Past News
John McCuan to give mini course on the mathematics of soap bubbles.
John McCuan is a recognized leader in the mathematics of CMC surfaces. These surfaces are usually found as the border between two different fluid media and in soap films. He is visiting the department for two weeks in April 2008.
William Carlson wins a Goldwater Scholarship
Kansas State University student William Carlson is among 321 students nationally to win a 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Virginia Naibo and Diego Maldonado are preparing a digital image processing course
Virginia Naibo and Diego Maldonado are preparing a three credit course on Digital Image Processing to be offered during Spring semesters.
John McCuan will offer a short course on math soap
John McCuan from the Georgia Institute of Technology will give a short one credit hour course on the Mathematics of Soap in the spring of 2008.
Mark Lesperance will offer a time series analysis course
Mark Lesperance will give a three credit Time Series Analysis course in the Fall of 2008.
NSF-CBMS Conference in Tropical Geometry & Mirror Symmetry, December 2008
Professor Mark Gross will deliver a series of lectures on Mirror Symmetry at K-State.
K-State students rank high in the Putnam math competition
The Kansas State University team finished first in the Big 12 Conference and twenty-ninth overall amongst the 508 participating colleges and universities. This was the fourth time in the last six years that K-State finished first in the Big 12 in the Putnam.
Marianne Korten speaks at the 59th Midwest Partial Differential Equations Seminar
Marianne Korten is invited to speak at the Spring 2007 Midwest PDE Seminar in Lexington, KY.
Mike Reppert wins a Goldwater Scholarship
Kansas State University student Mike Reppert is among 317 students nationally to win a 2007 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Math Modeling team designated Meritorious
A team of Kansas State University students was designated Meritorious in the world in the 2007 Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
Lecture Videos available online
Many videos of math lectures are now available online.
Alyson Deines wins honorable mention in the 17th Annual Alice T. Schafer Price
Alyson Deines was the only honorable mention in the A. T. Schafer award for excellence in mathematics by an undergraduate woman at the AMS/MAA/SIAM 2007 Joint mathematics meetings in New Orleans.
David Yetter will offer a course on cryptology
David Yetter will offer a course on cryptology in the May 2007 Intersession.
Eleven math alumni give lectures at K-State
Lectures by eleven math alumni and three of our faculty and staff were the highlights of the 2006 Undergraduate Lecture Series in Mathematics at Kansas State University.
Jeffrey Amos is a winner in the undergraduate poster competition at the AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting
Jeffrey Amos was among the winners (roughly the top 25%) in the undergraduate poster competition at the AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting in New Orleans.
Center for Integration of Undergraduate and Graduate Research opens.
Professor David Auckly has been appointed as the Director of the newly inaugurated Center for the Integration of Undergraduate and Graduate Research (I-Center). A major part of the I-Center's mission is to provide directed research experience for our undergraduate majors as soon as possible and in an area of their choice.
Mark Lesperance will offer a course on actuarial exam 4
Mark Lesperance will offer a course in the spring of 2007 to prepare students for the fourth actuarial exam.
Ashley Wheeler named a McNair Scholar
Ashley Wheeler, junior in mathematics and physics, was named a McNair Scholar.
Department alumni invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematics
Igor Rodnianski (Ph.D. K-State, 1999) is now a full professor at Princeton University. This August he was given the honor of being one of the few invited speakers at the International Congress of Mathematics.
In Memoriam - Brent Smith
Brent Smith, Professor of Mathematics, died near the village of Iliamna, Alaska, securing his fishing boat in a storm; his body was discovered August 22, 2006.
Three new professors and four postdocs join the department.
This fall Ricardo Castano-Bernard, Diego Maldonado and Virginia Naibo joined our department as new faculty and Ryan Berndt, Ivan Blank, Sean Lawton and Silvia Onofrei joined our department as postdocs.
Department has great graduating class
This year the department granted five Ph.D's, 15 masters degrees and 21 undergraduate degrees.
KSU "Brainstorming and Barnstorming" REU site going strong
The math department completed its second summer of a very unique Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in August. This program combines lectures on the mathemathematical theory of flight with flight lessons and research projects in mathematics.
Louis Crane included in $2M Grant
Louis Crane in the Mathematics Department at Kansas State University has received a grant to study foundational questions in physics and cosmology from The Foundational Questions Institute
K-State Students successfully participate in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling
A team of Kansas State University students successfully competed in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
Students rank high in the Putnam
Jeffrey Amos and Matthew Burkemper, senior math majors at K-State, ranked high in the Putnam Math Competition.
Alyson Deines wins a Goldwater Scholarship
Alyson Deines, a senior math major, was awarded a Goldwater Scholarship.
K-Staters take top places in the Kansas Collegiate Mathematics Competition
K-State teams took the top two places in the Kansas Collegiate Mathematics Competition.
Jeffrey Amos is a winner in the undergraduate poster competition at the AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting
Jeffrey Amos was among the winners in the undergraduate poster competition at the AMS/MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting in San Antonio.
Alyson Deines receives a Luce Scholarship
Alyson Deines, senior in mathematics at K-State, was awarded an $18,000 Clare Boothe Luce scholarship.
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K-State Students are 8th in the world in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling
A team of Kansas State University students placed 8th in the world in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
Students shine in prestigious intercollegiate competition
K-State undergraduates in the Department of Mathematics finished first and second in the Big 12 in the prestigious William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition that pits mind versus mind in a battle of numbers.
Michael Higgins wins a Goldwater Scholarship
Michael Higgins, a senior math and statistics major, was awarded a Goldwater Scholarship.
Kansas State University wins the Kansas Collegiate Mathematics Competition
A team of K-State students finished first in the Kansas Collegiate Mathematics Competition which was held during the Kansas Section meeting of the MAA at the University of Kansas.
K-State Students are 8th in the world in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Kansas State University students placed 8th in the world in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
K-State Students are 17th in the world in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling
K-State Students place 17th in the World in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.