Mathematics at NCSU
The Department
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Mathematics
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56 tenure track faculty.
~196 graduate students, of whom ~131 are Ph.D.
65 MS (mostly Financial and Bio Math).
~83 TA lines, remaining Ph.D. funded by RA or
fellowship. Guarantee 5 years funding.
Large and successful PhD program (graduating
~15 per year)
Professional MS program (30 per year)
Strong BS program (50-70 BS per year)
State of the art new SAS Hall, facilitating
collaboration, and student learning.
Research Areas
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Mathematics
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Algebra and Combinatorics
Analysis, Geometry, and Topology
Industrial Mathematics
Mathematical Biology
Mathematical Physics
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
Optimization and Control
Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical
Systems
Partial Differential Equations
Probability, Stochastic Processes, and Financial
Mathematics
Symbolic Computation
Financial
Mathematics
Linear Algebra, ODE,
PDE, Optimization
Symbolic
Computation
Option Pricing,
Hedging, Portfolio
Optimization
Pure
Numerical
Analysis
Control, Optimal
Control
Applied
Mathematical
Modeling
Modeling
Algebraic Geometry,
Combinatorics
Operations
Research
Physiology, Biology,
Engineering
Mathematics
Experiments
Applicable
Pure Math
Algebraic Statistics
Quantum computing
Dynamical
Systems
ODE, PDE, Delay
Equations
Probability and
Statistics
Random Matrices,
Stochastic Processes
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Research Funding
–  4-5th nationally in total and federally financed R&D expenditures in
mathematics (better than MIT, Cal Tech, Stanford, Berkeley, NYU, and all
the schools in the Ivy League)
–  Training Grants (NSF)
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Mentoring Through Critical Transition Points
Research Training Group: Mathematics of Materials
Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Affiliates
–  Center for Research in Scientific Computation
–  Center for Quantitative Sciences in Biomedicine (joint with Stat)
–  Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI)
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Mathematics
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A national institute and a partnership of NCSU, Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and
NISS
Interdisciplinary research and internships
–  The Aerospace Corporation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Boeing, Calabazas Creek Research, Inc., CIIT Centers for Health
Research, NASA Langley Research Center, NIEHS, Sandia National Lab,
U.S. EPA, Waterloo Maple Inc.
PhD Program Hallmarks
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Mathematics
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2010 AMS award for “Exemplary Program or
Achievement in a Mathematics Department” for the
diversity and success graduating Ph.D. students.
Current retention rate > 90%.
2011 AMS award for “Programs that make a
difference” for our diversity record.
Only department that has won both awards back to
back.
Large Ph.D. program (~131 Ph.D. students in MA
and AMA)
Roughly 40% of Ph.D.s go to Industry/Government/
Labs.
Program Goals and Overview.
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Mathematics
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Motivate students with potential
Get and maintain student excitement about
mathematics.
Build a diverse community of mathematicians.
Attract and retain good Students.
Flexible program without sacrificing rigor. –allow
undergrad classes, -variable time to quals.
Currently 15 qualifying exams. Students need to
pass 3.
Motivation, Recruitment and Retention.
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Summer Institute for Mathematics at NC State.
(I’m @ State)
Mathematics
Programs for undergrads and grads to motivate.
Students do math research in small groups in the
summer, in a supportive and exciting environment.
I’m @ State (Mostly Summer programs)
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Mathematics
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REU: Modeling and Industrial Applied Mathematics
(funded by NSF and NSA)
REU+: Research and enrichment experience for
under-represented undergraduate students (funded
by NSF and NSA)
REG: Research Experience for Early Graduate
Students (funded by NSF)
REG+: Post-Baccalaureate Program.
Industrial Modeling workshop for Graduate Students
Results
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Increased motivation of graduate students.
Increased retention rate of Ph.D. Students >90%.
Decreased time to degree.
Students gain experience
Mathematics
–  Working collaboratively
–  Working on “real” problems
–  Communicating about mathematics