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Mathematical Sciences student Noah Stevenson has received a 2020 Barry Goldwater Scholarship. Given by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, the prestigious award supports students who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, engineering and math.<\/p>\n
Stevenson is pursuing the Mathematical Sciences Honors Degree Program. He takes both undergraduate and graduate level classes and will graduate from Carnegie Mellon University next year with his B.S. and M.S. in mathematical sciences.<\/p>\n
At CMU, Stevenson has molded his interests in both teaching and research. He has served as a teaching assistant for the mathematical sciences\u2019 courses Math Studies: Analysis I and II, and he has conducted several research projects studying partial differential equations in fluid mechanics and function spaces, advised by Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences Ian Tice.<\/p>\n
His projects are influenced by his interest in applying abstract mathematical concepts to solve problems in the physical world.<\/p>\n
For example, one of Stevenson\u2019s projects focused on the rigorous analysis of micropolar fluid equations, which describe the dynamics of viscous fluids with microstructure such as blood, colloidal suspensions or liquid crystals. Mathematicians contribute to the understanding of fluid flow by studying the nonlinear partial differential equations that govern their motion. To that end, a major focus of modern mathematical analysis is determining when solutions to fluid equations exist and studying if and how singularities can form.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.14″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.2″ text_text_color=”#e0e0e0″ header_2_font=”|600|on||||||” header_2_text_color=”#e0e0e0″ custom_margin=”||-9px|||” custom_padding=”||12px|||” inline_fonts=”Times New Roman”]\u201cWorking in this area is challenging even for graduate students, but Noah’s strong background and honors program preparation made it possible for him to do so as a rising junior,\u201d said Tice.<\/p>\n
Through his analysis of fluid equations, Stevenson discovered and analyzed a particular stability in micropolar fluids. His work has been submitted as a manuscript to be published.<\/p>\n
These experiences have shaped Stevenson\u2019s career plans to earn his Ph.D. and become a researcher and professor of mathematics. He believes the Goldwater Scholarship will help him achieve this goal not only for its financial support but because of what it means to be chosen as a Goldwater Scholar.<\/p>\n
\u201cReceiving the Goldwater Scholarship is reassuring to me that I am traveling along the right academic and career path,\u201d said Stevenson. He adds that the scholarship process helped him learn how to communicate mathematical ideas to non-experts, a skill that will come in handy when applying to graduate school.<\/p>\n
Stevenson is one of 396 students selected for the scholarship from an applicant pool of over 5,000 sophomores and juniors nationwide. He is also one of four Carnegie Mellon recipients.<\/p>\n
Stephanie Wallach, assistant vice provost for undergraduate education, said that CMU can nominate four students annually for the award. Brittany Allison, assistant director in the Office of Undergraduate Research and National Scholarships, oversees the university\u2019s Goldwater nomination process, which includes a committee of faculty members who discuss the nominations, and also includes working closely with each nominee before the final submission.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Allison did a double take when she saw that all four of our nominees were selected,\u201d Wallach said. \u201cThis is an award that recognizes our CMU strengths in the fields of engineering, natural sciences and mathematics and the exceptional ability of our faculty to involve our immensely talented and highly motivated students in undergraduate research.<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Emily Payne [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/magazine.mcs.cmu.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/bg_bars_periwinkle.png” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” hover_enabled=”0″ module_id=”antoine”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/magazine.mcs.cmu.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/ss_awards_Remond-Tiedrez_Antoine.jpg” alt=”Remond-Tiedrez_Antoine” title_text=”Remond-Tiedrez_Antoine” _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#3e6bc1″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000″ header_font=”|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#3e6bc1″]<\/p>\n Mathematical Sciences Ph.D. graduate Antoine Remond-Tiedrez was awarded the 2020 Hugh Young Graduate Student Teaching Award.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I assigned TAs to various courses, I knew that I could assign Antoine anywhere, knowing that he would be an asset to any instructor,\u201d wrote Deborah Brandon, former associate teaching professor, in supporting his nomination for the award.