12
2
Female REU students' names appear in italics.
Burton, Ira
Budge, Brian
Bowen, Kelly
Behunin, Ryan
Chemin de Fer
and Sampling
without
Replacement
Individual
Problem of optimal
2003-2004 AY design with
A. Cherkaev
unknown load
Group Program Mathematics of
Summer 2005
Games of Chance
Ethier
Individual
Iterated function
2001-2002 AY systems on function
Schmitt
spaces
Individual
Neural networks
Fall 2004
Wright
Minimal surfaces
& CMC surfaces
Group Program \Mathematics
Summer 2002
of Finance" and
Khoshnevisan \Simulating the
Wright-Fischer Gene
Frequency Model"
VIGRE REU Project subject
Individual
Summer 2002
Korevaar
Bagley, Spencer Group Program
Summer 2005
Ethier
Ayala, David
Student2
Allred, Micah
1.2 VIGRE supported REU students
See App. 1
Honor's thesis:
\Regulated Fractional
Brownian Motion with
Applications to Options
Pricing
Related activities
PhD Program
Mathematics
Stanford University
Applying to
PhD programs
in Economics
Current status
2004
Physics
University of Utah
2006
Mathematics
Cornell University
2002
PhD Program
Mathematics
Computer Science
University of Utah UC Davis
2005
Mathematics
University of Utah
2003
Mathematics
Japanese (minor)
Economics (minor)
Brigham Young
University
2002
Mathematics
University of Utah
2006
Mathematics
University of Utah
Undergraduate
13
Individual
Spring 2003
A. Cherkaev
Individual
2002-2003 AY
Kapovich
Relationships
analogous to
triangle inequalities
Coon, Joshua
Crum, Gary
Linear and
Nonlinear Voter
Voter Model
Inverse problems
in additive
number theory
Spatial
embeddings
of graphs
Group Program
Summer 2002
Khoshnevisan
Group Program
Summer 2004
Dobson
Group Program
Summer 2001
Carlson/Toledo
Application of dynamic
equations to model
cortical activity
Topological
persistence
on the structure of
the contour tree
Packing problem
The irreducible
representations of
the symmetric group
Individual
2001-2002 AY
Hecht
Group Program Knot Theory:
Summer 2001
Colorability
Carlson/Toledo
VIGRE REU Project subject
Individual
2001-2002 AY
Bresslo
Cole-McLaughlin, Individual
Cree
2002-2003 AY
M. Bestvina
Cohen, Aaron
Calaway,
Christopher
Student
Butler, Rex
2005
Mathematics
University of Utah
2003
Software Engineer
Mathematics
Autonomous Solutions
University of Utah Wellsville, UT
2003
PhD Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Utah UCLA
2006
Mathematics
University of Utah
Mathematics
University of Utah
Current status
2003
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Utah University of Utah
Related activities Undergraduate
14
Du, Song
Dobie, Ginger
Das, Dilip
Investigations
related to the True
Body Mass Index
Lattice models
for the motion of
phase boundaries
Mathematics of
Games of Chance
Automorphisms
Model the properties
of spike
sequences generated
by neurons
in response to
known stimuli
Group Program Inverse problems and
Summer 2004
Applications
Dobson
Individual
Summer 2003
Bresslo
Group Program Hitting/Escape
Summer 2002
Probabilities for
Khoshnevisan Brownian Motion
Individual
2001-2002 AY
M. Bestvina
Group Program
Summer 2005
Ethier
Individual
Fall 2005
Korevaar
Individual
2001-2002 AY
Fife
Summer 2001
colorability
Carlson/Toledo
Student
VIGRE REU Project subject
Dalton, Matthew Group Program Knot theory:
2007
Mathematics
MIT
2007
Mathematics
University of Utah
2005
Mathematics
Electrical Engineering
University of Utah
2002
Mathematics
Physics (minor)
Spanish (minor)
University of Utah
Related activities Undergraduate
Current status
15
Thermal
conductivity
of sea ice
Comparison of
thermal conductivity
data with multicomponent material
bounds in order to
estimate the thermal
conductivity of sea ice
Individual
Summer 2002
Golden
Individual
2002-2003 AY
Golden
Thermal
conductivity
of sea ice
Model of direction
selectivity in the
visual cortex
Mathematics of
Games of Chance
Group Program \Mathematics
Summer 2002
of Finance"
Khoshnevisan \Simulating the
Wright- Fischer
Gene Frequency Model"
Individual
A mathematical
Spring 2003
model of the
Bresslo
primary visual cortex
VIGRE REU Project subject
Individual
2003-2004 AY
Bresslo
Ferris, Dustin Group Program
Summer 2005
Ethier
Finlayson, Troy Individual
2001-2002 AY
Golden
Faust, John
Student
Ellis, Amanda
Attended ETOPIM6,
June 2002
Lecture at NCUR,
March 2003
Research trip to
Barrow, AK, June 2003
See App 1.
