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CREST Center-led Workshops Teach Local Girls About STEM and Careers

March 27, 2023

Merced-area mothers and their daughters participated in engaging hands-on chemistry projects recently, in two sessions hosted by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded CREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines (CCBM) at UC Merced. UC Merced and UC Davis staff and students led...

Maia Powell selected as a Black History Month 2023 Honoree by Mathematically Gifted & Black

March 7, 2023

Please check https://mathematicallygiftedandblack.com/honorees/rising-stars-maia-powell-aquia-richburg/

PhD Student Maia Powell's Research Featured in SIAM News

February 9, 2023

Please read: https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/signaling-identity-and-changing-perceptions-with-hashtags

Alumni Success Celebrated at Inaugural Math Event

February 7, 2023

The Department of Applied Mathematics, the Applied Mathematics Graduate Program and the student chapter of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) celebrated their many successful alumni recently by holding their inaugural Distinguished Alumni event and giving the Outstanding...

Applied Math Graduate Program alumni elected as SIAM Activity Group officers

January 27, 2023

Two alumni have been elected as officers for the SIAM Applied Math Education Activity Group. Dr. Shelley Poole is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Metropolitan State University of Denver.  She completed her Ph.D. in 2014 under the supervision of...

Dr. Zhao's Research Featured in SIAM News

December 14, 2022

Please read: https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/the-vaginal-microbiota-and-its-association-with-chlamydia

Tucker Hartland has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis

December 8, 2022

Our Ph.D. student, Tucker Hartland (adviser: Prof. Noemi Petra), has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Hierarchical Approaches for Efficient and Scalable Solution of Inverse Problems Governed by Partial Differential Equations". Congratulations, Dr. Hartland! Dr. Hartland...

Prof. Mayya Tokman featured in the Special Section of Inside UC Merced "Meet Faculty and Staff Who Volunteer in Their Communities" for the Kids Discovery Station

December 2, 2022

Mayya Tokman is featured in the Special Section of Inside UC Merced "Meet Faculty and Staff Who Volunteer in Their Communities" for the Kids Discovery Station. In September 2021, Tokman and Kyrilov, professors of applied math and of computer science and engineering, respectively...

The Applied Math department had its second "Secret Santa" event.

December 2, 2022

Continuing Lecturer David Hambley in the title role of Merced Shakespearefest’s “Titus Andronicus.”

December 1, 2022

David Hambley is featured in the Special Section of Inside UC Merced "Meet Faculty and Staff Who Volunteer in Their Communities." The role of Atticus Finch in Gallo Center’s production of “To Kill A Mockingbird” was the latest in a long line...

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