Fourth-year applied math student James Lowman, with help from his classmates, has recreated the 1919 Great Boston Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molassacre, in the laboratory. was part of his final project for AMATH 463 (Fluid Mechanics).
The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ International Genetically Engineered Machine () team was awarded gold medal standing at the recent 2015 iGEM Giant in Boston. The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ team also received awards for best poster overgrad and best software tool overgrad, as well as being nominated for the best overgrad foundational advance project.
Matthew Smart was awarded the prize for best presentation at the recent Applied Math Undergraduate Student Research Mini-Conference held on August 14.
The following current applied math students have won scholarships for graduate studies for fall 2015. Scholarships include:
David Harmsworth has been selected one of two winnersÌýof the 2015 Faculty of Mathematics Awards for Distinction in Teaching.Ìý
At the recent AMMCS 2015/CAIMS-SCMAI 2015/23rd CFDSC Conference several Applied Math students won awards for their presentations:
At a recent celebration, Applied Math Faculty Members Xinzhi Liu, Kirsten Morris and Siv Sivaloganthan were honoured for 25 years of service to the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, while and Applied Math Administrator, Maureen Fraser, was honoured for 35 years of service. Congratulations to all!
Undergraduate student Jason Blais, who recently graduated with a double major in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, has won the Governor General Silver Medal.
Melanie Chanona, undergraduate student in Mathematical Physics, is a co-winner of the 2015 Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.Ìý
Nine graduate degrees in Applied Mathematics were awarded at the Spring 2015 convocation: