{"id":11386,"date":"2013-04-30T16:03:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T21:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/?p=11386"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:11:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:11:55","slug":"pi-mu-epsilon-math-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/30\/pi-mu-epsilon-math-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Local students participate in Pi Mu Epsilon mathematics conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen Bemidji State University students attended the 34th annual Pi Mu Epsilon conference April 12-13 at St. John&rsquo;s University in St. Cloud, Minn.<\/p>\n<p>Two of those students, Amanda Boring and Larry Moeller, gave talks at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Boring, a senior mathematics education and music major from Lenexa, Kan., presented on the relationship between music and mathematics as revealed through the use of a M&ouml;bius strip &ndash;a two-dimensional surface embedded within a three-dimensional space. The M&ouml;bius strip has only one side and only one edge, and can be made using a strip of paper by gluing the two ends together with a half-twist, resulting in a continuous loop.<\/p>\n<p>Moeller, a senior in mathematics from Palm Desert, Calif., presented a statistical analysis of deer sightings during hunting seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, which is free and open to the public, is attended by both students and faculty from surrounding colleges and universities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota. A total of 30 students presented their undergraduate research from 6:30-8 p.m. April 12, and from 9 a.m. to noon, April 13, at St. Johns&rsquo; Peter Engel Science Center.<\/p>\n<p>Annalisa Crannell, a professor of mathematics at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., was the conference&rsquo;s featured speaker. She gave two presentations about the mathematics behind perspective paintings and the relationship between projective geometry and perspective art.<\/p>\n<p>Pi Mu Epsilon is a national mathematics honor society that promotes scholarly activity in mathematics among academic institutions and recognizes students&rsquo; mathematical achievements.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please call the Bemidji State University Mathematics Department at (218) 755-2880.<\/p>\n<p>Bemidji State University conference participants and attendees are listed below by hometown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINNESOTA<\/strong><br>\nBemidji | 56601 | Iva Bilanovich, senior, mathematics<br>\nArlington | 55307 | Vicki Riebe, sophomore, mathematics education, business administration<br>\nDelano | 55328 | Kent Bartels, senior, mathematics<br>\nHamel | 55340 | Erin Waytas, freshman, mathematics education<br>\nMarcell | 56657 | Charles Huju, senior, mathematics education<br>\nNew York Mills | 56567 | Janessa Hofland, senior, mathematics<br>\nPerham | 56573 | Leah Restad, junior, mathematics education<br>\nPlymouth | 55442 | Dan Dexter, senior, computer science, mathematics<br>\nShakopee | 55379 | Gilbert Penaherrera, sophomore, mathematics<br>\nWorthington | 56187 | Michelle Rohrer, senior, mathematics<\/p>\n<p><strong>CALIFORNIA<\/strong><br>\nPalm Desert | 92211 | Larry Moeller, senior, mathematics<\/p>\n<p><strong>KANSAS<\/strong><br>\nLenexa | 66216 | Amanda Boring, senior, mathematics education, music<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEPAL<\/strong><br>\nKathmandu | Tenzin Bajracharya, junior, mathematics<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen Bemidji State University students attended the 34th annual Pi Mu Epsilon conference April 12-13 at St. John&rsquo;s University in St. Cloud, Minn. 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