Three graduate students in Applied Math have received Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards. Hanzhe Chen, Brendon Phillips, and Paul Tiede each received at least two outstanding TA nominations for their work in the Spring 2016, Fall 2016, and Winter 2017 terms. They will each receive a $200 UW gift card. Congratulations!
John Lang, a former Applied Mathematics PhD student, has been featured in , the online magazine for the SIAM Dynamical Systems Activity Group. Dr. Lang is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of California Los Angeles.
Applied Math Professor Xinzhi Liu has published a book on the mathematical modelling of diseases.
Applied Mathematics PhD student Thomas Bury is one of two winners of the 2017 Faculty of Mathematics Three-Minute Thesis competition.
Twelve graduate degrees in Applied Mathematics will be awarded at the 2016 fall convocation:
The 2016 Applied Mathematics Doctoral Award has been given to Wilten Nicola. The award, which is valued at $200 CAD, is given annually to a departmental nominee for the Alumni Gold Medal and the Governor General’s Gold Medal. Dr. Nicola defended his PhD, entitled "Bifurcation Analysis of Large Networks of Neurons", in 2015, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Imperial College London.
The following Applied Mathematics students have won graduate scholarships for 2016/2017:
Former PhD student Sina Khani has received the 2015/2016 Applied Mathematics Graduate Research Award.
Recent Applied Math PhD graduate, Wilten Nicola, is one of twoÌýco-winners of this year's .
