Besides many publications students have helped with and presented, (see Publications ), students have also been involved in many exciting research projects which they have presented at student conferences.

All of these conference presentations have resulted from some form of research activity. See me if you have interest in any of the following: In the past seven years, I have supervised over 50 student internships, many of them at research universities and companies. I have been the faculty sponsor and research advisor for many Honors Projects, Senior Seminar Projects, (UROP) grants , Morris Academic Partner (MAP) research grants, and have sponsored many Under-graduate Research Opportunities NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) students.

Student Conference Presentations:

Daniel Wespetal, Joel Nelson and Dian Lopez, "Approximating a Parallel Task Schedule using Longest Path," UMM Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 25, 2003.

Joel Nelson, Mark Logan, Dian Lopez, "A new Minimum k-Cut Algorithm," UMM Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 25, 2003.

Monica Van Horn and Angela Richter (Advisor: Dian Lopez), "A Random Graph Generator," UMM Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 25, 2003.

Jake Krohn (Advisor: Dian Lopez), "Using Parallel Processing and Ant Colonies to help solve the Traveling Salesperson Problem," Proceedings of the Midwest Instruction Computing Symposium (MICS), Cedar Falls, April 5-6, 2002. Won the Best Student Paper Award!

Joel Nelson, Dan O'Brien, and Rhett Wilfahrt(Advisor Dian Lopez), "Algorithm Design and Testing for Parallel/Distributed processing Models," 2002 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Whitewater, April 25-27, 2002

Jake Krohn and Dan O'Brien, "Test Bed Construction and Algorithm Design for Parallel/Distributed Processing Models," UMM's 2001 Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 20-21, 2001.

Luke Ludwig, "Data Mining at the Undergraduate Level," UMM's 2001 Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 20-21, 2001.

First Year Seminar Class - IS1001 made a presentation on diversity to the Morris Elementary School Fourth graders. They also videotaped the presentation for showing at the FYS Jamboree, Fall, 2000.

Neil Mattson, "Growth of Legumes Interseeded in Vegetatively Mature Maize," Minnesota Academy of Science Meetings, St. Paul, April 23-24, 1999.

Dan Swenson, "Effect of Topping on the Management of Maize," Minnesota Academy of Science Meetings, St. Paul, April 23-24, 1999.

Neil Mattson, "Enhancement of the Decision Aid for Predicting Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs," NCUR'99, Thirteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Rochester, NY, April 8-10, 1999.

Neil Mattson, "Legumes Interseeded in Corn - a Source of Nitrogen and Forage," Invited talk for Sustainable Agriculture Field Day, Morris, Sept. 10, 1998.

Adrian Daley, "Using Geometry to Solve Computer Problems," Pi Mu Epsilon Undergraduate Research Conference, St. Johns University, April 3-4, 1998.

Neil Mattson, "Enhancement of the Decision Aid for Predicting Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs," 66th Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Winona, May 1-2, 1998.

Joleen Hanson, "Accumulation of Nitrogen by Legume Cover Crops Interseeded in Maize," 66th Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Winona, May 1-2, 1998.

Joe Lee, "Testing Practical Parallel Scheduling Algorithms," Twelfth National Conference on Undergraduate Research(NCUR-98), Salisbury State University, April 23-25, 1998.

Colin Sweeney, "A Model for Predicting Leaching of Nitrate-Nitrogen in Soil," Eleventh National Conference on Undergraduate Research(NCUR-97), Austin, TX, April 24-26, 1997.

Joe Lee, "Simulation Studies of a Parallel Scheduling Algorithm," 30th Annual Small College Computing Symposium, Kenosha, WI, April 17-19, 1997.

Dan Keller, "Three Practical Applications of Computer-Aided Multimedia," 30th Annual Small College Computing Symposium, Kenosha, WI, April 17-19, 1997.

Craig Wilcox, "Genetically Engineering Virtual Racecar Drivers," Pi Mu Epsilon Undergraduate Research Conference, Collegeville, MN, April 4-5, 1997 (research co-sponsored with McPhee).

Colin Sweeney, "A Mathematical Model using the Leaching Function to Predict Nitrate-Nitrogen Formation in Soils," Pi Mu Epsilon Undergraduate Research Conference, Collegeville, MN, March 29-30,1996.

Lisa Hollermann and Keith Vertanen, "Sharing the Load -- n- Processor Task Allocation," Pi Mu Epsilon Undergraduate Research Conference, Collegeville, MN., March 29-30, 1996.

Jason Cordes, "Modeling Changes in Nitrate-Nitrogen in the Natural Environment Using Five Components," 63rd Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science, April 28-29, 1995.

Stephanie Fonder, "Background and Target Discrimination on Images, " Pi Mu Epsilon Undergraduate Research Conference, Collegeville, April 7-8, 1995.

Sarah Heymer, "Use of Genetic Algorithms in Software Pipelining," Proceedings of the 27th Annual Small College Computing Symposium, Winona, April 29-30, 1994.

Matt Schumacher, "Using Computational Geometry to Enhance Enclosing Polygon Algorithms," Fourth Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates, Argonne National Laboratories, Argonne, Ill. November 5-6, 1993.

Brenda Schoenecker, "Electronic Data Interchange - Its Present and Future Impact on World Trade," 26th Annual Small College Computing Symposium, Cedar Falls, Iowa, April, 1993.

Diane Tracy, "An Inexpensive Environment for Parallel and Distributed Computing," 26th Annual Small College Computing Symposium, Cedar Falls, Iowa, April, 1993.

Joe Luhman, "Using Neural Networks to Classify Human Faces," Pi Mu Epsilon undergraduate Research Conference, Collegeville, April 8-9, 1994.

Jeanne Gilbertson, "Guiding a Robot Down an Unknown Path," Pi Mu Epsilon Undergraduate Research Conference, Collegeville, MN, March, 1993.

Sarah Heymer, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," Pi Mu Esilon Undergraduate Research Conference, Collegeville, MN., March, 1993.

Matt Schumacher, "Enclosing Polygons with Minimum Rectangle," Pi Mu Esilon Undergraduate Conference, Collegeville, MN., March, 1993.

Dennis Brueni, "Two-Dimensional Bin Packing", Pi Mu Epsilon Regional Conference, Collegeville, MN., March, 1990. (jointly with Massoud Ghyamkhah)

Dennis Brueni, Jeffrey Gades and Douglas Wedman, "Walking Through Walls", Pi Mu Epsilon Regional Conference, Collegeville, MN., March 1988.

Craig Beaver, Douglas Kvidera and Dennis Brueni, "Growing Trees and Carpets," Pi Mu Epsilon Regional Conference, Collegeville, MN. March, 1988.