{"id":17580,"date":"2014-03-31T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=17580"},"modified":"2014-03-31T02:02:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T07:02:54","slug":"16-year-old-helps-austin-peay-math-jeopardy-team-win-second-place-in-southeast-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/31\/16-year-old-helps-austin-peay-math-jeopardy-team-win-second-place-in-southeast-region\/","title":{"rendered":"16-Year-Old Helps Austin Peay Math Jeopardy Team Win Second Place In Southeast Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; David Zhang\u2019s age seemed problematic. The 16-year-old Kenwood High School student was taking advantage of Austin Peay State University\u2019s dual enrollment program, but instead of signing up for a couple of introductory college courses, he asked to enroll in the most advanced undergraduate mathematics classes offered by the University \u2013 differential equations and complex analysis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComplex analysis is the highest undergraduate course in the math department,\u201d Dr. Ben Ntatin, APSU associate professor of mathematics, said. \u201cI was scared to give him a waiver at first. But he\u2019s easily the best student.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_213762\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MAA-pics-014.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213762\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-213762\" title=\"Dodji Kuwonu, David Zhang and Benjamin D. Firth led the APSU Math Jeopardy Team to a second place win at the Mathematics Association of Mathematics south-east sectional annual meeting.\" alt=\"Dodji Kuwonu, David Zhang and Benjamin D. Firth led the APSU Math Jeopardy Team to a second place win at the Mathematics Association of Mathematics south-east sectional annual meeting.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MAA-pics-014-480x360.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-213762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dodji Kuwonu, David Zhang and Benjamin D. Firth led the APSU Math Jeopardy Team to a second place win at the Mathematics Association of Mathematics south-east sectional annual meeting.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Zhang has excelled in his upper division college classes this semester, and earlier this month, he helped lead the APSU Math Jeopardy Team to a second place finish at the Mathematics Association of Mathematics south-east sectional annual meeting in Cookeville. The three-person team, which included APSU students Dodji Kuwonu and Benjamin D. Firth, beat 26 other teams from universities across Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was feeling pretty confident that even if we couldn\u2019t win, we could do pretty well,\u201d Zhang said.<\/p>\n<p>His humble tone caused Ntatin, the team\u2019s coach and sponsor, to smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid was the lead team-member,\u201d he said. \u201cI really don\u2019t know how he does it. He was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eligible juniors and seniors in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System\u2019s STEM Academy and Middle College are able to take free classes at APSU for college credit this year, thanks to a couple of new grants awarded to the CMCSS.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">A Tennessee Dual Enrollment Grant covers a portion of the tuition. The CMCSS is paying the remainder of the tuition for Middle College students, and the STEM Academy students are using both the dual enrollment grant and a Tennessee College Access and Success Network grant to pay for classes at APSU. Zhang is enrolled at Kenwood\u2019s STEM Academy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be stuck in pre-calculus right now if I didn\u2019t have dual enrollment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Zhang and the APSU Math Jeopardy Team\u2019s success, several APSU students and a faculty member also presented at the MAM conference.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Ramanjit Sahi, associate professor of mathematics, presented, \u201cAre the not crossings really there?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>APSU student Michael McAllister presented, \u201cA numerical method with non-polynomial basis for solving singular initial value problems.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>APSU student Bruce E. Cain presented, \u201cSolving the Telegraph equation by a hybrid Nystrom method.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>APSU student Dodji Kuwonu presented, \u201cSolving elliptic PDE using polynomial basis functions via collocation.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Samuel Jator, professor of mathematics, mentored the three students. APSU student Elisha Golliher also attended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; David Zhang\u2019s age seemed problematic. 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