Gerald W. Johnson, retiring after 38 years in the Department of Mathematics

Faculty and Staff (cont.):UNL Parents Association Certificates of Recognition forContributions to Students:

Jim Campbell (3), Steve Cohn (5), Irakli Loladze (1),Tom Marley (5), Allan Peterson (6)

New Staff Member, December 2005:Tom Danaher

A&S Monthly Applause Award, November 2005:Marilyn Johnson

A&S Annual Applause Award, December 2005:Marilyn Johnson and Lori Mueller

External Grants and Contracts Received in 2005-2006:Mark Brittenham, CCR SCAMP fundingAllan Donsig, Brian Harbourne, Wendy Hines, Glenn Ledder, Richard Rebarber, Judy Walker, NSA grant for NCUWMSusan Hermiller, CCR SCAMP fundingWendy Hines, Lori Mueller & Gordon Woodward, ITLE grant for “Advising for Success”Wendy Hines, NSA and AMS funding for “All Girls/All Math”Srikanth Iyengar, NSF grantJerry Johnson & Dave Skoug, NSF grant for Conference on Feynman IntegralGlenn Ledder (Lead PI), Bo Deng, David Logan, Irakli Loladze, NSF grant for RUTE ProgramGlenn Ledder, CCLI grant from NSFIrakli Loladze, Grant from the Ohio State Math Biology InstituteTom Marley, Research Council Seed grantPetronela Radu, ITLE grant for “Math in the City”Richard Rebarber and Gordon Woodward (co-PI’s), NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates site grantJudy Walker, NSF research grantMark Walker, NSF research grantRoger Wiegand, NSA grantRoger Wiegand (Lead PI), Laurie Bellows, John Meakin, David Pitts, Judy Walker, Mark Walker, GAANN grantGordon Woodward, CSEMS grantGordon Woodward, Advanced Scholars Undergrad Course Development grant

National Offices: Lucho Avramov, AMS-JMS-SIAM Committee on Summer Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences Steve Dunbar, MAA Director of Competitions Susan Hermiller, Member-at-Large of the Council of the AMS and member of the AMS Committee on Science Policy Jim Lewis, Chair of the Conference Board for the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) Jim Lewis, Member of the National Research Council Committee on Teacher Preparation Programs in the U.S. Jim Lewis, Chair, MAA Coordinating Council on Education John Meakin, Member of the AMS Committee on Meetings and Conferences Judy Walker, Member-at-Large of the Council of the AMS and member of the AMS Committee on Science Policy Sylvia Wiegand, AMS Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Employment Security

Awards and Fellowships (cont.):2005-2006 MCTP Advanced Fellows (Spring):

Jennifer Everson, Martha Gregg, Frank Moore

2005-2006 MCTP Fellows:Kris Lund, Lori McDonnell, Emily Price

2005-2006 Project Fulcrum Participants:Melissa Desjarlais, Pari Ford, David Milan, Diana White

2005-2006 Centennial Fellowships:Jesse Burke, Anthony DeLegge, Kyle Fey

2005-2006 Larson Fellowships:Susannah Go, Elizabeth Jurshak

2005-2006 Othmer Graduate Fellows:Firuz Kamalov, Laura Lynch

2005 Outstanding First Year Student:Deanna Turk

2005 Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student:Heidi Feller

2005 Emeritus Faculty Fellowship Scholars:Brian Bockelman, Matt Dvorak, Livia Miller, Frank Moore, Sawanya Sakuntasathien

2005 Grace Chisholm Young and William Henry Young Fellowship:

Bobbi Buchholz

2005 Outstanding Qualifying Exams:Terri Moore, Silvia Saccon

2005 AMS Conference Speakers:Melissa Luckas, Steven Spriggs

Faculty and Staff

Charles Bessey Professor in Mathematics:Allan Peterson

Edith T. Hitz and Marilyn M. Hitz Research Assistant Professorships: Cynthia Farthing and Janet Striuli

MAA Haimo Teaching Award:Judy Walker

MAA Sectional Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics:

Tom Marley

Faculty Members Receiving Promotion to Full Professor:George Avalos, Judy Walker, Mark Walker

