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
Recent Applied Math alum wins prestigious Irwin Oppenheim Award from the American Physical Society
Dr. José Polo-Gómez, a recent graduate of the Applied Mathematics PhD program, has received the 2026 Irwin Oppenheim Award from the American Physical Society. This award, which honours early-career scientists, recognizes Dr. Polo-Gómez for showing that the second law of thermodynamics limits the ability to distinguish between quantum states. He reported this result in a 2024 paper entitled “Thermodynamic bound on quantum state discrimination”. Dr. Polo-Gómez, who worked under the supervision of Professor Eduardo Martin-Martinez, is now a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics.
Applied Math PhD graduate selected as valedictorian
Maliha Ahmed, a recent graduate of the Applied Math PhD program, was selected as valedictorian for the Math Fall convocation, held October 24, 2025. Maliha’s nomination was based on her excellent scholastic achievement, her strong research record (focusing on computational modelling of the neuronal mechanisms of epilepsy), and her service to the Math community (including organizing workshops for Women in Mathematics (WiM)). Congratulations, Maliha!
2025 Fall Convocation
Seven Master’s and eight PhD Applied Mathematics degrees were awarded in the 2025 Fall Convocation. Congratulations to the graduates!
Events
Mathematical Medicine and Biology Seminar | Veronika Magdanz, How sperm and microbes move: a look at Intelligent active matter on the microscale
MC 6460
Master's Thesis Defence | Mohammad Mohammadifar, Investigating Isotropy in Atmospheric Turbulence Using Large Eddy Simulations
MC 5501
Master's Thesis Defence | Elizabeth Yackoboski, Hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods for coupled flow and transport systems
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