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Scope of the supported project Dr. Justin Webster's most recent NSF grant is on the mathematical foundations of the motion of a fluid through a deformable medium.  An integral part of the award...

Scope of the supported project Dr. Matthew Kvalheim is the recipient of a Young Investigator Progam (YIP) Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.  The award is to support a...

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics has selected its 2026 Award Winners! Students with outstanding records were vetted by the UPC and names were circulated among the faculty.  Our...

Naghmeh Akhavan, who defended her doctoral dissertation in  April 2025, has been awarded the Association for Women in Mathematics's 2026 Dissertation Prize.  Dr. Akhavan, who was mentored by...

In Fall 2025 the department welcomed four new faculty members and seven postdocs.  They are Faculty Dr. Daniel Reynolds, Professor of Mathematics Dr. Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi,...

In July 2025 Dr. Matthew Kvalheim presented an invited talk at Stephen Smale's 95th birthday conference at Berkeley.  The video of the talk is available on YouTube:...

In early 2024, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMBC launched an exciting partnership with the Ingenuity Project, a premier STEM magnet program housed at Baltimore Polytechnic...

Naghmeh Akhavan defended her doctoral dissertation last month.  The interdisciplinary research, under the supervision of her mentor, Dr. Brad Peercy, and in collaboration with fellow graduate...

The 16th annual UMBC Prob-Stat Day conference will be held at the University of Maryland Baltimore County on May 9-10, 2025. The program consists of a short course  on Principles of functional...