Professor Richard Palais and collaborator Luc Benard receive first prize in the 2009 NSF International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge prize

Professor Dick Palais, of the Mathematics Department in UC Irvine, jointly with his collaborator artist Luc Benard, are the winners of the first place of the 2009 NSF International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge prize. This is the second time that Professor Palais and his collaborator Benard have won this prize, the first time was in 2006. Please see the ScienceMag and NSF websites below for more information about the award.

Don Saari named as SIAM Fellow

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce the SIAM Fellows Class of 2009 and the inauguration of the SIAM Fellows Program. Fellowship is an honorific designation conferred on members distinguished for their outstanding contributions to the fields of applied mathematics and computational science. During this inaugural year of the program, SIAM will confer Fellows status on 183 noteworthy professionals who will be recognized during the 2009 SIAM Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

Professor Edriss Titi receives Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists

Professor Edriss Titi receives a Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists in recognition of his past accomplishments in research and teaching.

The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in future are eligible to be nominated for a Humboldt Research Award.

Jack Xin, Hongkai Zhao, Sarah Eichhorn, Max Welling receive 1.9 million PRISM grant from NSF

UCI was awarded a five-year, 1.9 M grant from the PRISM (Proactive Recruitment in Introductory Science and Mathematics) program of the National Science Foundation in August 2009. The PI is JackXin (mathematics). The co-PIs are Hongkai Zhao (mathematics), Sarah Eichhorn (mathematics), and Max Welling (information and computer science).

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