Category: Mathematics

Congratulations to Thomas W. Powell '62, one of 12 Aggies honored this year with the university's highest former student honor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Powell, an entrepreneur in electrical energy systems who served as the longtime chief executive officer and chairman of Houston-based Powell Industries Inc., received his bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1962 from Texas A&M.

Congratulations to Texas A&M mathematician Jennifer Whitfield, one of five faculty members who have been appointed to 2022 University Professorships in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (UPUTE) at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Dana Randall, ADVANCE Professor of Computing and Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will visit the Texas A&M University campus next week to present two public lectures in conjunction with the Dr. Carl "C.J." Maxson Endowed Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Mathematics.

Texas A&M Science Ph.D. students Priyanga Ganesan '22 and Asim Maity '18 are among 18 selected university-wide to receive 2022 Distinguished Graduate Student Awards recognizing exemplary achievement in teaching or research.

Congratulations to Texas A&M Mathematics' Yvette Hester '89 and Texas A&M Chemistry's Travis McCartney, who have been honored by Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students with the 2022 President's Meritorious Service Award, Texas A&M's highest recognition for staff.

Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher, Dean's Professor of Systems Medicine and director of the Laboratory for Systems Medicine at the University of Florida, will visit the Texas A&M campus April 12 to deliver the 2022 Sue Geller Undergraduate Lecture, the fifth in an annual series intended to educate and inspire students in Texas A&M Mathematics.

Texas A&M mathematician Patricia Alonso Ruiz has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, a prestigious honor intended to help kick-start the careers of rising faculty with the potential to become academic leaders in both research and education.

Texas A&M is gearing up to host hundreds of students and their families Saturday, February 26, in the John R. Blocker Building for some free math- and stat-inspired fun in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the annual Mathematics and Statistics Fair.

Congratulations to Texas A&M mathematician Peter Kuchment and Texas A&M astronomer Casey Papovich, who have been elected as 2021 Fellows of the American Physical Society in recognition of their advances in knowledge through original research and publication, innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology, and significant contributions to the teaching of physics or service.

Three academic programs in the Texas A&M College of Science are among the world's top 50 in the Shanghai Ranking 2021 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), an annual survey of more than 4,000 international universities in a total of 54 subjects across the natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences and social sciences.

Texas A&M mathematician and 2019 Presidential Impact Fellow Simon Foucart has been appointed as associate director for external academic engagement in the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science, where he will lead TAMIDS-related activities to promote the growth of external research engagements in data science across the university.

First-generation students are front and center as the cover story for the most recent issue of the Texas A&M Foundation's "Spirit" magazine, which features first-person perspective from Science Leadership Scholars Program academic advisor Victor Castillo '13 and Texas A&M biologist and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Student Success Dr. Tim Scott '89, as well as a profile on Texas A&M mathematics major and Regents Scholar Lizzett Tapia '23.

Senior applied math and statistics major Cosmas Kravaris '22 and senior biology major Ryan Rahman '22 have been selected as Texas A&M's latest recipients of $10,000 scholarships from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, which seeks to strengthen U.S. leadership in science and technology by supporting the nation's best undergraduate students pursuing STEM majors.

Congratulations to Texas A&M mathematician Jean-Luc Guermond, one of 28 international mathematical scientists who have earned selection to the 2021 class of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Fellows in recognition of international excellence in mathematical science and service.

Texas A&M statistician Irina Gaynanova and Texas A&M mathematician Matthias Maier have been selected as 2021 recipients of the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, a prestigious honor intended to help kick-start the careers of promising junior faculty members.