Dr. Cynthia Woodburn
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Pittsburg State University
1701 S. Broadway
Pittsburg, KS 66762
Telephone: (620) 235-4409
Fax: (620) 235-4429
Office: Yates 201
Email: cwoodbur@pittstate.edu

Vita

Education
1994 PhD in Mathematics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Advisor: Prof. Reinhard C. Laubenbacher
1987 MS in Mathematics, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
1986 BSED in Mathematics, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas

Professional Experience
2006 - present --- Professor, Pittsburg State University
1999 - 2006 --- Associate Professor, Pittsburg State University
(2002 - present --- Assistant Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum program)
1994 - 1999 --- Assistant Professor, Pittsburg State University
Summer 1994 --- College Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University
1993-94 --- Teaching Associate, Cornell University
1992-93 --- Senior Support Staff, NSF Young Scholars Mathematics Workshop in the Rockies
1988-93 --- Graduate Assistant, New Mexico State University
1986-87 --- Graduate Assistant, Pittsburg State University

Research Interests
Computational Commutative Algebra
Applications of Computational Commutative Algebra in Multi-Dimensional Signal Processing
/ Undergraduate Mathematics Education
Mediated Instruction

Professional Memberships
American Association of University Women
American Mathematical Society
Association for Women in Mathematics
Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics
Kappa Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society: Faculty Advisor (1995-96, 2003-present), Corresponding Secretary (1996-1998), Regional Director, 2001-present
Mathematical Association of America (Kansas Section webmaster)
MOKAN Affiliated Chapter of NCTM
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
New Mexico State University Alumni Association
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society: Chapter VP (1985-87)
Phi Delta Kappa Educational Honor Society
Pittsburg State University Alumni Association
Pittsburg State University Faculty Association

Distinctions and Honors
PSU College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award (2003)
PSU Summer Teaching Stipend to develop materials for visualizing algebra concepts (2003)
PSU Outstanding Alumni Award (2002)
Mathematical Association of America Certificate of Meritorious Service (2002)
AAAS Women's International Science Collaboration travel grant (2001)
NRC Collaboration in Basic Science and Engineering travel grant (2001)
AWM travel grant (1996, 2000)
International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women (2000, 2002, 2003)
Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2000, 2004, 2005)
Who's Who Among American Women, 25th Silver Anniversary Edition (2005)
Who's Who of American Women, 2007
Who's Who in American Education (2006)
Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2006-07)
Who's Who in America (2007)
PSU Foundation Summer Teaching Stipend to develop mediated and web-based instructional tools for service courses and math majors (1998)
MAA Project NExT Fellow (1994-95)
MAA Project NExT Consultant (2006-present)
NSF/NSA support to attend NMSU Holiday Symposium and present contributed paper (1994)
support to attend AWM Workshop and present research in poster session (1993)
NSF support to attend Regional Geometry Institute at Amherst College (1992)
Honorable Mention, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (1992)
participant in NSF multiyear grant to improve calculus instruction (1989-90)

Publications

• An Algorithmic Proof of Suslin's Stability Theorem for Polynomial Rings, with H. Park, Journal of Algebra 178, (1995), p. 277-298.
  
• An Algorithm for the Quillen-Suslin Theorem for Monoid Rings, with R. Laubenbacher, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 117-118, (1997), p. 395-429.
  
• A New Algorithm for the Quillen-Suslin Theorem, with R. Laubenbacher, Contributions to Algebra and Geometry 41, (2000), p. 23-32.
  
• Factoring Multivariate Polynomial Matrices, Proc. Digital Signal Processing and Its Applications 2, (2000), p. 291-293.
  
• The Quillen-Suslin Theorem and the Design and Implementation of Multi-Dimensional Filter Banks, with M. Tchobanou, Proc. Digital Signal Processing and Its Applications 2, (2000), p. 314-315.
  
• Design of M-D Filter Banks by Factorization of M-D Polynomial Matrices, with M. Tchobanou, Proc. Intl. Conf. on Information, Communications, and Signal Processing (Singapore), (2001).
  
• Gröbner Bases - A Powerful Tool for Solving DSP Tasks, Proc. Digital Signal Processing and Its Applications 1, (2002), p. 163-165.
  
• Factorization of M-D Polynomial Matrices for Design of M-D Multirate Systems, with M. Tchobanou, Proc. Intl. Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, (2002).
  
• Effective Implementation of M-D Multirate Systems by Factorization of M-D Polynomial Polyphase Matrices, with M. Tchobanou, Proc. Digital Signal Processing and Its Applications, (2003), p. 156-158.
  
• Formulating a Plan for Your Professional Future, with G. Ashline, J. Case and K. Pearson, MAA Focus, (May/June 2001), p. 7 - 9.
  
• Design and Implementation of 2-D and 3-D Multirate Systems, with O. Bolshakova, V. Klyushkin, V. Mironov, S. Stephachew, and M. Tchobanou, Proc. Intl. TICSP Workshop on Spectral Methods and Multirate Signal Processing, (2002).
• Implementation Issues in 2-D Filter Bank Design Based on Matrix Factorization, with M. Tchobanou, Proc. XI European Signal Processing Conf., (2002).
• The Algebra Underlying Account Rules: A Teaching Note, with R. Casey and D. O'Bryan, Accounting Instructors' Report, (2003).
• Writing to Learn for Elementary Statistics, with Ananda Jayawardhana, Proc. Joint Statistical Meetings, (2005).

Selected Invited Talks
2/02 -- Grobner Bases - A Powerful Tool for Solving DSP Tasks, plenary talk, Fourth International Conference and Exhibition, Digital Signal Processing and Its Applications, Moscow, Russia
11/00 -- Factoring Polynomial Matrices, Third International Conference and Exhibition, Digital Signal Processing and Its Applications, Moscow, Russia
10/99 -- Computational Methods in Commutative Algebra, Colloquium, University of Missouri-Rolla
9/98 -- A Computational Proof of Gubeladze's Theorem, Colloquium, University of Kansas
1/97 -- Trivializing Vector Bundles over Affine Toric Varieties, AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic Geometry, Joint Meetings, San Diego
10/96 -- An Algorithm for the Quillen-Suslin Theorem for Monoid Rings, AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
3/96 -- Completing a Unimodular Row to an Invertible Matrix over a Monoid Ring, Colloquium, New Mexico State University
8/95 -- A Computational Algebra Course, Special Session on Symbolic Computation in the Undergraduate Classroom, Mathfest, Burlington, Vermont
12/94 -- An Algorithmic Proof of Suslin's Stability Theorem for Polynomial Rings, NMSU Holiday Symposium
7/94 -- An Algorithmic Proof of Suslin's Stability Theorem, Los Alamos National Laboratory
10/93 -- Algebraic Vector Bundles over Affine Toric Varieties, Cornell University
1/93 -- Algorithms for the Quillen-Suslin Theorem for Monoid Rings, Special Session on Combinatorial Methods in Computational Algebraic Geometry, Joint Meetings, San Antonio

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