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Feb 21, 2023

UG Student Research Opportunity

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce we are accepting applications for the SIAM-Simons Undergraduate Summer Research Program, which will provide research, networking, and mentorship opportunities to U.S. students from underrepresented groups. Participating students will receive a stipend of $1,000/week and will have their housing, meals, and travel expenses paid. This is…

Feb 21, 2023

Ralph Smith elected as ASME Fellow

Ralph Smith has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), honoring his extensive mathematical contributions to materials technologies. ASME, the 85,000+ member strong global engineering society, bestows the title of Fellow on members who have made exceptional achievements and contributions to the engineering profession and ASME. Congratulations, Ralph!

Feb 21, 2023

Khai Nguyễn selected as a 2022-2023 University Faculty Scholar

Khai Nguyen has been selected as a 2022-23 University Faculty Scholar (UFS) at NC State. The University Faculty Scholars program, established in 2012, recognizes and rewards emerging academic leaders and scholars among NC State’s tenured and tenure-track faculty. This is the third time a faculty in the Mathematics Department has been awarded this honor. Seth Sullivant…
The statues in Wolf Plaza

Dec 11, 2022

Passionate About the Power of Higher Education

Shevani Mehta ’22 is majoring in economics, international studies, and Spanish and plans to attend law school, while Megan Pryor ’22 is studying mathematics and math education to become a teacher. Despite their distinct academic and professional goals, they were both drawn to the Marian Drane Graham Scholars program.
The NC State Belltower lit red against a night sky

Sep 13, 2022

College Honors 2020 Alumni and Student Awardees

The College of Sciences recognized three alumni and one student for their outstanding achievements at its annual awards ceremony.

Sep 13, 2022

Bidirectional Contact Tracing Could Have a Dramatic Impact on COVID-19 Infection Numbers

Contact tracing is an important component of mitigating the spread of infections like COVID-19. Alun Lloyd, Drexel Professor of Mathematics at NC State, works with computational models to help us understand how diseases spread. Lloyd recently co-authored a study that found bidirectional contact tracing is twice as effective as forward tracing, the contact tracing method currently…

Sep 13, 2022

Sciences Faculty, Staff, Students Receive 2020-21 University Honors

Nine members of the College of Sciences community were recently recognized with 2020-21 NC State teaching, diversity, extension and excellence awards.

May 19, 2022

William Anderson has been awarded the 2022 SIAM Student Paper Prize

Congratulations to Mathematics PhD student, William Anderson, who has been awarded the 2022 SIAM Student Paper Prize. This prize is awarded annually to only 3 students worldwide.  William works with Dr. Farazmand (www.mfarazmand.com/) on reduced-order modeling of nonlinear dynamical systems. He was awarded this prize in recognition of his work on Reduced-order Nonlinear Solutions of…

May 17, 2022

GAMMA: Girls in Applied Math, Modeling, and Analysis

PDF Flyer for more information. RSVP: Space is limited! Register by Friday, May 20, at: www.sciencehouse.ncsu.edu Grade Level: High School Girls Learn aboutWhat Do Mathematicians Do? What is Mathematical Research? What is Applied Math? What are Mathematical Models? Schedule: 11-11:15am Drop off – Pullen Park, Shelter #3 11:15-11:30am Introductions 11:30 – 12pm Math Modeling and…

Apr 19, 2022

NC State Mathematics/Statistics REU students awarded fellowships

Congratulations to 4 undergraduate students from the NC State University Directed Research for Undergraduate Math and Statistics (DRUMS) summer 2021 REU program for being awarded fellowships! John Hood (Bowdoin College) won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. John worked with Dr. Mohammad Farazmand (NC State Mathematics). John was also co-author on a paper with Dr. Farazmand…