News
August
Department of Physics fuels excitement for science at this year’s social hour
09/05/2023
Faculty and students had an opportunity to interact with experiments and learn more about the educational programs offered at the Physics Social Hour held in the Leach Science Center on Aug. 25.
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Daniel Zalik Fellowship has been established
08/31/2023
The Zalik Foundation Fund on behalf of Helen and David Zalik has established an endowment for the purpose of providing fellowships for graduate students in our department. The fellowship, known as the Daniel Zalik Fellowship, will be awarded to students who demonstrate academic excellence as determined by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics Graduate Studies Committee.
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08/31/2023
DMS Professor Mark Carpenter has been awarded a new 1-year Department of Defense (DoD) contract, totaling ~$610,000, for AI/ML modeling and support. This project involves collaboration with the Aerospace Engineering department, and the funding will be evenly divided between the two departments. This brings Dr. Carpenter's total value of DoD contracts to over $2 million since 2019.
Congrats, Mark!
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DMSs Lanius (PI), Kuechle (co-PI), and Abebe (Co-PI) receive NSF award of $400,000
08/31/2023
Melinda Lanius (PI), Valetin Kuechle (co-PI), and Ash Abebe (Co-PI) receive new NSF award of $400,000 for the project "Building a Calculus Active Learning Environment Equally Beneficial Across a Diverse Student Population." The project will start on 01/15/2024 and its expected completion is 12/31/2026. This project aims to replicate the Merit Recitation Program from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In this type of calculus recitation, students have extended class time to work collaboratively in groups on more challenging problems.
Details of the award are found at
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2315747
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FAIR data and inclusive science to enable clean energy
08/30/2023
Fusion is the process of combining two light atomic nuclei to form a single heavier one while releasing massive amounts of energy. The Sun and all stars are powered through fusion, which makes it the Universe’s preferred method of producing energy. Recent breakthroughs in fusion research have led to the US government’s Bold Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy and the remarkable growth of the global fusion industry.
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08/29/2023
The International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC) takes place every two years; the 2023 edition took place last month in Tromso, Norway. ISSAC is the premier showcase for progress in computational algebra, with Maplesoft and the German Fachgruppe Computeralgebra jointly awarding a prize for the best new software.
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08/29/2023
Auburn University’s Tonia Schwartz, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM), and Melody Russell, professor of science education, and Endowed Alumni Professor in the College of Education, are the recipients of a four-year award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in collaboration with David A. W. Miller, associate professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, and Amanda Sparkman, associate professor of biology at Westmont College.
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$114,000 grant creates unprecedented robotics pipeline for K-12 students in state of Alabama
08/22/2023
Auburn University’s Southeastern Center of Robotics Education (SCORE), Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) and Autauga County Schools (ACS) Board of Education are collaborating to increase robotics in schools.
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Hal Schenck and collaborators win Best Software Presentation Award at ISSAC held in Tromsø, Norway.
08/15/2023
A submission by Hal Schenck and collaborators MSSM: A Macaulay2 package for the Vacuum Moduli Space is the winner of Best Software Presentation Award at the International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC) Conference held in Tromsø, Norway, July 24-27, 2023. The award is sponsored by Maplesoft and Fachgruppe Computeralgebra.
Congrats, Hal!
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Rural medicine students begin journey to become physicians and give back to residents of Alabama
08/15/2023
Students in the 2023–2024 Rural Medicine Program (RMP) incoming class at Auburn University were celebrated on August 9, 2023, with a ceremony where they officially received their white coats and stethoscopes.
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08/10/2023
Congratulations to DMS associate professor Elvan Ceyhan who just received a new NSF grant ($300K, 3 years) for his project "Stochastic Obstacle Scene Problem with Adversarial Agents." Well-deserved!
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08/08/2023
Dennis Bodewits, an associate professor in the Department of Physics in the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM), is one of just 14 researchers selected to use NASA’s Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT), which will launch for orbit in the summer of 2026. Bodewits and John Noonan, a postdoctoral scientist in his lab, will study the water production rates and behaviors of comets throughout the solar system with this wide field space telescope.
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Auburn’s ichthyologist honored with award of excellence
08/07/2023
Most people know Jonathan Armbruster as the director of Auburn University’s Museum of Natural History, which is a position he has proudly served in since 2016. He is also known for naming a previously unknown catfish species, Peckoltia greedoi, after a Rodian bounty hunter character, Greedo, from Star Wars. Now Armbruster has another accolade to add to his impressive list of achievements, the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Robert H. Gibbs Award for Excellence in Systematic Ichthyology.
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