311 Room

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