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 professor Graeme Smith wins Golden Jubilee Research Award
The Faculty of Mathematics Research Office recently announced its 2024 recipients of the Golden Jubilee Research Excellence Award. Graeme Smith, an associate professor in Applied Mathematics, was one of this year’s winners.
Applied Math student Chichi Zhou wins Mehta-Jenner Climate Change Mitigation Graduate Scholarship
The $10,000 Mehta-Jenner Scholarship is awarded to female graduate students in a Faculty of Mathematics master’s program who are conducting research on the assessment and/or mitigation of climate change.
Two Applied Math faculty win Outstanding Performance Awards
The awards are given each year to faculty members across the University of Waterloo who demonstrate excellence in teaching and research.
Events
Master's Thesis Defence | Sonja Cotra, Systems biology models for cancer immunotherapy
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PhD Comprehensive Exam | Eric Culf, The Complexity of Entangled Constraint Satisfaction Problems
Due to entanglement, a strong form of correlation arising from quantum mechanics, the expressive power of correlation scenarios, such as nonlocal games, is much increased with quantum provers.
PhD Transfer Exam | Rosalie Cormier, Simulating Baroclinic Instability in the Beaufort Gyre
UWaterloo Applied Math PhD Candidate Rosalie Cormier discusses simulating Baroclinic Instability in the Beaufort Gyre