Mathematics

In its Honors Program the Mathematics Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2024-2025

Adam Dawson Jutt, (Honors)
Gexin Yu + Ryan Vinroot, Dan Cristol
Benjamin Medalie Neifeld, (Honors)
Fan Ge + Vladimir Bolotnikov, David Grandis
Seth Nelson, (Honors)
Eric Swartz + Gexin Yu, Jackson Sasser
John Pendergrass, (Honors)
Gregory Hunt + Lawrence Leemis, Huajie Shao
Liam Michael Staker, (Honors)
Fan Ge + Ryan Vinroot, Joshua Erlich

2023-2024

Andrew Joseph Pendleton, (Honors)
Fan Ge + Pierre Clare, Matthew Schueller
Nicholas Andrew Zehnle, (Honors)
Ed Chadraa + Gregory Hunt, Narayani Sritharan

2022-2023

Paul Conrad Anderson,"" (Honors)
Pierre Clare + Vladimir Bolotnikov, Joshua Erlich
Cameron Curtis, "" (Honors)
Leah Shaw + Sarah Day, Daniela Hurtado-Lange, Rom Lipcius
Owen Matthew Guch, "" (Honors)
Gregory Hunt + Heather Sasinowska, Daniel Vasiliu
Ethan Scott Hackett, "" (Honors)
Erdene Chadraa + Greg Hunt, Haipeng Chen, Erdene Chadraa
Allison Jewell Introne, "" (Honors)
Leah Shaw + Junping Shi, Jeff Shields
Zhuorong Mao, "" (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Robert Hicks, Gregory Hunt
Brendan Clarke Millis, "" (Honors)
Junping Shi + Chi-Kwong Li, Rom Lipcius
Ryan Mitchell Pesak, "" (Honors)
Eric Swartz + Pierre Clare, Joshua Gert
Yuxin Qin, "" (Honors)
Lawrence Leemis + Heather Sasinowska, Carl Moody
Jiayi Xu, "" (Honors)
Gregory Hunt + Rui Pereira, Daniela Hurtado-Lange

2021-2022

Alexander Berliner, "" (Honors)
Sarah Day + Leah Shaw, Ron Smith, William Kalies
Grace Smith, "" (Honors)
Gregory Hunt + Heather Sasinowska, Rex Kincaid, Jerry Watkins III
Isabel Agostino, "" (Honors)
Gregory Hunt + Heather Sasinowska, Rex Kincaid, Nathan Kidwell
Jacob Zimmerman, "" (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Chi-Kwong Li, Timothy Davis
Linda Ma, "" (Honors)
Mainak Patel + Leah Shaw, Margaret Saha
Merielyn Sher, "" (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Eric Swartz, Weizhen Mao
Nathaniel Healy, "" (Honors)
Eric Swartz + Gexin Yu, Nathan Kidwell
Rongbiao Wang, "" (Honors)
Vladimir Bolotnikov + Gexin Yu, Pierre Clare, Paul Davies
Sage Stanish, "" (Honors)
Sarah Day + Chi-Kwong Li, Saskia Mordijck, Ben Dudson
Yuqiao Li, "" (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Pierre Clare, Huajie Shao

2020-2021

Andrew Caietti, "" (Honors)
Anh Ninh + Heather Sasinowska, Tyler Davis
Wenxuan Ding, "" (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Eric Swartz, Carl Moody
Samantha Phillips, "" (Honors)
Eric Swartz + Pierre Clare, Robert Michael Lewis
Akshata Pisharody, "" (Honors)
Pierre Clare + Pierre Clare, Eric Swartz, Gregory Conradi-Smith
Alison Reynolds, "" (Honors)
Greg Hunt + Rex Kincaid, Jon Kay, Heather Sasinowska
Spencer Schrandt, "" (Honors)
C. Ryan Vinroot
Ethan Shelburne, "" (Honors)
Pierre Clare + Eric Swartz, Daniel Cristol

