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Department of Applied Mathematics Newsletter 2016-2017 Department of Applied Mathematics Newsletter 2016-2017 - University of Colorado Boulder - \ In This Issue ... 1 Cover 2 In this issue 3 Affiliated Faculty 4 Faculty 5 Staff / Visiting Scholars 6/7 Graduates 8/9 Letter from the Chair 10 AWM Feature 11 News 12/13 Headlining Faculty 14 Student Awards 2 APPM Newsletter Affiliated Faculty Betterton, Meredith – Physics Martins-Filho, Carlos - Economics Bradley Elizabeth – Computer Science Meyer, Francois – Electrical, Comp. & Energy Cai, Xiao-Chuan – Computer Science Engineering Calkins, Michael – Physics Moyen, Nathalie – Leeds School of Business Cary, John – Physics Nychka, Douglas – NCAR, Institute for Math Clauset, Aaron – Computer Science Applied to Geosci. Crimaldi, John – Civil, Env. Archit. Engineering O’Rourke, Sean - Mathematics DeGrand, Thomas – Physics Ostrovsky, Lev A. – NOAA Doostan, Alireza – Aerospace Engineering Parker, Scott – Physics Sciences Pouquet, Annick – NCAR Elkington, Scot – LASP Rajaram, Harihar – Civil, Env. & Archit. Evans, John - Aerospace Engineering Flaxman, Samuel – Ecology & Evolutionary Rey, Ana Maríe – JILA; Physics Sciences Sankaranarayanan, Sriram – Computer Flyer, Natasha – Institute for Math Applied to Science Geosci. Scheeres, Daniel – Aerospace Engineering Aimé Fournier – Mathematics Sciences Fox-Kemper, Baylor - CIRES Shull, J. Michael – Astrophysical & Planetary Frongillo, Rafael – Computer Science Sciences Glover, Fred – Leeds School of Business Syvitski, James – INSTAAR; Geological Hauser, Thomas – Research Computing Sciences Herzfeld, Ute – CIRES; Electrical, Comp. & Toomre, Juri – JILA Energy Engineering Tufo, Henry – Computer Science Horányi, Mihály – Physics, LASP Varanasi, Mahesh – Electrical & Computer Hrenya, Christine – Chem. & Biological Engineering Engineering Vernerey, Franck – Mechanical Engineering Hussein, Mahmoud I. – Aerospace Engineering Weidman, Patrick – Mechanical Engineering Sciences Weiss, Jeffrey B. – ATOC Jessup, Elizabeth – Computer Science Werne, Joseph – Colorado Research Kantha, Lakshmi – Aerospace Associates Kompala, Dhinaker – Chem & Biological Zylberberg Joel – Physiology and Biophysics Engineering Laguna, Manuel – Leeds School of Business Lomeli, Hector – University of Texas 3 APPM Newsletter APPM Faculty Department Chair: Keith Julien, Professor Associate Department Chair: Anne Dougherty, Senior Instructor Chair of Graduate Studies Fall 16’: Per-Gunnar Martinsson, Professor Chair of Graduate Studies Spring 17’: Mark Hoefer, Associate Professor Mark Ablowitz, Professor Murray Cox, Instructor Gregory Beylkin, Professor Danielle Lyles, Instructor James H. Curry, Professor Eric Thaler, Instructor Vanja Dukic, Professor Brian Zaharatos, Instuctor Bengt Fornberg, Professor Silva Chang, Lecturer and Math Placement Mark Hoefer, Professor Advisor Keith Julien, Professor Rachel Tutmaher, Lecturer, Learning Center Congming Li, Professor Coordinator Per-Gunnar Martinsson, Professor Justin Cole, Instructor, Research Associate James Meiss, Professor Chao Deng, Instructor, Research Associate Harvey Segur, Professor Yolanda Slichter, Instructor, Reseach Associate David Bortz, Associate Professor Ann DeFranco, Lecturer Jem Corcoran, Assocaite Professor Susan Hallowell, Lecturer Manuel Lladser, Assocaite Professor Jonathan Kish, Lecturer Juan G. Restrepo, Associate Professor Daniel “Seneca” Lindsey, Lecturer Eric Vance, Associate Professor Sandy Williams, Lecturer Stephen Becker, Assistant Professor Nicholas Featherstone, Lecturer and Research Ian Grooms, Assistant Professor Associate Yu-Jui Huang, Assistant Professor Xudan Luo, Lecturer and Research Associate Zachary Kilpatrick, Assistant Professor Philippe Marti, Lecturer and Research William Kleiber, Assistant Professor Associate Jerrold Bebernes, Professor Emeritus Benjamin Miquel, Lecturer and Research Bob Easton, Professor Emeritus Associate Tom Mantueffel, Professor Emeritus Igor Rumanov, Lecturer and Research Steve McCormick, Professor Emeritus Associate Anne Dougherty, Senior Instructor Lucas Monzon, Research Associate Adam Norris, Senior Instructor Steffan Muenzemaier, Research Associate Sujeet Bhat, Instructor 4 APPM Newsletter APPM Staff Ian Cunningham, Office Coordinator and Undergraduate Program Assistant Mary Fentress, Program Manager Desiree Holtz, Accounting Tech Emily O’Connor, Graduate Program Assistant Jacob Tafoya, IT Manager Jennnifer Corpuz, Student Assistant Sabrina Macneir, Student Assistant Danielle Hawley, Writer Ashley Hopko, Writer and Photographer Warm Welcomes Justin Cole Chao Deng Yu-Jui Huang Zachary Kilpatrick Danielle Lyles Xudan Luo Eric Thaler Eric Vance Fond Farewells Ann Defranco Yiping Ma Thomas Manteuffel Philippe Marti Steffan Muenzemaier Visiting Scholars Bruno Deremble, Florida State