Whitney J. Townsend's Brief CV
complete cv (pdf)
Education
Ph.D. Student, August 2002 to Present
Supervised by Professor Jacob A. Abraham
Computer Engineering Research Center
The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Science in Computer Engineering, August 2002
Mississippi State University
Thesis - Discrete Function Representations Utilizing Decision Diagrams and Spectral Techniques
Bachelor of Science (Magna cum Laude) in Computer Systems Engineering
Minor in Mathematics, May 2000
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Employment
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring 2007
EE 382M-ECD VLSI I
Professor Jacob A. Abraham
Executive Circuit Design
The University of Texas at Austin
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2006
EE 382N-ECD High-Speed Computer Arithmetic I
Professor Earl E. Swartzlander, Jr.
Executive Circuit Design
The University of Texas at Austin
Graduate Research Assistant, August 2002 to August 2006
SRC Grant
The University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer, ECE 3732, Spring 2002
Software Tools for Electrical Engineers (jointly taught)
Mississippi State University
Graduate Research Assistant, 2000 to 2002
NSF Grant # CCR-0000891
Mississippi State University
Undergraduate Research Assistant (NSF-REU), 1999
NSF Grant # CCR-9633085
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Recognition
Engineering Doctoral Fellowship, 2003-2006
The University of Texas at Austin
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2002-2005
MSU press release
UofA press release
2002 Graduate Research Assistant of the Year at the Master's Level
Mississippi State University, April 25, 2002
Barrier Fellowship, 2000-2002
Mississippi State University
Association for Computing Machinery Design Automation Summer School
Cape Cod, MA, May 2001
Professional Memberships
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Computer Society
Circuits and Systems Society
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
SIGDA
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Honorary Societies
Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society
Texas Alpha
Mississippi Alpha
Arkansas Alpha
Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society
Psi
Alpha Theta Chi, Collegiate Honor Society
Eta Sigma Phi, Classic Honor Society
Beta Pi
Gold Key, Collegiate Honor Society