New Faculty Members, August 2005:Mikil Foss, Petronela Radu

Notable EventsMay 7-9, 2005: Nebraska Commutative Algebra Conference: WiegandFest (Honoring Roger & Sylvia Wiegand)

Summer 2005: All Girls/All Math: Ninth Annual Mathematics Summer Camp for High School Girls

Summer 2005: Nebraska Research Experience for Undergraduates in Applied Mathematics Al Peterson and Richard Rebarber

Summer, 2005: Power Math Camp: 6th Annual Summer Camp for Jr. High Boys and Girls

July 27-August 4, 2005: IMMERSE Workshop (organized by Tom Marley)

October 6, 2005: Reception honoring Walter Mientka and Art Mastera

October 21-23, 2005: AMS 2005 Sectional Meeting at UNL AMS Einstein Lecturer: Sir Michael Atiyah (Local organizer: Sylvia Wiegand)

November 10, 2005: 16th Annual Math Day

December 2005: Mavis Hettenbaugh’s Retirement after 17 years in the Department of Mathematics

February 4-6, 2006: Eighth Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics

March 3-4, 2006: Graduate Recruiting Weekend

April 21, 2006: Tenth Annual Rowlee Lecture: Ingrid Daubechies (organized by Steve Cohn and Sylvia Wiegand)

May 12-14, 2006: The Feynman Integral and Related Topics in Mathematics and Physics (Honoring Jerry Johnson and David Skoug)

Seventh Annual

RecognitionDinner

MondayApril 24, 2006

Nebraska Union • Regency5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Faculty and Staff (cont.):Faculty and Staff Members Serving for 0 (mod 5) years:

Tom Danaher 10 years David Pitts 20 yearsJudy Walker 10 years David Logan 25 yearsMark Walker 10 years Leo Chouinard 30 yearsLori Mueller 15 years Gordon Woodward 35 yearsJohn Orr 15 years Jim Lewis 35 yearsElizabeth Youroukos 20 years David Skoug 40 years

Undergraduate Students

Chancellor’s Scholars:Andrew Clements

Math Majors Graduating with Highest Distinction:Colin Anderson and Masatoshi Shoji

Math Majors Graduating with High Distinction:Jonas Azzam, Andrew Clements, Joshua Howard, Matthew Johnson, Evan Peterson

Math Majors Graduating with Distinction:Paul Demmel, Erin Donovan, Brian Kell, William Norton, Kaydi Osowski, Amber Whisler, Curtis Wray

Math Majors Graduated in August 2005:Paul Demmel, Erin Donovan, Marc Newman

Math Majors Graduated in December 2005:Andrew Davis*, Matthew Dickey, Donald Hapner, Brandy Hobbs*, Corey Maley, Sean Meyer, Phong Doan Nguyen, Derek Vanosdall, Benjamin Williams

Math Majors Graduating in May 2006:Colin Anderson*, Jonas Azzam, Derek Boeckner, Nathan Chandler-Smith, Andrew Clements, Elizabeth Elwell*, Nicole Gohring, William Griffel, Leanne Hicks, Forest Merriman Honerkamp, Joshua Howard*, Matthew Johnson, Brian Kell*, Joseph Moore, Sarah Naber, William Norton, Dana Oberg*, Kaydi Osowski, Evan Peterson*, Ella Reeves, Christopher Schmid, Jessica Schroeder*, Masatoshi Shoji*, Caleb Sweetser, Amber Whisler*, Curtis Wray*

*Superior Scholar

Senior Honors Theses:Colin Anderson (directed by Jamie Radcliffe)Jonas Azzam (directed by Richard Rebarber)Brian Kell (directed by Jamie Radcliffe)Will Norton (directed by Steve Dunar)

Undergraduate Speakers at Conferences

2006 Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics: Melissa Ackerman, Laurel Burk, Shengjie Guo

2005 UNL Undergraduate Research Conference:Jonas Azzam, Heather Flores, Robert Lefferts, Derek Stolee

2006 UNL Undergraduate Research Conference:Melissa Ackerman, Derek Boeckner, Tigh Buckles, Jackie Cecetka, Nicole Gohring, Julianne Harm, Brian Kell, Eric Robbins, Caleb Sweetser

