SIAM names 34 Fellows for key contributions to applied mathematics and computational science

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) recently conferred Fellows status on 34 noteworthy professionals who will be recognized in July during the 2010 SIAM Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 2010 class of Fellows is the first nominated by the SIAM community. It includes a diverse group of men and women who have made significant contributions to the fields of applied mathematics and computational science. These individuals have, among other things, shown excellence in research, industrial work, educational activities, or other activities directly related to the goals of SIAM. By honoring them as Fellows, SIAM acknowledges them as leaders in their fields.

"We take great pride in the accomplishments of these 34 outstanding SIAM members," said SIAM President Douglas N. Arnold. "Men and women from four continents and numerous disciplines, they exemplify SIAM's vision of the central role mathematics plays in the advancement of science and technology. They have created mathematical models for complex phenomena ranging from combustion to swarming. They have designed algorithms that enabled the restoration of old movies and the design of new aircraft. They have developed mathematical tools for optimizing manufacturing processes, tracking epidemics, and quantifying the uncertainty in both. Along the way, they have developed elegant mathematics which strengthens the foundations on which future work will rely."

Newly announced 2010 SIAM Fellows and their affiliations at the time of designation are listed below and can also be found, with citations and photos, at http://fellows.siam.org.

Uri M. Ascher, University of British Columbia

Andrea L. Bertozzi, University of California Los Angeles

Susanne C. Brenner, Louisiana State University

John C. Butcher, University of Auckland

Stephen L. Campbell, North Carolina State University

Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University

Tony F. C. Chan, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Peter Constantin, University of Chicago

John E. Dennis, Jr., Rice University, Retired

Iain S. Duff, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK and CERFACS, France

Paul G. Dupuis, Brown University

Bjorn E. Engquist, University of Texas Austin

Donald J. Geman, Johns Hopkins University

John R. Gilbert, University of California Santa Barbara

Michael T. Heath, University of Illinois

Te Chiang Hu, University of California San Diego

George Karniadakis, Brown University

William L. Kath, Northwestern University

Ioannis G. Kevrekidis, Princeton University

Barbara L. Keyfitz, Ohio State University

Randall J. LeVeque, University of Washington

Anders G. Lindquist, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology

Steve McCormick, University of Colorado Boulder

Carl D. Meyer, North Carolina State University

Jorge Nocedal, Northwestern University

Yousef Saad, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Fadil Santosa, University Minnesota Minneapolis

Robert S. Schreiber, Hewlett-Packard Company

Mitchell Smooke, Yale University

Danny C. Sorensen, Rice University

Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington

Frederic Y. M. Wan, University of California Irvine

Michael I. Weinstein, Columbia University

Olof B. Widlund, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

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