On Friday, October 16, 2026, the Mathematics and Statistics Department winners of the 2026 Summer Graduate Research Awards presented their summer research.
Congratulations to each winner. You all did some awesome work over the summer!
Mathematics & Statistics 2026 Summer Graduate Research Award Winners
- Zachary Parker — Hecke Computations and Cohomology for GL3(ℤ[i]) (Research Advisor: Yasaki)
- Chidinma Williams — Measuring Spatial Clustering via Metropolis-Hastings Diffusion Distance (Research Advisor: Weighill)
- Matthew McGilvary — Evaluating Embedding Algorithms Using Topological Data Analysis: A Topological Framework for Comparing Metric Space Embeddings (Research Advisor: Hull)
- Melissa Cook — A weak Allee growth model with predator-induced emigration (Research Advisor: Shivaji) AND Exact Bifurcation diagrams for a nonlinear eigenvalue problem with parameter-dependent reaction and boundary conditions (Research Advisor: Lewis and Shivaji)
