Graduate Matthew Ambacher (centre), along with Michael Waite (left) and Francs Poulin (right)
Eight graduate degrees in applied mathematics were awarded at the Fall 2017 convocation.
The 2017 Applied Mathematics Doctoral Award has been given to Ali Mahdipour Shirayeh. The award, which is valued at $200 CAD, is given annually to a departmental nominee for the Alumni Gold Medal and the Governor General’s Gold Medal. Dr. Mahdipour Shirayeh defended his PhD, entitled “Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer: Spatial and Heterogeneous Effects”, in January 2017, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network in Toronto.
Applied Math Professor Jun Liu received the Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems Paper Prize, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of hybrid systems documented in a paper published in the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Journal Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems. At each IFAC World Congress the prize is awarded to the authors of two selected papers published in the journal in the three years preceding the IFAC World Congress.
Spring 2017 graduates Subasha Wickramarachchi, Demetri Pananos, along with David Harmsworth, Francis Poulin & Marek Stastna
Twelve graduate degrees in Applied Mathematics were awarded at the 2017 spring convocation.
Three graduate students in Applied Math have received Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards. Hanzhe Chen, Brendon Phillips, and Paul Tiede each received at least two outstanding TA nominations for their work in the Spring 2016, Fall 2016, and Winter 2017 terms. They will each receive a $200 UW gift card. Congratulations!
John Lang, a former Applied Mathematics PhD student, has been featured in DSWeb, the online magazine for the SIAM Dynamical Systems Activity Group. Dr. Lang is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of California Los Angeles.
Applied Math Professor Xinzhi Liu has published a book on the mathematical modelling of diseases.
Applied Mathematics PhD student Thomas Bury is one of two winners of the 2017 Faculty of Mathematics Three-Minute Thesis competition.
Twelve graduate degrees in Applied Mathematics will be awarded at the 2016 fall convocation:
The 2016 Applied Mathematics Doctoral Award has been given to Wilten Nicola. The award, which is valued at $200 CAD, is given annually to a departmental nominee for the Alumni Gold Medal and the Governor General’s Gold Medal. Dr. Nicola defended his PhD, entitled "Bifurcation Analysis of Large Networks of Neurons", in 2015, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Imperial College London.