Center of Excellence

The Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics actively seeks partnerships with local and regional business, to attract funded consulting opportunities and collaborate on project of mutual interest. We also offer seminars, workshops or mini-courses addressing contemporary research, technology, and applications.

In addition, our members

• publish their research findings in peer-reviewed journals, books, and chapters;
• present scholarship achievements at regional, national, and international meetings and conferences; and
• disseminate these findings at colloquia and seminars on and off campus.

Members also provide

• guidance to undergraduate and graduate students involved in research or consulting projects at the center and 
• undergraduate research at the center as a stepping stone for graduate studies and/or a career in industry.

• Alessandro Selvitella, The Mathematical Laws of Morphology and Biomechanics through Ontogeny, 2022–25. $212,262 funded by the National Science Foundation, RUI: Collaborative Research: DMS/NIGMS #2152789.
• Alessandro Selvitella, Quantify How Morphology and Locomotor Biomechanics Change during Growth, 2021. Pilot Project Investigator (with Kathleen Foster, Ball State University) for the NSF–Simons Center for Quantitative Biology at Northwestern University.
• Peter Dragnev, Midwestern Workshop on Asymptotic Analysis, 2019. $20,000 grant for Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation
  Visit the MWAA Conference website - the most recent event was October 2022, here at PFW.
• Adam Coffman, Midwestern Workshop on Asymptotic Analysis, 2016. $24,689 grant for Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation 
• Yuan Zhang, Function Theory in CR Geometry and Partial Differential Equations, 2015–2018. $118,348 funded by the Analysis Program, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation.
• Peter Dragnev, 2013 Collaboration Grant.  $35,000 for 2013–2018 funded by the Simons Foundation.
• Yuan Zhang, Function Theory in Several Complex Variables and Partial Differential Equations, 2012–2015. $75,302 Funded by the Analysis Program, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation.

Lilly Endowment Inc.’s initiative, Charting the Future for Indiana's College and Universities, has funded $10,000,000 for Indiana Digital Crossroads, a statewide network of regional hubs for data science.

• Press Release March 25, 2021
• Press Release April 12, 2021, with comments by Professor Dragnev
• The Purdue Fort Wayne portion (with Mathematical Sciences in the lead) is $1,415,000 over 5 years to expand data-driven education in broad areas across all majors, as well as K-12 engagement.
• Indiana Data Mine

Sue Mau and Carol Dostal, PFW ETCS, math and science middle school outreach, 2019–2020. $30,000 funded by the Lincoln Financial Foundation.

Sue Mau, Yvonne Zubovic, and Mark Masters, PFW Physics, math and science middle school outreach, 2018–2019. $30,000 funded by the Lincoln Financial Foundation.

Dan Yorgov and Yihao Deng, Curriculum Development Grant for Data Science, 2017–2018. $35,000 funded by the Lincoln Financial Foundation.

Joe Francis, Curriculum Development Grant for Actuarial Science, 2016–2017. $45,000 funded by the Lincoln Financial Foundation.

Since its opening in 2013, the Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics has secured over $150,000 in local grants and contracts from collaborations with regional industries:

Applied Research Projects (ARP):

• Fiscal Year 2017–18: 1 ARP: $26,500
• Fiscal Year 2015–16: 1 ARP: $24,039
• Fiscal Year 2014–15: 1 ARP: $9,500.

Technical Assistance Projects (TAP):

• Fiscal Year 2018–19: 1 TAP: $7,200
• Fiscal Year 2017–18: 2 TAPs: $14,400
• Fiscal Year 2016–17: 1 TAP: $7,200
• Fiscal Year 2015–16: 3 TAPs: $18,360

Technical Assistance Agreements (TAA):

• Fiscal Year 2018–19: 1 TAA: $4,808
• Fiscal Year 2017–18: 2 TAAs: $7,808
• Fiscal Year 2016–17: 1 TAA: $2,800
• Fiscal Year 2015–16: 2 TAAs: $3,975
• Fiscal Year 2014-15: 1 TAA: $2,940.

Research Projects (RP):

• Fiscal Year 2016-17: 2 RPs: $28,993.

Consulting with regional public agencies:

• Planning Department of Allen County
• Garrett School Corporation
• Fort Wayne Community Schools

Peter Dragnev
Co-Director
Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Yihao Deng
Co-Director
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Jeff Anderson
Co-Director
Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Alessandro Selvitella
Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Chand Chauhan
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Bin Chen
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dan Coroian
Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Alan Legg
Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Marc Lipman
Professor Emeritus, Mathematical Sciences

Drake Olejniczak
Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences

John Osowski
Continuing Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences

Yifei Pan
Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Doug Townsend
Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Dan Yorgov
Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Yuan Zhang
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Yvonne Zubovic
Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Peter Boyvalenkov
Professor and Associate Director
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Sofia, Bulgaria
[email protected]

N. Rao Chaganty
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
[email protected]

Shaoyu Dai
Jinling Institute of Technology
Nanging, China

Keng Deng
Lafayette Coca-Cola/BORSF Endowed Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA
[email protected]

Kathleen L. Foster
Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
[email protected]

Yang Liu
Zhejiang Normal University
Jinhua, Zhejiang, China

Ramón Orive
Departamento de Análisis Matemático
Universidad de La Laguna
Tenerife, Spain
[email protected]

Maya Stoyanova
Associate Professor and Associate Dean
Faculty of Mathematics and informatics
Sofia University
Sofia, Bulgaria
[email protected]

Desiderio Vasquez
Departamento de Ciencias, Sección Física,
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Lima 32, Peru

Natalia Zorii
Professor
Institute of Mathematics
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Kiev, Ukraine
[email protected]