Department of Mathematics

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WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Our faculty are internationally recognized leaders whose external federal funding on active accounts in 2016 eclipsed $25 Million from numerous sources, including NSF, NIH, DOE, NSA, ONR, AFOSR, and the Department of Education. Our faculty include numerous fellows of the AMS and SIAM, working in research areas grouped into: 1. Algebra, Geometry, and Topology, 2. Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, and 3. Applied and Computational Mathematics, with much overlap spanning many subfields. We support over 70 graduate students through research and teaching assistantships, and our graduating undergraduate math majors have reached 140 per year. We run many exciting weekly seminars and colloquia. Learn More »
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UNC Fluids Lab Milton Van Dyke Gallery of Fluid Motion 2015 Award. Learn More »
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Fractal images created by Mark McCombs
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Elastic s-wave p-wave focalization within four concentric spherical shells from: Effects of Stone Size on Comminution Process and Efficiency in Shock Wave Lithotripsy, Y. Zhang, I. Nault, S. Mitran, P. Zhong, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2015
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Deterministic PDE evolution (Klein-Gordon equation) with stochastic initial conditions:images by Katie Newhall
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Social and biological contagions are influenced by the spatial embeddedness of networks. Historically, many epidemics spread as a wave
across part of the Earth’s surface; however, in modern contagions long-range edges—for example, due to airline transportation or communication media—allow clusters of a contagion to appear in distant locations. Here we study the spread of contagions on networks through a methodology grounded in topological data analysis and nonlinear dimension reduction.

Peter Mucha and collaborators

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DEPARTMENT NEWS

Elizabeth McLaughlin invited to China to share teaching strategies

One of our very own professors, Elizabeth McLaughlin, was invited to the International School Affiliated to Beijing Foreign Studies University to assist in the details of setting up our Friday Center Math 231 Self-Paced Course. The week involved instruction on … Continued

Art Gallery to feature Mark McCombs’ 3D & Fractal Art

Liquidambar Studio of Art will be featuring 3D art from our very own Mark McCombs! His art will be featured from June 2 to July 28th. Please join Mark for the opening night on June 2, from 2:00 – 4:00 … Continued

Jason Metcalfe receives 2019 Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring

Jason Metcalfe, professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received the 2019 Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring. With this annual award, The Graduate School recognizes a faculty member who: encourages students to … Continued

Katrina Morgan wins 2019 Boka Hadzija Award

Congratulations to Katrina Morgan, who won the 2019 Boka Hadzija Award! This is a Chancellor’s Award that is given to a graduate or professional student with outstanding character, scholarship, leadership, and service to the University. Katri’s service and scholarship has … Continued

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