2005 AMS Conference Speakers:Jonas Azzam, Derek Boeckner, Leanne Hicks, Theang Ho

Program Designed byLori J. Mueller

Thank you toAllan Donsig and Lynn Erbe

for organizing the department’sseventh annual recognition dinner

Program 5:30-6:30p.m. Reception 6:30-7:30p.m. Dinner 7:30 Presentations

Presenters: JohnMeakin DavidPitts GordonWoodward

2005 Putnam Competition Participants:Stephen Anthony, Jonas Azzam, Derek Boeckner, Robert Brase, Brian Kell, Alan Mock, Dana Oberg, Yuliy Pisetsky, Gabriel Smith, Derrick Stolee

Research Experiences for Undergraduates Participants and Internships, Summer 2005:

Jonas Azzam (Cornell)Leanne Hicks (Pitzer College, Claremont Colleges)Theang Ho (Central Michigan)

Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences (UCARE) Participants for 2005-2006:

Melissa Ackerman (directed by Glenn Ledder)Derek Boeckner (directed by Richard Rebarber)Will Norton (directed by Steve Dunbar)Gabriel Smith (directed by Mark Brittenham)

Undergraduate MCTP Participants:Jonas Azzam, Derek Boeckner, Shengjie Guo, Scott Hottovy, Brian Kell, Colin O’Keefe, Ed Rubin

Graduate Women in Science Awardees:Kimberlee Blaha, Laurel Burk, Jaclyn Cecetka, Amanda Fricke, Shengjie Guo, Leanne Hicks, Theang Ho, Kaydi Osowski, Jessica Schroeder, Ella Reeves, Danielle Rood, Diane Topolski

Freshmen Eastman Scholars:Rachael Farrar, Andrew Hassing, Charles Lucas, James Carraher, Alan Mock, Jessica Sierk, Kristin Pedersen, Matthew Troupe, James Wallace, Andrew Wardyn

Senior Eastman Scholars:Jaclyn Cecetka, Elizabeth Elwell, Danielle Rood

JD Edwards Senior Undergrad Math Majors, 2005-2006:Brian Kell, William Norton, Dana Oberg, Ella Reeves

Graduate StudentsPh.D. Recipients: May 2006: Justin James, advised by Susan Hermiller & John Meakin − accepted a tenure-track position at Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Dissertation title: “Some Decision Problems in Group Theory”.

Kathy Bartley, advised by Judy Walker − accepted a position with the National Security Agency (Department of Defense). Dissertation title: “Decoding Algorithms for Algebraic Geometric Codes over Rings”.

August 2006: Steve Haataja, advised by John Meakin & Allan Donsig − accepted a position at Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska. Dissertation title: “Amalgamation of Inverse Semigroups and Operator Algebras”.

Ed Loeb, advised by Tom Marley & Judy Walker − accepted a tenure-track position at Southwestern College in Winfield,Kansas. Dissertation title: “Quantum Error Correcting Codes: From Stabilizer Codes To Induced Codes”.

Masters Degree Recipients: August 2005: Olgur Celikbas

December 2005: Brian Bockelman, Larry Evans, Terri Moore, Mark Stigge, Deanna Turk

May 2006:Delise Andrews, Diana French, Laurence Grant, Ines Henriques, Jacob Huseby, Aditi Kar, Richard Lassow, Shawn Mousel, Silvia Saccon

August 2006: Julie Amen, Darla Berks, Myrna Bornemeier, Virginia Clark, Dean Davis, Bryan Engelker, Doug Glasshoff, Shannon Jessie,KristinJohnson,JulieKreizel,StacieLefler,LeslieLippitt, Tiffany Lothrop, Jim Pfeiffer, Kyle Poore, Anne Schmidt, Sandi Snyder

Awards and Fellowships:2005-2006 GAANN Fellows:

Bobbi Buchholz, Matt Dvorak, Christina Eubanks-Turner, Micah Leamer, David McCune, Livia Miller, Matt Morten, Diana White

2005-2006 Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowship:Jacob Huseby, Nathan Axvig

2005-2006 MCTP Advanced Fellows (Fall):Josh Brown Kramer, Paul Cokeley, Andrew Crabbe, Melissa Luckas, Jacob Weiss

2005-2006 MCTP Advanced Fellows (Spring):Jennifer Everson, Martha Gregg, Frank Moore