Xuan Hien Nguyen, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, has been named the Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics in recognition of her outstanding teaching practices. Please read more about this achievement here.
Don was born on June 29, 1935 in Oakland, California. Following in the footsteps of his older brother Leo, he enrolled in U.C. Berkeley in 1953. He earned a B.S. in Physics in 1958, and, after a stint in the armed forces, a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1970. His thesis adviser was the legendary logician … Continue reading It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Don Pigozzi, a long-time member of the Department of Mathematics at Iowa State University.
Xuan Hien Nguyen, Associate Professor and Coordinator for Actuarial Science, Department of Mathematics, was honored with the 2022 Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics Women Impacting ISU Calendar Award. Initiated in 2007 by the Catt Associates student leadership organization and funded by Iowa State’s Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, … Continue reading Xuan Hien Nguyen receives 2022 Woman Impacting ISU Calendar Award
Pablo Raúl Stinga, Associate Professor and Director of Diversity, Department of Mathematics, was honored with the Ames Chamber of Commerce FUEL Story County 4 Under 40 Award. The 4 Under 40 Awards capture the spirit of extraordinary young professionals in the Ames community, by recognizing those individuals who take the mission of FUEL Story County … Continue reading Pablo Raúl Stinga receives 2021 Ames Chamber of Commerce FUEL Story County 4 Under 40 Award
Congratulations to our undergraduate student Henry Simmons for being accepted to the Spring 2022 Budapest Semesters in Mathematics (BSM) Program – a study-abroad program for North American undergraduate students in Budapest, Hungary. Henry grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. He is currently a Junior at Iowa State, majoring in mathematics with a minor in computer science. He is also … Continue reading ISMaRT Student Accepted to Spring 2022 Budapest Semesters in Mathematics
The ISU Mathematics department hosted a meeting of the Iowa PDE Seminar on October 30, 2021. This annual meeting, meant to bring together Math faculty and graduate students from around Iowa with research interests in partial differential equations, first took place in 1987 at Grinnell College, but has mostly alternated between ISU and the University … Continue reading 2021 Iowa PDE Seminar
Two members of the department of mathematics have been recognized for their work within the graduate college. Dr. Shira Zerbib has been awarded the Iowa State Graduate College Postdoctoral Mentoring Award for 2021 in recognition of her excellence in mentorship of postdoctoral scholars. Dr. Mohsen Aliabadi has been recognized for his work with the Iowa … Continue reading Two Department of Mathematics Members Receive Postdoctoral Awards
Abdul Basit (mentored by Shira Zerbib) and Matthew Mastroeni (mentored by Jason McCullough) each received the AMS-Simons Travel Grant (http://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/AMS-SimonsTG). The AMS-Simons Travel Grants Program acknowledges the importance of research interaction and collaboration in mathematics, and aims to facilitate this for recent PhD recipients. These grants will provide support for travel and conferences and for collaborative work. Each grant will … Continue reading AMS-Simons Travel Grants Awarded
Tim Pennings, an award-winning educator, academic leader, and researcher, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Mathematics at a ceremony on Thursday, October 21, 2021 in Ames, Iowa. The award recognizes outstanding alumni from the Department of Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State. Pennings, professor and … Continue reading Tim Pennings honored with Distinguished Alumni Award
Bridge the Gap, a post-baccalaureate program in the Department of Mathematics, was selected as one of INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM. Read more about the award here.