Cynthia Y. Young

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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]

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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:

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References

  1. 1 2 "About the Dean", College of Science, Clemson University, retrieved 2023-11-12
  2. 1 2 3 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
  3. Cynthia Y. Young at the Mathematics Genealogy Project; note incorrect dissertation title and different name format from the published dissertation
  4. 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
  5. Kotala, Zenaida (1 April 2015), "Pegasus Professors Honored at Founders' Day Celebration", UCF Today, University of Central Florida, retrieved 2023-11-12
  6. 1 2 "Clemson University names Cynthia Young Founding Dean for College of Science", Member news, SPIE, 25 July 2017, retrieved 2023-11-12
  7. 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