RECENT CAPSTONE PRESENTATIONS
BY ONU MATH MAJORS


2009

73. Sharon Binkley:
The One Time Pad and Text Visualization

72. Joshua Stoffel:
Maxwell's Equations through the Major Vector Theorems

71. Joshua Somerlot:
The Affine Cipher

70. Brock Prater:
Transmission and Reflection Holograms

69. Eric Gossett:
Behavior of Particles in Circular Vertical Floe with Magnus Effect"

68. Axel Brandt:
Classification of Ford Links

67. Andrew Magyar:

The Einstein's Field Equations

66. Amanda Stype:
Holy Voley! How Should We Allocate Those Traps?

65. Michael Gabrieli:
The Exploration of Time Series and Forecasting


2008

64. Michael Garee:

Solitary Waves and KdV Theory


63. Steven Garofalo:
Relational Model for Database Management

62. Brittany Metz:
Latin Squares, Probability, and their involvement in the Sudoku

61. Heather Schimmoeller:
B2 or not B2. That is the Question

60. Ashley Yontz:
Mathematics and Stocks: Risk Analysis of a Portfolio

59. Lorelei Rautsaw:
The Geometry of Flowers

58. Christopher Lemon:
Markov Chains and the Heat Bath Monte
Carlo Algorithm for the Ising Model of Ferromagnetism

57. Stacy Nagel:
Symmetry and Quilting

56. Brian Henderson:
A Probability Distribution Associated with the Minehunt Game

55. Katie Milligan:
The Underlying Mathematical Patterns of Tessellations

54. Gretchen Deeg:
Projective Geometry and the Art of Perspective

2007

53. Rachel Fye:
An Analysis of Stock Portfolios: Random vs. Non-Random

52. Tyler Dunlap:
Ford Links

51. Andrew Homan:
An Overview of Model Theory and Completeness

50. Aaron Piper:

Given two fractions, what is the fraction between the two that has the
smallest denominator?

49. Greg Snyder:

March Madness Probabilities

48. Mark Bierkan:
To Deal or Not to Deal - is that the Question?

47. Matthew Shonkwiler:
Conflict: A Game Theory Approach

46. Megan Reese: 
The Golden Section and Design

45. Charise Kazmierczak: 
Geometry of Rose Windows

44. Katie Miklovic:
The Truth Behind the Witch of Agnesi

2006


43. Anthony Gerdeman:
A Venture Into the World of Obstructed Random Walks

42. Allison Mackay:
Elementary Number Theory and Classical Cryptography


41. Lisa Scheckelhoff:
GPF Sequences


40. Brandon Bucholtz:
The Euclidean Algorithm


39. Kara Stechschulte
Braids and Music

38. Michael Paulus:
Predicting Winning Percentage:
An Application of Mathematics to Sports

37. Adam Hibbard:
Predicting Movie Ratings

36. Dan Gudorf:
Mary Had a Little Paradox:
Whose fleece was and was not as white as snow...

35. Jason Bockey:
Ford Circles

34. Jacob L. Johanssen:
Fibonacci-Lucas Densities

33. Kristine Patton:
An investigation of Continued Fractions

2005

32. Kara S. Lewis:
A look at Confounding

31. Matt Katschke:
San Gaku Problems in Hyperbolic and Spherical Geometry

30. Nathan Baxter:
Finite Fields

2004


29. Jennifer Szippl:
Platonic solids

28. Julie Holda:
Monte Carlo simulations


27. Tyler Betts:
Applications of Group Theory in Chemistry

26. Clinton Louiso:
Tic-Tac-Toe: an in-depth analysis

25. Molly Neer:
Mathematics and Arts at Ohio Northern University

24. Mark Clausing:
Advanced Compass and Straightedge Constructions

23. Michael Hewit:
The Ehrenfest Model, Analysis via Markov Chains and Recurrent Events

2003


22. Sara Miller:
Fibonacci Numbers

21. Julia Gould:
Fear of Crime, An Investigative Analysis

20. Matthew Suchan:
Is Hitter Performance Affected by Free Agency?

2002

19. Ann Boerger:
The Value of a Bond

18. Reid Moore:
Analysis of Interest and Basic Annuities

17. Stacey Stillion:
Covariates of Pancreas Transplant Survival in Recipients of Combined Kidney-Pancreas Grafts

2001

16. Laura DiMarco:
Classification of Compact, Connected Topological Surfaces Without Boundary

15. Kimberly Myers:
Bond Valuation

14. Stephanie Osgood:
Statistics Reveal the True "Best Hitters" in Baseball

13. Ivan Tornes:
The Circular Vibrating Membrane

2000

12. Jason Kline:
The Fourier Series and Some Applications

11. Sarah Ruppert:
Rubik's Cube

10. Lindsay Nicholson:
Fourier Series

1999

9. Tim Thompson:
Solutions to the Shortest Path Problem

8. Justin Reckner:
Differential Geometry of Curves in 3-Space

7. Bodi Kauffman:
The Stieltjes Integral

6. Chris Finney:
The Mathematics of Annuity Valuation

1998


5. James Conine:
Fuzzy Sets

4. Lee Koratich:
Functions of Matrices

3. Jason McCartney:
Game Theory

2. Amanda Pater:
Regression Analysis

1. Michelle Schlauch:
Random Walks


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