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Undergraduate RIMMES (RESEARCH INITIATIONS IN MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AND STATISTICS) at Georgia State University


The Department of Mathematics and Statistics announces the second edition of the program Undergraduate Research Initiations in Mathematics, Mathematics Education and Statistics (for short, RIMMES), open to undergraduate students at Georgia State University.

The program goal is to introduce undergraduate students to research in mathematics, mathematics education and statistics. The program will teach the students how to recognize interesting research problems, develop new ideas, compare them to old ones, and present their findings in papers or posters. The students will benefit from close interaction with faculty members and their peers.

Duration of the program: about five months starting with October 1, 2011 .

Structure: the students accepted to this program will each be paired with a faculty mentor and they will decide together on a research project and how to organize their meetings. The faculty mentor will supervise the student and make sure that appropriate progress is made. The student will prepare a final project report in March 2012.

Conclusion of the program:

In April, the Department will organize a Mathematics Conference Day where the best research projects/posters will be presented by their authors.


The following students are part of the RIMMES program:

-Konstantin Kapustin: mentor Dr. Bondarenko. Title: Markov Model for Human Sodium Channel


-Ricky Tolefree Jr.: mentor Dr. Clewley. Title: Optimization of Spiking Dynamics in a Neural Model Using Geometric Analysis


-Thomas Polstra: mentor Dr. Enescu. Title: A Remarkable Polynomial Relation in Two Variables over a Field


-Kenny Lee: mentor Dr. Jiang. Title: Modeling Stem Cell Distribution in Brain Tumor


- Gloria Sanin: mentor Dr. Osan. Title: Evaluation of Target Search Efficiency for Neurons with Balanced Arborization during Developmental Growth


-Michael Kuslak: mentor Dr. Stewart. Title: Control of the Bullwhip Effect in Multi-echelon Systems.


-Ed Redmond: mentor Dr. Vidakovic. Title: How Much of a Remedy are Remedial Math Courses?


-Shad Sterling: mentor Dr. Yao. Title: Generalizing Parity