2019-2020

Junda An, "" (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Gexin Yu, Martin White
Kexin Feng, "" (Honors)
Lawrence Leemis + Heather Sasinowska, Carlisle Moody
John Morris, "" (Honors)
Anh Ninh + Anke van Zuylen, Dan Cristol
Yuxin Shang, "" (Honors)
Junping Shi + Guannan Wang, Ayse Durukan Sonmez
Jennifer Shulman, "" (Honors)
Heather Sasinowska + Lawrence Leemis, Thomas LaSalvia
Harrison Tuckman, "" (Honors)
Mainak Patel + Sarah Day, Greg Conradi Smith
Kaidi Wang, "" (Honors)
Junping Shi + Ross Iaci, Matthew Klepacz
Zidan Wang, (Honors)
Guannan Wang + Rob Carman, Carlisle Moody, Daniel Vasiliu
Madellyne Waugh, "" (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Ryan Vinroot, Timothy Davis
Fangming Xu, "" (Honors)
Leah B Shaw + Junping Shi, Rom Lipcius

2018-19

David Allen, ""
Charles Johnson + Ryan Vinroot, Peter Kemper
Benjamin Bechtold, ""
Pierre Clare + Vladimir Bolotnikov, Vassiliki Panoussi
Srijan Bhasin, ""
Mainak Patel + Drea LaMar, Daniel Cristol
Emilee Cardin, ""
Pierre Clare + Ryan Vinroot, Laura Ekstrom
Jacopo Gliozzi, ""
Pierre Clare + Chi-Kwong Li, Enrico Rossi
Chengli Huang, ""
Junping Shi, Ahn Ninh, Daniel Miller
Gabrielle Tauscheck, ""
Eric Swartz + Christopher Ryan Vinroot, Peter McHenry
Xinyu Zhang, "" (Honors)
Hannes Schniepp + Christopher Abelt, Tyler Meldrum
Tianrui Zhu, "" (Honors)
John Delos + Junping Shi, Joshua Erlich

2017-18

Santana Afton, "On Automorphisms of Generalized Quadrangles with a Prime Parameter" (Honors)
Eric Swartz + Gexin Yu, Jim Deverick
Elena Amparo, "" (Honors)
C. Ryan Vinroot + Joshua Erlich, Eric Swartz
Tanner Carawan, "" (Honors)
C. Ryan Vinroot + Gexin Yu, Joshua Erlich
Christopher Hambric, "" (Honors)
Junping Shi + C. Ryan Vinroot, Donald Campbell
Yoongbok Lee, "" (Honors)
Eric Swartz + C. Ryan Vinroot, Xiaojing Liao
Xiang Liu, "" (Honors)
Junping Shi + Rex Kincaid, Carlisle Moody
Aparajita Sur, "" (Honors)
Leah Shaw + Helen Murphy, Lawrence Leemis
Duo Wang, "" (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Junping Shi, Mark Greer
John Wilkes, "The Doubly Stochastic Single Eigenvalue Problem: An Empirical Approach"
Charles Johnson + Eric Swartz, Andreas Stathopoulos
Yanxin Xu, "" (Honors)
Guannan Wang + Ross Iaci, Bin Ren
Yujing Zheng, "" (Honors)
Guannan Wang + Ross Iaci, John Parman
Xin Zou, "" (Honors)
Junping Shi + Vladimir Bolotnikov, Evgenia Smirni, Gexin Yu

2016-17

Haoge Chang, "" (Highest Honors)
Charles Johnson + Donald Campbell, Gexin Yu
Evan Dienstman, "" (Honors)
John Delos + Daniel Vasiliu, Leah Shaw, Junping Shi
Michael Kopreski, "" (Honors)
Joshua Erlich + Gexin Yu, Gina Hoatson
John Marken, "Absolute Fluctuation Robustness in Chemical Reaction Networks" (Honors)
Gregory Smith + Leah Shaw, Junping Shi, Michael LaMar
Emily Schaal, "" (Honors)
Yu-Min Chung + Sarah Day, Rui Pereira
Gregory Taylor, "" (Honors)
Ryan Vinroot + Gexin Yu, Marc Sher
Dmitriy Zhigunov, "" (Honors)
Eugene Tracy + Gina Hoatson, Nahum Zobin

2015-16

Corynne Dech, "" (Honors)
Leah Shaw + Ross Iaci, Rex Kincaid, Anke van Zuyelen
Xiaonan Hu, "" (High Honors)
Charles Johnson + Gexin Yu, Andreas Stathopoulos
Martin Salgago-Flores, "" (Honors)
Sarah Day + Yu-Min Chung, Anh Ninh, Greg Smith
Morrison Turnansky, "" (Highest Honors)
Charles Johnson + Marc Sher, Ryan Vinroot
Richard Uhrig, "The Minimum Number of 1's in a Multiplicity List for a Tree" (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Rob Hicks, Eric Swartz
Fangyi Xu, "" (Honors)
Gexin Yu + Catherine Forestell, Junping Shi

