Applied Math Department

The Applied Mathematics Department is housed within the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz and the discipline intersects many fields such as physical sciences, engineering, biology, biomedicine, and sociology. Applied mathematicians develop analytical and numerical tools and use them to explain the dynamic world around us and to guide the engineering of future technology. The department is an intellectual hub for applied mathematics in a changing world by bringing in students, faculty, and visitors with a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and expertise.

Events from this organizer

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  • AM Seminar: Faculty Lightning Talk

    Join us for a fast-paced showcase of applied mathematics faculty research in this week’s AM Seminar, featuring lightning talks that spotlight the department’s wide-ranging interests—from -fluid dynamics and numerical methods to environmental sensing, machine learning, genetics, and mathematical biology. Discover the innovative projects driving our community and learn about potential hands-on student research project opportunities […]

  • 2025 Fall STEM Career & Internship Fair

    Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Here is a chance to meet tech recruiters in person! If you are interested in pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or research, then take advantage of this […]

  • CITRIS Aviation Prize

    CITRIS Aviation Prize Information Session

    Join us for this virtual info session on the 2025–26 CITRIS Aviation Prize, an exciting multi-campus student competition inviting teams to design innovative solutions for the future of air mobility across the University of California. The session will cover this year’s competition guidelines, key dates and requirements, and available resources. Attendees will also have the opportunity […]

  • AM Seminar: Why do we care about inertial waves on the Sun?

    Presenter: Ms. Catherine Blume, University of Colorado-Boulder Description: Recent observations of Rossby waves and other inertial oscillations in the Sun’s convection zone have kindled the hope that such waves might […]

  • AM Seminar: In Search of Stratified Turbulence

    Presenter: Colm-cille Patrick Caulfield, Professor, DAMTP, University of Cambridge Description: Statically stable density stratification is ubiquitous in geophysical flows, with the atmosphere, lakes and oceans all typically having an average […]

  • Reboot the Earth Hackathon

    United Nations Reboot the Earth Hackathon

    Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States

    The United Nations (UN) and the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are collaborating to bring the “Reboot the Earth” hackathon to the West Coast for the first time. This is a social event bringing together aspiring developers to create open source software solutions that address the climate crisis, including […]

  • AM Seminar: Structure-Preserving Discretizations and their Applications

    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Andy Wan, Assistant Professor, University of California, Merced   Description: Many models from science and engineering possess fundamental structures which are important to preserve in order for accurate and stable long-term […]