Waechter Selected SIAM Fellow

Northwestern Engineering’s Andreas Waechter has been selected as a 2021 fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Waechter, professor of industrial engineering and management sciences, is being recognized for fundamental contributions to nonlinear optimization, including algorithm design, theory, and software. A member of the McCormick School of Engineering faculty since 2011, Waechter’s research interests include large-scale nonlinear continuous optimization, mixed-integer nonlinear optimization, open-source software implementation, and the application of optimization algorithms to industrial and scientific problems.
 
The Fellows program of SIAM began in 2008 “to honor SIAM members who are recognized by their peers as distinguished for their contributions to the discipline.” Waechter is one of this year’s class of 28 fellows.
 
With more than 14,000 members, SIAM fosters the development of applied mathematical and computational methodologies needed in various application areas. Through publications, research, and community, the mission of SIAM is to build cooperation between mathematics and the worlds of science and technology.