<\/p>\n As testament to this fact, Remond-Tiedrez was a teaching assistant for seven semesters for nine different courses. He was committed to becoming a better educator with each course he taught and he poured countless hours of preparation into doing so.<\/p>\n \u201cI like how the students\u2019 eyes light up when they have an \u2018aha moment.\u2019 I like to hear students voice their sense of accomplishment after completing a difficult yet rewarding class; and I like the challenge of finding the right teaching strategies for a particular cohort in a particular class,\u201d Remond-Tiedrez said.<\/p>\n When he became the instructor for the course Concepts of Mathematics in the summer of 2017, he designed the course himself using only the syllabus and the textbook, taking great care with planning lectures, quizzes, homework assignments, midterms and exams to provide repeated opportunities for students to develop their mathematical skills.<\/p>\n \u201cThe course is difficult to teach because it is the first proof-based course for most of our students,\u201d wrote Irene Gheorghiciuc, associate teaching professor.<\/p>\n However, students had nothing but praise for Remond-Tiedrez.<\/p>\n \u201cAntoine did well in breaking down complicated problems and directing us to find an approach to each step,\u201d wrote student Joanna Yao about her experience in Concepts of Mathematics. \u201cHis teaching style gave me more chances to improve my mathematical thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n If you ask his students for someone who is dedicated and effective in teaching, they say to look no further than at Remond-Tiedrez.<\/p>\n Brandon agrees: \u201cAntoine puts a lot of thought and effort into his teaching, in addition to having a natural talent for it. He is a wonderful (and versatile) teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/magazine.mcs.cmu.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/bg_bars_gray.png” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”off” hover_enabled=”0″ module_id=”christopher”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/magazine.mcs.cmu.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/ss_awards_Cox_Christopher.jpg” alt=”Cox_Christopher” title_text=”Cox_Christopher” _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#677e95″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000″ header_font=”|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#677e95″]<\/p>\n Mathematical Sciences Ph.D. graduate Christopher Cox received the 2020 Guy C. Berry Graduate Research Award.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is one of two or three best graduate students in Discrete Mathematics that I have seen in the department in my nearly eight years here,\u201d wrote Boris Bukh, associate professor of mathematical sciences and Cox’s major professor, in nominating him for the award. Cox is now a postdoctoral fellow at Iowa State University.<\/p>\n Describing him as driven and independent, Bukh highlighted the fact that Cox has written five papers as a graduate student, compared to the average of one to three that a mathematical sciences student produces on their way to getting a Ph.D.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a nutshell, Chris is one of the most brilliant young combinatorialists that I have encountered over my thirty years of activity in this area,\u201d wrote Ron Holzman, a professor of mathematics at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, to support the nomination. Cox worked with Holzman in 2018 after receiving a grant allowing him to travel to Israel and collaborate on research there.<\/p>\n \u201cMy research focuses on the interplay between algebraic, geometric and probabilistic tools in extremal combinatorics,\u201d Cox said.<\/p>\n Specifically, Cox has studied problems relating to information theory and coding theory, fields which focus on solutions to efficiently communicating information across noisy channels.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile passing through a noisy environment, a message may be corrupted: some parts of the message may be erased and other parts may be completely changed,\u201d Cox explained. \u201cThe main way to combat this noise is to add redundancy to the message.\u201d<\/p>\n Through his work related to the Shannon-Hartley theorem, Holzman noted, Cox and Bukh achieved a breakthrough on a \u201cnotoriously difficult problem\u201d of calculating the upper bound of the Shannon capacity of a fixed graph.<\/p>\n In response to winning the Berry award, Cox chose to express his feelings about it in the form of puns.<\/p>\n \u201cI’m Berry pleased to have won this award. I’d like to thank Boris Bukh, my adviser, and Dejan Slep\u010dev, denominator, for their non-trivial support,\u201d Cox said. \u201cBeing a discrete mathematician, I’m glad I could count on them. 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<\/em><\/p>\nAntoine Remond-Tiedrez Receives Graduate Student Teaching Award<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Christopher Cox Receives Graduate Student Research Award<\/strong><\/h1>\n