DepartmentalHighlights

ConferencePresentations,Colloquia,andSeminars

MathClubMathematicsDepartmentUnveilsNewMathLab

TheMathDepartmenthasdesignedanActivelearningspaceintendedtoincreasestudentengagementandsuccessinmathematics.

LocatedinUniversityHall250,thespacehasroundtablesandportablewhite-boardsforgroupdiscussionandactivity,adoubleprojectionsystemforeasyviewingfromanyseatintheroom,andacomplimentoflaptopsforstudentuse.

ThespaceisinusestartingthisSpring2018.Manyinteractiveclassesarebeingheldinthisroom,andthedepartmentislookingforwardtomakinggreatuseofthisspaceinincreasingstudentoutcomes!

DepartmentofMathematicsUniversityHall,Rm.238

706-507-8240http://math.columbusstate.edu

Dr.GuihongFan• Fan,GGlobalHopfbifurcationinadelayedmodelfortickspresentto2018JointMathematicsMeetingsinSanDiego,California,

Jan.10-13,"

Dr.HoubinFang

• Fang,H.(5/2016)TheComparisonoftheEducationSysteminChinaandtheU.S.,YangZhouMiddleSchool,YangZhou,China.• Fang,H.(5/2016)TheMathematicsEducationMajorsintheU.S.,WestAnhuiUniversity,LuAn,China.

Dr.TimHoward

• Howard,T.,Gober,D.,Shaw,K.,Ticknor,C.(2017,July).CRAFT-STEM:InternshipsandSTEMCamptoRecruitPre-serviceTeachers,MentoringandCommunityBuildingtoHelpwithTheirPreparation.PosterpresentedattheNSFRobertNoyceTeacherScholarshipProgramConference,Washington,D.C.

• Frazier,A.,Howard,T.;Shaw,K.;andTicknor,C.,"DismantlingDeficitThinkingandUprootingFixedMindsetsThroughPossibleSelves:APotentialTheoreticalFrameworkforSupportingUnderrepresentedGroupsinSTEM"(2017,March).InterdisciplinarySTEMTeaching&LearningConference.23.(https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2017/2017/23).

• Howard,T.,Gober,D.,Shaw,K.,Ticknor,C.(2016,July).RevisingInternshipstoRecruitMoreSTEMTeachers,ExaminingtheInfluenceoftheNoyceScholarshiponTeachingPlans.PosterpresentedattheNSFRobertNoyceTeacherScholarshipProgramConference,Washington,D.C.

• Howard,T.,Gober,D.,Shaw,K.,Ticknor,C.(2016,March).UseofInternshipExperiencestoRecruitPre-serviceMathandScienceTeachers.PaperpresentedattheannualmeetingoftheSoutheasternSectionoftheMathematicalAssociationofAmerica,Birmingham,Alabama.

• Howard,T.,Gober,D.,Shaw,K.,Ticknor,C.(2016,March).LessonsLearnedinanInternshipProgramtoRecruitPre-serviceTeachers.PaperpresentedatInterdisciplinarySTEMTeaching&LearningConference,Savannah,Georgia.http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2016/2016/62.

JointheMathClubthisspringastheymeet,traditionallyonetotwoThursdaysamonth,beginningMarch1st,from12:30to1:20pm,inUniversityHall,room201.Dr.KristinLillywillbepresentingatthisfirstmeeting.

Topicsarevariedandrequireonlyaninterestinmathematics.Presentationsareaccessibleforallstudents,sofeelfreetojoinin!

StudentSpotlight:JonathanParkerIfyou’vespentanytimeonthetop

floorofUniversityHall,thehomeoftheMathematicsDepartment,chancesare,you’vespottedJonathanParker.Jonathan,aPost-Baccalaureatemathstudent,isknownforhis“hallwayoffice,”picturedtotheleft.

ButthereisalotmoretoJonathanthanhispreferenceforcompletingschool-workinhallways!JonathangothisundergraduatedegreeatKennesawStatein2010,inChemistry.Aftergraduation,Jonathanspentaboutsixyearsworkinginindustry,inmaterialssciencelaboratories,workingwithflameretardantsandfibersforclothingandtires,theneventuallyattheCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventioninAtlanta.FamilyconnectionsinColumbusbroughthimhome,wherehegotintoperforminglabworkforaphysician.Hisinterestsinalternativehealthandnutrition,aswellasfunctionalmovementbegantoleadhimtoresearchideas.

Jonathandeterminedthatheneededadeeperunderstandingofmathematicstosupporthisresearch,whichiswhyhe’sreturnedtoschoolhereatCSU,takingprimarilystatisticscourses,alongwithLinearAlgebraandotherhigher-levelmathcourses.Eventually,hehopestoattendgraduateschoolinmathematicsandthermodynamics.Hisgoalistopursueresearchinthermodynamicsasitrelatestohealth.Heisinterestedinstudyinghowlarge-scalesystems(likebusinessesandsocieties)canbeimprovedandbecomemoreefficientwhenthehealthofindividualswithinthesystemisimproved.

