2016 Cohort

Undergraduate students and their faculty mentors from the 2016 Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program gather on campus to commemorate a period defined by research, faculty-student mentorship and academic growth.

Optimization Group

Optimization group photo at the W Bothell statue
David Kotval, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Yiting Xu, University of Washington, Bothell
David Richmond, Kennesaw State University
Dr. Milagros Loreto (mentor)

Knot Theory Group

Knot Theory group photo at the W Bothell statue
Malachi Alexander, California State University, Monterey Bay
Selina Foster, Westminster College
Gianni Krakoff, 56³Ô¹ÏÍø
Dr. Jennifer McLoud-Mann (mentor)

Tiling Theory Group

Tiling Theory group photo at the W Bothell statue
Toryn Avery, Ithaca College
Rebecca Claxton, Stockton University
Kayla Neal, 56³Ô¹ÏÍø
Dr. Casey Mann (mentor)

Image Reconstruction Group

Image Reconstruction group photo at the W Bothell statue
Amanda Alexander, Western Washington University
Derek Thurmer, 56³Ô¹ÏÍø
Zachery Viray, University of Incarnate Word
Dr. Thomas Humphries (mentor)

Achievements

Referred publications

  • M. Loreto, Y. Xu, and D. Kotval, A numerical study of applying spectral-step subgradient method for solving nonsmooth unconstrained optimization problems, , Vol. 104, pp. 90-97, 2019.
  • Adams, J., Lopez, G., Mann, C., & Tran, N. Your Friendly Neighborhood Voderberg Tile. , 93(2), 83–90, 2020.
  • Bush, J. and Commins, P. and Gomez, T. and McLoud-Mann, Hexagonal mosaic links generated by saturation vol {29}, , 2020.

Poster presentations

  • 2016 Knot Theory Group, Malachi Alexander, Selina Foster, Gianni Krakoff, Jennifer McLoud-Mann, Hexagonal Mosaic Knots, JMM Undergraduate Poster Session 2017, JMM AMS Contributed Paper Session on Topology and Manifolds 2017, Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics 2017.
  • 2016 Optimization Group, David Kotval, Milagros Loreto, David Richmond, Xiting Xu, A Spectral Subgradient Algorithm of Non-Smooth Optimization, JMM Undergraduate Poster Session 2017, (awarded Outstanding poster presentation), 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017, 2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium, 56³Ô¹ÏÍøB. 2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium, 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Seattle campus. 2017 SIAM Pacific Northwest Conference (Awarded with 2nd Place Poster Presentation).
  • 2016 Tiling Theory Group, Toryn Avery, Rebecca Claxton, Casey Mann, Kayla Neal, Classifying All k-Isotoxal, Equilateral, Convex Tiles, JMM Undergraduate Poster Session 2017, 56³Ô¹ÏÍø Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017, Ithaca Math Colloquium 2016.
  • 2016 Image Reconstruction Group, Amanda Alexander, Thomas Humphries, Derek Thurmer, Zachery Viray, Multi-material Decomposition for Dual-energy Computed Tomography, JMM Undergraduate Poster Session 2017, Gulf States Math Alliance Conference 2017, University of Incarnate Word Research Week 2017.

REU in action

Building community