Computational Science: Computational and Applied Mathematics, Ph.D.

The Computational and Applied Mathematics concentration within the Graduate School of Computational Science Ph.D. program is designed for qualified students holding B.S. or M.S. degrees in mathematics, engineering, or the sciences.  The goals of this concentration are to develop a student’s ability to carry out advanced research and to ensure the breadth and depth of mathematical knowledge required to obtain a faculty position in academia or a research position in industry or at a national laboratory, and to foster strong interdisciplinary research across various disciplines in science and engineering at the campus of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC).  Research within the Department of Mathematics is currently being conducted in many areas of the mathematical sciences, including numerical analysis and scientific computing, computational and theoretical fluid mechanics, mathematical and computational biology, computational statistics, probability theory, graph theory, and operations research and optimization.  Research is an essential component of this program, and students are required to consolidate their knowledge by taking advanced courses and pass a candidacy exam in computational and applied mathematics in order to progress into the research phase of the program.  Students will have the opportunity to pursue research interests in many different areas and conduct research under the supervision of a distinguished mathematics faculty.  Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the program, several different groups contribute to the teaching and supervision of research.  Students are expected to combine their basic mathematical studies with deep involvement in some field of application.  In addition to the independent research that students are doing in a specific area, students are expected to master an extensive amount of subject matter in computational and applied mathematics.