Prof Qiang Du Wins USACM Hughes Medal

Qiang Du, the Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics, has earned the prestigious Thomas J.R. Hughes Medal from the U.S. Association of Computational Mechanics (USACM).

Presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of computational field dynamics, the 2021 Hughes Medal honors Du’s “numerous innovative contributions to computational physics and computational fluid mechanics, and unwavering service to the scientific computing community." He will receive the award during USACM’s U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics in July.

As the faculty leader of the Computational Mathematics and Multiscale Modeling (CM3) group in the department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Du conducts research at the interface of mathematical, computational, and data sciences through collaboration with experts across a broad range of fields. His work involves modeling, analysis, and algorithms with applications in physical, biological, materials, and information sciences. At Columbia, Du is also affiliated with the Data Science Institute and now co-chairs the Center for Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science. Previously, he co-chaired the Center for Foundations of Data Science from 2017 to 2019, and chaired the applied mathematics program from 2015 to 2020.

Du has previously earned numerous honors, including the Feng Kang prize in Scientific Computing and both the Outstanding Paper prize and SIGEST Award from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). He is also a fellow of SIAM, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Currently, Du is the editor-in-chief of the SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics and the founding co-editor-in-chief of Communications of the American Mathematical Society, while serving on the editorial board of more than a dozen international journals.