William "Bill" Yslas Vélez is an American mathematician, a current Emeritus Professor at the University of Arizona, and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1] From 1992–96, Vélez served as the president of Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).[2]
William Yslas Vélez | |
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 Headshot of Vélez in August 2010 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
| Spouse | Bernice Lopez Vélez |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | The University of Arizona |
| Thesis | A basis for the group of units modulo ρm and prime ideal decomposition in F(ρ+1⁄m) |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Mann |
At the University of Arizona he graduated with B.Sc. in 1968, M.Sc. in 1972, and Ph.D. in 1975. His doctoral thesis was written under the supervision of H. B. Mann. Vélez became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in January 2013.[3] In 2017, he was selected as a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class.[4]
In 2014, Vélez won the M. Gweneth Humphreys Award of the Association for Women in Mathematics for his mentorship of mathematics students and particularly of women in mathematics.[5]
Notable publications
editPatents
edit- Method and apparatus for suppressing interference from bandspread communication signals, (1996).[6]
- Method and apparatus for suppressing linear amplitude interference from bandspread communication signals, (1996).[7]
- Simplified interference suppressor, (2000).[8]
- Adaptive processor integrator for interference suppression, (2001).[9]
References
edit- ^ "Department of Mathematics". www.math.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ Vélez, William Yslas. "William Vélez, PhD". Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ "W. Y. Velez". arizona.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ^ "2018 Inaugural Class of AWM Fellows". awm-math.org/. Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Gweneth Humphreys Award 2014 Winner: William Yslas Vélez, Association for Women in Mathematics, retrieved 2022-01-12
- ^ US 5495497, Bond, James W.; Schlosser, Thomas & Velez, William, "Method and apparatus for suppressing interference from bandspread communication signals", published 1996-02-27, assigned to The Secretary of the United States Navy
- ^ US 5495496, Bond, James W. & Velez, Williams, "Method and apparatus for suppressing linear amplitude interference from bandspread communication signals", published 1996-02-27, assigned to The Secretary of the United States Navy
- ^ US 6072845, Bond, James W.; Hui, Stefen & Velez, William Y., "Simplified interference suppressor", issued 2000-06-06, assigned to The Secretary of the United States Navy
- ^ US 6173167, Bond, James W.; Schlosser, Thomas W. & Velez, William, "Adaptive processor integrator for interference suppression", published 2001-01-09, assigned to The Secretary of the United States Navy