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Surfaces Of Revolution In Virtual Reality, Joshua Harris
Surfaces Of Revolution In Virtual Reality, Joshua Harris
Undergraduate Research Conference
Why is this project needed?
❑ Surfaces of Revolution is many student’s first experience with three dimensional mathematical objects.
❑ The calculations required are not the inhibitor of the student’s understanding.
❑ Visualization of these solids along with the appropriate set up are the greatest hindrance to a deep under-standing of surfaces of revolution.
❑ Other tools that create computer generated visualizations of surfaces and curves in space render them as two-dimensional projections of a three dimensional object.
❑ Other tools typically do not have the capabilities of guided instruction, exploration of concepts on carefully chosen examples, and the ability …
Determination Differences Between Men And Women In Mathematics, Lacy Cook
Determination Differences Between Men And Women In Mathematics, Lacy Cook
Undergraduate Research Conference
We analyzed data collected from 35 Tyler Junior College Students collected over three testing sessions. Students were asked to take a five-question math test. The test included four questions from the American High School Math Examination, where the problems are designed to be solvable for students without any upper level (calculus) mathematics background as well as one randomly generated question. Students were asked to take as much time as they needed, but no longer than one hour to complete the test. We used the amount of time spent on the test to measure the students' level of determination. The goal …
Data Parsing For Optimized Molecular Geometry Calculations, Luke Rens
Data Parsing For Optimized Molecular Geometry Calculations, Luke Rens
Undergraduate Research Conference
The purpose of this project is to optimize and streamline to process of using ADF and ReaxFF. There is no efficient way to effectively add constraints to a compound and run it through ADF, take the ADF output and create a file that can be run through Reaxff, then take that Reaxff output and come to conclusions on it. To streamline this process, scripts were developed using Python to parse information out of data generated by ADF.