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Research Team

Work with other students and faculty mentors to develop a poster, paper, presentation, or computational project.

2026-2027 project cycleBest for graduate school, data analysis, modeling, and conference preparationUpdated: May 29, 2026Faculty Advisor: Andrew Volk
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Is This For Me?

Three good reasons to join.

Experience

I want research experience.

Work in a small team and learn how mathematical questions become research products.

Presentation

I want to present at a conference.

Prepare a poster, talk, or paper for undergraduate research opportunities.

Software

I want to learn mathematical software.

Use tools such as Overleaf, SageMath, Jupyter notebooks, or data analysis workflows.

Research Goal

One useful scholarly product per project.

Possible products include a research poster, formal paper, conference presentation, computational notebook, or software-supported mathematical exposition. Teams can scale the work to fit the semester and student availability.

Semester Timeline

A typical project rhythm.

  1. Weeks 1-4: Choose problem + background research.
    Form teams, choose a problem, review existing literature, and submit conference abstracts if applicable.
  2. Weeks 5-11: Active research + analysis.
    Work with teammates and faculty mentorship to make progress on the core problem.
  3. Weeks 12-15: Poster, paper, or presentation.
    Finalize results, prepare the scholarly product, and practice presenting the work clearly.

Project Gallery

Research styles students can explore.

These project types can scale from a first undergraduate research experience to a stronger conference-ready product.

Expository

Literature Review

Explain a mathematical topic, theorem, method, or historical development clearly for an undergraduate audience.

Computational

Simulation or Notebook

Use Python, SageMath, Jupyter, R, or Mathematica to investigate patterns, examples, and models.

Applied

Modeling Project

Build a model for a real situation and communicate assumptions, results, and limitations.

Presentation

Poster or Talk

Turn research progress into a conference poster, short talk, or research-week presentation.

Resources

Support for research work.

Mentorship

Faculty guidance

Students receive help narrowing problems, finding resources, and planning deliverables.

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Workshop

Software workshops

Use Math Club events for LaTeX, Jupyter, SageMath, R, Mathematica, and visualization tools.

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Conference

Presentation opportunities

The team supports local and regional conference participation when projects are ready.

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