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MAA MATHFEST 2015Chronological ScheduleThursday, August 6 (continued)INVITED SESSIONMAA Invited Paper Session: Improving Access toMathematical Modeling Research1:00 PM – 4:20 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Delaware BGlobal Disease Monitoring and Forecasting withWikipedia1:00 PM – 1:25 PMSara Del Valle, Los Alamos National LaboratoryEngaging students in applied mathematics viaexperiential learning through research1:30 PM – 1:55 PMSherry Towers, Arizona State UniversityOvercoming Epistemic Obstacles to TeachingMathematical Modeling in Calculus2:00 PM – 2:25 PMPatrick Thompson, Arizona State UniversityMathematical Modeling Experiences in SecondarySchools2:30 PM – 2:55 PMKathleen R. Fowler, Clarkson UniversityMathematics Education Commentary: At theInterface Between Applied Mathematics andMathematics Education3:00 PM – 3:25 PMCarlos Castillo-Garsow, Eastern Washington UniversityApplied Mathematics Commentary: Math at TopSpeed: The Role of Mathematical Modeling inScience and in My Personal Life3:30 PM – 4:20 PMRichard Tapia, Rice UniversityGENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSIONGeometry1:00 PM – 4:40 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 1, Balcony BExploring Mathematical Ideas through Origami1:00 PM – 1:10 PMArsalan Wares, Valdosta State UniversityThe Right Pascal’s Triangle1:15 PM – 1:25 PMYaping Liu, Pittsburg State UniversityGeneralizing the Law of Cosines1:30 PM – 1:40 PMLee N. Collins, County College of MorrisTom Osler, Rowan UniversityPerfect Heptagons and 13-Sided Triskaidecagons1:45 PM – 1:55 PMGenghmun EngHow to Add Guards to an Art Gallery2:00 PM – 2:10 PMT. S. Michael, United States Naval AcademyVal Pinciu, United States Naval AcademyNew Perspectives on Polygonal Area2:15 PM – 2:25 PMOwen D. Byer, Eastern Mennonite UniversityArea Bounds of Covers of Unit Arcs2:30 PM – 2:40 PMLibin Mou, Bradley UniversityWhat Isn’t an Ellipse?2:45 PM – 2:55 PMAlex Meadows, St. Mary’s College of MarylandCasey Douglas, St. Mary’s College of MarylandThe Bounding Problem for Infra-Solvmanifolds3:00 PM – 3:10 PMScott V. Thuong, Pittsburg State UniversityNested Sequences of Triangles in Non-EuclideanSpaces3:15 PM – 3:25 PMAndrew Lazowski, Sacred Heart UniversityExcursions in Combinatorial Taxicab Geometry3:30 PM – 3:40 PMJohn Best, Summit University of PennsylvaniaInequalities in Spherical Geometry: Ancient andModern3:45 PM – 3:55 PMMarshall Whittlesey, California State UniversitySan MarcosAngle-of-Parallelism Spectra in Non-HomogeneousGeometries4:00 PM – 4:10 PMJ. Mealy, Austin CollegeMalin Pappas, Austin CollegeA New Theorem Concerning Isopivotal Cubics,Could it be the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of Geometry?4:15 PM – 4:25 PMIvan Zelich, Anglican Church Grammar School72 Washington, DC | August 5–8, 2015 #MAAthFest