Math Department Announces 2022 Graduating Senior Awards

Emma will graduate Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Mathematics. She is from Mechanicsville, VA. Her current career goal is to become a high school mathematics teacher, and she will begin graduate school this summer in the Virginia Tech School of Education to work towards a secondary mathematics teaching licensure and a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction.

Guanying came to Virginia Tech from China. He will graduate Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Mathematics, a B.S. in Statistics, and a minor in Japanese. Guanying has also been selected as the Outstanding Student in Japanese for the Class of 2022.

He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Mu Sigma Rho national statistics honor society. He has worked as a data science intern for a transportation company and an undergraduate research assistant for the Virginia Tech Statistics Department. Guanying will be a full-time graduate student beginning next fall in Applied Statistics at the University of Michigan. Guanying wanted to express his gratitude to the department below.

It is my great honor to receive this award from our Math Department. I want to thank all people for helping me through college, including my family, friends, and instructors. I am deeply grateful to Dr. Rossi, Dr. Arnold, and Dr. Myungsuk Chung for answering my tons of questions during office hours, giving me valuable advice, and encouraging me to challenge myself in Real Analysis, Advanced Calculus, and Modern Algebra courses. I have built a solid background in mathematics by finishing the math program at Virginia Tech, which provided me with sufficient preparations to study in graduate school. Thanks again, and I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Nicolas is graduating Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Mathematics. He is a remarkable student who has completed his degree requirements in just two years.

He has worked devotedly on undergraduate research this academic year and has shown persistence and creativity in posing new questions, making conjectures and proving results. He has a paper under consideration at a peer-reviewed journal.

He is also generous and supportive of his fellow students. Nic plans to stay at Virginia Tech for graduate studies in mathematics. 

Nicholas hails from Burke, Virginia. He is graduating Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. double major in Electrical Engineering and Applied Computational Mathematics.

He participated in a Raytheon Fellow Internship Program for 2 years while at Virginia Tech. 

Nicholas will work for Raytheon and intends to continue in a graduate program.