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Three Rice students earn NDSEG Fellowship Awards Thu, 12/15/2022 - 08:37
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](/sites/g/files/bxs4926/files/styles/thumbnail_small_75x75_/public/2022-12/2212_franco_awards.jpg.jpeg?itok=zzhC9yDt)
CMOR seniors honored with Michael Ross Franco Award Tue, 12/13/2022 - 13:18
Chawit “Poom” Kritpracha, Praneeta A. Nalluri and Daihan “Jack” Zhang received awards at the annual CAAM/CMOR luncheon.
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Rice alum receives Edyth May Sliffe Award for mathematics teaching Tue, 12/06/2022 - 13:23
Prestigious honor recognizes Joanna Papakonstantinou '09 for distinguished mathematics teaching in middle school and high school.
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Rice alum receives Undergraduate Operations Research Prize Mon, 11/21/2022 - 11:19
Matthew Brun '22, a first-year doctoral student in MIT’s Operations Research Center, was recognized at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
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Henry Rachford, former Rice professor, dies at 97 Thu, 11/03/2022 - 14:15
Rachford joined the mathematical sciences faculty in 1964; retiring in 1982.
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Rice alumna named chair of Cooper Union mathematics department Mon, 10/10/2022 - 14:20
Mili Shah, who earned her PhD in CAAM in 2007, was advised by Danny Sorensen.
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Hicks elected VP of education for INFORMS Thu, 10/06/2022 - 14:39
Rice professor and CMOR chair will take office on Jan. 1, 2023. He was named an INFORMS fellow in 2020.
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CMOR postdoc Mehdi Hemmati named a Future Faculty Fellow Fri, 09/16/2022 - 09:51
Rice Engineering program supports Ph.D. and postdoctoral researchers who are applying for tenure-track faculty positions this year.
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Schaefer named INFORMS fellow Tue, 09/13/2022 - 10:54
Rice professor recognized for his 'fundamental contributions to optimizing disease treatment decisions and optimization under uncertainty.'
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Two tenure-track faculty join CMOR Fri, 08/05/2022 - 11:43
Shiqian Ma and Sebastian Perez-Salazar, along with instructor Bo Jones, started at Rice on July 1.
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Rice AWM honored with student chapter award Tue, 07/05/2022 - 13:19
Association for Women in Mathematics student chapter organized the Texas Women in Mathematics Symposium in 2022.
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Grundvig receives NDSEG Fellowship Award Thu, 04/28/2022 - 09:05
Rice PhD student is advised by Matthias Heinkenschloss.
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Celaya receives National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Award Mon, 04/04/2022 - 09:13
First-year PhD student earned his B.A. in CAAM from Rice in 2016.
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Computational and Applied Mathematics to change name of department Mon, 03/21/2022 - 09:08
Effective July 1, Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research to reflect growing area of research and academic study.
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Optimizing operations for donor milk banks Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:45
Schaefer working with Mother’s Milk Bank of North Texas to help with staffing, equipment limitations.
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Rivière elected to SIAM board of trustees Tue, 02/01/2022 - 13:03
CAAM professor is president of SIAM TX-LA Section, served as chair and secretary of SIAM Activity Group on Geosciences.
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Illya Hicks on authentic communication Tue, 01/11/2022 - 13:00
CAAM chair, professor reminds students that no matter how great their breakthrough, it will be for naught if they cannot explain it.
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CAAM honors five seniors with awards Fri, 12/17/2021 - 15:28
CAAM-Chevron Prize recognizes research, outreach; Michael Ross Franco Award goes to exemplary students.
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Rice alumnus wins UT System Outstanding Teacher Award Wed, 12/01/2021 - 08:54
Josef Sifuentes '10 is an assistant professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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Hicks among INFORMS Minority Issues Forum Fellows inaugural class Tue, 11/30/2021 - 10:50
Also elected was William Christian, Jr., who graduated with an M.S. and Ph.D. in CAAM from Rice in 1999 and 2003.