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Tzolova, third-year PhD student, awarded 3-year, $138,000 NIH grant Mon, 09/20/2021 - 10:16
Fellowship supports development of a more accurate approach to imaging the vascular system.
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Huchette article receives Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize from MOS Wed, 07/28/2021 - 13:17
'JuMP: A Modeling Language for Mathematical Optimization' was published in the SIAM Review in 2017.
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PhD alumnus earns second second place in IISE's Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award competition Wed, 05/05/2021 - 09:44
Temitayo “Tayo” Ajayi now works as an operations research analyst for Nature Source Improved Plants.
![Béatrice Rivière](/sites/g/files/bxs4926/files/styles/thumbnail_small_75x75_/public/2021-04/210401_Rivie%CC%80re_SIAM.jpg.jpeg?itok=nvqyAunZ)
Béatrice Rivière named fellow of SIAM Thu, 04/01/2021 - 10:46
CAAM professor recognized for her 'contributions in numerical analysis, scientific computing, and modeling of porous media.'
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Illya Hicks named CAAM chair, effective July 1 Wed, 03/31/2021 - 11:53
Professor, who joined the Rice faculty in 2007, was named INFORMS fellow in 2020.
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Rice approves new Operations Research major Tue, 03/30/2021 - 14:07
New BA degree in CAAM department will become available to students in the fall.
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Richard Tapia recognized with Two Sigma gift for research, mentorship Mon, 03/22/2021 - 09:31
University Professor receives $75,000 for 'outstanding, continuing research or teaching/mentoring methods that advance diversity, inclusion, and equity within STEM fields.'
![Adam Subel and Pedram Hassanzadeh](/sites/g/files/bxs4926/files/styles/thumbnail_small_75x75_/public/2021-03/210316_subel.jpg.jpeg?itok=haP2Y7We)
Adam Subel's late-blooming interest in machine learning, climate dynamics is paying off Tue, 03/16/2021 - 08:37
Hassanzadeh lab undergraduate student recently published a first-authored paper in Physics of Fluids, a major journal in fluid mechanics.
![Alejandro Diaz](/sites/g/files/bxs4926/files/styles/thumbnail_small_75x75_/public/2020-12/201210_diaz_fellowship.jpg.jpeg?itok=5E6FlHt3)
Diaz awarded Ken Kennedy Institute graduate fellowship Thu, 12/10/2020 - 14:14
Fellowships support research, conferences, travel and networking.
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CAAM junior wins Texas Energy Summit poster competition Wed, 11/25/2020 - 10:37
Ricky Morse in the research group of environmental engineer Daniel Cohan.
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CAAM minor places first in mathematics, computer sciences division at Sigma Xi conference Mon, 11/16/2020 - 08:10
Bikrant Das Sharma's winning project suggests correlation between CO2 emissions and gross domestic product.
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Helping nurses help the sick Wed, 11/11/2020 - 00:00
CAAM researcher helps develop flexible mathematical models for multi-stage nurse scheduling in times of uncertain demand.
![Juan Meza](/sites/g/files/bxs4926/files/styles/thumbnail_small_75x75_/public/2020-11/201109_meza_ams.jpg.jpeg?itok=xmNqSv1e)
Rice alumnus Juan Meza named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society Mon, 11/09/2020 - 10:56
Meza '78 '79 '86 recognized for his 'contributions to the mathematical profession through leadership at the national level and to scientific computing and applications.'
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Lynn Laverty Elsenhans '78 invites RCEL students to explore career options Thu, 10/22/2020 - 17:05
Rice mathematical sciences alumna latest guest in 'Engineering Pathways' course.
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Garcia awarded Ken Kennedy Institute fellowship Thu, 10/08/2020 - 11:24
Program aims to attract graduate students to Rice in the fields of computational science and engineering, high performance computing and data analytics.
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Hicks one of 12 researchers named a 2020 INFORMS fellow Wed, 09/16/2020 - 08:16
CAAM professor recognized for his 'outstanding lifetime accomplishments and contributions in operations research and analytics.'
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CAAM alumna Villalobos receives mentoring award from White House Wed, 08/05/2020 - 12:36
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professor earned her M.S. and Ph.D. from Rice in 1998 and 2000.
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Chan selected to NAE's U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Thu, 07/02/2020 - 12:35
Symposium's topics will include agriculture, energy, women’s health, plastics and other 'pioneering technical and leading-edge research.'
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Schaefer, Hicks, Huchette among Rice's final COVID-19 research grants Wed, 05/27/2020 - 12:32
Third round backs research in optimization models to plan nursing schedules during times of uncertainty.
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Mildebrath awarded for excellence in student support Fri, 05/08/2020 - 23:48
Fourth-year graduate student has won the 2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Excellence in Student Support.