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Chellamuthu (PhD 2015) receives Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching
Our alumnus, Vinodh Kumar Chellamuthu (PhD 2015), received the Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty at the August 2022 MAA Mathfest meeting in Philadelphia. The citation begins with "What Dr. Vinodh Chellamuthu has accomplished in the six years since he earned his PhD at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is astounding.
Math faculty promotions
Three of our math faculty were promoted effective August 2022. Please join us in congratuating them!
Allison Cointot has been promoted from Instructor to Senior Instructor.
J. Caleb Macdonald awarded Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholarship
College of Sciences Outstanding Graduate
Madeleine Angerdina is the Spring 2022 Outstanding Graduate for the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences.
New insights into COVID-19 modeling
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented worldwide response to grapple with the fast spreading virus. Professors Cameron Browne and Hayriye Gulbudak and graduate student Joshua Caleb Macdonald have obtained some novel results modeling connections between disease proliferation and interventions to slow the spread of the disease.
Mathematics professor’s passion and generosity extends beyond the classroom
The late Dr. Henry Heatherly was passionate about mathematics and education; he gave his all when teaching students in University of Louisiana at Lafayette mathematics classes while also giving outside the classroom.
He and his wife, May, established a bequest in their wills to provide support to future UL Lafayette students across campus. Their bequest includes named endowments for the benefit of Department of Mathematics, Edith Garland Dupré Library, and graduate student recruitment.
Good news from the MAA sectional meeting!
A large group from our department attended the Louisiana Mississippi MAA Section Meeting at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches on 3-5 March 2022.
Professor Birkenmeier is working with a team of researchers in Turkey
Emeritus Professor Gary F. Birkenmeier is working with a six person (including Dr. Birkenmeier) research team in Turkey sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak). The team consists of: Dr. Gary F. Birkenmeier, Dr. Nayil Kilic, Dr. Figen Takil Mutulu, Ms. Edanur Tastan, Dr. Adnan Tercan, and Dr. Ramazan Yasar. The three-year grant was obtained by Dr. Figen Takil Mutulu to study Nearrings which satisfy Baer annihilator conditions and/or extending conditions.
SIAM sectional meeting news
Our applied mathematics group was well represented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the SIAM Texas-Louisiana Section on November 5-7, 2021 at South Padre Island, Texas. Bruce Wade and Joshua Caleb Macdonald organized minisymposia (special sessions). Bruce Wade, Joshua Caleb Macdonald, Cameron Browne, Hayriye Gulbudak, and Amy Veprauskas presented talks. Details are given below.
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