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March
DMS graduate student Shuoyang Wang selected for COSAM Dean's Research Award
03/30/2022
DMS graduate student Shuoyang Wang has been selected for the COSAM Dean’s Research Award for PhD students for 2022! He will be recognized at a ceremony to be held on Monday, April 4, 2022, at 3:00 pm in SCC 115. Shuoyang is scheduled to graduate with his PhD (Dr. Guanqun Cao, advisor) this May and has accepted a Postdoctoral Associate position at Yale.
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03/22/2022
Soybeans grown with exposure to higher levels of CO2 have higher yields but reduced amount of mineral nutrients, which then leads to less nutritious food affecting the entire food ecosystem.
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Maurer named Stewart W. Schneller Endowed Chair
03/22/2022
David Maurer, professor in the Department of Physics, has been named the Stewart W. Schneller Endowed Chair through Sept. 30, 2026. The Schneller Endowed Chair was established by friends, alumni, students, and colleagues in honor of former COSAM Dean Stewart Schneller. “Being selected as the Schneller Endowed Chair is truly a great honor and makes me reflect upon my contributions to Auburn and my broader research community, and motivates me to continue to make a difference through my future research, teaching, and service,” Maurer said.
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DMS faculty members Chen and Govil recognized via the Auburn Author Awards
03/21/2022
DMS faculty members Le Chen (left) and Narendra Govil (right) recognized, via the Auburn Author Awards this year, for their publications Regularity and Strict Positivity of Densities for the Nonlinear Stochastic Heat Equations (with Yaozhong Hu and David Nualarty) and Mathematics Wizard Srinivasa Ramanujan (with Bhu Dev Sharma) and Extremal Problems and Inequalities of Markov-Bernstein Type for Algebraic Polynomials (with Robert B. Gardner and Gradimir V. Milovanovic), respectively.
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Zheng receives NSF funding as sole PI for her project
03/16/2022
DMS is happy to announce that Dr. Jingyi (Ginny) Zheng has received NSF funding as sole PI for her project “Towards A Manifold-based Framework for the Brain-Computer Interface.” The project period is 05/01/22 – 04/30/24 award amount is ~$175k. Please find the award abstract at
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2153492
Congrats, Ginny!
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DMS congratulates van Wyk and Huang
03/16/2022
DMS congratulates Hans-Werner van Wyk (left) and Huajun Huang (right) who are Co-PIs on a newly funded project entitled “Developing, Recruiting, and Empowering Alabama Mathematics Teachers.”
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03/15/2022
Brian Counterman conducts research asking insightful questions about the environment, genetics and mating preferences impacting the Dogface Butterfly. He is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for $1,565,641 for “Physiological genomics of sexually dimorphic developmental plasticity on butterfly wings.” His research will also help inspire the next generation of scientists currently in Alabama middle schools through outreach programs.
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DMSs Sukhtaiev selected for Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2022
03/14/2022
Dr. Selim Sukhtaiev has been selected as the winner of the Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2022. The recipient of the award is regarded as an innovative and challenging teacher who is respected by the faculty and is appreciated by his/her students.
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03/08/2022
The City of Auburn and Auburn University are partnering together to create an annual fellowship to provide students with hands-on experience using practical skills in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The current student, Jacob Mayberry, has been expanding several advanced geospatial data models by leveraging multiple field collection products, remote sensing technology, and building information management systems to improve the city’s facility and asset management operations since he started the MS program in Geography in the fall of 2021.
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03/08/2022
Imagine, as a student, having a once in a lifetime opportunity to build a satellite and launch it into space while on campus at Auburn University. One such opportunity does exist within COSAM, and it’s recruiting new students for future space missions!
The Auburn University Small Satellite Program (AUSSP) is both a workforce development program and a space science and technology research program. In AUSSP, students get to design, build, test, and operate CubeSats - small, cube-shaped satellites - that are launched into orbit around Earth where they perform science missions.
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Students explore research opportunities at COSAM Undergraduate Research Fair
03/01/2022
The Office of Student Services in the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) held its 4th annual Undergraduate Research Fair on Feb. 16 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Auburn University Student Center Ballroom.
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03/01/2022
Graham Cooks, the Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor in Analytical Chemistry from Purdue University, is the recipient of the Auburn University 36th Annual G. M. Kosolapoff Award. His research involves using mass spectrometry, the science and technology of ions. He leads experiments that provide immediate information during surgery in the operating room through direct tissue analysis.
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COSAM alumnus Steven Clontz’s journey in mathematics, puzzle design and latest puzzle "SumIt"
03/01/2022
The web-based word game Wordle has soared to popularity in recent months, but for those wanting to put their mathematics brainpower to the test, a daily math puzzle called SumIt now exists – which happens to be created by COSAM alumnus Steven Clontz.
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'Lunch N Learn' event showcases support AMSTI offers to schools and educators
03/01/2022
AMSTI or the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative held a ‘Lunch N Learn’ event to share their services for schools in their region.
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