Applied Mathematics Graduate Program — 2025–2026 Excellence Awards
We are delighted to celebrate this year's recipients of the Applied Mathematics Graduate Program Excellence Awards.
Matthew Blomquist and others after he completed his dissertation defense
Congratulations Dr. Blomquist!
Matthew Blomquist successfully defended his dissertation "Characteristic Bending and Structure-Preserving Methods for Imcompressible Flow" on Jan. 28. 
NSF-PIMS Summer School and Hacksthon groups
NSF-PIMS Summer School and Hackathon on Structure-Preserving Scientific Computing and Machine Learning
Applied Mathematics faculty Andy Wan organizes the NSF-PIMS Summer School and Hackathon on Structure-Preserving Scientific Computing and Machine Learning at the University of Washington on June 16-25, 2025.
Applied Math group tabling
Welcome First Year Students
The Applied Math department welcomes the first-year students in the beginning of AY2025-26!
Group of students and faculty at Applied Math retreat
2025 Applied Mathematics Departmental Retreat
On August 21, the Applied Mathematics Department had a highly productive retreat in downtown Merced. The retreat featured scientific talks by our senior graduate students, a poster session, and plenty of opportunity to network and reconnect. We would like to extend a special welcome to our incoming first-year Ph.D. students!
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