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.)
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Where water meets math
“My life has always been intertwined with water in one way or another,” realized Lizz Webb, who recently completed her master’s degree in applied mathematics at the University of Waterloo. As the captain of the swim team in high school, Webb has always loved swimming and lifeguarding, but she never expected to build a career at the intersection of mathematics and ocean sciences.
New model helps determine who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first
Researchers have developed a new model to help authorities determine which sector of the population should get COVID-19 vaccination first.
If a vaccine becomes available in January 2021 or shortly after, it should be given to people 60 years old and older first, since they have the highest death rate from COVID-19. According to the model, if the vaccine becomes available in the summer of 2021, the priority group changes.
Large class sizes during the coronavirus pandemic are a triple whammy
Mathematical models can help figure out class sizes and configurations to minimize disruptions and school closures.Events
Master's Thesis Defence | Ireneo James Membrere, Time-Dependent Particle Detectors and Phase Space Methods for Entanglement Harvesting
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Master's Thesis Defence | Adam Vieno, A Reduced-Order Modeling Approach to Shape Optimization Via Time-Dependent Bases
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