2014-15

Owen Hill, (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Gexin Yu and Marc Sher
Heather Hoskins, (Honors)
Gexin Yu + Rex Kincaid and Marguerite Mason
Eric Wityk, (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Sean Tarter, Anke van Zuylen

2013-14

Stephen Cameron
Ryan Gryder, (Honors)
Sarah Day + Drew LaMar, Rex K. Kincaid, Junping Shi
James Janopaul-Naylor, (Honors)
Ryan Vinroot + Paul Heideman, Gexin Yu
Catherine King, (Honors)
Sarah Day + Drew LaMar, Mark Brush, Lawrence Leemis

2012-13

Kiah Hardcastle, (Honors)
Gregory Smith + Sarah Day, Larry Leemis, Seth Weinberg
Daniel J. Luckett, (Honors)
Tanujit Dey + Ross Iaci, Drew LaMar, Lawrence Leemis
Tyler Moran, (Honors)
Ilya Spitkovsky + Charles Johnson, Ryan Viinroot, Donald Campbell
Allison Oldham, (Honors)
Gexin Yu + Rex Kincaid, Lisa Anderson

2011-12

Timothy Becker, "" (Honors)
Leah Shaw + Romuals Lipcius, Junping Shi, Ryan Vinroot
Matthew Becker, "" (Honors)
Junping Shi + Leah Shaw, Daniel Vasiliu, Gexin Yu
Allison Corish, "" (Honors)
Sarah Day + Drew LaMar, Rex Kincaid, Gregory Smith
Zachary Gates, "" (Honors)
Ryan Vinroot + Wouter Deconinck, Gexin Yu
Patrick King, "" (Honors)
Junping Shi + Joshua Erlich, Daniel Vasiliu, Gexin Yu
Sarah Kunkler, "" (Honors)
Rex Kincaid + Drew LaMar, Michael Lewis, David Phillips
Timothy McDade, "" (Honors)
Junping Shi + Robert Lewis, Romuald Lipcius, Leah Shaw
Jeffrey Soosiah, "" (Honors)
Gexin Yu + Weizhen Mao, Ryan Vinroot
Luis Valentin, "" (Honors)
Gexin Yu + Virginia Torczon, Ryan Vinroot
Brian Waldman, "" (Honors)
Jianjun Tian + Paul Heideman, Robert Lewis, Junping Shi
Nicholas Woods, "" (Honors)
Vladimir Bolotnikov + Joshua Gert, Ilya Spitkovsky, Jianjun Tian

2010-11

Charles Albert, "" (Honors)
Gexin Yu + Ryan Vinroot, Virginia Torczon
Ariel Cukierman, (Honors)
Gexin Yu + Ilya Spitkovsky, Chris Carone
Yael Gilboa, (Honors)
Vladimir Bolotnikov + Ilya Spitkovsky, Leiba Rodman, Julie Agnew
Benjamin Holman, (Honors)
Sarah Day + Junping Shi, Michael Lewis, Leah Shaw
Matthew Peppe, (Honors)
Gregory Smith + Junping Shi, Leah Shaw
Georgia Pfeiffer, (Honors)
Sarah Day + Junping Shi, Larry Leemis, Matthias Leu
Olivia Walch, (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Ilya Spitkovsky, Josh Erlich
Dian Yang, (Honors)
Charles Johnson + Ryan Vinroot, John Delos

2009-10

Michael Essman, (Honors)
Junping Shi + Chi-Kwon Li, Robert Lewis, Justin May
Aaron Herman, (Honors)
Chi Kwong Li + Robert Lewis, David Armstrong
William Jordan-Cooley, (Honors)
Junping Shi + Rex Kincaid, Romulad Lipcius, Leah Shaw, Jian Shen
Yuanyuan Liu, (Honors)
Junpink Shi + Olivier Coibion, Lawrence Leemis, Jianjun Paul Tian
Austin Powell, (Honors)
David Phillips + Robert Lewis, Rex Kincaid, Virginia Torczon
Patrick Steele, (Honors)
Tanujit Dey + David Phillips, Rex Kincaid, Larry Leemis, Carlisle Moody
Andrew Wilcox, (Honors)
Tanujit Dey + Chi-Kwong Li, Larry Leemis, Donald Campbell
Harold Williams II, (Honors)
Gexin Yu + Chi-Kwong Li, Christopher Abelt

