Undergraduate Research

Interested in a challenge? Want some skills that will prepare you for both a job and further study? Our undergraduate research program provides stimulating mathematical experiences for ambitious undergraduates. Students have presented the results of their work to student and faculty groups throughout the Southeast; some have published their work in national and international journals. It is not unusual to develop a project into an undergraduate or graduate thesis.

What do I have to do to graduate with Latin Honors?

Our handbook for graduating with Latin Honors outlines the requirements, and gives a timeline for students in the Honors College.

What sort of projects have been done?

We maintain a list of recent and older research projects appears

Is there a template for preparing my Honors Thesis?

The department maintains LATEX style files for writing an Honors thesis.

Which faculty are willing to work on undergraduate research?

The following faculty have volunteered their information:

• Jiu Ding - Topics: Numerical Analysis, optimization, ergodic theory and dynamical systems.
  Homepage, Contact: Jiu.Ding@usm.edu.

• Joseph Kolibal - Topics: Applied and computational mathematics, including partial differential equations, linear algebra, approximation and interpolation.
  Homepage, Undergraduate research page, Contact: Joseph.Kolibal@usm.edu.

• Sungwook Lee - Topics: Algebraic Geometry, Differential Geometry, Symplectic Geometry, Noncommutative Geometry.
  Homepage, Contact: Sunglee@usm.edu.

• John Perry - Topics: Algebra, applied and computational algebra, commutative algebra.
  Homepage, Undergraduate research page, Contact: John.Perry@usm.edu.

• Haiyan Tian - Topics: Differential equations, applied analysis, computational mathematics and mathematical modeling.
  Homepage, Contact: Haiyan.Tian@usm.edu.