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
New: Modified AM undergraduate programs from Fall 2025! (Including the AM-SciML program, our new major focusing on Scientific Machine Learning; new course AMATH 345 - Data-Driven Mathematical modeling; a new Climate and Sustainability specialization; and PHYS 121 no longer being required for the AM major.)
News
Ruikun Zhou wins Faculty of Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Award
Ruikun Zhou, who recently completed the PhD program in Applied Math, received a Faculty of Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Award for the paper, Resolvent-Type Data-Driven Learning of Generators for Unknown Continuous-Time Dynamical Systems, published with supervisor Prof. Jun Liu in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. This research develops a new data-driven framework for learning the fundamental operators that govern nonlinear dynamical systems directly from trajectory data, enabling model-based prediction, analysis, and control even for uncertain system.
Congratulations to Applied Math Graduates!
Congratulations to all Applied Mathematics graduates who walked the stage at Spring 2026 convocation!
Prof. Peter Caines awarded honorary degree at convocation
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to mean field game theory and systems on complex networks, Prof. Peter Caines was awarded a Doctor of Mathematics degree, honoris causa, by the University of Waterloo in 2026. While visiting campus, Prof. Caines delivered an Applied Math Distinguished Lecture on Mean Field Control and Games on Large Networks and met with current graduate students to discuss their research.
Events
Comprehensive Seminar | Jonathan Gallagher, Towards Control-Oriented Neural Surrogate Models for PDE-Governed Systems
MC 5501
PhD Transfer Exam | Ivan Shevchenko, Stability Analysis of Switched Dynamical Systems
M3 3103
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Seminar | Jan Nordström, SBP-SAT: past, present and future.
MC 5501