Five Youngstown State University mathematics students presented research at the annual MathFest meeting, which occurred virtually this year. The students took home four awards for excellence in speaking.

The students gave outstanding presentations and serve as examples at this national meeting of the exceptional students in the STEM College and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at YSU.

MathFest is the summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America and Pi Mu Epsilon.

The YSU students giving presentations were:

• *Nicholas Adduci of Hubbard, Ohio, “Visual and Geometric Representation of Primes.”
• *Luke Hetzel of Boardman, Ohio, “Prisoner’s Dilemma and Cooperation.”
• *Johnathan Koch of Greenville, Pennsylvania, “Defining the Cycle.”
• Alyssa Leone of Hubbard, Ohio, “Rittenhouse’s Sum of Sines.”
• *Chase Reiter of Lisbon, Ohio, “Trigonometry and Spirographs.”

*Students receiving the Pi Mu Epsilon Best Talk Award

Attending MathFest with the students was Thomas Wakefield, Professor Alicia Prieto and Associate Professor Thomas Madsen. Faculty who advised students included Wakefield, Madsen, Professor Thomas Smotzer, and Associate Professor Paddy Taylor.