March 2012 Alumni Newsletter

A gift by Anjela Govan (Mathematics Ph.D. 2008) and her husband, Vincent has established the Meyer Graduate Travel Fund Endowment in the Mathematics Department. Named for Govan's advisor, Professor Carl Meyer, the fund will allow graduate student to attend conferences in the U.S. and abroad. (story)

Professor Alina Chertock is part of one of the National Science Foundation's first Research Networks in the Mathematical Sciences. The "Kinetic Description of Emerging Challenges in Multiscale Problems" network (KI-Net) includes 25 core participants at institutions in the US and Europe. Kinetic equations describe systems of many particles as densities. The participants envision applications ranging from semi-conductors, polymers, and plasma to swarming and neural networks, as well as traffic and social and economic networks.

At the International Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology in Pune, India, January 23-27, 2012, three of the ten plenary speakers from outside India were members of the NC State Mathematics Department. Tom Banks spoke on mathematical modeling of human lymphocyte proliferation, Sharon Lubkin spoke on self-organizing tissues, and Hien Tran spoke on optimal control-based treatment strategies for HIV-AIDS.

Michele Benzi, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Emory University and a 1993 NC State Mathematics Ph.D., has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). He was recognized for "contributions to numerical linear algebra and its applications, especially sparse linear systems and preconditioning." Benzi, whose Ph.D. advisor was Carl Meyer, is the first NC State Ph.D. to achieve this distinction. He joins five NC State Mathematics Department faculty who are SIAM Fellows.

The Mathematics and Statistics Departments moved into state-of-the-art SAS Hall in May 2009. An article in the PAMS magazine SCOPE tells how the new building is changing life in the two departments.The story behind SAS hall is here. More SAS Hall photos here.

NC State Mathematics Graduation

Your are cordially invited to the Department of Mathematics Graduation Ceremony on Friday, May 11, 2011 at 3:00 pm in 2203 SAS Hall. Pictures of the event are posted here.

Pictures from Recent Events

Photos are available from Categorification of Quantum Groups and Representation Theory Conference, Don Saari "Koh Lecture Series" called Mathematics and the mystery of dark matter, the 2012 Math Dept. Awards Ceremony, and Dr. Campbell's Retirement Reception.

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