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Congratulations to Branwen Purdy for being elected 2018-19 Graduate Student Liaison. Duties for Graduate Student Liaison include; keeping an open line of communication between faculty and students, being a confidential source for graduate student conflict resolution, and organizing events. Thank you, Branwen!!
The 33rd Annual Lonseth Lecture took place May 3rd, 2018. Congratulations, to the following award winners: Joel Davis Award for Excellence in Mathematics- Dang Dinh Botond Gabor Eross math Memorial Scholarship- Andrea Lanz Evan Tufte Catherine Ordway Lucy Huffman Jeremy Lilly Edward H. Stockwell- Sara Tro Sean Pitman Michael Aimonetto Actuarial Science- Joel Belsterling Michael Papendieck Benjamin Sharkansky Logan Wooldridge Gary L. Musser- Melissa Scarborough Marissa Downing WIC Culture of Writing- Brandon Farmer Mathematics Competition: Virginia Tech Regional- Melissa Scarborough Mathematics Competition: William Lowell Putnam- Patrick Flynn Jesse Johnson Melissa Scarborough William F. Burger Graduate Teaching- Allison Stacey Ricardo Reyes Grimaldo Outstanding Performance in Coursework- Adaline De Chenne Worapan Homsomboon Dionysus Birnbaum Stephen Krughoff Jesse Andrews Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Qualifying Exams- Michael Allen Sebastian Naranjo Graduate Student Excellence- Azhar Alhammali Samantha Smith Graduate Faculty- Mary Beisiegel
Azhar Alhammali has been awarded the Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year. Congratulations!
Portland State was the host of Fifth CASCADE RAIN (Regional Applied Interdisciplinary and Numerical) 2018 Meeting, in Portland, OR, and featured a strong representation from Math OSU including former alumni and Cascade ``founding father'' (and designated organizer for 2019) Tom Humphreys. Azhar Alhammali and Joe Umhoefer gave talks, and Lisa Bigler, Diana Gonzalez, Alireza Hosseinkhan, and Choah Shin were in attendance. The poem (among three at https://sites.google.com/view/cascaderain2018/ ) by the host Jeff Ovall says it all We imbibed a fifth of Cascade RAIN. Sampling delicacies both earthy and sublime some with a complex flavor. PDEs? Yes, please. Linear algebra? Positively, definitely. Data analysis? (Topo) logically. Statistical techniques? Probably. Optimization? Nearly. How did we celebrate afterward? We plead the fifth.
The AMS Western Section Meeting in Portland, April 14-15 had the largest OSU Math representation ever! In addition to several faculty who gave talks and organized special sessions, an impressive number of 7 presentations in special sessions, and overall presence of 20 of OSU Math graduate students were noticed: Azhar Alhammali (talk), Michael Allen, Lisa Bigler, Dionysus Birnbaum, Brady Bowen, Charles Camacho (talk), Zeting Dong, Sally Fletcher, Diana Gonzalez, Eleanor Holland (talk), Sandeep Koranne, Stephen Krughoff (talk), Martijn Oostrom, Branwen Purdy, Evan Rajbhandari, Zack Reed (talk), Choah Shin (talk), Joe Umhoefer (talk), Mesa Walker, and Kevin Zhang. Go Beavs!
Mathematics graduate students who are completing their degree program this Spring should follow the steps as outlined in the Graduate Handbook. (For MS, refer to 5.1.G on p7, for PhD refer to 5.2.J on p10, in the 2017-18 Handbook). Here is a reminder of what to do as concerns your final exam (the defense). People and room calendars fill up quickly in this busy time, so plan and act early. Work with your major professor and committee to schedule the final exam (reserve 2h), reserve the room online, and schedule it with Graduate School (two weeks in advance). For all these, you can find links at https://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/progress/exams-and-meetings (You should also file a diploma application and know how to format the thesis; see https://math.oregonstate.edu/grad_resources for more links). For PhD thesis, MS Thesis, and MS Paper options, your defense includes a public portion which must be advertized. Send the necessary information including...
