An MAA PREP Workshop held at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas May 20th - May 25th, 2007

 Scott Chapman completed his graduate studies in mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (where he received a Masters degree in 1984) and the University of North Texas (where he received the Ph.D. degree in 1987). Since then he has held the positions of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author of over 65 refereed publications, with the majority dealing with problems involving non-unique factorizations. Since 2000, he has been the Program Director of Trinity's Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Mathematics Program. His work with that Program and other Trinity students has led to the publication of 12 refereed papers which are co-authored with undergraduates. He is currently an Associate Editor of the American Mathematical Monthly.

Jim Coykendall is the James A. Meier Professor at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. He received his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1995, and after a one year position as the C. C. Hsiung Professor at Lehigh University, arrived in Fargo in 1996 where he is currently both the Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Chair of the Department of Mathematics. In 2005, he was the North Dakota winner of the Carnegie Foundation’s “U.S.  Professor of the Year” award.  He is the author of over 30 refereed publications, many of which involve factorization problems. He is currently directing the Doctoral work of 8 students and is an Associate Editor of the Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics.