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Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

Master of Science in Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Doctor of Philosophy

For More Information

Campus address: Peter O'Donnell Building (POB) 4.102A, phone (512) 232-3356, fax (512) 471-8694; campus mail code: C0200

Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Program in Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, 201 East 24th Street C0200, Austin TX 78712-1229

E-mail: camgrad@ices.utexas.edu

URL: http://www.ices.utexas.edu/graduate-studies/

Facilities for Graduate Work

Support facilities for work in computational science, engineering, and mathematics include the Kuehne Physics Mathematics Astronomy Library, the McKinney Engineering Library, the Mallet Chemistry Library, the Walter Geology Library, the Perry-CastaƱeda Library, and the Life Science Library. Extensive computing facilities are available, including a scientific visualization laboratory and an Ethernet network supporting more than 250 general-purpose Linux, SGI, IBM, and Apple workstations. Other computational resources include seven parallel supercomputers, each a Linux-based Beowulf cluster of 16 to 256 cores. Shared and distributed parallel computers maintained by the Department of Computer Sciences are also available, as are workstations in several academic departments in the Cockrell School of Engineering and the College of Natural Sciences. Faculty members and graduate students also have access to the resources of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC).

Areas of Study

Graduate study in computational science, engineering, and mathematics comprises three areas: applicable mathematics, numerical analysis and scientific computation, and mathematical modeling and applications. Within these broad areas, the student may take courses and conduct research in numerical analysis and scientific computing, applicable mathematics, computational mechanics and physics, parallel computing and computer architecture, and mathematical modeling, and in supporting areas in engineering and science that involve mathematical modeling of physical phenomena and engineering systems.

Graduate Studies Committee

The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 2013.

Aristotle Arapostathis
Todd J Arbogast
Ivo M Babuska
Chandrajit L Bajaj
Michael Baldea
William Beckner
George Biros
James C Browne
Luis A Caffarelli
James R Chelikowsky
Clinton N Dawson
Mojdeh Delshad
Alexander A Demkov
Leszek F Demkowicz
Inderjit S Dhillon
Ron Elber
Bjorn Engquist
Sergey B Fomel
Irene M Gamba
Omar Ghattas
Oscar Gonzalez
John J Hasenbein
Graeme A Henkelman
Marc A Hesse
Thomas J Hughes
Loukas F Kallivokas
Chad M Landis
Dmitrii E Makarov
Edward M Marcotte
Mark E Mear
Robert D Moser
Peter Mueller
J T Oden
Dewayne E Perry
Jonathan William Pillow
Keshav K Pingali
William H Press
Serge M Prudhomme
Venkatramanan Raman
Kui Ren
Gregory J Rodin
F Rodriguez-Villegas
Peter J Rossky
Michael S Sacks
Mrinal K Sen
Yen-Hsi Tsai
Robert A Van De Geijn
Rachel A Ward
Mary F Wheeler
Ali E Yilmaz

Admission Requirements

Students entering the program are expected to have an undergraduate degree in engineering, computer sciences, mathematics, or a natural science such as biology, physics, or chemistry.