Professors Les Reid, Jorge Rebaza and Xingping Sun of the department of mathematics were awarded a three-year grant totaling $298,255 by the National Science Foundation for the “Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Mathematics at Missouri State University (REU)” program.
The program fosters undergraduate research and will allow the department to bring nine students from across the U.S. to Missouri State to begin hands-on research. “The program is designed to attract and retain talented undergraduate students, and to help them realize their full potential for research, by involving them in direct interaction with a diverse group of students and three experienced faculty mentors,” said Rebaza.
The REU program offers summer research opportunities in the fields of algebra, analysis, combinatorics, differential equations and numerical analysis. Each of the three faculty mentors works with three students each summer for eight weeks. Two graduate assistants will also be hired as part of the program, which builds on previous successful REU programs held from 2007-09. The program is one of only 47 REU sites in mathematics across the nation.
For more information, contact Rebaza at (417) 836-5943 or visit the REU website.