SIAM Chapter at Illinois Tech (SIAM @ IIT)


Officers and Faculty

Faculty Advisors: Hemanshu Kaul and Shuwang Li

Current Officers: President: Mikhail Hall; Vice President: Ishaan Goel; Secretary: Leonardo Marciaga; Treasurer: Taran Mellacheruvu; Head of Research: Iqtedar Uddin; Social Media Manager: Amal Alwatik & Bala Gopinath Kuchibatla.


Former Faculty Advisors: Igor Cialenco and Xiaofan Li (2008-2012).
Former Officers [an incomplete list]: 2024: President: Kaylee Rosendahl; Vice President: Ishaan Goel; Secretary: Leonardo Marciaga; Treasurer: Taran Mellacheruvu; Head of Research: Iqtedar Uddin; Head of Engagement: Mikhail Hall. 2023: President: Jacob Thomas; Vice President: Ishaan Goel; Secretary: Amal Alwatik; Treasurer: Taran Mellacheruvu; Events Coordinator: Wesam Hashem. 2022-23: President: Jacob Thomas; Vice President: Lara Matiukha; Secretary: Zack Chaffee; Treasurer: Jean-Yves Thomason. 2021-22: Ben Barber, Lara Matiukha, Angirasa Darbha, Ryan Ciminski. 2020-21: Victoria (Tori) Belotti, Lara Matiukha, Ben Barber, Ryan Ciminski. Earlier: Gunjan Sharma, Jelena Mojsilovic, Jan-Eric Sulzbach; Quinn Stratton; Yue Cao, Kan Zhang, Tanner Zielinski; Adam Rumpf, William Schwatrz, Xiao Huang, Kan Zhang; Hannah Albert, Adam Rumpf, Xiao Huang, Haley Shopp; Barrett Leslie, Lluís Antoni Jiménez Rugama, Hannah Albert, Manpreet Singh; Xuan Zhou, Barrett Leslie, Tao Chen, Joseph Kupiec; Qi Ye, Amlan K. Barua, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Barrett Leslie; Ben Niu, Yizhi Zhang, Aparna Poddar, Jiarui Yang.

Contact Information

Email: siam@iit.edu.
Mailing list: siam-group@iit.edu. Join through Google groups in IIT, or send us an email. All events are announced through this mailing list.
Official IIT website. [Not regularly maintained]
SIAM Calendar.
SIAM Social Media: Instagram; Twitter




What is SIAM at IIT?

SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) is the premier international professional organization for people in applied mathematics and related fields, including science and engineering. Our student chapter focuses on organizing events and activities to promote learning and involvement in applied mathematics. Its exact agenda is largely driven by the initiatives of the current officers and members. In the past few years we have organized a wide variety of events such as a chat with Fields medalist Martin Hairer, Chicago Area SIAM Student Conference, a series of talks for popularizing mathematics, a research poster competition for graduate and undergraduate students, a series of career and research talks by faculty both in and outside the department, tours of labs such as Argonne National Lab, and IIT Idea shop, a math competition for undergraduates, social gatherings like teas, BBQs, boardgame nights, trivia quizzes, and more. See below for a list of our activities.



Membership

All IIT students, both undergrad and grad students, regardless of their major, are eligible for free membership with SIAM.

We encourage all students, regardless of major or home department, to join SIAM chapter at IIT.
Simply send an email to our contact email above (or, to any of the faculty advisors or any of the officers) stating your interest, and we will take it from there. The agenda and activities of the SIAM chapter are driven by the interests of the student members, join us and tell us what mathematical and social activities you are interested in.

SIAM Student chapter certificate of recognition is awarded to those members who make substantial contribution to organizing activities of the chapter and work towards building the social and intellectual environment of the department. The following are some of the recent recipients: Jacob Thomas (2023), Victoria (Tori) Belotti (2021), Yue Cao and Kan Zhang (2019), Adam Rumpf (2017), Hannah Albert (2016), Barrett Leslie (2013).


(An incomplete) List of Activities



Any updates? Any questions? Email: Hemanshu Kaul