Math Department 2021 Virtual Graduation
May 9, 2021
2020 Mathematics Graduates!
The Mathematics Department will host a virtual graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 15th at 9 am.
Department Chair, Eric de Sturler, will give the opening remarks. Overall Outstanding Mathematics Senior, Sung Kim, will also address the graduates.
In addition, many of the graduating seniors provided videos and photos to share. These reflections were interspersed with messages from members of the mathematics faculty.
A video link is provided below, along with information about our graduating seniors, and an opportunity for you to give them kudos on their achievements!
The graduation ceremony will be held on May 15th at 9am! Watch the full ceremony below.
| Last Name | First Name | Distinction |
| Andrews | Ethan Harris | |
| Beahr | Mason Everett | Summa Cum Laude |
| Brinza | Patrick D. | Summa Cum Laude |
| Carter | William Michael | |
| Chen | Jing | |
| Clancy | John Thomas | |
| Conwell | Joseph Mark | |
| Dean-Taylor | Mary A | |
| Dembski | Sydney Elizabeth | Magna Cum Laude |
| Eberly | Andrew John | |
| Giovannelli | Isabella Lucy | Summa Cum Laude |
| Gordon | Spencer Novak | |
| Guo | Shengyuan | |
| Guttilla | Matthew Thomas | Cum Laude |
| Heldreth | Joshua Tyler | |
| Helme | Jenna Rose | |
| Jain | Anahita | Cum Laude, Coop |
| Kim | Sung Hyun | Summa Cum Laude |
| Kimata | Celine Carr | |
| Kirkpatrick | Ryan | |
| Krall | Haley HoHyun | |
| Li | Yixuan | |
| Lionetti | Matthew Robert | Cum Laude |
| Long | Christopher James | |
| Manansala | Frances Erica Guerrero | Cum Laude |
| Mann | Robyn Leila | Cum Laude |
| McDonald | Ashlyn Grace | Magna Cum Laude |
| McLaren | Reilly Alexander | Summa Cum Laude |
| Moore | Daniel Stephen | |
| Moore | Ian Robert | Magna Cum Laude |
| Mulloy | Conner Steven | Summa Cum Laude |
| Murali | Ragavi | Magna Cum Laude |
| Prodanas | Alexios | |
| Rolincik | Sean McKinley | |
| Sharp | Daniel Garner | Summa Cum Laude |
| Sharp | Timothy A. | Magna Cum Laude |
| Sisay | Fanuel | |
| Smith | Daniel Clarence | |
| Snyder | Liam McCoy | |
| Sridhar | Sailesh | Cum Laude |
| Sutara | Casey Morgan | Cum Laude |
| Thornburgh | Luke Allen | |
| Trivedi | Anuradha Gautam | Cum Laude |
| Wang | Dixuan | Cum Laude |
| Wang | Ruilin | |
| Wang | Zongyu | |
| Wheeling | Hannah Christine | |
| Worrell | Austin Shane | |
Jon Carl Cooper, M.S. Thesis (Fall 2020)
Efficient H2 Model Reduction of Dynamical Systems
Advisor: Matthias Chung
Committee Members: Mark Embree and Serkan Gugercin
Garrett Michael Fowler, M.S. Presentation,
An Introduction to Schubert Calculus on Grassmannians
Advisor: Leonardo Mihalcea
Committee Members: Peter Haskell and Daniel Orr
Nora Grace Heitzman-Breen, M.S. Presentation (Spring 2021)
Advisor: Stanca Ciupe
Committee Members: Lauren Childs and Omar Saucedo
Marilin Annie Kelley, M.S. Thesis (Fall 2020)
Teachers' Reflection on Inquiry-Oriented Instruction in Online Professional Development
Advisor: Estrella Johnson
Committee Members: Anderson Norton and Megan Wawro
Joseph Lee Kump, M.S. Thesis (Spring 2021)
Efficient Algorithms for Data Analytics in Geophysical Imaging
Advisor: Eileen Martin
Committee Members: Mark Embree and Russell Hewett
Quiyana Monet Murphy, M.S. Presentation (Spring 2021)
Mathematical Models for Systemic lupus erythematosus and SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
Advisor: Stanca Ciupe
Committee Members: Lauren Childs and Omar Saucedo
Nicole Lynn Nardella, M.S. Presentation (Spring 2021)
Mathematical modeling of covid 19
Advisor: Lauren Childs
Committee Members: Stanca Ciupe and Omar Saucedo
Thaovy Tuong Nguyen, M.S. Thesis (Spring 2021)
