https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-53-number-02-march-2020SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:23:58 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/benjamin-franklin-andrew-carnegie-and-other-friends-of-siam/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/benjamin-franklin-andrew-carnegie-and-other-friends-of-siam/Ken Boyden, the new Director of Development and Corporate Relations at SIAM, discusses SIAM's renewed focus on fundraising.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZKen Boydenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/dandelion-seeds-as-brilliant-parachutes/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/dandelion-seeds-as-brilliant-parachutes/Models of the airflow around a dandelion's pappus (which keeps seeds aloft) reveal that a dandelion seed is optimized for steady cruising.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZJenny Morberhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/how-zebrafish-get-their-stripes-or-spots/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/how-zebrafish-get-their-stripes-or-spots/Zebrafish skin patterning is a rich math problem because it involves cell interactions at short and long range.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZAlexandria Volkening, Björn Sandstedehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/in-silico-medicine-advances-the-development-of-sickle-cell-disease-therapies/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/in-silico-medicine-advances-the-development-of-sickle-cell-disease-therapies/Particle-based microscopic and mesoscopic models can simulate biological problems in sickle cell disease.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZHe Li, Lu Lu, Peter Vekilov, George Em Karniadakishttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/model-uncertainty-mathematical-and-statistical/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/model-uncertainty-mathematical-and-statistical/It is important to account for uncertainties inherent in a model that predicts or clarifies a real-world phenomenon.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZE. Bruce Pitmanhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-siam-science-policy-fellowships-announced-03022020/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-siam-science-policy-fellowships-announced-03022020/SIAM’s Science Policy Fellowship Program engages early-career professionals in science policy and advocacy.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/preconditioning-in-the-new-decade/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/preconditioning-in-the-new-decade/Preconditioning comprises techniques that help accelerate the convergence of iterative linear solvers.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZEdmond Chow, Kees Vuikhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-membership-celebrates-many-milestones/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-membership-celebrates-many-milestones/Tim Fest, SIAM's Membership Manager, offers an update on the department's recent achievements.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZTim Festhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-weighs-in-on-federal-research-priorities/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-weighs-in-on-federal-research-priorities/SIAM’s Washington liaisons have been actively engaging with Trump’s administration and Congress on emerging federal priorities.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZBen Kallenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/third-biennial-siam-conference-on-applied-mathematics-education-to-coincide-with-maa-mathfest-in-july-2020/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/third-biennial-siam-conference-on-applied-mathematics-education-to-coincide-with-maa-mathfest-in-july-2020/For the first time, the SIAM Conference on Applied Mathematics Education will be co-located with MAA's MathFest.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZRon Buckmire, Karen Blisshttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/wronskian-angular-momentum-abel-s-formula-newton-s-second-law/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/wronskian-angular-momentum-abel-s-formula-newton-s-second-law/Mark Levi explores the connection between Newton's second law and Abel's formula for the Wronskian.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:00:00 ZMark Levihttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/