Related activities
Medical School
George Washington
University
PhD Program
University of Utah
Current status
2006
Mathematics
Duquesne University
2004
Medical School
Physics
University of Utah
University of Utah
2004
Mathematics
University of Utah
2002
Mathematics
University of Utah
Undergraduate
16
Exploring selfsimilarity & the
geometry of fractals
Hausdor dimension
& box counting
dimension
Individual
Spring 2002
Treibergs
Individual
Summer 2002
Treibergs
VIGRE REU Project subject
Groulx, David
A level set model
for realistic
cloth simulation
Group Program Real time
Summer 2004
visualization
Dobson
and rendering
Individual
Spring 2004
Hartenstine
Group Program Elliptic Curves
Summer 2003
Bertram
Giessing, Michael Group Program Elliptic Curves
Summer 2003
Bertram
Gonzalez, Jose
Group Program Elliptic Curves
Summer 2003
Bertram
Student
Fossmo-Jacobs,
Jenny
Mathematics
University of
Puerto Rico
2005
Mathematics
University of Utah
2004
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Utah University of Utah
Current status
2003
High School
Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Utah Teacher
Related activities Undergraduate
17
A Multifractal
Walk down
Wall Street
Mathematics behind
the electromagnetic
response of sea ice
Develop an
equation model
to describe
the optimal
algal position
in sea ice
that characterizes
their preferred
position as a
maximum minimum
problem
Stochastic DE &
their simulation
Individual
Summer 2005
Golden
Individual
Spring 2003
Golden
Individual
Summer 2003
Golden
Inverse problems in
the microstructure
of sea ice
Individual
2004-2005 AY
Golden
Group Program Digital cleaning
Summer 2004
of old painting
Dobson
VIGRE REU Project subject
Individual
2003-2004 AY
Golden
Hancock, Nathan Individual
2002-2003 AY
Fogelson
Harris, Patrick
Individual
Fall 2005
Schmitt
Hadley, Rhett
Student
Gully, Adam
Research trip to
Barrow, AK,
Summer 2005
Medical School
Current status
2003
Medical School
Mathematics
Rosalind Franklin
University of Utah
University
2007
Mathematics, Physics,
& Theatre
University of Utah
2005
Biology
University of Utah
2007
Mathematics
University of Utah
Related activities Undergraduate
18
Individual
Spring 2002
Golden
Modeling the
microstructure of
glacial sea ice
VIGRE REU Project subject
Related activities
Undergraduate
Individual
2001-2002 AY
Adler
Optimal
time for
cystic brosis
patients
Attended ETOPIM6,
2005
Summer 2002
Chemistry
Lecture at NCUR,
University of Utah
March 2003
Individual
Permeability of
AMS Exhibitor, CNSF
Summer 2003
uid & gas
Presentation,
Golden
through natural ices US Congress
Lecture, NCUR in
Individual
Bounds for uid
Mathematics, 2003
2003-2004 AY ow through
Lecture at seminar,
Golden
sea ice
Victoria University,
New Zealand, 2004
Research trip to
Barrow, AK, 2003
Lecture, Undergraduate
Research Symposium,
2005
See App. 1
Henline, Jason Group Program Elliptic curves
2006
Summer 2003
Mathematics
Bertram
Physics
University of Utah
Henriksen, Tara Individual
Relationship between
University of Utah
Summer 2001
between disease &
Adler
pulmonary function
Student
Heaton, Amy
PhD Program
Engineering
University of Utah
PhD Program
Chemistry
University of Utah
Current status
19
Individual
Summer 2003
Savin
Individual
Spring 2003
Savin
Jabini, Ali
Individual
Fall 2004
Golden
Individual
Summer 2004
Golden
Individual
Summer 2002
Golden
Individual
2004-2005 AY
Khoshnevisan
See App. 1
Honor's thesis:
\On the length
of continued p
fraction of p= 3"
PhD Program
Mathematics
UCLA
Current status
2006
PhD Program
Mathematics
Engineering
Computer Engineering Columbia University
University of Utah
2005
Mathematics
University of Utah
2006
Mathematics
University of Utah
2004
Honors Mathematics
University of Utah
Related activities Undergraduate
Using simulations to
study the properties
of non-linear time
series
Electromagnetic
Research trip to
waves in
Barrow, AK,2004
homogeneous media Lecture,
Undergraduate
Conductivity of
Research
resistor networks
Symposium,
2005
Asymptotic
properties
of GARCH
On the length of
continued
fraction
p
pf p= 3
Unbalanced
Card Counting
Investigate the
properties of
elliptic functions
VIGRE REU Project subject
Individual
2003-2004 AY
Savin
Houpt, Joseph
Group Program
Summer 2005
Ethier
Horvath, Zsuzanna Individual
Summer 2004
Khoshnevisan
Student
Hofmann, Michael
20
DNA melting
temperature
anaylsis
Optimal drawing
strategy for
Dueces Wild video
Individual
Summer 2004
Fall 2005
Horvath
Credit Scores &
Correlation with
Actual Financial Risk
Group Program Diuse tomography
Summer 2004
Dobson
Johnston, Ryan Individual
Johnson, Alan
Summer 2001
Ethier
Jensen, Stephen Individual
& PCR
Spring 2004
Palais
Student
VIGRE REU Project subject
Jarstad, Allison Individual
DNA synthesis
2006
Mathematics
Physics (minor)
University of Utah
Undergraduate
Research written up
2002
as tech report
Mathematics
Results were used in a
University of Utah
in a paper: S. N.
