American applied mathematician
Cynthia Yvonne Young (also published as Cynthia Y. Hopen ) is an American applied mathematician , textbook author, and academic administrator. Her research has included mathematical modeling of the effects of atmospheric turbulence on electromagnetic radiation with applications to laser-based communication with satellites . She is also the author of a series of textbooks on high school mathematics. She is the founding dean of the Clemson University College of Science.[ 1]
Education
Young majored in mathematics education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . After earning a master's degree in mathematical science from the University of Central Florida , she continued her studies as a doctoral student at the University of Washington , where she earned a second master's degree in electrical engineering, and completed a Ph.D. in applied mathematics.[ 2] Her 1996 doctoral dissertation, The two-frequency mutual coherence function of a Gaussian beam pulse in weak turbulence , was supervised by Akira Ishimaru .[ 3] [ 4]
Career
She returned to the University of Central Florida as an assistant professor of mathematics in 1997.[ 2] At Clemson, her efforts as a professor also included the creation of programs for encouraging mathematics students from underrepresented groups and for mentoring new faculty. She was named as Pegasus Professor of Mathematics in 2015[ 5] and, in 2016, as the university's Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence and International Affairs and Global Strategies.[ 2] She moved to Clemson University to become founding dean of the College of Science in 2017.[ 1] [ 6]
Awards and honors
Young was named as an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator in 2001.[ 7] She was named a Fellow of SPIE in 2007.[ 6]
Books
Young's books include:
Laser Beam Scintillation with Applications (with Larry C. Andrews and Ronald L. Phillips, SPIE Press, 2001)
Intermediate Algebra (2nd ed., Wiley, 2009)
Algebra and Trigonometry (4th ed. Wiley, 2016; 5th ed., 2021)
College Algebra (4th ed. Wiley, 2016; 5th ed., 2021)
Precalculus (3rd ed., Wiley, 2017; 4th ed., 2023)
Trigonometry (4th ed., Wiley, 2017; 5th ed., 2021)
References
^ a b "About the Dean" , College of Science , Clemson University, retrieved 2023-11-12
^ a b c Dellert, Christine (26 January 2016), "Vice Provost Named for Faculty Excellence and International Affairs and Global Strategies" , UCF Today , University of Central Florida, retrieved 2023-11-12
^ Cynthia Y. Young at the Mathematics Genealogy Project ; note incorrect dissertation title and different name format from the published dissertation
^ Young, Cynthia Yvonne (1996), The two-frequency mutual coherence function of a Gaussian beam pulse in weak turbulence (Doctoral dissertation), University of Washington, retrieved 2023-11-12 – via ProQuest
^ Kotala, Zenaida (1 April 2015), "Pegasus Professors Honored at Founders' Day Celebration" , UCF Today , University of Central Florida, retrieved 2023-11-12
^ a b "Clemson University names Cynthia Young Founding Dean for College of Science" , Member news , SPIE, 25 July 2017, retrieved 2023-11-12
^ Augustynowicz, Karolina (12 February 2001), "Navy Awards $8.5-Million to Young Researchers" , Chronicle of Higher Education ; "ONR Young Investigators Awards Announced" (PDF) , Mathematics People, Notices of the American Mathematical Society , 48 (5): 512– 513, May 2001
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