Dr. Mitch Phillipson and Dr. Kaitlyn Phillipson brought 12 students to the Texas Undergraduate Math Conference (TUMC) at Lamar University in Beaumont October 7-8, a new St. Edward’s record! The students attended a variety of undergraduate research talks as well as two plenary talks. Of the 12 students, four presented on their research:
- Crisel Suarez – Winning Strategies at TETRIS (as part of her research with Dr. Jason Callahan)
- Stephanie Thrash – Mathematical Analysis of Voting (as part of her REU project at Grand Valley State)
- Maria Mota – Combinatorics in Candy Crush (as part of her summer research with Dr. Jason Callahan)
- Amira Mahler – American Roulette: How Long Can you Play? (as part of her summer research with Dr. Jason Callahan)
The remaining 8 students were:
- Valeria Gonzalez
- Jacob Belmares
- Sarah Goldrup
- Bianca “B” Salinas
- Joshua Saldivar
- Ayesha Gonzalez
- Daniel Sanchez
- Adrian Silva
Congratulations to all students and faculty who attended, we’ve set a high bar that will be hard to pass next year.
Here is a link to all the pictures from the conference: Link
