Student/Faculty Research UW-Eau Claire Mathematics Department

Student/Faculty UNDERGRADUATE Research PAGE Math Department Undergraduate Research Projects page https://people.uwec.edu/koissiml/uwec-math-research-main.html UW-Eau Claire Mathematics Department

What is it? Students work with math faculty members on research projects designed for undergraduates to be able to help Students work either during the school year, or during the summer, or both. Their work can be paid or unpaid, though most students and faculty mentors choose paid. Students present the results of their research at various venues including: Joint Math Meeting (JMM) NCUR (National Conferences on Undergraduate Research) UWEC - Math Retreat UWEC - CERCA

But what is math research? Research: An attempt by careful enquiry, experimentation, study, observation, analysis, creation, and recording to: Develop new interpretations of facts, knowledge or information, Discover new means of applying existing knowledge, or Discover new facts, knowledge, and information.

But what is math research? SOLVING MATH PROBLEMS NEVER SOLVED BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD ? Ideally. But, not always the case. FINDING NEW WAYS OF SOLVING MATH PROBLEMS ? That would be great!

Examples Let’s check out some undergraduates faculty/students projects conducted in the math department.

Examples Dr. Colleen Duffy: Look at fixed faces under symmetries of various polytopes and then count paths between levels in a Hasse graph to determine the structure of the formed algebra.

Examples Dr. Walker Musical Set Theory and Atonalism

Examples Dr. Walker Spectrograms and Musical Analysis

Examples Dr. Brisbin A random forest analysis of unexplained genetic risk 2+2 S p

Examples Dr. Brisbin Statistical analysis of urban development potential in Eau Claire Age-based analysis of college-to-career paths

Examples Dr. Ahrendt Differential/Difference Equations Time Scale Analysis

Examples Dr. Ahrendt Cellular Automata & Weather

Examples Dr. Ahrendt Machine Learning

Examples Dr. Penkava Moduli Spaces of 4-Dimensional Associative Algebras

Examples Dr. Carolyn Otto Rational Tangles Knot and Links (applied to DNA) Relations to Graph Theory

Examples Dr. Bingen How Student Attitudes Toward Mathematics Affect Achievement

Examples Dr. Aziz Flexible Skew-Symmetric Distributions: Applications to Health Data

Examples Dr. Kraker Cyclic Influences on Student Discipline

Examples Dr. Tong Mathematics in Quilting

Examples Dr. Lewis Classifying Subgroups

Examples Dr. Davis Colored Links More Knot theory!

Examples Dr. Mbirika Combinatorics of Complex Reflection Groups

Examples Dr. Mbirika Visible Points in the Plane

Examples Dr. Koissi Predictive Modeling of Big Data, and Application to S&P 500

Examples Dr. Koissi Analysis of Variation in Price of mortality-linked Securities: Investigating Change in the Swiss Re bond index

Examples Dr. Koissi Understanding and Modeling Longevity Risk

Then What? Present your research! Students present the results of their research at various venues including: National and International Conferences Joint Math Meeting (JMM) NCUR (National Conferences on Undergraduate Research) UWEC - Math Retreat UWEC - CERCA

Then What? Present your research!

Then What? Write your findings, in submit for publication In peer-reviewed (or non-peer reviewed) publications. All of which go on your resumes!

A few details ACADEMIC YEAR PROJECTS Students get paid between $1000 and $1600 per academic year project, depending on the number of students on the team. $1400 is typical over two semesters.

A few details ACADEMIC YEAR PROJECTS Students get paid between $1000 and $1600 per academic year project, depending on the number of students on the team. $1400 is typical over two semesters. Students work five hours per week during the academic year.

A few details ACADEMIC YEAR PROJECTS Students get paid between $1000 and $1600 per academic year project, depending on the number of students on the team. $1400 is typical over two semesters. Students work five hours per week during the academic year.

A few details SUMMER PROJECTS Students get paid between $1000 and $2300 per summer project, depending on the number of students on the team. $1500-2000 is typical over the summer Students typically work between 20 and 35 hours per week during the summer.

When to join The deadline for summer projects is Feb. 15. The deadline for academic year projects is July 15. So speak to a faculty member or send an email early enough. Check the Math Department Undergraduate Research Projects page https://people.uwec.edu/koissiml/uwec-math-research-main.html

When to join You can take a course in which the students learned about the process of conducting math research: MATH 380: Research Methods You will learn how to read math papers, how to use LaTeX, how to present mathematical ideas, and how to find a project.

How do I get involved? Which projects interest you? Which match with your career goals? Which professors do you think you work well with? Talk to them about it!

Don’t hesitate to ask questions, if any.