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April 1, 2013
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Clayton State Math Students Excel
At MAA Southeastern Section Meeting
new discoveries, and that future
Georgians may share in the fields of
Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE SENATE that the members of
this body recognize and commend Mr.
Marcus Bartlett for his commitment to
lifelong learning in science and mathe-
matics, and his perseverance to pursue his
dream and extend to him their most sin-
cere best wishes for future success.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the
Secretary of the Senate is authorized and
directed to transmit an appropriate copy
of this resolution to Mr. Marcus Bartlett.
“I have had the chance to take classes
with some great professors at Clayton
State and would owe my success and my
transition from going from a B student to
a mostly all A student to these people,”
says Bartlett, singling out Dean Lila
Roberts, Dr. Elliott Krop, and Dr. Cathie
Aust among the Math faculty, and Dr.
Dr. Christopher Raridan of the Clayton
State University Mathematics Department
in the College of Information and
Mathematical Sciences (CIMS) recently
escorted 12 Clayton State students to the
92nd Annual Mathematical Association of
America Southeastern Section Meeting
(92nd MAA-SE) held at Winthrop
University in Rock Hill, S.C., on Mar. 15
and Mar.16, 2013.
Clayton State students attending the con-
ference were; Alex Adams (Hapeville),
Sam Adams (Hapeville), Kenny Gillis
(Riverdale), Hung Hua (Morrow),
Christine Lengel (Ellenwood), Christian
Larsen (Covington), Sarah Minion
(Fayetteville), Maria Morales-Beale (St
Louis), Michael Ngo (Morrow), Myron
Standridge (Forest Park), Jarvis Turner
(Morrow), and recent graduate Pritul
Patel (Forest Gate, East London,
England).
Moore than 150 presentations were given
by students from 20 different colleges and
universities, including the host institution,
Clayton State, Georgia Southern, Berry,
Southern Polytechnic, North Carolina-
Asheville, and Lenoir-Rhyne.
Three Clayton State students gave presen-
tations. Minion and Patel each gave pre-
sentations on parts of their research enti-
tled "On the Edge-Balanced Index Sets of
Complete Odd Bipartite Graphs." Ngo
presented results from his research enti-
tled “Small Pattern Gallai Ramsey
Numbers.”
found at http://sections.maa.org/south-
eastern/maase/conference2013/Presentati
onAbstracts.pdf.
"This was the first time I have presented
research at any conference and I was com-
pletely taken back when told that I was
awarded a prize for best presentation in
my section," says Patel. "When I arrived
on campus the following Monday morn-
ing it felt really good to be congratulated
Jonathan Lyon in Chemistry. “I would like
to give Dr. Lyon credit for introducing me
to and heightening my interest in theoret-
ical and computational chemistry. I have
also been given the chance to work with
Dr. Krop for four semesters of research
now and would say that I have learned a
lot about research from him and how to
successfully go about gaining results and
thinking outside the box.”
Patel, a December 2012 graduate of
Clayton State, won a monetary award for
having the best student presentation in
graph theory and combinatorics at the
92nd MAA-SE. Minion is a senior com-
pleting
her
Capstone
Research
Experience. Both are working with
Raridan and Dr. Elliot Krop, another
Clayton State mathematics faculty mem-
ber. Ngo, a junior, is collaborating with
Marcus Bartlett, Thuhong Nguyen, and
Petra President under the direction of
Krop. The abstracts for the talks can be
First row, left to right: Minion, Patel, Raridan, Lengel, Ngo, Turner, Morales-Beale. Second row,
left to right: A. Adams, S. Adams, Hua, Larsen, and Gillis. Not pictured: Standridge.
Bartlett, cont’d, from p. 3
MAA-SE, cont’d, p.14