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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.

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 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'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.

Diaz awarded Ken Kennedy Institute graduate fellowship Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020
Fellowships support research, conferences, travel and networking.

CAAM junior wins Texas Energy Summit poster competition Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020
Ricky Morse in the research group of environmental engineer Daniel Cohan.

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.

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.

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.'