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Applied Mathematics Faculty Receive School of Natural Sciences Faculty Awards

November 13, 2025

At the 2025 School of Natural Sciences (SNS) Annual Community Dinner on October 17, two Applied Mathematics faculty were recognized for their contributions to the School. Prof. Rosemarie Bongers received the "Developing or Improving Academic Programs and Tracks" award, which...

UC Merced Leads National Effort to Unlock Quantum Secrets of Twisty Molecules

October 27, 2025

A team of scientists led by UC Merced is embarking on a project to understand how the twisted shapes of specific molecules can influence the spin of electrons — a phenomenon that could revolutionize solar energy, electronics and quantum computing. The research, funded by the U.S. Department of...

Merced Math Teachers’ Circle Hosts π-Themed Workshop for Local K-12 STEM Teachers

May 10, 2025

The Merced Math Teachers’ Circle (MMTC) hosted a summer workshop on “Various Ways of Estimating, Computing, Approximating the Value of π.” The event welcomed local STEM educators from across Merced County to explore both deterministic and probabilistic approaches to calculating π...

Prof. Lei, Yue receives UC Merced Senate Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching

May 9, 2025

.image-left { float: left; margin-right: 15px; } At the May 7, 2025, Meeting of the Merced Division of the Academic Senate, it was announced that Prof. Lei, Yue is this year's recipient of the Senate Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching for...

Graduate student Lu, Yu defends PhD dissertation

April 30, 2025

Graduate student, Lu, Yu, successfully defended his PhD dissertation, titled "Negative Binomial Optimization for Signal Processing, Medical Imaging, and Deep Learning Applications," on April 30, 2025. Lu, Yu is advised by Prof. Roummel Marcia. His committee...

Graduate student Jocelyn Ornelas-Munoz defends PhD dissertation

April 24, 2025

Graduate student, Jocelyn Ornelas-Muñoz, successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled "Constrained Optimization for Regularizing Machine Learning Techniques to Improve Generalizability," on April 24, 2025. Jocelyn is co-advised by Prof. Erica Rutter and Prof. Roummel Marcia....

The Applied Mathematics Department having fun hosting tables on Bobcat Day 2025

April 19, 2025

During Bobcat Day 2025 (Saturday, April 19), we promoted our Applied Mathematics undergraduate program as well as the Data Science & Computing undergraduate program by hosting tables. Several faculty members as well as the undergraduate student volunteers welcomed prospective students and their...

Graduate student Mohammed Aburidi defends PhD dissertation

November 18, 2024

Graduate student, Mohammed Aburidi, successfully defended his PhD dissertation, titled "Optimization for Robust and Interpretable Learning on Graphs and Images," on November 18, 2024. Mohammed is advised by Prof. Roummel Marcia. His committee members include...

The Applied Mathematics Department hosts an EJIE seminar by Dr. Mary Ann Leung

November 7, 2024

The Applied Math department hosts an EJIE (Equity, Justice, and Inclusive Excellence) guest lecture seminar by Dr. Mary Ann Leung (Sustainable Horizons Institute) on Thursday, November 7 at 4pm in SSM 104. The presentation title is "Normalizing Inclusion by Embracing Difference"....

Tri (Alex) Nguyen has successfully defended his Ph.D thesis

July 24, 2024

Our Ph.D. student, Tri (Alex) Nguyen (adviser: Prof. Mayya Tokman), has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Investigation into the Numerical Simulation of Strongly Magnetized Charged Particle Dynamics by Exponential Integration". Congratulations, Dr. Nguyen! We wish you all the...

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