The OHIO section meeting of the MAA held its annual Spring Meeting at the University of Akron on March 31-April 1. Nine YSU students attended. The following 5 students gave presentations:
Leanna Cluff: "Probability on Death Row",
Carrie Davis: "Power Indices",
Dave Gohlke: "Introduction to Markov Chains and an Application to Nuclear Physics",
Beckie Grove: "An Application of Vibrational Analysis",
Matt Ward: "Equivalent Norm Coefficients".
YSU had 3 teams participate in the Student Problem-Solving Competition. Team-1. Dave Gohlke and Dave Martin Team-2. Tyler Drombosky, Leanna Cluff and Carrie Davis Team-3. Ryan Livingston and Doug Wajda There were a total of 29 teams participating from 15 different schools for a total of 78 student participants.
YSU's team of Dave Gohlke and Dave Martin finished 3rd, and received a cash award. 2nd place went to Kenyon College and 1st place went to Ohio Wesleyan.