Department of Mathematics

Carlson is currently conducting research related to the analysis of particular partial differential equations under the supervision of Ivan Blank, visiting professor of mathematics. A research paper he wrote was published in Quantum Information and Computation. Carlson is a member of several honor societies including Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon national mathematics society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He was awarded a K-State Presidential Scholarship, a Stromberg scholarship, a Foster scholarship, a Friends of Mathematics scholarship, an IBM Watson Scholarship and an I-Center Undergraduate Research Award. Carlson also participated in a summer 2006 undergraduate research experience at the State University of New York at Potsdam. His research was focused on graph theory and he co-authored the paper "Universal Mixing of Quantum Walks on Graphs" that was published in Quantum Information and Computation. Carlson is a member of several honor societies including Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon national mathematics society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He has also been a member of the Chess Club, the Physics Club, the Math Club and a founding member of both the Go Club and the KSU Airsoft Team. A 2005 graduate of Shawnee Mission South High School, he is the son of Ron and Diane Carlson, Overland Park.

Source: Jim Hohenbary, 785-532-6904, jimlth@k-state.edu

News release prepared by: Beth Bohn, 785-532-6415, bbohn@k-state.edu