The Department of Mathematics
at the University of Washington is one of the major
research mathematics departments in the United States. It has an excellent
research reputation, a strong, demanding program of graduate study in
mathematics, and a full range of excellent undergraduate course offerings.
The department has approximately 60 faculty with research
interests in virtually every area of mathematics. The department has about 90 full-time students in the
graduate
program and over 800 undergraduate majors, including 550 in the
Mathematics undergraduate program and 250 in the
joint
ACMS program.
Recent Department News
Jane Hung awarded 2012 UW Junior Medal and Dean's Medal
April 2012: Jane Hung has received both the UW Junior Medal and the Dean's Medal in the Natural Sciences.
The UW awards the Junior Medal to the senior having the highest scholastic standing for their first three years of coursework. (See
this article for more information.) The College
of Arts & Sciences presents the undergraduate Dean's Medal annually to an outstanding student in each of its four divisions. Jane is a double major in
Math and Physics, and has conducted research in Chemistry since her freshman year. She plans to pursue a PhD in Chemical Engineering at MIT.
Congratulations to 2012 NSF Graduate Fellows
April 2012: Winners of this year's recently announced National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships include Dylan Wilson,
Milda Zizyte, and Sylvester Eriksson-Bique. Dylan and Milda are both UW Math majors who will graduate this year, Milda with a double major in Math and
Computer Science. Sylvester will enter the department as a graduate student this autumn.
The NSF Graduate Fellowships recognize outstanding students in science, engineering, and mathematics. More information about the fellowships and the
2012 awardees may be found here.
NSF Highlight on the Zipper Algorithm
March 2012: The NSF has published a research highlight on the work of Don Marshall and Steffen Rohde concerning
the zipper algorithm. The algorithm allows accurate computation of angle-preserving mappings commonly found in science and engineering and is
related to models for such complex details as the shape of DNA molecules or how water percolates through soil.
For more information, see this article at Research.gov.
Matt Kahle and Karl Schwede Receive Sloan Research Fellowships
February 2012: Matt Kahle and Karl Schwede have each been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship by the Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation. The two-year fellowship is awarded to researchers "in recognition of distinguished performance and unique
potential to make substantial contributions to their field." Matt and Karl earned their PhDs with the UW Math Department in 2007 under Eric
Babson and Christopher Hoffman, and in 2006 under Sándor Kovács, respectively.
See their homepages to learn more about Matt Kahle and Karl Schwede.
Matthew Badger Awarded NSF Postdoc
January 2012: Congratulations to Matthew Badger, who was recently awarded a prestigious NSF Postdoctoral
Fellowship. Matthew earned his PhD at UW in 2011 under the supervision of Tatiana Toro and now studies geometric measure theory at Stony Brook
University. He plans to use the fellowship to work with Chris Bishop and Raanan Schul at Stony Brook. His research will focus on questions
at the interface of geometric measure theory and harmonic analysis.
UW Math Circle
January 2012: The UW Math Circle middle school outreach program, coordinated by Julia Pevtsova and supported by two
grants from the NSF, has been profiled in the January edition of the College of Arts & Sciences' Perspectives.
Click here to view the article.
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