AsastudenthereatColumbusStateUniversity,JonathanhasworkedcloselywithDr.CarlosAlmada,Dr.MadhuBhandary,Dr.BaiqiaoDeng,Dr.GuihongFan,andDr.EugenIonascu,withwhomhehassubmittedaproblemtotheCollegeMathematicsJournalforpublication.HeisalsoactingasaPeerLeaderinMATH3155,FoundationsforAdvancedMathematicsinSpringof2018.

Jonathanofferedthisadviceforhisfellowstudents:“Talktoindividualsontheothersideofwhatevergoalyouaretryingtoreach–toknowitisthegoalyoureallywanttoattain.”Heoffersthisguidanceassomeonewhohasalreadycompletedadegreeandspenttimeworkinginhisfield,aninvaluableperspectiveforundergraduatestoconsider.So,nexttimeyoufindyourselfintheMathematicsDepartment,lookaroundforJonathan.He’llbeinacornersomewhere,workingaway!

2017-2018RobertNoyceTeacherScholarshipRecipients:

KimberlyAppleBiancaCardosoAlexanderMedinaJoshTracy

AwardNumber1136356

Editedby:LizMcInnisAssistedby:EdieSalyerandErikLeMay

StudentHighlightsandAchievements

StudentsPresentatResearchSymposium

MathematicsstudentsIsabellaNunezandSelenaPierce(picturedright)successfullycompletedtheirPICMathprojectsfromSpring2016,andpresentedtheirprojectattheFall2017AnnualRegionalUndergraduateResearchSymposium.IsabellaandSelenaplacedsecondinthepostercompetitionheldatAlbanyStateUniversityonFriday,October27,2017.

“Talktosomeoneontheothersideofwhatevergoalyouaretryingtoreach”–

JonathanParker

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER 2017 – 2018

Insummer2017,twomathclubmemberssuccessfullyjoinedREUsummerprograms:

Ø MichaelRohlyattendedthePulmonaryandCriticalCareSummerInternshipatJohnsHopkinsMedicalSchool.Heworkedintheareaoflungtransplantation.

Ø JohnHetzeljoinedtheundergraduateresearchprograminAlgebraandDiscreteMathematicsofferedbyAuburnUniversity.

StudentsInvitedtoPresent BaoDo,JohnHetzel(picturedleft),and

SamanthaSadlerwereinvitedtopresenttheirPICMathprojectatthe2017MAAMathFestconferenceinChicagoonJuly29,2017.Theprojecthadachievedanoverall“VeryGood”ratingfromtheMAAPICMathJudges.

Judges’commentscalledtheirproject“impressive,”witha“tremendousamountofsubtletyandcomplexity”intheirproblemandsolution.

DepartmentalHighlights

RecentFacultyPublications

GuihongFan

FanG,HuffR,MuirJ,NektalovaZ,KruchowskyJ,KeplerJL,WangH,MarshallPA,SolisFJ,2017.Bifurcationsandlimitcyclesincystosolicyeastcalcium.2017Nov2.pii:S0025-5564(17)30070-6.doi:10.1016/j.mbs.2017.11.001

HoubinFang

Fang,H.,Herron,S.,Zhou,Q.,Hartsell,T.,&Mohn,R.(2016).Theeffectsofsimplifiedschema-basedinstructiononelementarystudents'mathematicalwordproblemsolvingperformance.TheJournalofMathEducation.

TimHoward

Ticknor,C.S.,Gober,D.,Howard,T.,Shaw,K.,&Mathis,L.A.(2017).TheInfluenceoftheCSURobertNoyceTeacherScholarshipProgramonUndergraduates'TeachingPlans.GeorgiaEducationalResearcher,14(1),69.

EugenIonascu Bisectingbinomialcoefficients,withT.MartinsenandP.St˘anic˘a,DiscreteAppliedMathematics,

227(2017),pp.70-83 GaussianIntegersandUnitFractions,withK.Bradford,ActaMath.Univ.Comenianae,LXXXVI(2017),pp.

