I have been fortunate to conduct original research with a number of talented undergraduate students. Here is a partial list of awards won by my students when they presented our work.
Erica Evans (2011), 2010 MathFest meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, 1 of 10 students to win an award ($150) for best presentation and result from 58 presentations at the Pi Mu Epsilon student session.
Joe Paat (2011), 2010 MathFest meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, 1 of 10 students to win an award ($150) for best presentation and result from 58 presentations at the Pi Mu Epsilon student session.
Jacob Shapiro (2010), 2010 MathFest meeting in Pittsburgh, PA,1 of 20 students to win an award ($100) for best presentation and result from 150 presentations at the MAA student session.
Joe Paat 2011 and Jacob Shapiro (2010), 2010 JMM Undergraduate Poster Session in San Francisco, 2 of 33 students to win an award ($100) for best presentation and result from over 180 other poster presentations.
Sam Behrend (2009),2008 MathFest meeting in Madison, WI, 1 of 8 students to win an award ($150) for best presentation and result from 48 presentations at the Pi Mu Epsilon student session. Sam also was one of 33 students from 206 chosen for a similar award at the 2009 JMM Undergraduate Poster session in Washington, DC.
Rachel Grotheer (2008),2007 MathFest meeting in San Jose, 1 of 12 students to win an award ($150) for best presentation and result from 75 presentations at the Pi Mu Epsilon student session. Rachel also was one of 34 students from 185 chosen for a similar award ($100) at the 2008 JMM Undergraduate Poster session in San Diego.
Colleen Hughes (2006), summer 2004, 2004 MathFest in Providence and the 2005 Joint Mathematical Meetings in Atlanta winning an award for quality of presentation and result at each ($150 and $100 respectively). Colleen published this work in the Journal of Pi Mu Epsilon in 2006 and won the 2006 Richard V. Andree Award for best student article published in 2006 ($300).