The Department of Applied Mathematics has 30 faculty members and over 100 graduate students. We offer undergraduate plans in Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics that attract outstanding students. The wide range of interdisciplinary research being undertaken in the department provides a stimulating environment for our graduate program.
The department has research programs in
- Control and Dynamical Systems (including differential equations)
- Fluid Mechanics
- Mathematical Medicine and Biology
- Mathematical Physics
- Scientific Computing
Please take a look at the short video below highlighting some of the department's research in mathematical medicine/biology and fluid mechanics.
University of Waterloo Dept. of Applied Mathematics researchers are discussing how their work helps to build tools used to tackle a broad range of problems that affect us all.
News
Applied Math PhD candidate wins Universe 2024 Travel Award
José Polo Gomez, a graduate student at the Department of Applied Mathematics and the Institute for Quantum Computing, was named one of two winners of the Universe 2024 Travel Award. The award, given by the journal Universe, supports travel to present at an international conference.
Congratulations, José!
Applied Math professors receive funding for CREATE program
Marek Stastna and co-principal investigator Francis Poulin, both professors at the Department of Applied Mathematics, received $1.65 million in research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for their Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program “Training for Novel Directions in Quantitative Climate Science.”
Read more in the Math Faculty news story.
Applied Math professors receive grants from the National Research Council
Professors David Del Rey Fernández and Achim Kempf from the Department of Applied Mathematics received research grants from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).
Events
Applied Math Colloquium | Arezoo Ardekani, Swimming and settling in density stratified fluids
Many aquatic environments are characterized by regions where water density varies over depth, often due to temperature or salinity gradients. These ‘pycnoclines’ are associated with intense biological activity and can affect carbon fluxes by slowing the descent of particles. We explore the effects of stratification on the fundamental hydrodynamics of settling particles, rising drops, and small organisms.
Applied Math Distinguished Lecture | Ian Stewart, Synchronisation in Feedforward Networks
In a network of dynamical systems, nodes are synchronous if they have identical time series. A periodic state is phase synchronous if this is the caseexcept for a phase shift.
Applied Math Colloquium | Cecile Devaud, TBA
Cecile Devaud, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo