NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION POSITION NOT
A PROBLEM FOR UH MATH PROFESSOR
Giles Auchmuty Accepts Two-Year Appointment Overseeing Research
Grants
HOUSTON, Feb. 4, 2005 – Giles Auchmuty, University of Houston
professor of mathematics, is temporarily stepping out of the classroom
and into a new role with the National Science Foundation (NSF) in
Arlington, Va..
Auchmuty has been appointed to the position of Program Manager
in NSF’s Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
(MPS). For two years, he will administer grants to researchers and
mathematicians working in the area of partial differential equations.
“This position provides a great overview of mathematical
research in the United States,” Auchmuty said. “Mathematics
research and education is changing quite rapidly these days. Scientists
and engineers are finding that they need quite specialized new mathematics
to help solve their problems or develop good computer programs,
and mathematicians are developing the requisite theories.”
Auchmuty plans to return to UH to continue teaching mathematics
following his NSF assignment. He’s taught at UH for 22 years
and has held visiting positions at institutions such as the University
of Oxford and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J..
His research interests center on bifurcation theory and the calculus
of variations, especially the study of the solutions of Maxwell's
equations for electromagnetic fields.
Auchmuty joins UH faculty members such as Paul C.W. Chu, professor
of physics and T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science and Donald Elthon,
professor of chemistry, who previously have accepted NSF positions.
NSF is an independent federal agency dedicated to promote and advance
science, health and national security. With an annual budget of
about $5.5 billion, NSF funds approximately 20 percent of all federally
supported basic research conducted by American colleges and universities.
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