![AMCS PhD graduates Nathaniel Richmond and Catherine Patterson](/sites/amcs.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-02/Nathaniel-Richmond-and-Catherine-Patterson.jpg?h=137b9173&itok=FpeKVUaD)
Admission Requirements
Students applying for admission should have a solid undergraduate training in a mathematical science.
![Nathan Ellingwood](/sites/amcs.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-02/Ellingwood1.jpg?h=38f2f67d&itok=C2IRxK7x)
Graduate Curriculum
Students study theoretical mathematics, applied mathematics, and an outside area in which mathematics is applied.
Faculty/Research
Meet the Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences faculty members.
Interdisciplinary PhD program
AMCS cooperates with the Department of Mathematics in educating its graduate students.
Award-Winning Students
![Greg Ongie](/sites/amcs.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-06/profile_small_2016.png?h=02895ed9&itok=Tj72Kosy)
Greg Ongie
Ongie received the 2018 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize from the Graduate College.
![Samuel Brensinger](/sites/amcs.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-05/Sam-Research.gif?h=898af228&itok=ol_CsW68)
Samuel Brensinger
Brensinger won the 2020 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize from the Graduate College.
![J Vernerio](/sites/amcs.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/2023-06/jv_jk.jpg?h=1d181f1c&itok=SNQUxkpr)
J Verniero
Verniero received the 2019 Hancher-Finkbine Medallion based on their achievements.
Events
Evolution of Stress Response and Adhesin Gene Family in Pathogenic Yeasts
Friday, February 14, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Speaker: Bin He, Biology Dept.
![The University of Iowa Computing Conference (UICC) 2025 promotional image](/sites/amcs.uiowa.edu/files/styles/square__1024_x_1024/public/externals/1/9/19ab9cc908a4ad87e2db5f7de8e10267.jpg?itok=lJmIvKw8)
The University of Iowa Computing Conference (UICC) 2025
Saturday, February 22, 2025 10:00am to 7:00pm
"The UICC is hosted by the students and for the students to promote computing as a science and a profession."
Date: Feb. 22
Check out past conferences! [ 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024]
ACM@UIowa welcomes students, faculty, and all members of the community to our annual UIowa Computing Conference! The theme for UICC 2025 is "Finance and Technology." On Feb. 22, join us at the AJB and the Main Library SHAM auditorium for a deep exploration of how computer science and...
Past events
Structural Models for Vascular Tissues
Friday, February 7, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Speaker: Jia Lu, Dept. Mechanical Engineering
Models of Mitochondrial Fission from ODE to PDE to DDE
Friday, January 31, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Speaker: Colleen Mitchell, Dept. of Mathematics
Time integration methods for systems with constraints
Friday, January 24, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Speaker: Laurent O. Jay, Department of Mathematics
News
![Natalie Randall](/sites/amcs.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-09/Natalie_Randall.jpeg?h=5bdbfda4&itok=9RhM8Dtj)
AMCS student Natalie Randall conferred ENRE Young Researcher Best Paper Runner-up Award
Monday, November 18, 2024
AMCS student Natalie Randall under the supervision of Prof. Beste Basciftci from the Dept. of Business Analytics was awarded the 2024 INFORMS ENRE (Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment) Young Researcher Best Paper Runner-up Award.
Four professors appointed as new AMCS faculty
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Professors Rahul Singh, Qi Luo, Mojtaba Hosseini, and Denis Candido have all been appointed as new faculty members of the AMCS Program.
![Dr. Rob Falgout from LLNL](/sites/amcs.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-10/rob-falgout-LLNL.png?h=37de45fd&itok=x1Adqw1d)
5th AMCS-MATH Day on September 7, 2024
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
There was a total of nineteen presentations given by AMCS and Math students and one plenary talk given by Dr. Rob Falgout from LLNL.