June 20, 2016
Neil Calkin was elected secretary of the Faculty Senate for its 2016-17 term during the March 7 Faculty Senate meeting. The mathematical sciences professor joined Clemson in 1997. In his three years on the senate, Calkin said that he enjoyed being part of the conversation and bringing issues to the forefront. Calkin plans to work […]
June 16, 2016
In Fall 2015 and Spring 2016, Clemson’s Graduate Program in Mathematical Sciences awarded six Ph.D. degrees and eleven M.S. degrees. Some graduates of the program will apply their knowledge and skills to positions in academia and industry, while others will continue their studies at a higher level. These degrees are the culmination of years of […]
June 14, 2016
The Department of Mathematical Sciences sponsored the 13th annual Clemson Calculus Challenge on Friday, April 15, 2016. The Clemson Calculus Challenge invites high school calculus students from South Carolina, Northeast Georgia, Western North Carolina, and Eastern Alabama to compete in a one-day event. There were 233 students from 34 regional high schools that took the […]
June 14, 2016
Assistant Professor Svetlana Poznanovikj has been awarded the Department of Mathematical Sciences Teaching Award for 2015-2016. As one of her former students writes, “Dr. Poznanovikj is the kind of instructor and mentor that pushes you to be a better student.” Professor Poznanovikj is well-know with her students for providing “high expectations for her students, but […]
June 14, 2016
In mathematics, a system is said to be chaotic if it is extremely sensitive to change in initial conditions. In a joint project, http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06951, Mathematical Sciences faculty members Elena Dimitrova and Lea Jenkins, Computer Science faculty member Brian Dean, and graduate students Sherli Koshy (Math Sciences) and Akshay Galande (Computer Science) developed a computational framework […]