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Huchette article receives Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize from MOS Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2021

'JuMP: A Modeling Language for Mathematical Optimization' was published in the SIAM Review in 2017.


Temitayo “Tayo” Ajayi

PhD alumnus earns second second place in IISE's Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award competition Wednesday, May. 5, 2021

Temitayo “Tayo” Ajayi now works as an operations research analyst for Nature Source Improved Plants.


Béatrice Rivière

Béatrice Rivière named fellow of SIAM Thursday, Apr. 1, 2021

CAAM professor recognized for her 'contributions in numerical analysis, scientific computing, and modeling of porous media.'


Illya Hicks

Illya Hicks named CAAM chair, effective July 1 Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2021

Professor, who joined the Rice faculty in 2007, was named INFORMS fellow in 2020.


Lovett Hall

Rice approves new Operations Research major Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2021

New BA degree in CAAM department will become available to students in the fall.


Richard Tapia

Richard Tapia recognized with Two Sigma gift for research, mentorship Monday, Mar. 22, 2021

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

Adam Subel's late-blooming interest in machine learning, climate dynamics is paying off Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2021

Hassanzadeh lab undergraduate student recently published a first-authored paper in Physics of Fluids, a major journal in fluid mechanics.


Alejandro Diaz

Diaz awarded Ken Kennedy Institute graduate fellowship Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020

Fellowships support research, conferences, travel and networking.


Ricky Morse

CAAM junior wins Texas Energy Summit poster competition Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020

Ricky Morse in the research group of environmental engineer Daniel Cohan.