Mathematics & Statistics

In recognition of his innumerable contributions to the field of Statistics, Ramesh Gupta has been awarded a Trustee Professorship. The Trustee Professorships were established by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees to honor and support the scholarly endeavors of outstanding faculty.

The 2017 Maine/Québec Number Theory Conference was held on the weekend of October 14-15 at the University of Maine.  It featured 51 lectures by an international group of mathematicians who do research in number theory.  More information may be found on the conference website.

This fall, we welcome five new mathematicians and statisticians joining the faculty: Sougata Dhar, Dillon Ethier, Jerrod Smith, Peter Stechlinski, and Zheng Wei. Go Bears!

Clayton Dodge, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maine, died on January 22, 2017. Professor Dodge taught mathematics in the department from 1956-1997.  His obituary can be found here.

University of Maine Mathematics MA student Kenneth Bundy is working in Prof. Ali Abedi’s WiSe-Net Lab on wireless sensor technology.  You can read about their work in this UMaine news article.

Jen Tyne, Paula Drewniany, and Todd Zoroya, Lecturers in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, are recipients of the RISE Center’s Faculty Course Modification Incentive Grants.  These funds are used to improve the quality of math instruction and to encourage talented students in STEM to experience an aspect of teaching in those fields.  In sections of […]