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Undergraduate Math Research


DRUMS: Directed Research for Undergraduates in Mathematics and Statistics REU program at NC State 

DRUMS pairs mathematics and statistics students for interdisciplinary summer research projects.

  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Disease modeling
  • Precision medicine
  • Materials science
  • Atmospheric science
  • Physiology
  • Finance
  • Extreme weather events
  • Climate change

Undergraduate Math Research Projects

Research outside NC State
  • Paris Lewis – Distinguishing Stochastic Fluctuations from Deterministic Population Dynamics (Quantitative Research in the Life and Social Sciences Program (QRLSSP) REU)
  • Dalia DeJianne – Finite Difference Approximation of 3D Magnetic Field Slopes for Drone-Based Landmine Detection (CU Bolder REU)
  • Josh Ott – Graph-based task scheduling on heterogeneous resources (University of Michigan CERN REU)
  • Adelaide Nebeker – The Snapshot Problem for Wave Equations on Homogeneous Trees (Tufts University REU)
  • Noah Siekierski – Software for Creating Scalable Benchmarks from Quantum Algorithms (Sandia National Labs)
Math major Paris Lewis at the Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Wisdom in Math
Math Major Paris Lewis at the Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Wisdom in Mathematics

Research at NC State

  • John Miller – Modeling Platelet-like Particles Under Ultrasound Stimulation for Wound Healing In Progress (with Haider)
  • Vasudev Menon – Transformer Dynamics (with Murray)
  • Aaron West – Terahertz Computed Tomography Image Reconstruction (with Terzioglu)
  • Camden Toumbleston – Data Acquisition for Linear Inverse Problems with Application to Image Reconstruction (with Alexanderian) 
  • Diego Osorio – Representation theory of the fundamental groups of Seifert fibered spaces (with Lidman) 
  • Magnus Hanson –  Classifying Equivariant Fusion Subcategories  (with Jones)
Research Experiences and Presentations 2025-2026
  • JMM 2025: Joint Mathematics Meeting
  • The Leadership Alliance
  • Sandia National Laboratories
  • NCUWM 2026: Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Wisdom in Mathematics
  • NC State Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium
  • The 17th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium at West Virginia University
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Experience at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland

Student Awards & Recognition