Math and Computer Science Honors Theses
The program has two levels of distinction, Honors and High Honors. High Honors is distinguished from Honors by the successful completion of an honors thesis.
This is a large project typically extending over the course of the fourth year. The thesis can either consist of original research or be of an expository nature and is written under the guidance of one or more members of the department. It will culminate in an oral presentation during the spring term of the fourth year, which will be accompanied by a written report of the year’s work.
Theses from 2013
Newly Reducible Iterates of Families of Polynomiais over Number Fields and Finite Fields, Emma Colbert
Modeling the Limited Immune Reconstitution of HIV-1 Patients on HAART: The Damaged Niche Hypothesis, Leah DeCoste
Computing the 3D Trajectory of Moving Objects Using a Neural-Based Model, Michael Pettinati
Solitary Waves of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Christopher Schaller
Using Motion and Disparity Tuning to Detect Moving Objects, Laura Webber
Submissions from 2012
The Homology of Proteins, Alisa Aylward
Measure Theory and Fourier Series, Elizabeth Bolduc
Irreducibility of Iterates of a Second Degree Function, Katharine Chamberlin
Central Configurations in the Planar 7-Body Problem, Rebecca Moran
Submissions from 2011
Decoding Algorithms for Reed-Solomon Codes, Annie Cervin
Isometry Groups of Geometric Spaces, Marisa Zemsky
Submissions from 2010
The Proportion of k-Cycles for Polynomials Modulo Primes, Jonathan Root
Collinear Central Configurations in the N-Body Problem, Shea Sennett
Submissions from 2009
Cortical processing of moving object detection: Psychophysical and computational studies, Kathleen D. Moore
Submissions from 2008
Non-Loose Legendrian Knots, Katherine L. Fitzpatrick
Projects from 2007
A Remote and Non-Contact Method for Obtaining the Blood-Pulse Waveform with a Laser Doppler Vibrometer, Candida L. Desjardins
Matrix Groups: A Confluence of Algebra and Geometry, Renee A. Laverdiere
Submissions from 2006
The Detection of Moving Objects by Moving Observers, Erin M. Connors
Strange New Universe: A Study of Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries, Ellen K. Gasparovic
Calculating Heading from a Video Camera: A Computational Model of Motion Perception, Robert Truxler
Submissions from 2005
Elusive Zeros Under Newton's Method, Trevor M. O'Brien
Toric and Quasi-Toric Codes, Ryan P. Schwarz
Submissions from 2004
Matrix Groups, Catherine A. Ballway
Wavelets and Multiresolution Analysis, Michael G. Higdon
Submissions from 2003
The Future of Carbon in Brazil: Three Contrasting Scenarios, Heather L. Bain