Graduate School is pleased to inform you about two new video tutorials for you to share with students who intend to complete their degrees this spring or summer. • Completing your degree as a graduate student, https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_4lxxk6au/15470772 , this tutorial walks students through the steps, deadlines and documents they need to submit to finish their degree. • How to take part in commencement as a graduate student, https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_h0l04ohr/ , this tutorial explains the process for taking part in commencement activities Please let us know if there are other ways we can assist as your students prepare for completion. _________________________________________________ Jessica Beck, Ph.D. Assistant Dean Graduate School |Oregon State University 204 Heckart | Corvallis, OR 97331 541.737.8576 | jessica.beck@oregonstate.edu
Graduate Committee has asked Mathematics Graduate students to fill out and submit the annual survey which will be the basis for their annual review, as required by Graduate School. This review will also be used in consideration of GTA appointments for 2018-19. Students should have received a link to the survey, which will be active until April 23. (Let Graduate Committee know if you don't have the link). We ask that all students (including those graduating) fill the survey out. Students should print the survey just before clicking "submit", discuss their answers with their advisers, obtain their signature, and take the survey to Graduate coordinator, by Tuesday April 24 noon. (First year students don't need the signature). Students in special circumstances which, e.g., require a petition for GTA support, should consider filing their petitions to Graduate Committee around the time that the survey is due.
It is my pleasure to announce that Professor Juan Restrepo has been elected SIAM Fellow. Juan is recognized for his contributions to the mathematical and computational modeling of the ocean and atmosphere. SIAM Fellows will be recognized at the 2018 SIAM Annual Meeting taking place in Portland OR July 9-13, 2018. Congratulations Juan, a great way to start April, Math Awareness Month.
Important Deadlines for all Spring term Graduates: - April 6th - Submit your diploma application, by logging into MyOSU, go to Student Records, and click on Apply for Graduation - April 27th - If attending commencement, confirm attendance, by logging into MyOSU, go to Student Records, and click on Commencement Attendance Confirmation. You can always change later if you decide not to attend. - April 20th - All PhD students completing spring term, please email the title of your dissertation and major professor’s name to – Julie.Kurtz@oregonstate.edu Note: to receive a spring diploma all degree requirements must be completed by June 15, 2018. To be assured you receive your diploma at commencement all degree requirements should be completed by June 1, 2018. Summer term grad students wanting to attend commencement: o submit diploma app by April 6th o confirm attendance by April 27th o Email signed Summer Attending Form found...
Please note the upcoming special event: Comedian Sammy Obeid, Friday April 6th at 6pm in Kidder 364. Details at https://math.oregonstate.edu/comedian_sammy_obeid or see Flyer here .
On March 14, 2018, Sara Hagen presented Pi to the Corvallis -Benton Public Library. To an audience of over 120, the interactive presentation was fun, entertaining and educational. Hagen explained the historical definition of Pi, told jokes about Pi and had attendees drawing circles of varying sizes to get different vales for Pi. Meanwhile on campus faculty and students participated in a "pie in the face" fund raiser for the Math Club. The Math Club was also sold pies across campus.
Charles Camacho was awarded a Certificate of Achievement for the poster he presented at the Latinx in Math Conference at UCLA March 8-10, 2018. The conference focuses on showcasing leading Latinx scientists and professional mathematicians, and encourages underrepresented minorities to pursue careers in the sciences, industry and academia bringing a more diverse future to STEM sciences.
Graduate Committee wants to thank all who helped to make the Friday visit of prospective graduate students a success: Joy for the wonderful job with the logistics, the many faculty who opened their classes and doors to the visitors, and graduate students who took the time to chaperon and meet with the visitors: Ally, Allison, Bruno, Diana, Joe, Choah, Andrew, Sebastian, Michael, Brady, Sebastian, Samantha, and Martijn. Many others have also been answering questions of prospective students by email and phone, and big thanks go to Ricardo, JJ, Bruno, Jason, Jet, Wasamon, Sarah, Emerald, Bruno, and Choah. If I missed anyone, my apology, and please let me know.
The CASCADE RAIN (Regional Applied, Interdisciplinary, and Numerical Mathematics) Meeting https://sites.google.com/view/cascaderain2018/ will take place this year at Portland State on April 7, 2018. The RAIN Meeting is a gathering of researchers for rapid and informal communication of ongoing research activities in computational and applied mathematics in the northwest region. It is a great opportunity for students and other junior researchers to give a talk in a friendly even if time-limited setting. The RAIN Meeting begins with a call for speakers. Those planning to give a talk will write their name and talk title on a strip of paper that will be placed in a hat for a random draw that determines the talk order. The talk length is determined by the total available time divided by the number of speakers, with talk durations typically ranging between 10 and 15 minutes. This format is similar to the Finite Element Circus, the...