VIGRE

GT Overview Slides Updated

The Overview of the VIGRE program, the pdf file link the upper left of the screen,
has been updated, to reflect recent awards, and recruits to the program.

BTW, this file was produced entirely inside of LaTex. Use the Beamer package.
It is highly recommended.

Comprehensive Exam Results

The statistics on the Comprehensive Exams in the Graduate Program are:

16 students took the Algebra Exam, including 9 first-year students.
There were 9 passes.

18 students took the Analysis Exam, including 8 first-year students
and two MS students. There were 7 passes.

Exam rules have just been changed, with students permitted to pass one exam
at a time. This, among other changes, was made to address issues of fairness, and
speed the students through the Comprehensive Exams. The results of
this exam indicate that the changes are working.

Three students passed the Comps on schedule:
Csaba Biro, Christina Carroll , and Jean Savinien

Three new students passed:
Alexander Grigo, David Jimenez, Hua Xu

Five students passed one part, and have time to take the other:
Sujin Ahn (1st year), Mark Bilinski(1st year),
Alessandro Pugliese, Radleigh Santos (1st year),
and Alex Yurchenko

Congratulations to all.

Thomas Callaghan Wins Goldwater Scholarship

Thomas Callaghan, an Applied Mathematics major,
has been awarded a Goldwater Fellowship.

He, and Mark Oliver, a MSE major, are two GT Juniors to
receive the award this year. They are in fact roommates!


This is a federally supported fellowship, in honor of Senator Barry Goldwater to promote the
interests of the next generation of scientists and engineers.
It is awarded to rising juniors or seniors. And provides
fellowship support for one year. Thomas especially thanks Professors
Mucha and Porter for their support during his REU project on Football
Rankings. All three are in the picture, at the Georgia Tech Football Stadium.

There were 22 awards in the area of mathematics nationally.
And this is the fourth national fellowship award to go to a GT
Math undergraduate this year.

Congratulations to both! --Michael Lacey

Two GT Math Undergrads Receive NSF Grad Fellowships

Two GT Mathematics Majors have been awarded NSF Graduate Fellowships. Congratulations to both!

Ryan Hynd, who recently got the ATT Fellowship. And will have to settle on a graduate school soon.

The other is Alexader Olsevsky, who was a double major, in EE and Mathematics. He is pursuing graduate school in EE.

In all, GT undergraduates took 14 of these awards. There are about 30 awards in mathematics this year.

Last year, 3 GT Math Undergrads received these fellowships. The terms of these Fellowships are very generous. And competetive. The success rate in most disciplines is 10%, and 15% in
engineering.

Eligibility information about these grants follows. Note that you have essentially three years of eligibility!

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

• Citizenship: Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States.

• Field, Degree Program, and Research Topics: Fellowships are awarded for graduate study in fields supported by the NSF, including the mathematical, physical, biological, behavioral and social sciences; engineering; the history of science and the philosophy of science; and for research-based PhD degrees in science education. Information on supported degree programs and research topics is outlined in these Guidelines for Submission of Applications.

• Earned Graduate Study: Fellowships are intended for individuals in the early stages of their graduate study. In most cases, an individual has three opportunities to apply: during the senior year of college, prior to or during the first year of graduate school, and at the beginning of the second year of graduate school.

Keep reading for list of GT winners, and Math winner. The

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Georgia Tech Awards %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Ahsan, Saniya Akhtar
Churchill College
Cambridge, ENGLAND CB3 ODS
sani_me@hotmail.com
E/MECHANCL Georgia Institute of Tech Stanford U/CA


Ashley, David Ryan
2143-T Lake Park Dr
Smyrna, GA 30080
gte647i@mail.gatech.edu
E/BIOENGR Georgia Institute of Tech Georgia Institute of Tech

Bagrak, Ilya
Address Not Available for Publication


CS/LANG Georgia Institute of Tech Stanford U/CA

Carter, Frances DeAnna
Address Not Available for Publication


PHYS/OPTIC Georgia Institute of Tech U of Maryland-Baltimore
County

Filaski, Katherine Joanne
Address Not Available for Publication


BIOCHEM Georgia Institute of Tech U of California-San Francisco

Healy, Zachary Ryan
1743 Baldwin Drive
Millersville, MD 21108
zhealy1@jhu.edu
E/BIOENGR Georgia Institute of Tech Johns Hopkins U/MD

Hynd, Ryan Charles
326121 Georgia Tech Station
Atlanta, GA 30332
ryanhynd@math.gatech.edu
MATH/GEOM Georgia Institute of Tech Stanford U/CA

Marhaver, Kristen Laura
1635 Tallulah St Apt B
Atlanta, GA 30318
gte569u@mail.gatech.edu
MARINE BIO Georgia Institute of Tech Stanford U/CA

