/College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Applied Mathematics & Statistics

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Student Highlights

 

Amira Gbagba ‘25

Vice President for Student Affairs Rick Gatteau introduced student speaker Amira Gbagba, who graduated with a bachelor of science in applied mathematics and statistics, completed an internship at Brookhaven National Laboratory and earned an award from the National Mathematical Association of America. Gbagba said that — statistically speaking — someone in the 2025 graduating class is going to do “something huge.”

Student laughing at podium during commencement

Sergei Kotelnikov

2025 Woo Jong Kim Dissertation Prize recipient. Established in memory of the late Professor Woo Jong Kim, a long-standing faculty member in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, this annual prize is awarded for the best dissertation in the department.

Student standing with AMS faculty holding an award

Valentina Tillman

For exhibiting a bright future in statistics, Valentina Tillman was recognized with the 2025 Nancy Mendell Scholarship. In honor of Professor Emeritus Nancy Mendell, this scholarship supports a promising female graduate student pursuing research in that field.

Graduate student portrait