Organizing Committee
- Leyda Almodóvar Velázquez
Stonehill College - Amanda Harsy
Lewis University - Cory Johnson
California State University, San Bernardino - Jessica Sorrells
Converse University
Abstract
The Summer@ICERM faculty advisers will present a variety of research projects on the combinatorial and graph theoretical properties of DNA self-assembly. By modeling nanostructures with discrete graphs, efficient DNA self-assembly becomes a mathematical puzzle. Faculty will also guide the development of computational tools which can be used to aid in answering fundamental questions that arise in this field.
Throughout the eight-week program, students will be introduced to the research topic with interactive lectures. Afterward, students will work on their projects in assigned groups of two to four, supervised by faculty advisors and aided by teaching assistants. Students will meet daily, give regular talks about their findings, attend mini-courses, guest talks, and professional development seminars, practice coding, and Tex typesetting, and will acquire skills in free software development. Students will learn how to collaborate mathematically, working closely in their teams to write up their research into a paper.

Program Details
- 2023 Proposed Research Topics
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- Optimize design structures for families of graphs such as graphs with a lattice substructure and k-regular graphs.
- Create, expand, and improve current software used to nd and check optimal solutions.
- Determine relationships between optimizing bond-edge and tile types.
- Important Notes
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- Applicants must be matriculating undergraduate students at the time of the start of Summer@ICERM 2023.
- Funding is available for 2-3 students who are not US citizens or permanent residents.
- Funding Includes*
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- $4,000 stipend
- Providence, RI room, board, and travel funding provided for in-person programming, pandemic permitting. (Brown students who choose not to live in the dorm will waive ICERM provided housing and meal funding.)
- To Apply
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Applications accepted via MathPrograms.org. Applications submitted by February 14, 2023, will receive full consideration.
Confirmed Speakers & Participants
Talks will be presented virtually or in-person as indicated in the schedule below.
- Speaker
- Poster Presenter
- Attendee
- Virtual Attendee
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Leyda Almodóvar Velázquez
Stonehill College
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Toby Anderson
Harvey Mudd College
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Jacob Ashworth
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Lisa Baek
Brown University
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Grace Bielefeldt
St. Olaf College
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Ethan Bove
Brown University
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Katelyn Buck
The University of Texas at Austin
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Michael Cho
Stanford University
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Michaela Fitzgerald
Stonehill College
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Olivia Greinke
Transylvania University
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Luca Grossmann
Tufts University
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Amanda Harsy
Lewis University
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Iris Horng
University of Pennsylvania
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Catherine Jacobs
Wellesley College
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Cory Johnson
California State University, San Bernardino
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Amelia Julian
Plymouth State University
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Holly Luebsen
University of Texas at Austin
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Fausto Navarro
Johns Hopkins University
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Iskandar Nazhar
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Eric Redmon
Marquette University
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Luis Santori
University of Central Florida
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Jessica Sorrells
Converse University
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Mitchell VonEschen
Lawrence University
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Xingyi Zhang
Carleton College