{"id":2786,"date":"2021-08-03T16:18:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2021-08-04T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:41:08","slug":"hayes-24-research-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/2021\/08\/03\/hayes-24-research-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayes &#8217;24 &#8211; Research Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/08\/jjklkh.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/08\/jjklkh-774x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2787\" width=\"230\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/08\/jjklkh-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/08\/jjklkh-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/08\/jjklkh-768x1016.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/08\/jjklkh.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Drake Hayes &#8217;24 &#8212;<\/em>&nbsp;I spent my summer internship with Dr. Zachary Gates and Will Lillis researching the mathematics behind these combinatorial games we called Make-A-Cycle and Avoid-A-Cycle. Both games are played on pre-drawn graphs and involve two players taking turns moving from node to node. The goal of the Make-A-Cycle game is to move to a point forward. The purpose of the Avoid-A-Cycle game is to avoid moving to a discovered point. In my research, I studied winning strategies for both games played on the graphs we called Tunnel Graphs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through my internship, I learned what math research is, what it involves, and conducts. I have been considering pursuing a career in math research, so seeing what it is, I found this internship very beneficial. Additionally, I learned what a combinatorial game is, what Cayley graphs are, how to use Microsoft Teams, and the importance of notation. In so learning these things, I developed my critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills. I also developed better collaboration skills.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, I want to thank Dr. Zachary Gates for choosing me for this internship. I view him as a friend, teacher, and mentor. Second, I want to thank William Lillis &#8217;22 for being a terrific colleague and coworker. Lastly, I thank the Treves Research Fund and Wabash College for making all this possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake Hayes &#8217;24 &#8212;&nbsp;I spent my summer internship with Dr. Zachary Gates and Will Lillis researching the mathematics behind these combinatorial games we called Make-A-Cycle and Avoid-A-Cycle. Both games are played on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021-summer-internships","category-academic-research"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/08\/jjklkh-774x1024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2909,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786\/revisions\/2909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}