{"id":56,"date":"2018-09-17T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/samantha-sherman\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2020-08-24T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T16:19:58","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/samantha-sherman\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I am a fifth year PhD candidate at the University of Notre Dame in the Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics Department<\/a>. My expected graduation date is May, 2021.<\/p>\n

My research involves modeling nonlinear problems that arise in science and engineering via systems of polynomial equations and developing techniques to solve and analyze those systems. Check out my research page<\/a> for more information. I am an active member of the Association for Women in Science<\/a>, Society of Schmitt Fellows<\/a>, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics<\/a>. I am passionate about promoting STEM opportunities to underrepresented communities. This has led me to participate in various outreach opportunities from judging science fairs to organizing a charity race, the ND Pi Day 5k<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Outside of academics, I love lacrosse, played as an undergraduate at Fairfield University, and now I stay involved by officiating women’s lacrosse games. I am a member of the Notre Dame women’s club boxing team, Baraka Bouts<\/a>, serving as a captain for the 2020 season. It is a fundraising club, raising money for Holy Cross missions in Uganda. In the fall of 2017 we raised over $200,000 and in the fall of 2019 we raised over $76,000. I went to Uganda as a part of Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns in the fall of 2017. You can read more<\/a> and see my presentation <\/a>about my experience as a part of the boxing club and going to Uganda. I also enjoy traveling and hiking, the pictures on my site are just some of the wonderful places I have had the opportunity to explore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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