Colloquia Series
Spring of 2013
Tuesday,
February 5, 2013 in Lytle Hall 214 at 3:00 p.m. B. G. Kronenthal,
The
University of Delaware
"Spying on Cages, Generalized Quadrangles, and Moore!"
Tuesday,
February 12, 2013 in Lytle Hall 214 at 3:00 p.m. S. E. Law,
North
Carolina State University
"The
Hopf Algebra of Sashes"
Friday,
February 15, 2013 in Lytle Hall 214 at 3:00 p.m. D. P. Roberts,
Assistant
Professor of Mathematics
Illinois
Wesleyan University
"Decomposing
Graphs into Stars and Hyperstars"
Tuesday,
February 19, 2013 in Lytle Hall 214 at 3:00 p.m. Baldvin Einarsson,
University
of California at Santa Barbara
"Individual
Based and Dynamic Energy Budget Models"
Thursday,
February 28, 2013 in Lytle Hall 214 at 3:00 p.m. Jianqiang Zhao,
Associate
Professor of Mathematics
Eckerd
College,
"Hopf
Algebra Structure of Generalized Scissors Congruence Groups"
Tuesday,
March 26, 2013 in McFarland Student Union Building (Room 250) at
3:30 p.m. Robert Vallin, Professor of Mathematics at Slippery Rock
University of Pennsylvania will give the 6th Annual
Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
"Cantor
and the Paradise He Gave Us"
Refreshments served between 3:00 PM and 3:30 PM
The talk begins at 3:30 PM
Previous talks:
Fall
2012
3:30 p.m. Thursday, October 18, 2012 Lytle Hall 228:
“Braids,
Permutations, and Games,”
Dr. Jennifer Franko
Vasquez, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at
the University of Scranton
11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 1, 2012 Lytle Hall 228:
“Blood, Sweat, and Tears: the Cable-Trench
Problem and some Applications,”
Dr. Eric Landquist, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Kutztown
University of Pennsylvania
Future Speakers:
Dr. Anke Walz, Associate
Professor of Mathematics, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania speaking on a
topic of her choice in Geometry.
Dr.
Jackie Jensen, Associate Professor of Mathematics Sam Houston State University
speaking on Inquiry-Based Learning.
Spring 2012
11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 16, 2012 Lytle Hall
228:
“From Finite Geometries to Translation
Planes,”
Dr. Craig Culbert,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 23, 2012 Lytle Hall
228:
“Research Experience for Undergraduates –
Research Report,” A MILK - URP Lecture
Mr. Clinton Watton,
Class of 2014 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Major
11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 1, 2012 Lytle Hall 228:
“On Cardinality of Sets: What Does 'Big'
or 'Small' Really Mean?” A MILK - URP Lecture
Mr. John Paul Jablonski,
Class of 2014 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Major
11:00 a.m. Thursday March 8, 2012 Lytle Hall 228:
“On the Collatz
Conjecture,” A MILK - URP Lecture
Mr. Patrick Wiltrout,
Class of 2011 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Graduate
5:00 P.M. TUESDAY, MARCH
27, 2012 BOEHM HALL 261:
Dr. E. Lee May, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at
Salisbury University
"Adventures with The Moore Method as a Student and Teacher," A MILK
Lecture
The 5th Annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in
Mathematics \
Fall 2011
11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 6, 2011 Lytle Hall 228:
“Using Math to Make Games Fun,”
Dr. Ryan Gantner, Assistant
Professor of Mathematics, St. John Fisher College
11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 20, 2011 Lytle Hall 228:
“Research Experience for Undergraduates –
Research Report,” A MILK - URP Lecture
Ms. Ashley Dougerty,
Class of 2012 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Secondary
Education Major
11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Lytle Hall 228:
“Chomp, Chomp, Bechewy Chomp: Math and Games.”
Dr. Alex Meadows, Assistant Professor of
Mathematics, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
5:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Boehm Hall 260:
“Thoughts on a Modified Moore Method Course
in Undergraduate Analysis,” A MILK Lecture
Dr. Alex Meadows, Assistant Professor of
Mathematics, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 17,
2011Lytle Hall 228:
“Aspects of Some Intersting Sets: A Primer,”
Dr. Padraig McLoughlin, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Spring 2011
11:00 A.m. Friday, April 22, 2011
Lytle hall 214:
"An Exordium of
Self-Intersecting Polygons,"
Mr.
Nicholas Owad, 2010,
BS-Physics and BS-Mathematics major at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Abstract (PDF) Abstract
(DVI)
11:00 A.m.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Lytle hall 228:
"On the Rudiments of Linear
Regression Analysis,"
Mr. Shawn
M. Santo, 2011,
BSBA-Finance and BS-Mathematics major at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Abstract (PDF) Abstract
(DVI)
3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 17, 2011 Boehm Hall 260:
"An Introduction to
Fractals,"
Professor
Randy Schaeffer,
Associate Professor of Mathematics Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
11:00 A.m.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 Lytle hall 214:
The 4th annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
"Solving Differential
Equations Numerically Using Steepest Descent,"
Dr. W.
