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Headshots of Thomas Geoffrey Anderson and Lu Zhang

Rice CMOR hires two new tenure-track faculty members Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023

Thomas Geoffrey Anderson and Lu Zhang are among 21 faculty hires in the School of Engineering.


Alex Zalles standing next to poster holding up award

Operations research student wins best presentation at Google-backed poster session Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023

Rice junior Alex Zalles spent 10-week Research Experience for Undergrads program studying statistics and data science.


Chengbo Li

Rice alumnus receives Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Technology Innovation Tuesday, Jul. 11, 2023

Chengbo Li '11 recognized for his work in CSI technology and development of core algorithms and software infrastructure.


Beatrice Riviere standing in front of whiteboard

Riviere receives NSF grant to advance Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computing Tuesday, May. 30, 2023

The $2.3 million in RTG NASC funding will support research conducted by graduate and undergraduate students, and postdocs in CMOR.


Headshot of Andrew Schaefer

Schaefer receives Curriculum Innovation Award from Rice Engineering Thursday, Apr. 27, 2023

CMOR professor recognized for curricular innovation.


Jesse Chan standing in front of chalkboard in office

Jesse Chan elected secretary for SIAM Texas-Louisiana Section Friday, Apr. 14, 2023

Rice CMOR assistant professor will also serve on section's four-person board.


Charlie Liu standing with arms crossed

CMOR junior named 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholar Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2023

Ruofeng 'Charlie' Liu recognized with he preeminent award for undergraduates studying natural sciences, engineering or mathematics.


Headshots of Adrian Celaya, Dane Grundvig and Alejandro Diaz

Three Rice students earn NDSEG Fellowship Awards Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022

Adrian Celaya, Dane Grundvig and Alejandro Diaz are all PhD students in the Department of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research.


Illya V. Hicks, Chair of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research; Chawit “Poom” Kritpracha,; Praneeta A. Nalluri; Daihan “Jack” Zhang; and Rodi and Bob Franco, parents of Michael Ross Franco

CMOR seniors honored with Michael Ross Franco Award Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022

Chawit “Poom” Kritpracha, Praneeta A. Nalluri and Daihan “Jack” Zhang received awards at the annual CAAM/CMOR luncheon.