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.