127-141

NewparametrizationofA2+B2+C2=3D2andLagrange’sfour-squaretheorem,An.S¸tiint¸.Univ.Al.I.CuzaIa¸si.Mat.(N.S.),vol.62(3)(2016),pp.823-833(1)SolutiontoProblem1084,withJohnZacharias,TheCollegeMath.J.,48(4)(2017),p.297(2)ProposedProblem1099,withK.Apple,TheCollegeMath.J.,48(2)(2017),p.139(3)ProposedProblem11946,Amer.Math.Monthly,123(10)(2016),p.1050(4)ProposedProblem1088,TheCollegeMath.J.,47(5)(2016),p.369(5)ProposedProblem4002,withK.Apple,CruxMathematicorumwithMathematicalMayhem,42(1)(2016)(6)ProposedProblem1085,TheCollegeMath.J.,47(4)(2016),p.301(7)SolutiontoProblem1055,TheCollegeMath.J.,3(2016),pp.226-227

NehalShukla

Shukla,NehalwithShahN.andYeolekarB.,(Jan.2016)“SEI-modelforSocialMessages”JournalofBasicandAppliedResearch,Vol.14(2),81-89

RecentGrantsAwardedDr.Fang• LinkingMultipleRepresentations(2017,PI)$44,760FundedbyImprovingTeacherQualityStateGrantProposal--

TitleII,PartA,NoChildLeftBehindAct• DevelopingAlgebraReadiness(2016,PI)$46,606fundedbytheNoChildLeftBehind”TitleIIPartaHigherEducation

IMPROVINGTEACHERQUALITYHigherEducationgrant.Dr.Howard• $42,943award(PI),“ConnectingMathematicalRepresentations.”ImprovingTeacherQualityProgram

(2017).Howard,T.(PI),DenisePeppers,KennethJones,andNancyMims.• $51,920award(PI),“DevelopingConceptualUnderstandingofHighSchoolMathematics.”ImprovingTeacherQuality

Program(2016).Howard,T.(PI),DenisePeppers,MaryBethHendricks,KennethJones,andNancyMims.Dr.Shukla&Dr.Fan• “Wesolveit”QEPgrantworth$1300awardedtoMath3556(PreparationforIndustrialcareersinMathematical

Sciences)(2016-2017)forthePICMathcourse.• NSF-MAA-PICMathgrant,$5000fundedbyNSFthroughMAA(DMS-1345499)forPICMath.

DepartmentHighlights

Welcome!NewMathDepartmentFaculty

Dr.KristinLilly

Congratulations!RecentPromotions

Dr.NehalShukla

Dr.HoubinFang

Dr.GuihongFan

Dr.BrianMuse

2017MathDepartmentGraduatesKimberlyDarleneApple HaleyPavlisTommyButler,Jr. SelenaPierceBreannaHolland VictoriaShiversMiaKing AmberTerrellChelseaMcCoy StephenVance

AveryO’Bryan Tysherrica

Mr.HassanHassaniWinsFacultyAward

Mr.Hassani,aColumbusStateUniversityfacultymembersince1993,wonthe2017FacultyServiceAward.Mr.Hassaniwasrecognizedforoutstandingprofessionalservicetotheuniveristyandcommunity.HebeganhistimeatCSUintheDepartmentofBasicStudies,andhasbeenpartoftheMathDepartmentsince2015.

Dr.HoubinFangandMathDepartmentChairDr.BenKamauarepicturedhereonthefirstdayofSpring2018classes.Dr.Fangstartseveryyearoffontherightfoot,dressinginatuxedoforthefirstdayofspringsemesterclasses.HeboughtatuxedoforaballinNewOrleansyearsago,andrarelyhasoccasiontowearitinhiseverydaylife.Buthe’sfoundaway!EveryJanuary,Dr.Fangtreatshisstudentstohisformalattire.“I’mhappy,celebratinganewstart”eachyear.Hewantstosharehisexcitementwithhisstudentsasawaytointroducehimselftothem,andtomakethemfeelasimportanttohimastheyare!

Mr.HassaniacceptshisawardfromCSUPresidentDr.ChrisMarkwood,andInterim

Provost,Dr.TinaButcher.

Mr.HassanicelebrateswithDr.MelodyShoemakerandDr.JohnFinley.

Dr.I’sAnnualNewsletterChallenge!Compute

!𝑥𝑥 ∙ sin (𝑥𝑥)

1+ (cos(𝑥𝑥))!!

! 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑

intermsofπand√2. E.I.CheckwithDr.Ionascuforthecorrectanswer!

Dr.MusewasappointedasAssociateChairoftheMathematicsDepartmentatColumbusStateUniversityintheSummerof2017.Dr.Muse’sinterestslieinthefieldofdiscretemathematics.

Dr.LillyjoinedtheDepartmentofMathematicsatColumbusStateUniversityintheFallof2017.SheearnedherDoctorateinStatisticsfromAuburnUniversity.

Dr.ShuklawasawardedtenureandpromotedtoAssociateProfessorintheSpringof2017.Shehasbeenafull-timefacultymemberatColumbusStateUniversitysince2012.

Dr.FangwaspromotedtoAssociateProfessorinSpringof2018.HehasbeenafacultymemberatColumbusStateUniversitysince2013.HisspecialtyisMathEducation.

Dr.FanwasawardedtenureandpromotedtoAssociateProfessorintheSpringof2018.ShehasbeenpartoftheMathDepartmentsince2013.Sheworksprimarilywiththemathematicsofbiologicalsystems.