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Undergraduate students and their faculty mentors from the 2019 Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program gather on campus to celebrate research, faculty-student mentorship and new discoveries. From left to right: Milagros Loreto, Brad Halter, Samson Ghirmai Haile, William O’Keeffe, Reyna Alicia Garduno, Luis Jose Ramirez, Oscar Leon, Dr. Thomas Humpries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Optimization Group<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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CT Imaging<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brad Halter
Samson Ghirmai Haile
Reyna Alicia Garduno
Oscar Leon
Dr. Milagros Loreto (mentor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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William O’Keeffe
Brad Halter
Luis Jose Ramirez
Dr. Thomas Humpries (mentor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Milagros Loreto and Dr. Thomas Humphries led the National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (NREUP), which received funding from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) between May 2018 and January 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This program aimed to empower minority and underrepresented students at UW Bothell to pursue graduate studies in mathematics. For this initiative, Dr. Loreto recruited six students and formed two summer research groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Achievements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Read more in the new story, “Summer research strengthens math majors<\/a>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • T. Humphries, M. Loreto, L. Ramirez, B. Halter, W. O’Keeffe. Comparison of regularized and superiorized methods for tomographic image reconstruction, special issue of Journal of Applied and Numerical Optimization, Vol 2, No. 1, pp. 77-99, 2020. https:\/\/jano.biemdas.com\/archives\/1054 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Poster and Talk presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • 2018 M. Loreto, T. Humphries, L. Ramirez, B. Halter, and William O’Keeffe, Applying Spectral, Projected Gradient, and Simulated Annealing Optimization for CT Image Reconstruction:\n
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      • Oral presentation at 14th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference, North Caroline and Northwest Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium, Willamette University, Oregon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Poster Presentation at UW STEM Undergraduate Research Summer, Seattle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        REU in action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        Building community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        \"Group<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        \"Students<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        \"Students<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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