Presentations:
- Panelist for the Young Mathematicians' Network Panel Discussion Building Your CV at the
Joint National Math Meetings in Baltimore, MD January 2014.
- Building a Noncommutative Ring from a Finite Directed Graph, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings,
New Orleans. Jan. 6, 2011.
- Building a Robust STEM Pipeline. Presented at the Potomac & Chesapeake Association for College
Admission Counseling. Salisbury University, Nov. 16, 2010.
- "Effective teaching when the class's ability distribution is bimodal." Section NExT panel discussion
session at the fall meeting of the MD/DC/VA Section of the MAA. Member of a 3 person panel which met at
George Mason University on Saturday, November 6, 2010.
- "The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg", invited talk for the Stephen Decatur High School Mu Alpha Theta
Induction Ceremony, April 27, 2010.
- "Global Properties of Linear Finite Cellular Automata", Invited SIAM Lecture at Texas Tech University,
March 25, 2010.
- The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg, invited talk for the Bennett High School Mu Alpha Theta Induction Ceremony,
March 18 2009.
- From Groups to Graphics - Stories of Undergraduate Research in Visualizing Abstract Mathematics,
invited talk for the Haimo award session, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, Washington DC. Jan. 7, 2009.
- "The PascGalois Project: Visualizing Abstract Mathematics", presented with Donald Spickler and Kathleen Shannon at the MAA Poster Session:
Projects Supported by the NSF Division on Undergraduate Education, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, Washington DC. Jan. 6, 2009.
- "The PascGalois Project: Visualizing Abstract Mathematics", presented with Donald Spickler and Kathleen Shannon at the MAA Poster Session:
Projects Supported by the NSF Division on Undergraduate Education, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, San Diego. Jan. 7, 2008.
- Visualizing Binomial Identities Using PascGaloisJE, presented in the MAA Special Session on Applications of Discrete Mathematics at the
Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, New Orleans. Jan 8, 2007.
- "The PascGalois Project: Visualizing Abstract Mathematics", presented with Kathleen Shannon at the MAA Poster Session: Projects Supported
by the NSF Division on Undergraduate Education, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, New Orleans. Jan. 6, 2007.
- "The PascGalois Project: Visualizing Abstract Mathematics", presented with Kathleen Shannon at the MAA Poster Session: Projects Supported
by the NSF Division on Undergraduate Education, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, San Antonio. Jan. 14, 2006.
- Prime: Partnership for Revitalized Instruction in Mathematics Education, presented with Jennifer Bergner in the MAA Special Session
on Professional Development Programs for K--12 Teachers at the Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, San Antonio. Jan 13, 2006.
- PascGalois Summer Research Retreat at New College of Florida, presented with Eirini Poimenidou in the MAA Special Session on Research
and Other Mathematical Experiences for Students Outside the Classroom at the Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, San Antonio. Jan 13, 2006.
- Number Theoretic Applications to Group Generated Cellular Automata, presented with Tyler Evans in the MAA Special Session on Number-Theoretic
Applications at the Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, San Antonio. Jan 12, 2006.
- "The PascGalois Project: Visualizing Abstract Mathematics", presented with Kathleen Shannon at the MAA Poster Session:
Projects Supported by the NSF Division on Undergraduate Education, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia.
Jan 7, 2005.
- The PascGalois Project: Visualization in Abstract Mathematics, presented at the NSF CCLI conference Invention and Impact:
Building Excellence in Undergraduate STEM Education, Crystal City, VA. April 16, 2004. the NSF Division on Undergraduate Education,
Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia. Jan 7, 2005.
- The PascGalois Project: Visualization in Abstract Mathematics, NSF CCLI SIGCSE Showcase 04, Norfolk, Va. March 5, 2004.
- Fractal Dimension and Iterated Automorphism Systems, presented in the Special MAA Session on Chaotic Dynamics and Fractal Geometry
at the Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, Phoenix, Arizona. Jan 8, 2004.
- "The PascGalois Project: Visualizing Abstract Algebra", presented with Kathleen Shannon at the MAA Poster Session: Projects Supported
by the NSF Division on Undergraduate Education, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, Phoenix, Arizona. Jan 9, 2004.
- "Using Groups to Generate Automata", with Kathleen Shannon, presented at AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD. Jan 16, 2003.
- "The PascGalois Project: Visualizing Abstract Algebra", presented with Kathleen Shannon at the MAA Poster Session: Projects Supported by the
NSF Division on Undergraduate Education, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, Baltimore, MD. Jan 17, 2003.
- The PascGalois Project: Visualization Projects for Abstract Algebra", with Kathleen Shannon and Cynthia Woodburn, presented at AMS-MAA Joint
Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD. Jan 18, 2003.
- "Cellular Automata and Discrete Dynamical Systems", invited lecture for the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas, Mathematical Sciences
Departments. Presented at McPherson College, Nov. 18, 2002.
- "The Geometry of Group Generated Cellular Automata", colloquium talk given with Kathleen Shannon at Towson University, May 2002.
- "The PascGalois Project: Visualizing Abstract Algebra", presented with Kathleen Shannon at the MAA Workshop for NSF PI's, NSF Headquaters,
March 2002.