Utilizing Recurrent Neural Networks for Temporal Data Generation and Prediction
Advisor: Russell Hewett
Committee Members: Eileen Martin and Serkan Gugercin
Andrew Shedlock, M.S. Thesis (Spring 2021)
A Numerical Method for solving the Periodic Burgers Equation through a Stochastic Differential Equation
Advisor: Jeff Borggaard
Committee Members: John Rossi and Lizette Zietsman
Kevin Barrett Summers, M.S. (Spring 2021)
Advisor: Leonardo Mihalcea
Committee Members: Peter Haskell and Daniel Orr
Amy Demetra Geae Vennos, M.S. Thesis (Spring 2021)
Security of Lightweight Cryptographic Primitives
Advisor: Gretchen Matthews
Committee Members: Alan Michaels and Daniel Orr
Michael Thomas Wills, M.S. Thesis (Spring 2021)
Computing the trace of an endomorphism of a supersingular elliptic curve
Advisor: Gretchen Matthews
Committee Members: Travis Morrison, Daniel Orr, and Mark Shimozono
Jovan Žigić, M.S. Thesis (Spring 2021)
Optimization Methods for Dynamic Mode Decomposition of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Advisor: Jeff Borggaard
Committee Members: Tao Lin and Lizette Zietsman
Andrea Carracedo Rodriguez, Ph.D. (Summer 2020)
Approximation of Parametric Dynamical Systems
Advisor: Serkan Gugercin
Committee Members: Christopher Beattie, Jeff Borggaard, Mark Embree, and Traian Iliescu
Taewon Cho, Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Computational Advancements for Solving Large-scale Inverse Problems
Advisor: Julianne Chung
Committee Members: Jeff Borggaard, Matthias Chung, and Eileen Martin
Ahsan Chowdhury, Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Instructors' Orientation on Mathematical Meaning
Advisor: Estrella Johnson
Committee Members: Anderson Norton, Megan Wawro, and Jesse Wilkins
Stephanie Nicole Gamble, Ph.D. (Fall 2020)
Conical Intersections and Avoided Crossings of Electronic Energy Levels
Advisor: George Hagedorn
Committee Members: Clotilde Fermanian Kammerer, Alexander Elgart, Martin Klaus, and Eduard Valeyev
Daniel Min Kim, Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Core Entropy of Finite Subdivision Rules
Advisor: William Floyd
Committee Members: Peter Haskell, Daniel Orr, and John Rossi
Birgul Koc, Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Numerical Analysis for Data-Driven Reduced Order Model Closures
Advisor: Traian Iliescu
Committee Members: Jeff Borggaard, Serkan Gugercin, and Honghu Liu
Changhong Mou, Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Data-Driven Variational Multiscale Reduced Order Modeling of Turbulent Flows
Advisor: Traian Iliescu
Committee Members: Jeff Borggaard, John Burns, and Honghu Liu
Klajdi Sinani, Ph.D. (Summer 2020)
Finite Horizon Optimality and Operator Splitting in Model Reduction of Large-Scale Dynamical System
Advisor: Serkan Gugercin
Committee Members: Christopher Beattie, Jeff Borggaard, and Mark Embree
Melody Anne Walker, Ph.D. (Spring 2021)
Discrete and continuous mathematical investigation of juvenile mosquito dynamics
Advisor: Lauren Childs
Committee Members: Sally Paulson, Michael Robert, and Omar Saucedo
Eech year, the Mathematics Department identifies an overall outstanding senior, as well as outstanding seniors from each of our four degree options.
Congratulations to this year's awardees!
Overall Outstanding Senior: Sung Kim
- Math Education: Robyn Mann
- Traditional: Mason Behr
- Appied Computational: Anu Trivedi
- Applied Discrete: Ragavi Murali
Related Articles:
Math Department Announces 2021 Graduating Senior Awards (May 2021)
Winners of the Layman Prize Competition Announced (May 2021)
Fall Graduation 2020 (December 2020)
Math Department 2020 Virtual Graduation (May 2020)