The PhD program in applied mathematics is designed for students who want to pursue research in applied math at the highest level. The PhD program prepares students for independent research and emphasizes flexibility in adapting research areas to current opportunities. PhD students can obtain a master's degree after successful completion of the first year of the PhD program.<br><br>The applied mathematics faculty is involved in research that uses a variety of mathematical methods associated with asymptotic analysis, bifurcation theory, graph theory, scientific computing, ordinary and partial differential equations, probability and statistics, singular perturbations, stability theory, and stochastic processes.<br><br>These methods are employed in the investigation of problems arising in areas like biomechanics, combustion theory, complex networks, diffusion processes, fluid mechanics, geophysics, interfacial phenomena, materials science, molecular biology, neurobiology, reactor theory, solid mechanics, statistical mechanics, transport theory, and wave phenomena.