- "The PascGalois Project: Visualizing Abstract Algebra", presented with Kathleen Shannon at the MAA Poster Session: Projects Supported by
the NSF Division on Undergraduate Education, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings, San Diego, CA., Jan. 8, 2002.
- "Establishing a Long Term Undergraduate Research Program in Mathematics", presented at the Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings,
San Diego, CA., Jan. 7,2002.
- "Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research ", led Teaching Learning Network roundtable discussion at Salisbury State University, Feb.14, 2001.
- "Groups, Fractal Patterns, and the Dynamics of Cellular Automata ", with Kathleen Shannon, presented at the Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings,
New Orleans, LA., Jan. 10, 2001.
- "PascalGT: Conjectures, Explorations, and Reasoning in Mathematics ", with Kathleen Shannon, presented at the Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings,
New Orleans, LA., Jan. 13, 2001.
- "Hit Counting Algorithms for 2-D Cellular Automata", with Brian Guarraci, presented at the Regional Fall MAA Meeting at American University,
Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, 2000.
- "Writing in Mathematics: Constructing Definitions ", Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop at Washington High School
for area teachers.
- "Groebner Bases and Hochschild Cohomology ", presented at the AMS-IMS-SIAM Summer Research Conference on Symbolic Computation: Solving Equations
in Algebra, Geometry, and Engineering, Mt. Holyoke College, June 11 - June 15, 2000.
- "Emerging Technology and 3-D Graphics ", Faculty Week Series in the Bell Atlantic Studio,
Salisbury State University; April 20, 2000.
- "Automorphisms, Subnormal Series, and Group Generated Cellular Automata ", Mid Atlantic Algebra Conference,
George Mason University, March 11-12, 2000.
- "Life, Death, and the Six States In-Between ", with Kathleen Shannon, 11th Annual Eastern Shore Computer Bowl,
Salisbury State University, March 3, 2000.
- "Fractal Dimensions For Group Generated Cellular Automata ", with Kathleen Shannon, Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings,
Washington D.C., January 19, 2000.
- "Planned Projects Using 3-D Rendering Software ", with Kathleen Shannon, Faculty Week Series in the Bell Atlantic Studio,
Salisbury State University; December 9, 1999.
- "The PascGalois Project: Computer Visualizations ", with Kathleen Shannon, presented at the Henson School Seminar Series,
Salisbury State University, December 2, 1999.
- "Fractal Dimensions in the PascGalois Triangle ", with Kathleen Shannon, presented at the Regional Fall MAA Meeting at
Loyola University, Baltimore ( Nov. 13, 1999).
- "Searching For a Mathematical Definition", presented at the Writing Across the Curriculum Mini Conference: Writing,
Critical Thinking and Reflective Teaching at Salisbury State University, February 1999.
- "Introducing Liberal Arts Students to the Beauty of Abstract Mathematics via Computer Graphics, Groups, and Pascal's Triangle ", with Kathleen Shannon, presented in the MAA Session
Ethical, Humanistic, and Artistic Mathematics at the Joint National AMS/MAA Meetings in San Antonio, Texas ( Jan. 15, 1999).
- "Using Pascal's Triangle to Visualize Abstract Algebra Concepts", with Kathleen Shannon, presented in the MAA Session Innovations in Teaching Abstract Algebra
at the Joint National AMS/MAA Meetings in San Antonio, Texas ( Jan. 13, 1999)
- "Using Computer Graphics to Investigate Group Structure", with Kathleen Shannon, presented at the Regional Fall MAA Meeting at
Towson State University, Nov. 14, 1998
- "The Robot Who Knows Algebra", with Robert Tardiff, 15th Annual High School Mathematics Contest,
Salisbury State University ( Nov. 12, 1998 )
- "Cohomology Rings for Cycle Algebras", Workshop on Rings and Representations, June 8-June 12, Morelia Mexico, 1998.
- "Cohomology for Z(m) Cycles" , given at the Mid Atlantic Algebra Conference, May 1- May 2 1998, James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, Va.
- "Calculus for Jerks", with Paula Kenyon, presented at the Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings in Baltimore, January 1998.
- "Invariants of Brauer Tree Algebras", presented at the Joint AMS/MAA National Meetings in Baltimore, January 1998.
- "Computational Techniques for Hochschild Cohomology", presented at the AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Research Conference at the
University of Washington, July 1997.
- "Graphs, Groebner Bases, and Noncommutative Rings", colloquium talk given at George Mason University, January 1997.
- "A Lifted Groebner Basis for the Enveloping Algebra", presented at the 22nd Holiday Mathematics Symposium at New Mexico
State University, January 1997.
- "Symmetry in Mathematics and Nature", presented at the 13th Annual High School Mathematics Contest, Salisbury State
University, Nov. 1996.
- "Low Dimensional Cohomology and the Euler Characteristic", Invited talk for the Rings and Modules Special Session
at the AMS regional meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana ( April 19-21, 1996).
- "Hochschild Cohomology of Monomial Algebras", presented at the AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings, Orlando,
Florida ( January 1996 )
- "Calculated Electric Dipole Contribution to the He Giant Resonance", Poster presented at the Third National
Conference on Undergraduate Research, San Antonio, Texas ( May 1989).