成人禁区

Research for 成人禁区 mathematics majors often arises both at and outside of the university.

Research at 成人禁区

As part of the mathematics major, students have the option to work one-on-one with a 成人禁区 faculty mentor on an original research project. Past students have presented their research at conferences such as the Allegheny Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America. Students have also had results published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.

Student-faculty research outcomes (成人禁区 mathematics majors in BOLD):

Peer-reviewed journal publication

• Edwards, T., Prier, D., “Inverse domination: stability, unique minimum dominating sets, and dual domination,” Involve (Accepted in 2024 and awaiting publication)
• Munger, K., Petrone, J., Prier, D., “Independence and Domination of Chess Pieces on Triangular Boards and on the Surface of a Tetrahedron,” Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics 388 (2022), pp. 183-196.
• Levan, P., Prier, D., “Improved Bounds on the Anti-Waring Number,” Journal of Integer Sequences, 20 (2017), Article 17.8.7.
• Fuller, C., Prier, D., Vasconi, K. “New results on an anti-Waring problem,” Involve, 2 (2014), pp. 239-244.

Scholarly Presentations

• “Expanding Domination: An Investigation of Complementary Domination in Graphs” presented by Graham Rusco at the Allegheny Mountain Section of the MAA at St. Vincent College, PA (2025).
• “Inverse Domination: Stability, Unique Minimum Dominating Sets, and Dual Domination” presented by Timothy Edwards at the Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting of the MAA at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, WV (2024).
• “Statistical Analysis of Nationwide Data, Part 2” presented by Sanae Lombard to the L’Arche USA leadership board (2022).
• “Minimal Configurations of Points on Closed Curves” presented by Brandon Boyce at the Sigma Xi Student Research Conference at Penn State Behrend in Erie, PA (2021).
• “Weakly Precedence-Constrained Traveling Salesman Problem” presented by Camryn Grey at the Sigma Xi Student Research Conference at Penn State Behrend in Erie, PA (2021).
• “Statistical Analysis of Nationwide Data, Part 1” presented by Carter Ryback to the L’Arche USA leadership board (2021).
• “Analyzing Maximum and Minimum Scores of 2048 Game Boards” presented by Zachary Aszalos at the Sigma Xi Student Research Conference at Penn State Behrend in Erie, PA (2019). 1st Place Winner.
• “Inverse Domination: Search for a Counterexample” presented by Peter Conley at the Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting of the MAA at Penn State Behrend University in Erie, PA (2018).
• “Improved Bounds on a Variation on the Classical Waring's Problem” presented by Paul LeVan at the Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting of the MAA at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA (2017).
• “The Effectiveness of 成人禁区’s Math Center for Calculus 1 Students,” presented by Kelli Ferko at the Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting of the MAA at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA (2015).
• “Dominating Multidimensional Chess,” presented by Krista Munger at the Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting of the MAA at Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA (2014).
• “Dominating Honeycombs: Not Just for Bees,” presented by Joseph Petrone at the Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting of the MAA at Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA (2014).
• “An Anti-Waring Problem,” presented by Karissa Vasconi at the Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting of the MAA at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV (2012).   

Off-site Research Opportunities

Additionally, past students have been accepted to and participated in the highly competitive NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs around the country.

SERVICE-LEARNING IN THE COMMUNITY

Student projects with faculty mentorship or within our Mathematical Modeling course have also participated in service-learning projects aiding community partners, including Erie Arts & Culture, L’Arche Erie, Our West Bayfront, and the Purple Martin Conservation Association.