This page contains many examples of the work that has been done in Senior Seminar over the last several years. The papers have been collected into three categories. Not all papers have been entered. Any paper before 2002 has not been entered yet, but soon will be.

Grouped by Year

Papers Grouped by Mentor Papers Grouped by Topic

Students papers listed by year

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

2006

Matthew Christian Analysis of a Random Walker Method for Ranking College Football Teams Abstract Paper
Patrick Davis When is the Product of Two Oblong Numbers Another Oblong Number? Abstract Paper
Kristin Mandella Who Pecks Whom? Abstract Paper
Kristin Souther The Possibility of Impossible Pyramids Abstract Paper
Joanna Zanetto Red Light, Green Light: Not Just Child's Play Abstract Paper

2005

Presentation Program

Carissa Bergland Exploring the Outcomes of Placing an Inscribed Triangle Abstract Paper
Amber Gagthe The Orbital Mechanics of a Pebble Falling Through a Homogeneously Dense Earth Abstract Paper
Ann Gregson Gambling It All Away Abstract Paper
Mona Gore Tic Tac Toe on Affine and Projective Planes Abstract Paper
Brian Hooper The Dog and the Silo Abstract Paper
Monica Phelps Combinatorics of a Toddler’s Stacking Tower Abstract Paper
David Runkle Theme and Variation Abstract Paper
Laura Snipes Where the Camera Was Abstract Paper
Michelle Snyder Solving Projectile Motion with Resistance Using the Lambert W Function Abstract Paper

2004

Presentation Program

Ryan Barnard WaTor Explorations Abstract Paper
Cheryl Borden Seriation Techniques and Native American Folklore Abstract Paper
Jennifer L. Davis How to Determine your Gas Mileage Abstract Paper
Avery L. Edwards The Ways That War Can Go Abstract Paper
Keith Gargano Hexameter, Hexagon, Hex... Abstract Paper
Aja Johnson Connectivity of a Leximorphic Space Abstract Paper
Diana E. Liberto A Probability Analysis of a Coin-Tossing Game Abstract Paper
Lori G. Milligan Another Look at the Euler-Gergonne-Soddy Triangle Abstract Paper
Smantha Waterson Finding A Strategy for the Black and White Hat Game
Briana T. Yoho Turning All Lights Out Abstract Paper

2003

Adam BenjaminOptimal Black Jack StrategyAbstract
Amy FlowerIsolation, a Game on GraphsAbstract
Salvatore FratanduonoAnalysis of an Origami Magic Trick Using Disk-PackingAbstract
Jamie HartzellMonopoly and Markov Chains
Karen LawrenceSurvival of the Smartest: The Josephus Problem and its Variations
Cara McAllisterHow to Cut a CakeAbstract
Amy OliverRanking Sports Teams Using an Infinite Series of MatricesAbstractPaper
Joshua RowanTails from the Crypt...tographyAbstract
Elizabeth SherriffTriangle Complete and Pyramid Complete SpacesAbstract
Kristin YanulitesParticle simulations for closed wealth distribution modelsAbstract
Thomas ZellerSpirals, Fractions, and the Golden RatioAbstract

2002

Daisy CunninghamVertex-MagicAbstract
Robert DavisDiscoveries Regarding The Euler And Spieker Lines Of A Triangle Using TrisectionAbstract
Richard DuttonMinimum Spanning Trees: Determinants And DirectionsAbstract
Manda EvansChords And Continued FractionsAbstract
Jennifer HornbackFinding The Path Of A Bicycle's Back TireAbstract
Kathleen IwancioLarge Permutation GroupsAbstract
Shaun LynottA Study Of Flipping GeometryAbstract
Chaska MendozaUpside Down Numbers Upside DownAbstract
Ryan MulhernMagic Squares: Even Order Singularity, Modular Squares: Regular And Diabolical ResultsAbstract
Jessica MunleyGeneralizations And Analogues Of The Pythagorean TheoremAbstract
Jeanette OlliBinomial Coefficients, Trinomial Coefficients And The Pascal TriangleAbstract
Brian ParkerAn Investigation Of The Excevians Of A TriangleAbstract

2001

Sharon BlattRisky Business
Leanna BrilesThe Real Deal With The Monty Hall Problem
Amber Dennison 
Jeff GariepyVoronoi Diagrams: An Application Of Geometry
Nick HarrisonPolygonal Numbers
Erin KrupaMatrix Transformations Creating Azulejo
Justin LuckettThe Importance Of A Match
Katie ParkShoelaces – The Long And Short Of It
Julie PelterExplorations Of Newton's Method
Ryan TigheRunning Scared
Rod WhitesellThe Madness Of March Begins:A Look At The NCAA Tournament And Predicting Margin Of Victory