2026 Graduate Student Mathematical Modeling Camp

GSMMC is a four-day summer training experience focused on graduate- and advanced undergraduate-level training and career development. Students work in teams to model and analyze problems posed by experienced faculty mentors, developing the type of modeling and problem-solving skills prized by industrial researchers while in a guided setting.

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Program Format

GSMMC is a four-day summer training experience focused on graduate- and advanced undergraduate-level training and career development. Students work in teams to model and analyze problems posed by experienced faculty mentors, developing the type of modeling and problem-solving skills prized by industrial researchers while in a guided setting.

Registration

Participation to GSMMC 2026 is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in mathematics or mathematics-related fields. Apply now to GSMMC 2026! Priority deadline for GSMMC is March 31, 2026. Applications received by this deadline will be receive full consideration; applications received afterward will be considered as space and funding allow.

Location

All activities of the GSMMC will take place on the campus of the University of Delaware in Newark, DE from Tuesday through Friday, June 9 – 12, 2026.

GSMMC 2026 Director

Pak Wing-Fok, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware

Program Schedule

Time
Monday
June 8
Tuesday
June 9
Wednesday
June 10
Thursday
June 11
Friday
June 12
Saturday
June 13
Sunday
June 14
7:00 - 7:30
Arrivals
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Free Time
MPI at Drexel
7:30 - 8:00

           
8:00 - 8:30

           
8:30 - 9:00

           
9:00 - 9:15

Welcome Remarks Group Work Group Work Richard Moore (SIAM)    
9:15 - 9:30

Mentor 1 Presentation



Student Presentations 1    
9:30 - 9:45

           
9:45 - 10:00

 



     
10:00 - 10:15

Break



Break    
10:15 - 10:30

Mentor 2 Presentation



Student Presentations 2    
10:30 - 10:45

  Break Break      
10:45 - 11:00

           
11:00 - 11:15

Mentor 3 Presentations Group Work Group Work Student Presentations 3    
11:15 - 11:30







     
11:30 - 11:45







     
11:45 - 12:00

Voting



Group Photo    
12:00 - 12:30

Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch    
12:30 - 1:00







     
1:00 - 1:30

Group Work Group Work Group Work      
1:30 - 2:00







     
2:00 - 2:30







 Bus to Philadelphia    
2:30 - 3:00







     
3:00 - 3:30  
Snack Break
Snack Break
Snack Break		      
3:30 - 4:00

Group Work Group Work Group Work Check into Drexel Dorms    
4:00 - 4:30









   
4:30 - 5:00









   
5:00 - 5:30









   
5:30 - 6:00 Dinner/Free Time Dinner/Free Time Dinner/Free Time Dinner/Free Time

   
6:00 - 6:30        

   
6:30 - 7:00        

   
7:00 - 7:30