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Graduate Information

OFFICE: Geology/Mathematics/Computer Science 206H
TELEPHONE: 619-594-3430 / FAX: 619-594-2459
WEBSITE: http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu

Associated Faculty for Computational Science

José E. Castillo, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, Program Director
Peter V. Blomgren, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
Ricardo Carretero, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
Andrew L. Cooksy, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Luciano Demasi, Ph.D., Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Robert A. Edwards, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Juanjuan Fan, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics
Gustaaf B. Jacobs, Ph.D., Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Calvin W. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Physics
Sunil Kumar, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Richard A. Levine, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics
Joseph M. Mahaffy, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
Ralph-Axel Müller, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Shangping Ren, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science
Forest L. Rohwer, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Eric L. Sandquist, Ph.D., Professor of Astronomy
Anca Mara Segall, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Satish Kumar Sharma, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Samuel S.P. Shen, Ph.D., Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Usha Sinha, Ph.D., Professor of Physics
Satchi Venkataraman, Ph.D., Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Fridolin Weber, Ph.D., Albert W. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Physics
Tao Xie, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science
Robert W. Zeller, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Ashkan Ashrafi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Barbara Ann Bailey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics
Arlette R.C. Baljon, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics
Jianwei Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics
Jerome E. Gilles, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics
Bo-Wen Shen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics
Mauro Tambasco, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics
Wei Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science
Joaquin Camacho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Christopher W. Curtis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ke Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Parag Katira, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Lyuba Pavlovna Kuznetsova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics
Xiaobai Liu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Antoni Santolaria Luque, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Huu Ngoc Duy Nguyen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kenneth M. Nollett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics
Nicholas J. Shikuma, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology
Naveen K. Vaidya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Admission to Graduate Study

Students applying for admission should electronically submit the university application available at http://www.calstate.edu/apply along with the $55 application fee.

All applicants must submit admissions materials separately to SDSU Graduate Admissions and to Computational Science.

Graduate Admissions

The following materials should be submitted as a complete package directly to:

Graduate Admissions
Enrollment Services
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-7416

1. Official transcripts (in sealed envelopes) from all post-secondary institutions attended;
   • Students who attended SDSU need only submit transcripts for work completed since last attendance.
   • Students with international coursework must submit both the official transcript and proof of degree. If documents are in a language other than English, they must be accompanied by a certified English translation.
2. GRE scores (http://www.ets.org SDSU institution code 4682);
3. English language score, if medium of instruction was in a language other than English (http://www.ets.org SDSU institution code 4682).

Section I. Master’s Degree Programs

General Information

The computational science program offers a Master of Science degree. It is offered in collaboration with the Departments of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer Science, Geological Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics, in the College of Sciences.

The requirements for entering this program consists of one year of computer programming such as C or Fortran, competence in linear algebra and calculus, with background equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in the area of interest. Graduates of this program will have a solid foundation in a field of science and the additional training and experience required of computational science professionals. Fundamental science, in one of the specializations, dominates the program. This is supplemented with additional courses in computational science. Real scientific problem-solving is emphasized, through a thesis that could be done in conjunction with a carefully managed extramural research program. A significant proportion of the students in this program will be employed in positions related to their area of studies, thereby providing opportunities for extramural support. Graduates will be prepared for positions in scientific research, scientific programming, and software engineering.

Associateships

Graduate teaching associateships and graduate nonteaching associateships may be available from the individual departments. See the appropriate department of this bulletin for more information.

Admission to the Degree Curriculum

All students must satisfy the general requirements for admission to the university with classified graduate standing, as described in Part Two of this bulletin. If the undergraduate preparation of the students in the desired specialization is deficient, they will be required to take courses for the removal of the deficiency. These courses, taken by students as a classified graduate student, are in addition to the minimum 30 units required for the master’s degree. A complete student program must be approved by the computational science program director. The requirements for entering this program consist of one year of computer programming (e.g., C or Fortran), competence in linear algebra and calculus, and a background equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in the area of interest.

Advancement to Candidacy

All students must satisfy the general requirements for advancement to candidacy as described in Part Four of this bulletin.

Section II. Doctoral Program

http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/doctoral.html

General Information

San Diego State University and University of California, Irvine (UCI), offer jointly a doctoral program in computational science. The participating faculties are from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences at SDSU and the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science and Samueli School of Engineering at UCI.

Admission to the Degree Curriculum

In order to be considered for admission into the program, applicants must fulfill the general requirements for admission with graduate standing to both institutions. Applicants must have received a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics discipline from an accredited institution with standards equivalent to SDSU’s and UCI’s. Applicants with degrees in other areas may be admitted conditionally and may be advised to take additional courses. Applicants must have an undergraduate or master’s grade point average of 3.0. Successful applicants must demonstrate they are well qualified to pursue, with distinction, advanced study and research.

Faculty Advisers and Doctoral Committee: Upon admission to the program, the student will be assigned a faculty mentor from either institution. After completing the first year of study and receiving a progress evaluation, the student will select a doctoral adviser. The doctoral adviser will aide in the development of a suitable course of study for the student, administer the student’s qualifying examination, monitor progress of student research and administer the defense of the doctoral dissertation.

Faculty

The following faculty members of the cooperating institutions participate in the joint doctoral program and are available for direction of research and as members of joint doctoral committees.

San Diego State University:

Program Director: José E. Castillo

Committee Members: Ashrafi, Bailey, Baljon, Bhalla, Blomgren, Camacho, Carretero, Castillo, Chen, Cooksy, Curtis, Edwards, Fan, George, Gilles, Hong, Huang, Jacobs, Johnson, Katira, Kumar, Kuznetsova, Levine, Liu, Luque, Müller, Navarro, Nguyen, Nollett, Paolini, Ren, Rohwer, Segall, Sharma, Shen, Shikuma, Sinha, Sukumaran, Tambasco, Vaidya, Venkataraman, Wang, Weber, Xie, Zeller

University of California, Irvine:

Program Director: Wayne Hayes

Committee Members: Allard, Baldi, Burke, Cinquin, Dabdub, Furche, Hayes, Kruggel, Lander, Liu, Lowengrub, Luo, Mjolsness, Mobley, Mortazavi, Mukamel, Nicolau, Nguyen, Rangel, Read, Rignot, Rupert, Stern, Sun, Swindlehurst, Thornton, Tobias, Vrugt, Wang, Whiteson

Associateships

Graduate teaching associateships are available at SDSU and UCI and are awarded on a competitive basis.

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