C.W. Gear Outstanding Graduate Award

Established by alumni, friends, and former students to recognize contributions and services of Charles W. Gear, head of the department from 1985-90. Gear was a pioneer in automatic numerical methods. He wrote the operating system for ILLIAC II, developed the first successful general program for solving stiff differential equations, and a landmark program for automatic integration of ordinary differential equations.

Criteria: This award is for two outstanding graduate students. Recipients must remain a student for at least one semester following the award (students graduating in May 2023 are NOT eligible; students who will be registered for courses in summer 2023 or fall 2023 are eligible). Typically, this goes to doctoral students late in their graduate studies.