John Driscoll has been named this year’s recipient of UMass Dartmouth’s Outstanding Scholarship by an Undergraduate Student award - an honor bestowed on only one undergraduate annually in recognition of exceptional research. Under the guidance of CSCDR Director Sigal Gottlieb, John has developed efficient strategies for solving nonlinear partial differential equations using an implicit additive Runge-Kutta time-integration method. He is also collaborating with CSCDR faculty Zheng Chen, Scott Field, and Alfa Heryudono to characterize linear-operator behavior in neural ODE systems for unmanned underwater vehicle applications. His efforts have already resulted in a co-authored paper and several presentations at national conferences.