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The Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics department at Roanoke College actively encourages and
promotes student research. Below are a sample of past independent studies, with links to the mini-posters
that go onto the Independent Study Wall of Fame in Trexler Hall.
Timmy Balint "Examining Morphologies in Nanocrystals" 2011
Ahmad Dahche "Twyman-Green and Michelson Interferometry" 2011
Natalie Horvath "Optimal Solutions to the Ride and Tie Problem" 2011
Amanda Coughlin "A Rating System fro PGA Golfers" 2010
Timmy Balint "A Gesture Recognition Algorithm Using OpenCV and Pybrain" 2010
Paul Vines "Switching Speeds of Carbon Nanotube-Based Memory Devices" 2010
Lindsay Van Leir "Graph Theorizing a Liberal Arts Education" 2010
Danielle Shiley "URAP: Calculus in Health and Economics" 2006-10
Steven Nunnally "Measuring Presence in Virtual Environments" 2010
Paul Vines "Y-Branches in Carbon Nanotubes" 2009
Matt Potts "Origins of a Galaxy Group in Cluster A3128" 2009
Matthew Browning "Exploring the Impact of No Child Left Behind" 2009
Mark Lucas "Evolution of Particle Swarm Intelligence" 2009
Ivanka Barzashka "Galaxy Morphology Relationships in the Abell 2318 Cluster" 2008
Steven Nunnally "Presence in an Immersive Environment" 2008
Mark Lucas "Genetic Algorithms and the Traveling Salesman Problem" 2008
Alex Moore "Analysis of Marine Corrosion Processes" 2007
Casey Gearheart "Success in Introductory Math: Prediction Based on Regression" 2007
Adam Gray "Swarm Intelligence Optimization" 2006
David Myer "The Mathematics of Ranking Systems" 2006
Hampton Smith "Portability of Natural Language Database Systems" 2006
Drew Fleming "Accessible Accessibility" 2006
Jake Bennett "Growth and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes" 2006
Connie Baker "Spectroscopic Investigations of Maghemite Nanocrystals" 2006
Jessica Young "User Friendly Web Queries" 2006
Jordan Klein "Spectroscopic Investigation of Gussev Crater, Mars" 2006
Richard Goeres "Fourier Series, Wavelets and Image Applications" 2006
Scotty Smith "A Study of Mobile Agents" 2006
Emily Wooge "Image Compression: Fourier Series and Wavelets" 2005
Jake Bennett "The Mathematics of Tennis Serves" 2005
Kim Thomas "The Effectiveness of Homewowk in High School" 2005
Laura Cassels "Identification of Nanophase Akaganeite in Corrosion Products" 2005
Mason Vines "Upper Bounds for Optimal Channel Assignments" 2005
Mathew Miller "Project Nanophase Hematite" 2005
Matt Cleveland "Maximal Snakes in d-Dimensional Hypercubes" 2005
Jessica Young "Using PHP and MySQL to Create a Dynamic Portal" 2005
Scotty Smith "The Channel Assignment Problem in Three Dimensions" 2005
Aleah Dillon "Maximal Snakes in Hypercubes" 2004
Billy Scott "Empirical Work on Optimal Channel Assignments" 2004
Hanan Dahche "Design of a Simulator for Ionizing a Radiation Detector" 2004
John Pepin "The Statistics of Cataract Surgery" 2004
Mason Vines "The Prisoner's Dilemma in Parallel" 2004
Richard Egger "The Real Statistics Needed for the Baseball Hall of Fame" 2004
Ben Hardin "Bootstrapping" 2003
Danny Rice "Synchronization" 2003
Marcus Cleveland "From Mandelbrot to Julia" 2003
Rachel Mitchell "Mathematics in Nature" 2003
Ben Hosp "The Prisoner's Dilemma" 2002
Chris Brothers "/uPortal at Roanoke College" 2002