Accomplishments: Department of Mathematical Sciences

Mohammed K. A. Kaabar (Mathematics) has published new research article in the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing (Q1 Journal according to the SCI-E of Web of Science), Journal of the Korean Society for Informatics and Computational Applied Mathematics, published by Springer Nature. The article introduces the Fractal-Fractional…
Mohammed K. A. Kaabar (Mathematical Sciences) will gave  a seminar talk titled, "On Martínez-Kaabar Fractal-Fractional Calculus: Methods & Analysis," on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, at the Seminar on PDEs and Related Topics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences. In this talk, an overview of the idea of fractional calculus is…
Jichun Li (Mathematical Sciences) co-edited a book on Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, which contains 31 papers and published in the book series: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics;(PROMS, volume 486).
Farhad Shokoohi (Mathematical Sciences) received acceptance for his paper titled, “Uncovering Alterations in Cancer Epigenetics via Trans-Dimensional Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Hidden Markov Models,” in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics). The study introduces a novel statistical…
Mohammed Kaabar (Mathematical Sciences) recently coauthored a paper, "On Nonlinear Distributed Order Fractional Differential Equations for Star-Sun Graphs Clique Polynomials," in Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (founded in 1880). 
Jichun Li (Mathematical Sciences) recently coauthored two papers, "Developing and analyzing a DG method for modeling of metasurfaces" and "A novel finite element method for simulating surface plasmon polaritons on complex graphene sheets," in Journal of Computational Physics (3.8 Impact Factor), one of the very top journals in Computational…
Mohammed K A Kaabar (Mathematical Sciences) has been included in the 2025 Elsevier–Stanford list of the world’s top 2% scientists in the fields of General Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. The full dataset can be accessed at the Elsevier Digital Commons Data webpage. For your convenience, my name can be found in the…
On Aug. 12, Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) gave an hour-long talk (on Google Meet) on the Importance of American Ph.D. in Mathematics to over 100 students in the Division of Science of Central University of Assam, Tezpur (India), established in 1994.
Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) presented an audio presentation of a paper, "Rebuilding of Dismantled Math Communities," at the annual MathFest of the Mathematical Association of America, held at Sacramento, California, on Aug. 6-9, 2025.
Cynthia Tochukwu Nnolum (Mathematical Sciences) published a research article titled "Dynamics of Solutions to a Multi-patch Epidemic Model with a Saturation Incidence Mechanism," in the Journal of Mathematical Biology.  The paper analyzed the behavior of disease dynamics across multiple interconnected patches (regions), incorporating a…
Congratulations to the UNLV racquetball team who competed in Corporate Challenge on Thursday, April 10. They won 1st overall and 10 points for UNLV. Competitors were Adam Koebke (Mathematics) who won gold in men's singles, Venki Muthukumar (Electrical Engineering) and Sai Parsa (Computer Science) who won gold in men's doubles, and Erica Marti…
Kingsley Ukandu Rachidi Salako (Mathematical Sciences) presented part of his joint work with advisor Rachidi Salako. The paper, titled “New Spatial Patterns of Endemic Equilibria Set in SIS Epidemic Model: Effects of Susceptible Population Moment,” was presented at the AMS Sectional Meeting hosted by the University of Kansas in Lawrence.…