Four Honors Summer Math Camp research projects recognized in the Siemens Competition

Oct. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Four student research projects that were conducted during the 2010 Mathworks Honors Summer Math Camp (HSMC) have received awards in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology.  This continues the HSMC's tradition of advanced students working with university faculty mentors, conducting original mathematics research.  Congratulations to all the students, and special thanks to the mentors!

REGIONAL FINALISTS

* George Qi and Daniel (Shenhao) Wang, "Attainability of the chromatic numbers of functigraphs," mentor Dr. Weizhen Gu, Texas State mathematics department.
* Alexandra Ilic, Ignacio Ramirez, and Kevin Tian, "On the Power Dominating Set of Various Classes of Graphs," mentor Dr. Nathaniel Dean, Texas State mathematics department.

SEMIFINALISTS

* Sophia (Wen) Chu and Sumit Gogia, " An Application of Subsampling Quantile Estimators to Image Denoising," mentor Dr. Alex White, Texas State mathematics department.
* Patrick Kim and Michael Proulx, "Goldbach's Pigeonhole," mentor Dr. Edward Early, St. Edward's University mathematics department.

The Regional Finalists will be competing at one of six Siemens Competition partnering universities in the coming weeks.  Winners from each regional competition will advance to the National Finals in Washington D.C.

About the Siemens Competition
The Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology recognizes remarkable talent early on, fostering individual growth for high school students who are willing to challenge themselves through science research. Through this competition, students have an opportunity to achieve national recognition for science research projects that they complete in high school. It is administered by The College Board and funded by the Siemens Foundation.  Up to 300 projects from almost 2,000 submissions are recognized as Semifinalists, while the top 30 individual and 30 team projects are invited to compete in the Regional Competitions, held at six partner universities.

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Mathworks is a center for mathematics education at Texas State University - San Marcos. Mathworks' mission is to develop model programs and self-sustaining learning communities that engage K-12 students in doing mathematics at a high level. Our programs include Summer Math Camps, Teacher Training, and Curriculum Development. For more information see http://www.txstate.edu/mathworks