News

Nov 20, 2016

Professor Ralph Smith Named Winner of SPIE 2017 Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has named Professor Ralph Smith winner of its 2017 Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nov 20, 2016

Ralph Smith Named 2016 winner of ASME Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Award

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has named Ralph Smith the 2016 winner of its Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Award.

Oct 20, 2016

Erich Kaltofen’s Work Celebrated at Computer Algebra 2016 Conference

The Milestones in Computer Algebra 2016 Conference, held July 16-18 at the University of Waterloo, celebrated the research of Professor Erich Kaltofen.

Sep 20, 2016

Nine Instructors Receive Spring 2016 Thank a Teacher Letters

Nine Mathematics Department instructors received Spring 2016 Thank a Teacher letters from students. The NC State Thank a Teacher program was launched in Fall 2010 "to allow students the opportunity to thank NC State professors who have gone above and beyond to make a difference in their lives."

Sep 20, 2016

Team Including Ralph Smith Makes Fundamental Advance in Materials Science

A team of researchers from NC State, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, including Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Ralph Smith, has published a fundamental advance in materials science that will allow researchers to use advanced statistical techniques to derive more complete information about the crystallographic structure of materials using data from scattering experiments.

Aug 20, 2016

SAMSI’s Undergraduate Workshop: Oct 24-25, 2016

As part of its Education and Outreach Program for 2016-2017, the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) will host a two-day undergraduate workshop on topics of current interest in statistics and applied mathematics.

May 20, 2016

Cleveland Waddell wins Angela E. Grant Poster Award

Mathematics graduate student Cleveland Waddell won the Angela E. Grant Poster Award for Best Algorithm at the 22nd Conference for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences, held at Princeton University from June 15 to 18.

May 20, 2016

Harrelson Hall Demolished

Harrelson Hall, home of the mathematics department from 1961 to 2009, is currently being demolished, to be replaced, for now, with a landscaped garden.

May 6, 2016

Alan Porch Wins 2016 COS Award for Excellence

Mathematics Department Business Officer Alan Porch has been named winner of the 2016 College of Sciences Award for Excellence, the College's highest honor for non-faculty employees.

Apr 20, 2016

Grad and AMS President Robert Bryant’s Life Featured in AMS Notices

Robert Bryant, who grew up on a farm in Harnett County, did his undergraduate work at NC State, and is today president of the American Mathematical Society, discusses his upbringing and his personal and professional journey in an interview in the June-July issue of the Notices of the AMS.