Graduate Student Scholarships and Awards
Scholarships and Awards
The Department of Mathematical Sciences recognizes our graduate students' many achievements through various scholarships and awards.
By receiving these scholarships and awards, graduate students gain financial assistance and earn recognition that can enhance their academic and professional profiles, propelling them toward successful careers in their chosen fields.
The Wenbo Li Scholarship for Graduate Research, supported by the Wenbo Li Memorial Fund, is awarded to a graduate student in the Department of Mathematical Sciences who has written an outstanding research paper in the mathematical sciences.
Past Winners
2024. Gage Hoefer: Quantum hypergraph homomorphisms and non-local games
2023. Dongbin Li: Entropic exercises around the Kneser-Poulsen conjecture
2022. Daniel Hayes: Saddle Point Reformulation of Mixed Variational Problems
2021. Rayanne Luke: Parameter identification for tear film thinning and breakup
2020. Shukai Du: Projection-based analysis of hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods
2019. Samuel Cogar, for the paper, "A modified transmission eigenvalue problem for scattering by a partially coated crack."
2018. Thomas S. Brown, for the paper, "Evolution of a semidiscrete system modeling the scattering of acoustic waves by piezoelectric solid," and Lan Zhong for the paper, "Mathematical modeling of glob-driven tear film breakup."
2017. Peng Xu, for the paper, "The norm of the Fourier transform on compact or discrete Abelian groups" (coauthored with Mokshay Madiman).
2016. Shixu Meng, for the paper, "The inverse scattering problem for a penetrable cavity with internal measurements" (coauthored with Fioralba Cakoni and David Colton).
2015. Jiange Li, for the paper, "A note on distribution-free symmetrization inequalities" (coauthored with Zhao Dong and Wenbo Li).
Every year, graduate students past their candidacy examinations present their work during the Winter Research Symposium, either with an invited talk or with a poster. A committee chooses the best two posters of the year for an award: the winners are rewarded with a travel allowance and their work is displayed in the Ewing Hall first floor expositor.
Past Winners
2024. Georgios Baziotis and Nirmala Srinivasamurthy
2023. Kathryn Beck and Steppan Konoplev
2022. Joseph Nakao and Jerome Troy
2020. Rayanne Luke and Nick Russell
2019. Hasan Eruslu and Shukai Du. An additional award went to Rayanne Luke.
2018. Hua Chen and Kristopher Hollingsworth. Emma Pollard and Sam Cogar won the runner-up prizes.
2017. Zach Bailey and Irene De Teresa.Two additional awards (a gift in memory of Elena Gonzalez) went to Chuan Bi and Seth Cowall.
2016. Tonatiuh Sanchez-Vizuet and Lan Zhong. Two additional awards (a gift in memory of Elena Gonzalez) went to Matt McGinnis and Klajdi Qirko.
2015. Ryan Evans and Jake Rezac . The runner ups, Irene de Teresa and Matt Hassell, got a gift card.
2014. Shixu Meng and Tianyu Qiu .
2013. Chris Castillo and Isaac Harris . An additional award (a gift by George Hsiao) was given to Yu Sun.
2012. Nick Brubaker and Wiseley Wong.
The University honors graduate students for excellence in teaching with monetary awards made available with funds from the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost.
Past Winners
2023 - Pascal Kingsley Kataboh
2020 - Prabhat Kumar
2019 - Navid Mohammad Mirzaei
2018 - Hasan Eruslu
2007 - Jon Regan Beckham
2004 - Oluwafemi (Femi) Balogun
2004 - Rodrigo Platte
Given to a graduate student teaching assistant, in mathematical sciences, who has demonstrated superior effectiveness in teaching, and in the performance of their responsibilities.
Past Winners
2024 - Joseph DeGaetani and Pascal Kataboh
2023 - Katerine Funk
2022 - Himanshu Gupta, Jerome Roehm, Vladislav Taranchuk
2021- Daniel Hayes and Joseph Nakao
2020 - Nicholas Russell
2019 - Nicholas Russell
2018 - Rayanne Luke
2017- Jacob Jacavage
2016- Thomas S Brown
2015 - Jacob Rezac
2014 - Isaac Harris
2013 - Siobahn Young
2012 - Brian Garbell Kronenthal
2011 - Brooks K. Emerick
2010 - Matthew E. Zumbrum
2009 - Christy L. Hediger
2008 - Brian M. Rife
2007 - Jennifer E. Stovall, Jon Regan Beckham
2006 - Kara L. Maki
2005 - Jason M. Jacobs, Nakia A. Rimmer
2004 - Derek K. Moulton
2003 - Jason S. Williford, Maria G. Capursi
2002 - Frank Fielder
2001 - Miao-Jung (Yvonne) Ou
2000 - Karen E. Subers
1999 - Raymond Viglione, Shailesh Naire
1998 - Craig Culbert, Joseph Coyle
1997 - Nilima Nigam
1996 - Jennifer Bittner, Lauren Goggins
1995 - Jeremy Dover, Owen Byer
1994 - Angela DiPietro
1993 - Kenneth Wantz
1992 - Barry Peratt, Henry Konstanty
1991 - Majid Masso
1990 - Devan Mehrotra, Kenneth Luther
1989 - Eugene Fiorini, Zengxiang Tong
1986 - James Bird, John Grzybowski
1985 - Gitanjali Joglekar, Stephen Fast
1984 - John Casey, Marcia Stoner
1983 - Kathryn Frost, Laurellen Landau-Treisner
1982 - Nancy Coughlin, Richard Weida
1981 - David Balicki, Elizabeth Doering. Kathleen Meier
1980 - Dean Carlson, Robert Smith
The SIAM Outstanding Efforts and Achievements Award recognizes students for outstanding service and contributions to the UD SIAM Student Chapter by awarding selected students certificates of recognition from SIAM. In years where it is appropriate, one student is chosen by the chapter's Faculty Advisor, and the designated student receives a certificate signed by the SIAM Executive Director and SIAM President.
Past Winners
2019 - Nicholas Russell
2018 - Samuel Cogar
2016 - Lan Zhong
2015 - Allan Hungria
2013 - Matthew Hassell
2012 - Isaac Harris
2011 - Brooks K. Emerick
2010 - Matthew Rashford
2008 - Derek Moulton
2007 - J Regan Beckham
The University Graduate Scholar awards are competitive awards for academic achievement by graduate students from under-represented groups.
Past Winners
2018 - Michael Bush, Melissa Fuentes, Lucas Quintero
