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Department of Mathematics

2023 News

Megan McKay awarded McCausland Innovation Award

Megan McKay was awarded McCausland Innovation fund of $10,916 for her project "Developing and Introducing AI examples in the new MATH 328"

George McNulty Endowed Fellowship Fund

To commemorate the passing of Dr. George McNulty this past June, the University has created the George McNulty Endowed Fellowship Fund.

USC-led NSF Focused Research Group wins award

This year, one of the few awardees is the multi-university research initiative "FRG: Collaborative Research: Variationally Stable Neural Networks for Simulation, Learning, and Experimental Design of Complex Physical Systems" led by the Math Department at USC.

"Math is Everything" event was a success!

We are thrilled to report that our "Math is Everything" event during USC's "Family Weekend" was a resounding success!

Danial Savu and Geoffery Dillon promoted to Senior Instructors

Provost Arnett has approved the promotion of both Danial Savu and Geoffery Dillon to Senior Instructors.

Dr. Qi Wang (USC PI) awarded an NSF RII Track-I grant.

A South Carolina team was awarded a $20 million NSF RII Track-1 grant for conducting research and development in "AI-enabled Devices for the Advancement of Personalized and Transformative Healthcare in South Carolina (ADAPT in SC)."

Dr. Qi Wang awarded SC GEAR grant

Drs Bruce Gao (Bioengineering of Clemson) and Qi Wang (Math of USC) were awarded a SC GEAR award ($60,000, 2/1/2023-7/31/2024).

Professor Changhui Tan awarded NSF CAREER Grant

Dr. Changhui Tan awarded an NSF CAREER grant for the project, ``Nonlocal partial differential equations in collective dynamics and fluid flow" from the Division of Mathematical Sciences. Considered one of the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards, this grant supports early-career faculty in both their research and educational missions.

Yi Sun uses mathematical modeling to advance research goals in biomedical engineering and public health

With Yi Sun’s help over the past decade, medical researchers are moving toward an innovation that could save thousands of lives each year: the development of 3-D printed artificial organs.

Frank Thorne and Zhu Wang promoted to Full Professor

Drs. Thorne and Wang were approved by the Board of Trustees to be promoted to Full Professor. Congratulations to both of them!

Wuchen Li awarded Air Force Award

Dr. Li was awarded a 2023 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) on "Transport information geometric computations."

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