University Ezio Iacocca, Chanlets University of Tech Imran Khan, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir. 5 Graduates Summer 2016 & Spring 2017 PhD Jeffery Allen What’s Cooler Than Being Cool? Ice Sheet Models Using a Fluidity-Based FOSLS Approach Spring 2017 to Nonlinear-Stokes Flow Dissertation Advisor: Outstanding Thomas Manteuffel, Ph. D. Alyson Fox Algebraic Multigrid (AMG) for Graph Laplacian Graduate Award Linear Systems: Extensions of AMG for Signed, Undirected and Unsigned, Directed Graphs Winners Dissertation Advisor: Thomas Manteuffel, Ph. D. Outstanding Graduates for Dale Jennings Advances in MCMC Methods of Applications to Research: Particle Filtering, DSMC and Bayesian Networks Advisor: Jem Corcoran Derek Driggs, AMEN BS/MS Inom Mirzaev Analytical and Numerical Investigation of Long-term Behavior of Microbial Flocculation Outstanding Graduates for Academic Equations Dissertation Advisor: David Bortz, Ph. D. Achievement (highest undergraduate GPA of graduating students): Wayne Mitchell Low-communication, Parallel Multigrid Algorithms of Elliptic Partial Differential Jonathan Reichanadter, AMEN BS/MS + EPEN Equations Dissertation Advisor: Thomas BS Manteuffel, Ph. D. Ian Char, CSEN BS + AMEN BS Matthew Hurst, ASEN BS + AMEN BS Ben O’Neill Multigrid Reduction in Time for Parabolic Problems Dissertation Advisor: Thomas Manteuffel, Ph. D. Benjamin Sturdevant Multiqrid Reduction in Time for Parabolic Problems, Advisor: Scott Parker 6 APPM Newsletter Master of Science Bachelor of Science Jessica Gronski Yasser Albarakat Nathan Guillery CourtneyAnderson Nathan Heavner James Benesh Zhishen Huang Matthew Caverly Romik Khajetourian Aiden Coffey Eric Kightley William Farmer Victoria Li Emma Griffey Michelle Maiden Matthew Hansen John Nardini Kyle Harlow Gregor Robinson Yijia Huang Sama Shrestha Matthew Hurst Junlong Sun Britni Janoso Caitlin Kayen Mackenzie Kerm Ji Hoon Kim Ian Laga Edmond Lee Joshua Mellin Bridget Morales Master of Science & Joshua North Thomas O’Hair Bachelor of Science Craig Peck Floyd Pierce Amy DeCastro Jeremy Rapp Derek Driggs Lucy Rieves Lukas Goetz-Weiss Rachel Robey Gavin Medley Camryn Schultz Jaden Pieper Himanshi Singhal Tyler Reichanandter Sydney Sloan Erez Shani Jeffery Tennant Davis Yoshida Andi Vicksman Nathaniel Voth Ryan Weller Alexis Wylie Nathan Yeo 7 Letter from the Department Chair July 17, 2017 Chair’s Statement —Narrative Keith Julien—Chair Department of Applied Mathematics (APPM) Applied Mathematics at CU Boulder continues to be a vibrant unit with many moving parts and new initiatives. The past year was a tremendously busy time for all. Most importantly, AY16-17 was dominated by the academic review process (ARPAC), an internal and external evaluation of the unit required every seven years. The internal and external evaluations confirm that APPM is a healthy and dynamic unit that fulfills all of its missions with excellence and dedication.APPM was humbled and honored to note the external findings of comraderie and a healthy departmen- tal climate. The biggest, systemic issue is space, i.e., the reunification of the department from six locations to a single location. As chair, I can report that a process is now in place to address this, which is central to elevating the unit to new levels of excellence. A significant event in the unit’s history was approval by the CU Board of Regents for its second undergraduate degree, a BA in Statistics and Data Science to be offered in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Regents stated, “The bachelors in statistics and data science is intended to produce alumni who will have a STEM-based understanding of statistics and its applications. The degree, which will be offered by the Department of Applied Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, will prepare students for a wide range of careers in engineering, economics, data science, public health, epidemiology, insurance, forestry, psychology, social justice and human rights, and more. ”No other university in the state offers an undergraduate degree program in statistics and data science, so this degree will increase the ability of CU Boulder to attract high-quality resident and nonresident students and enable the Boulder campus to place its alumni in highly desirable posi- tions at top companies, national labs and graduate programs.’’ The new BA will officially begin in Fall 2018 and will be the culmination of a decade long effort in recruiting a critical mass of faculty of excellence capable of delivering a high-quality education to our students. Many thanks to Professor Vanja Dukic, Associate Chair Anne Dougherty and the statistics steering committee for their dedicated effort in bringing this venture to fruition. AY16-17 saw the creation of the Association for Women
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