Ethier & D. Khoshnevisan,
Khoshnevisan, Bounds
on gambler's ruin
ruin probabilities in
in terms of moments,
Methodology &
Computing in Applied
Probability, 4,
55-68, (2004)
2006
Mathematics
Physics (minor)
UC Berkeley
Related activities
2004
M.S. Statistics
Oregon State
University
Current status
21
Lindsay, David
Representation
of binary
cubic forms
Individual
2001-2002 AY
Niziol
Recovering exposure
coecients in the
SEIR model in two
& three populations
Elliptic curves
Inverse problems
Group Program Inverse problems
Summer 2004
Dobson
Group Program Elliptic curves
Summer 2003
Bertram
Group Program Elliptic curves
Summer 2003
Bertram
Individual
2003-2004 AY
Savin
Group Program Elliptic curves
Summer 2003
Bertram
VIGRE REU Project subject
Group Program
Summer 2004
Dobson
Lanson, Gregory Group program
Summer 2004
Dobson
Kramer, Joel
Knaeble, Brian
Student
Kartchner, Les
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Georgia Tech
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Johns Hopkins
University
2005
Mathematics
Japanese (minor)
Colby College
2003
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Utah University of Utah
2004
Mathematics
University of Utah
2004
Mathematics
University of Utah
Current status
2004
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Utah University of
Maryland
Related activities Undergraduate
22
Morris, Jeremy
Milyavskaya,
Polina
Meckler, Scott
McKay, Ron
Using rays of light &
mirror to determine
the makeup of a the
body of an object
Group Program Composition
Summer 2005
Dependent
Ethier
Strategy
at Blackjack: Hit
or Stand on Sixteen
Individual
Network theory
Lecture,
Summer 2004
Undergraduate
Trapa
Research
Symposium,
Individual
2005
2004-2005 AY
Trapa
2005
Research Assistant
Mathematics
Budget & Analysis
University of Utah University of Utah
2006
Computer Science
Mathematics
University of Utah
2006
Mathematics
SUNY Geneseo
Individual
Spring 2003
Khoshnevisan
Group Program
Summer 2004
Dobson
Ito diusions
2003
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Utah University of Utah
Lebesgue integral
integral Fourier
analysis & wavelets
Current status
2005
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Utah UCLA
Related activities Undergraduate
Individual
Summer 2004
Smale
Group Program Hitting/Escape
Summer 2002
Probabilities for
Khoshnevisan Brownian Motion
2003-2004 AY
Smale
Student
VIGRE REU Project subject
Mahboubi, Pejman Individual
Measure theory,
23
Composite materials
& their eective
properties
Electroheological
uids
Propagation &
scattering of
electromagnetic waves
in composite media
Wavelets, frames, &
operator algebras
Individual
2002-2003 AY
Golden
Imaging
microstructures
in sea ice
Individual
Summer 2005
Golden
Individual
Summer 2002
Golden
Individual
Fall 2004
Golden
Individual
Summer 2004
Golden
Individual
Spring 2004
Golden
VIGRE REU Project subject
Summer 2005
Smale
Nelson, Andrew Individual
Murphy, Ben
Student
Morris, Megan
Research trip
to Barrow, AK,
2004
Current status
2006
Mathematics
University of Utah
2004
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
Physics
University of Utah
University of Utah
2006
Biomedical
Engineering
University of Utah
Related activities Undergraduate
24
Group Program
Summer 2004
Dobson
Individual
2003-2004 AY
Enescu
Group Program
Summer 2001
Carlson/Toledo
Individual
Summer 2003
Fogelson
Individual
2002-2003 AY
Fogelson
Perschon, Collin
Individual
Summer 2005
Bell
Group Program
Summer 2003
Bertarm
2004-2005 AY
Bell
CAT(0) groups
and small
cancellation groups
Elliptic curves
Hyperbolic geometry
Jet schemes for hypersurfaces from a computational point of view
Inverse Problems
Elastic properties of
