Industrial and Computational Mathematics (PhD), Program Information

Program Faculty

Department Chair

Asamoah Nkwanta, Ph.D.

Professor

Program Coordinator

Xuming Xie

Associate Professor 

Department of Mathematics

Calloway Hall, Room  223

Tel: (443) 885-3890; Fax: (443) 885-8216

E-mail: xuming.xie@morgan.edu

Program Faculty

Earl R Barnes, Ph.D.

Visiting Professor 

Mingchao Cai, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Marshall Cohen, Ph.D.

Visiting Professor 

Iman Dehzangi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Jonathan Farley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Xiao-Xiong Gan, Ph.D.

Professor

Elisabeth Kemajou-Brown, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Jemal Mohammed-Awel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Bhamini Nayar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Gaston N’Guerekata, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor

Asamoah  Nkwanta, Ph.D.

Professor

Alexander Pankov, Ph.D.

Professor

Dereje Seifu, Ph.D.

Professor

James Wachira, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Xuming Xie, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Guoping Zhang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Najat Ziyadi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Program Description

The Industrial and Computational Mathematics (ICM) Ph.D. program offers opportunities for candidates to have an in-depth study of mathematics and its applications.  A student admitted to the program will be able to choose his/her field of study in consultation with an ICM graduate faculty member of choice. The Department of Mathematics has faculty members with expertise in real analysis, complex analysis, functional analysis, algebra, combinatorics, differential equations and applications, operations research, numerical analysis, topology, mathematical modeling, mathematical biology, actuarial science, statistics and biostatistics.  The underlying principle of the ICM doctoral program is the fact that solving a problem involving applications requires an in-depth understanding of the mathematical concepts that are to be applied to a corresponding problem.

Program Objectives

The objective of the department’s ICM Ph.D. Program is to produce graduates who are broadly educated in the mathematical sciences and who can work at the current research frontiers of their specialized disciplines, including application of such disciplines to solve problems arising in academia, industry, or government.

General Requirements

Candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy degree must complete:  a minimum of 36 credit hours for candidates who already possess the master’s degree (OPTION I) and a minimum of 60 academic credits for candidates only possess the baccalaureate degree (OPTION II); pass a written comprehensive examination, an oral qualifying examination, and the language requirement. All candidates must submit and defend a doctoral dissertation. Candidates must satisfy residency requirements and maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 throughout the program. A candidate must demonstrate a competent reading knowledge of significant mathematical material in one foreign language by passing two 100-level language classes with a grade of “C” or better (alternatively, the student may take a language competency exam). All requirements for the doctoral degree in Industrial and Computational Mathematics must be completed within a period of seven consecutive years from the date of admission. 

Students may receive “C” grades in no more than 20% of the credit requirement for graduation.  If a student exceeds this credit allowance, the student must retake the same courses with “C” grades until satisfactory grades are earned to bring the student in compliance with the regulation.

Admission

To be eligible for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy Program in Industrial and Computational Mathematics Program an applicant must: 

• Have earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, preferably in mathematics or related area. 

• OPTION I: possess a master’s degree with GPA of 3.0 or above from a regionally accredited college or university, preferably in mathematics or related area, or OPTION II: Possess an undergraduate cumulative grade point average (G.P.A.) of 3.0 or better from a regionally accredited college or university, preferably in mathematics or related area

• Submit an application for admission to the School of Graduate Studies.  All required documents must be submitted as directed by the School of Graduate Studies prior to program review and admission decision.  

• Use the application system to arrange for three letters of recommendation to be placed with the application.  These letters must be from officials or faculty members of institutions previously attended who are acquainted with the applicant’s ability for graduate study or from employment supervisors where applicable. 

• Submit a typed exposition regarding the candidate’s personal academic and professional plans and the reasons for selecting Morgan State University. 

• The Ph.D. admission committee of the department of mathematics will review the application files once they are obtained from SGS. The admission committee makes recommendations to the department for each applicant. 

• The graduate program director submits the departmental decision for an applicant to the SGS after receiving the recommendation from the admission committee. 

• The rules for Visa requirements and for English Language Proficiency for foreign students also will be guided by the rules for admission to the School of Graduate Studies at MSU.

Meeting the minimum eligibility requirements and submitting all the required documents does not guarantee that an offer of admission will be made to the applicant.  The decision of the Program Admissions Committee involves a review and analysis of all the elements of the application as well as the availability of positions in the program.  The committee then recommends to the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies that an offer of admission should be made based on that review.

Candidacy

Students achieve candidacy by successfully completing the core and selective courses with a minimum grade point average of 3.0, passing Comprehensive Examination and the qualifying oral examination and obtaining the consent of a faculty member who will accept the responsibility of directing a dissertation. Prior to achieving Candidacy, the student may enroll in MATH 993  : Pre-Candidacy.

Dissertation Completion

The Ph.D. Dissertation Committee consists of four graduate faculty members, at least one external faculty member from outside of Morgan State University will be selected by the student and his/her dissertation advisor, and approved by the Department Chair and School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences Dean. Note that lecturers who are approved ICM graduate faculty may serve on a student’s dissertation committee. When the dissertation has been completed to the satisfaction of the candidate’s faculty advisor and dissertation committee, a dissertation defense will be scheduled, at which time the student must orally defend his or her work before the Ph. D. Dissertation Committee, pursuant to the rules and regulations of such activities. The dissertation must contain original, publishable results in the mathematical sciences.

Additional Requirements

Graduate students are cautioned to avoid practices that threaten the integrity of their academic career and their research, including, but not limited to falsification or fabrication of data, violations of privacy and confidentiality provisions, conflicts of interest, cheating, plagiarism, and  copyright infringements. Unethical research threatens the integrity of the academic and scientific enterprise and may subject graduate students to severe penalties. Appeals and due  process will be followed according to the academic regulations of the School of Graduate Studies and the college, school, and department in which they are pursuing a degree.

Program Course Requirements

Suggested Curriculum Sequence

• Industrial and Computational Mathematics (PhD), Curriculum Sequence