Micka, Daniel James
335109 Georgia Tech Station
Atlanta, GA 30332
gte593u@prism.gatech.edu
E/AERONAUT Georgia Institute of Tech Georgia Institute of Tech


Olshevsky, Alexander
Address Not Available for Publication


E/ELECTRCL Georgia Institute of Tech Massachusetts Inst of
Technology

Parra, Erika Andrea
12290 Broadleaf Ln
Alpharetta, GA 30005
eparra.me03@gtalumni.org
E/MECHANCL Georgia Institute of Tech Stanford U/CA

Perng, Ginger
5718 Fifth Avenue Apt A
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
gperng@ece.cmu.edu
E/COMPUTER Georgia Institute of Tech Carnegie Mellon U/PA

Piper, Anne Marie
Address Not Available for Publication


CS/HUMN IN Georgia Institute of Tech Massachusetts Inst of
Technology

Xu, Jia
329687 Georgia Tech Station
Atlanta, GA 30332
gte967v@mail.gatech.edu
E/AERONAUT Georgia Institute of Tech California Inst of
Technology

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Mathematics Awards %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Armbruster, Benjamin
4517 S. Kachina Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85282
barmbrus@email.arizona.edu
MATH/APPS U of Arizona Massachusetts Inst of Technology

Briscoe, Margaret Sage
2003 South Carrollton Ave
New Orleans, LA 70118
mbrisco1@tulane.edu
MATH/ALGBR Tulane U-Newcomb College/LA U of California-Berkeley

Brown, Jonathan Henry
PO Box 2356 Station B
Nashville, TN 37235-2356
jonathan.h.brown@vanderbilt.edu
MATH/OTHER Vanderbilt U/TN Vanderbilt U/TN

Bullock, Evan Merrill
23 Sunset Blvd.
Houston, TX 77005
evanmb@rice.edu
MATH/ALGBR Rice U/TX Harvard U/MA

Carlsson, Erik Lee
Address Not Available for Publication


MATH/TOPOL Stanford U/CA Princeton U/NJ

Constantine, David Arthur
Eastern Nazarene College 23 E. Elm Ave
Quincy, MA 02170
david.a.constantine@enc.edu
MATH/ALGBR Eastern Nazarene College/MA Cornell U/NY

Gaebler, David Jonathan
340 E Foothill Blvd
Claremont, CA 91711
dgaebler@hmc.edu
MATH/ANALY Harvey Mudd College/CA U of California-Berkeley

Gu, Jane
70 Pacific St. 324C
Cambridge, MA 02139
zerin@mit.edu
MATH/ALGBR Seoul Natl U Massachusetts Inst of Technology

Holden, Matthew Thomas
Address Not Available for Publication


MATH/GEOM Pomona College/CA Massachusetts Inst of Technology

Hynd, Ryan Charles
326121 Georgia Tech Station
Atlanta, GA 30332
ryanhynd@math.gatech.edu
MATH/GEOM Georgia Institute of Tech Stanford U/CA

Istook, Diana Lee
6113 Inland Rd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73132
Diana-Miner@ouhsc.edu
MATH/APPS Brigham Young U/UT U of Oklahoma-Health Science Ctr

Kass, Jesse
Room 403, Conant Hall 36 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
kass@math.harvard.edu
MATH/ALGBR U of Michigan Harvard U/MA

Khoury, Michael John
1330 Presidential Drive Apartment 110
Columbus, OH 43212
khoury@math.osu.edu
MATH/ALGBR Denison U/OH Princeton U/NJ

Lee, Wai Kei Peter
Address Not Available for Publication


MATH/TOPOL Stanford U/CA Massachusetts Inst of Technology

Lehmann, Brian Todd
P.O. Box 202708
New Haven, CT 06520
brian.lehmann@yale.edu
MATH/ALGBR Yale U/CT U of California-Berkeley

Loh, Po-Shen
MSC 788 Caltech
Pasadena, CA 91126-0788
po@caltech.edu
MATH/APPS California Inst of Technology Massachusetts Inst of
Technology

Los, Joel
Address Not Available for Publication


MATH/ALGBR University of Paris VII/France U of California-Berkeley

Manichaikul, Ani Wang
3016 St Paul St, 2nd Floor
Baltimore, MD 21218
amanicha@jhsph.edu
MATH/APPS Stanford U/CA Johns Hopkins U/MD

Mares, Bernard Allen
Brown University Box 3385
Providence, RI 02912-3385
MATH/GEOM Brown U/RI Stanford U/CA

Matchett, Philip Joseph
Emmanuel College
Cambridge, ENGLAND CB2 3AP
pjm88@cam.ac.uk
MATH/STATS Harvard U/MA U of California-Berkeley

Maydanskiy, Maksim Igorevich
1200 14th Ave Apt 203
San Francisco, CA 94122
maksim@uclink.berkeley.edu
MATH/GEOM U of California-Berkeley Massachusetts Inst of
Technology

