Professor of Mathematics Monique Chyba received the Science and Lectureship Award from Chiba University in December for her research contributions to applied mathematics. The ceremony was held at the .
Prior to the ceremony, Chyba gave a lecture entitled “A Journey in Space and Underwater” on control theory and its applications.
She discussed three main projects ongoing at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ that demonstrate successful partnerships within the university between the , the , the and the .
Chyba is now trying to develop an exchange program for mathematics students between the University of Chiba and the University of Â鶹´«Ã½. Two undergraduate students selected by a competition from the University of Chiba should be visiting the UH Mānoa mathematics department in September 2014 for one month.