Students' Work

a.            Funded Undergraduate Student Research Grants Supervised

Marshall, Amy.   Integration of Real-Life Topics in the Mathematical Educational Experience of the College Remedial Student.  1990 Behrend Undergraduate Research Grant Program. $480.

b.           Adviser for Student Presentations at MAA Section Meetings

Knapp, Heather.   Presentation of a paper, for which she was the recipient of   a $1,500 scholarship at the Mathematics Scholarship Competition, 1992. 

Graham, Ray, Jr.  Presentation of a paper, for which he was the recipient of a $1,200 scholarship at the Mathematics Scholarship Competition, 1994.

Gies, Sarah.  Presentation of a paper, for which she was the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship at the Mathematics Scholarship Competition, 1998.

Overmoyer, Kate.  Presentation of a paper, for which she was the recipient of a $1,750 scholarship at the Mathematics Scholarship Competition, 2005.

c.         Articles Published with Students

Cupillari, A. and H. Knapp. Linear Approximations and the Line of  'Best'  Fit. New York State Mathematics Teacher's Journal.  45(2):109-116 (1995).

 Cupillari, A. and E. DeThomas. Unmasking the Witchy Behavior of the Runge Function. Mathematics and Computer Education.  41(2):143-156 (2007).      

d.        Undergraduate Honors Theses Supervised

Nichols, Stephen.  Fractals in Rn.  B.S. Mathematics, 1990.

Knapp, Heather.  The Use of Computers in College Mathematics, B.S. Mathematics, 1993.

DeThomas, Elizabeth. Polynomial Interpolation of the Runge Function, B.S. Mathematics, 2004

e.           Undergraduate Honors Theses Reviewed

Higgins, Brian.  Mathematical Models of Cell-Cycle Specific Chemotherapy, B.S. Mathematics, 1997.

Cain, Julie.  Mathematical Modeling of Pancreatic b-Cells, B.S. Mathematics, 1998.

Gies, Sarah. Effects of Deductibles on Premiums and Claims. B.S. Mathematics, 2000.

Corbin, Rebecca. Expanding the Concept of Convexity, B.S. Mathematics, 2004.

Winters, Malorie. Population Dynamics of a Scavenger on Competing Species and Predator-Prey Systems, B.S. Mathematics, 2007.

 

f.            Internships Supervised

Supervised more than 120 credits of students’ internships in cooperation with companies such as General Electric, Erie Insurance Company, Blair Corporation, Meridian Publishing Co.