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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.


Bikrant Das Sharma

CAAM minor places first in mathematics, computer sciences division at Sigma Xi conference Monday, Nov. 16, 2020

Bikrant Das Sharma's winning project suggests correlation between CO2 emissions and gross domestic product.


nurse in operating room

Helping nurses help the sick Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020

CAAM researcher helps develop flexible mathematical models for multi-stage nurse scheduling in times of uncertain demand.


Juan Meza

Rice alumnus Juan Meza named a fellow of the American Mathematical Society Monday, Nov. 9, 2020

Meza '78 '79 '86 recognized for his 'contributions to the mathematical profession through leadership at the national level and to scientific computing and applications.'