2008-09

Kassie Archer, (Highest Honors)
Sarah Day + David Lutzer, Michael Lewis, John Delos
Sean Clark, (Highest Honors)
Chi-Kwong Li + Leiba Rodman, Ryan Vinroot, Shiwei Zhang
David Gould, (Highest Honors)
Sarah Day + Tanjuit Dey, Junping Shi, Dan Cristol
Daniel Hariprasad, (Highest Honors)
Junping Shi + Jianjun Paul Tian, Michael Lewis, Greg Smith
Jacob Hill, (High Honors)
David Lutzer + Vladimir Bolotnikov, George Rublein, Laura Ekstrom
Jennifer Mahle, "Quantum Error Correction and the Joint Higher Rank Numerical Range" (High Honors)
Chi-Kwong Li + Leiba Rodman, David Phillips, Drew Lamar
Brian Paljug, (High Honors)
Sarah Day + C.K. Li, David Phillips, Weizhen Mao
Carolyn Troha, (High Honors)
Jianjun Tian + David Lutzer, Ryan Vinroot, Vassiliki Panoussi
Elizabeth Truelove, (Highest Honors)
Robert Lewis + Rex Kincaid, Dan Cristol
Niha Zubair, (Highest Honors)
Sarah Day + Tanjuit Dey, Junping Shi, Paul Heideman

2007-08

Tanner Crowder, "A Study of Genetic Code by Combinatorics and Linear Algebra Approaches" (Highest Honors)
Chi-Kwong Li + Sarah Day, Jianjun Paul Jian, Margaret Saha
Paul McMichael, "Multiplicity Lists for Classes of Hermitian Matrices whose Graph is a Certain Tree" (Highest Honors)
Charles Johnson + Ilya Spitkovsky, Marc Sher
Lauren Merrill, "A Survey of Social Choice Failures: Majority and Borda Rules" (Highest Honors)
Charles Johnson + Laurence Leemis, Don Campbell
Jonathan Nuckols, "Trees and the Implicit Construction of Eigenvalue Multiplicity Lists" (Highest Honors)
Charles Johnson + Leiba Rodman, George Rublein, John Morreall
Evan Saltzman, "Multivariate Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes" (Highest Honors)
Lawrence Leemis + John Drew, Don Campbell

2006-07

Katherine Benedetto, "Polyomino Tiling Graphs" (Highest Honors)
Nicholas Loehr + Vladimir Bolotnikov, Weizen Mao
Katherine Field, "Counting Hessenberg Matrices" (High Honors)
David Lutzer + Nicholas Loehr, Virginia Torczon
Abraham Isgur, "Almoist Periodic Factorization and Applications to the Spectral Theory of Toeplitz Operators" (Highest Honors)
Ilya Spitkovsky + Vladimir Bolotnikov, Mark Sher
Hakan Seyalioglu, "Exponential Attacks on Blockcipher Families" (Highest Honors)
Moses Liskov + George Rublein, Nicholas Loehr

2005-06

Kevin Duke, "Domain Theory: Modeling Generalized Ordered Modifications of the Real Line" (Highest Honors)
David Lutzer + Vladimir Bolotnikov, Nahum Zobin, Steve Knudson
Michael Holroyd, "Synchronizability and Connectivity of Discrete Complex Systems" (High Honors)
Rex Kincaid + Sebastian Schreiber, Christopher del Negro
Joshua Link, "The Presence of Triangles in Patterns with Given Minimum Risk" (Highest Honors)
Charles Johnson + David Lutzer, Nick Loehr, Marc Sher
David Rose, "Minimal Length Uncertainty and the Quantum Mechanics of Non-Commutative Space-Time" (Highest Honors)
Ilya Spitkovsky + David Lutzer, Vladimir Bolotnikov, Chris Carone
Matthew Ruprecht
Robert Lewis
Paul Smith, "Boundary Nevanlinna-Pack Interpolation for Generalized Nevanlinna Functions" (Highest Honors)
Vladimir Bolotnikov + David Lutzer, Ilya Spitkovsky, Bill Cooke

2004-05

Kristina Hofman
Michael Trosset + Michael Lewis, Evgenia Smimi

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