Ted Mahavier, Professor of Mathematics, Lamar University of Texas
Abstract (PDF) Abstract (DVI)
5:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 Boehm hall 261:
"Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics: Work Hard, Have Fun," A MILK Lecture
Dr. W. Ted Mahavier, Professor of
Mathematics, Lamar University of Texas
Fall
2010
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Boehm Hall 260:
“Grits and
Group Theory at Your Local Cracker Barrel”
Dr. Jennifer Schaefer, Assistant
Professor of Mathematics Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Abstract (PDF) Abstract (DVI)
5:00 p.m. Thursday, October 14, 2010
Boehm Hall 261:
"An Invitation to a Journey in Inquiry-Based Learning" A MILK Lecture
Dr. Stan Yoshinobu, Associate
Professor of Mathematics California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Abstract (PDF) Abstract (DVI)
3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 Boehm hall 261:
"The Moore Method: An Introduction," A MILK Lecture
Dr. Pat McLoughlin, Associate Professor of Mathematics,
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
3:30 p.m.Thursday, September 30, 2010 Boehm Hall
260: "The
Moore Method: An Introduction" A MILKLecture
Dr. PadraigMcLoughlin, Associate Professor of
Mathematics KutztownUniversity of Pennsylvania
Abstract (PDF) Abstract (DVI)
Spring 2010
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Lytle Hall228:
"The
Randy Johnsons of Abstract Algebra and Fields of Dreams,"
Dr. Eric Landquist, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Kutztown
University of Pennsylvania
3:30p.m. Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Lytle Hall 228:
“Some
Mathematics Can Be Mental”
Dr. Paul Ache,
III, Associate Professor and Chairman of Mathematics Kutztown University of
Pennsylvania
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Lytle
Hall 228:
"A Tribute to Euler"
The 3rd Annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
Dr. William Dunham, the Truman Koehler Professor of Mathematics, Muhlenberg
College,
Abstract
(PDF)
Fall 2009
3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Boehm Hall 260:
“Limits in
Metric Spaces,”
Dr. Larry Mugridge, Professor of Mathematics Kutztown University of
Pennsylvania
3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Boehm Hall 260:
"The Stable Marriage Problem"
Dr. Ju Zhou, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Kutztown University of
Pennsylvania
3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Boehm Hall 262:
"The Riemann Hypothesis: A Million Dollar Problem
Turns 150"
Dr. Eric Landquist, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Kutztown University
of Pennsylvania
Spring 2009
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Lytle Hall 228:
“Making
Valid Inferences in Observational Studies Using Propensity Score Analysis,”
Dr. Michael Posner, Associate
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Villanova University
11:00 a.m. Thursday, February
26, 2009 Lytle Hall 228:
”Oh the
Places You’ll Go: From a MapQuest to a MATHquest,”
Dr. Jennifer Gorman, Assistant
Professor of Mathematics, Gannon University
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17,
2009 Lytle Hall 228:
“Mathematical
Cranks”
Dr. Lyn Phy, Associate Professor, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
9:00 a.m. Friday, March 20, 2009 Lytle Hall 228:
“Cracking
Cryptography, Curves, Card Tricks, and Kangaroos!”
Dr. Eric Landquist, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of
Illinois
3:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 14, 2009 Lytle Hall 228:
The 2nd annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in Mathematics
“Ramsey's
Theorem: The Extremal Limits of Party Planning”
Dr. Michael Picollelli, Assistant Professor of Mathematics,
University of Delaware
11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 2,
2009 Lytle Hall 228:
“The
Topology of Links and Knots: Or How I Learned to Enjoy Math”
Dr. Valentina Joukhovitski, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University
of Michigan
11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 9,
2009 Lytle Hall 228:
“Linear
Approximations”
Dr. Ju Zhou, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Bridgewater State
University
Fall 2008
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Boehm Hall Room 260:
“Real Statistics in the Real World,”
Professor James Bobeck, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
3:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Boehm Hall Room 262:
“Public Key
Crypto Systems,”
Professor Deepak Khanna, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (postponed
from Spring of 2008 due to illness)
3:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 19,
2008 Boehm Hall Room 262:
"The Physics of Astro-Mathematics"
Dr. Patrick Gorman, Kutztown
University of Pennsylvania
Abstract (PDF) Abstract
(PS) Abstract
(DVI)
Spring 2008
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Academic Forum Room 103:
“Reducts of
Countably Categorical Graphs,”
Dr. Amy Yun Lu, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Boehm Hall Room 260:
“An
Introduction to General Relativity Theory: A Mathematical Approach,”
Dr. Amadou Guisse, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Boehm Hall Room 260
The 1st Annual Thomas L. Pirnot Lecture in
Mathematics
"A Weierstrass Quartet: Four Ideas from the Father of Modern
Analysis"
Dr. Jerry King, Professor Emeritus, Lehigh University
Fall 2007
4:00 p.m. Thursday, September 20,
2007 Lytle Hall 218:
“A
Mathematical Model of Gasses (Gasses are Beautiful, Too! ),”
Dr. Perry Lee, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Abstract (PDF) Abstract
(DOC) Abstract
(DVI) Abstract
(PS)
4:00 p.m. Thursday, October 18, 2007
Lytle Hall 218:
"How
to Write Mathematics on the Web,"
Dr. Kunio Mitsuma, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Abstract (PDF) Abstract (DVI) Abstract
(PS)
4:00 p.m. Thursday, November 15, 2007
Lytle Hall 218:
“Euler's
Equation, the Completeness Axiom and Period Three as Models of Ontological
Reality: A Philosophy of Mathematics,”
Dr. Bradley Slonaker, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Abstract (PDF) Abstract (DVI) Abstract (PS)
Spring 2007
4:00 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007
Lytle Hall 214:
“Combining
Statistics and Mathematical Programming to Develop Coal Blends for Optimum
Cokemaking and Blast Furnace Operation,”
Dr. Francis J. Vasko, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Abstract
(PDF) Abstract
(PS) Abstract
(HTML)
4:00 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2007
Lytle Hall 214:
“Math is
Beautiful,”
Chistopher Godblaut, Lehigh University
Abstract (PDF) Abstract
(PS) Abstract (DVI)
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