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New School Launch Ceremony

Remarks from School Director, ceremony highlights and related events

Lecture by Dr. William H. Schmidt on October 28.

Homecoming 2009 on October 31.

Forecasting the future of brain tumor research

The following interdisciplinary paper by several members of our school just appeared. Following are links to media coverage of the paper and a paragraph on the first-named author who recently graduated from our school.

S. Eikenberry, T. Sankar, M. C. Preul, E. J. Kostelich, C. Thalhauser and Y. Kuang (2009). The virtual glioblastoma: growth, migration, and treatment in a three-dimensional mathematical model. Cell Proliferation, 42, 511-528. (pdf 987k). DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2009.00613.x

Science Daily article (dec 2008)
Danshope article (dec 2008)
Verticalnews article (dec 2008)
Braintumorawareness Newsletter (dec 2008)

The first author, Steffen Eikenberry, a recent graduate of our school (B.Sc, 2007; M.Sc with Kuang, 2008), is the main contributor to this cutting edge interdisciplinary work. This year alone, he has published several additional first-authored mathematical medicine papers in top medical and modeling journals. He began his MD/PHD study in August in the University of Southern California with a 6 year full scholarship worth about $500,000

Prof. Sharon Lohr has been invited to deliver the prestigious Hansen Lecture

Prof. Sharon Lohr has been invited to deliver the prestigious Hansen Lecture in Washington DC on Oct. 13. This is organized by the Washington Statistical Society (WSS) and sponsored by Westat, Inc. Please join me in congratulating Sharon on this great honor.
For more information about the Hansen Lecture series, please see: http://www.scs.gmu.edu/~wss/hansen/

Carla Van de Sande and Wenbo Tang have been selected as 2009-2010 Project NExT Fellows.

Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a professional development program for new or recent Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences. It addresses all aspects of an academic career: improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, engaging in research and scholarship, and participating in professional activities. It also provides the participants with a network of peers and mentors as they assume these responsibilities.
Please see: http://archives.math.utk.edu/projnext/

Collaborative research by Juan Lopez featured on the covers of Physics of Fluids and Journal of Fluid Mechanics

An article "Harmonically forced enclosed swirling flow," by ASU's Juan Lopez and his collaborators from National University of Singapore and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya has been featured as the cover article in the March 2009 issue of Physics of Fluids, and was the top downloaded article in April 2009. The article reports on results stemming from Lopez' 2004/2005 sabbatical stays at both UPC and NUS. The group's research was also the cover article of the March 2008 issue of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

DURIP grant `Multi-Core Hardware for High Performance Atmospheric Characterization and Forecasting' award to Alex Mahalov, Joe Fernando and Dan Stanzione.

Alex Mahalov, Joe Fernando and Dan Stanzione have obtained a 250k Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant `Multi-Core Hardware for High Performance Atmospheric Characterization and Forecasting'. The only DURIP award given to ASU in all research categories. DURIP is designed to fill a critical need of scholars by purchasing state-of-the-art equipment that augments current university capabilities or develops new capabilities to perform cutting edge research.
More information on these websites:
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12540 http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20090306DURIP09winners.pdf

NSF-SCREMS grant for state-of-the-art graphics computer cluster.

A 114k NSF-SCREMS grant for state-of-the-art graphics computer cluster was awarded to PIs Renate Mittelmann, John Lopez, Alex Mahalov, Wenbo Tang and Marcus Herrmann. This is Renate Mittelmann's third such grant. It will support research in "Visualization of Complex Spatio-Temporal Multiscale Fluid Dynamic Phenomena".

Math major Anne Marie Norgren has been named the winner of the Sun Angel Funk Award

This award, funded by the Funk and the Sun Angel endowments, is bestowed upon students who have achieved academic prominence and demonstrated community focused awareness with their actions. Congratulations, Anne Marie! For more information on some of her activities, please see: http://scholars.flinn.org/news/786

Andrew Bremner mentioned in latest issue of Mathematics Magazine

On page 85 of Mathematics Magazine 82,2 Professor Andrew Bremner is called an expert in anagrams and is asked for help by the authors of an article on a very tricky mathematical puzzle. For more information on the article, please see: Rick's Tricky Six Puzzle.

Prof. Carlos Castillo-Chavez appointed on the National Research Council’s Board

Prof. Carlos Castillo-Chavez has been appointed to serve through 2011 on the National Research Council’s Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW). This board, chaired by William E. Kirwan, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, is charged with overseeing a portfolio of studies on higher education and the science and engineering workforce that are of importance to our nation’s research enterprise, economic competitiveness, and national security. Congratulations, Carlos

Eric Kostelich was honored with a special recognition award

At the Professor of the Year event last night, Eric Kostelich was honored with a special recognition award. Hearty congratulations to Eric on this well-deserved honor! For more information about the event and the winners of awards, please see: http://www.asufoundation.org/pty

Minerva Award

Arizona State University research team to receive new US Department of Defense Minerva award

Frys Open Golf Tournament Donation

frys.com Open golf tournament has just made a $50,000 donation to the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. We are very grateful for this donation and expect that it will help us leverage similar gifts to the School.[Pdf]

Kissing Numbers

What is a "kissing number". Stop guessing and see here for exciting new mathematical(!) results.

School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

On Monday, January 26, 2009, the ASU Academic Senate voted 86% in favor to establish the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. The school proposal now goes to Provost Betty Capaldi for final approval.