brin meshes formed
when blood clots
VIGRE REU Project subject
Pecharich, Jeremy Individual
Palmer, Robert
Nielsen, Hyrum
Student
Newren, Nancy
2006
Mathematics
Physics
University of Utah
2004
Mathematics
University of Utah
2002
Computer Science
Mathematics (minor)
University of Utah
2005
Mathematics
Physics
University of Utah
2006
Mathematics
University of Utah
Related activities Undergraduate
Graduate Program
Mathematics
University of Utah
PhD Program
School of Computing
University of Utah
Current status
25
Three dimensional
topology and
geometry
Individual
Fall 2005
A. Charkaev
Individual
Summer 2004
Bromberg
Rettberg, Ryan
Individual
Fall 2005
Horvath
Group Program
Summer 2001
Carlson/Toledo
Individual
2004-2005 AY
Bromberg
Radke, Eric
Group Program
Summer 2003
Bertram
Reimherr, Matthew Group Program
Summer 2005
Ethier
Knot theory:
colorability
Risk Associated
with Credit Scores
Mathematics of Games
of Chance: Relationship
between the Gambler's
Ruin & Run Formulas
Elliptic Curves
Hyperbolic geometry/
topology
Composite materials
with spiral
geometry
Individual
2004-2005 AY
Milton
Petersen, Kellen
Polevaya, Nika
VIGRE REU Project subject
Student
Medical School
Current status
2002
Mathematics
University of Utah
PhD Program
Mathematics
University of Illinois
2004
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
Case Western Reserve UCLA
2006
Mathematics
University of Utah
2005
Mathematics
University of Utah
2006
Mathematics
Physics
University of Utah
Related Undergraduate
activities
26
Study of random
networks
Investigate some of
the many dierent
kinds of networks
Individual
2002-2003 AY
E. Cherkaev
Individual
Summer 2003
E. Cherkaev
VIGRE REU Project subject
Individual
Summer 2003
Bresslo
Group Program
Summer 2003
Bertram
Stewart, Josh
Individual
2001-2002 AY
Zhu
Taylor, Matthew Group Program
Summer 2002
Khoshnevisan
Thomas, Mark Group Program
Summer 2005
Ethier
Smalley, Jenise
Shaha, Jacob
Mathematics of
Games of Chance
Black-Choles model
in pricing both
stock & bond options
Elliptic curves
Computational
modeling of
the visual cortex
Individual
Social networks
2003-2004 AY
E. Cherkaev
Schweitzer, John Group Program
Summer 2002
Khoshnevisan
Student
Sarijlou, Reza
Myriad Genetics
Studying biology
Current status
University of Utah
2003
Mathematics
University of Utah
2007
Mathematics
University of Utah
2003
Mathematics
Physics
Hillsdale College
2005
Computer
Engineering
University of Utah
2005
High School Teacher
Mathematics
Mathematics
Ashland University Ashland, OH
2004
Mathematics
Computer
Engineering
University of Utah
Related activities Undergraduate
27
Young, Ben
Mathematical
applications
of blood clot lysis
Individual
2002-2003 AY
Fogelson
Group Program Elliptic curves
Summer 2003
Bertram
Individual
Biostatistics
Spring 2003
Horvath
Modeling part of the
process of blood clot
lysis
Summer 2002
Fogelson
Lecture, NCUR,
2003
Current status
2003
Mathematics
University of Utah
2007
Mathematics
University of Utah
2003
Physics
University of Arizona,
Tuscon
2003
Graduate Program
Mathematics
Mathematics
University of Utah
University of Utah
2006
Mathematics
University of Utah
2006
Mathematics
UC Berkeley
Related activities Undergraduate
Solve Phenomenon
Event Using a
Computer Program
Mathematics of Games See App. 1
of Chance: Le Her with
s Suits & d
denominations
Individual
Time Delays in
Fall 2005
Dierential Equations
Montegomery
Modeling Trac Flow
Group Program Knot theory:
Summer 2001
colorability
Carlson/Toledo
Individual
Fall 2005
Arcara
Group Program
Summer 2005
Ethier
VIGRE REU Project subject
Woodbury, Michael Individual
Whitt, Allen
Ward, Steven Lee
Vannaisegaram,
Sithparran
Student
Tran, Ban