Mihaescu, Radu Horia
1085 Keith Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94708
mihaescu@uclink.berkeley.edu
MATH/APPS Princeton U/NJ U of California-Berkeley

Milovich, David Kevin
3 Ames St., Box #257
Cambridge, MA 02142
dkm@mit.edu
MATH/LOGIC Massachusetts Inst of Technology U of
Wisconsin-Madison

Narkawicz, Anthony Joseph
502 I Jackson street
Blacksburg, VA 24060
anarkawi@vt.edu
MATH/ALGBR VA Polytech Inst & State U Duke U/NC

Niedermaier, Andrew Gerard
340 E Foothill Blvd
Claremont, CA 91711
aniedermaier@hmc.edu
MATH/OTHER Harvey Mudd College/CA U of California-Berkeley

Novak, Jennifer Sue
PO Box 1545
College Station, TX 77841
jenmaggie@neo.tamu.edu
MATH/TOPOL Texas A&M U U of Chicago/IL

Papageorgiou, Dimitri Jason
105 Stanley Ct.
Cary, NC 27513
djpapag@mail.utexas.edu
MATH/OP R U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill U of Texas-Austin

Patel, Ankit Bhaskar
292 Harvard St #2
Cambridge, MA 02139
ankit@post.harvard.edu
MATH/APPS Harvard U/MA Massachusetts Inst of Technology

Pottharst, Jonathan Livaudais
Address Not Available for Publication


MATH/ALGBR Massachusetts Inst of Technology Harvard U/MA

Schwartz, Alexander Benjamin
Address Not Available for Publication


MATH/ALGBR Harvard U/MA Princeton U/NJ

2212 San Gabriel Apartment 117
Austin, TX 78705
jgscott@mail.utexas.edu
MATH/STATS U of Texas-Austin Duke U/NC

Skorokhod, Aleksandr G.
471 Memorial Drive #207
Cambridge, MA 02139
skor@mit.edu
MATH/OTHER Massachusetts Inst of Technology U of
California-Berkeley

Smyth, David Ishii
Address Not Available for Publication


MATH/APPS U of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign U of California-Berkeley

Workman, John Tyler
1631 Laurel Ave. #3
Knoxville, TN 37916
jworkma1@utk.edu
MATH/APPS U of Tennessee-Knoxville Stanford U/CA

Ryan Hynd Wins Bell Labs Fellowship

Ryan Hynd has won an Bell Labs Fellowship.

This is a three year award, with support for educational
expenses, a living expenses stipend, and summer internships
at Lucent.

Ryan Hynd, a transfer student to Georgia Tech, has been an active
participant in research activities beginning in the Summer 2002 REU.
Since then, he has worked most closely with Professor John McCuan,
as well as pursing research projects in Physics.

He has been accepted at several graduate schools, including Berkeley and
Columbia, but has not as of yet selected one to attend.

Congratulations!

Billiards Software

Steven Lansel is conituing to develop his Billiards software, a project he started in the Summer 2003 REU program.

A Billiard system is a ball that is moving around some table, though the table ispermitted, in general, to have a very complicated geometry. There is an explanation from a master of the subject, Yakov Sinai available.

It is a famous theorem of Professor Bunimovich that if the table has the shape of a soccer stadium, so a rectangle, with a semi circle on each end, that the movement of a billiard ball is generically chaotic. This chaotic behavior is also the case of mushrooms: A semi circle centered on top of a rectangle.

The picture shown here is of a much more complicated geometry, with
an ellipse stuck on top of a rectangle. In particular, Steven is currently looking at a generalization of Bunimovich's mushroom billiard in which the cap of the mushroom is
elliptical rather than circular. (The extra complexity in this system
arises from the fact that the integrable elliptical billiard has two kinds of
caustics, whereas the circular billiard has just one.) Steven's program
will prove very useful in studying this both for numerical experiments and
to help guide analytical work. We are at the beginning stages of this and
have been discussing this with Lyonia.

The current version of the code can be downloaded either from my research
website (www.math.gatech.edu/~mason/research/new.html) or from Steven's
billiard website (http://lansel.no-ip.com/billiards2/). Steven's website
also shows plots and includes example data sets that can be downloaded for
your viewing pleasure.

Kasso Okoudjou wins Sigma Xi Best Thesis Award

Kasso Okoudjou has been awarded one of the 2004 Sigma Xi Best PhD Thesis Award, one of five such awards given this year on the Tech campus. This is a campus wide award, which includes some prize money.

The winning thesis was entitled, "Characterization of function spaces and
boundedness of bilinear operators through Gabor frames,"
written under the direction of Chris Heil. Kasso defended the thesis April, 2003, and is now a post-doc at Cornell.

All recent GT Math Theses can be seen here