Bozenna Pasik-Duncan

Bozenna Pasik-Duncan joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas in 1984.  She became a full professor in 1993.  She is also a Courtesy Professor of the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Aerospace Engineering; Investigator at the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center; and a Chancellors Club Teaching Professor.

She has been committed throughout her career to the integration of research and education. This approach promulgates the idea that education is a collaborative effort of integrating research, scholarship, teaching and learning, both horizontally and vertically. She initiated and directs Control Systems Society/American Automatic Control Council supported workshops (since 2000) for high school students and their teachers of math and science to increase awareness of the importance of systems, control and technology in everyday life. She is founder of Women in Control, first chair of IEEE CSS Standing Committee on Women in Control, and founder of KU’s Student Chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics, Math Awareness Month/Outreach Program, and Stochastic Adaptive Control Seminar.  She served in 2017 and 2018 as Global Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering Committee.

Education:

D.Sc. Habilitation Doctorate Degree in Mathematics, Warsaw School of Economics, 1986

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Warsaw School of Economics, 1978

Diploma in 2-year Program in Education, Warsaw School of Economics, 1976

M.Sc. in Mathematics, Warsaw University, 1970

Teaching:

Currently teaching, Fall 2019: Math 147, Calculus III, Honors; Math 750, Stochastic Adaptive Control

Previous courses taught: Math 121, Calculus I; Math 122, Calculus II; Math 145, Calculus I, Honors; Math 146, Calculus II, Honors; Math 290, Elementary Linear Algebra; Math 320/321, Elementary Differential Equations/Honors; Math 365, Elementary Statistics; Math 526, Applied Mathematical Statistics I; Math 627, Probability; Math 628, Mathematical Theory Statistics; Math 699, Directed Reading; Math 727, Probability Theory; Math 728, Statistical Theory; Math 799, Directed Readings; Math 865, Introduction to Stochastic Processes; Math 896, Master’s Research Component; Math 899, Master’s Thesis; Math 999, Doctoral Dissertation

Research Interests:

Currently my research interests are stochastic systems and control, stochastic processes, stochastic adaptive control, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics, the relation between statistics and control theory, mathematics of finance, manufacturing systems, control in telecommunication, epilepsy, as well as biomedicine, biostatistics, biophysics, bioinformatics and mathematics education at all levels, in particular, integrating research, teaching and learning and promoting importance of good communication and good writing in math in all STEM fields. 

Professional Affiliations:

Assistant Professor at Warsaw School of Economics, 1978-1983

Teaching Assistant at Warsaw School of Economics, 1970-1978

Lecturer at Warsaw University of Technical, 1973-1975

American Association of University Women

American Mathematical Society

American Statistical Association

Association for Women in Mathematics

Bernoulli Society

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Control Systems Society (IEEE)

IEEE Women in Engineering

Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics

Mathematical Association of America

Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars

Polish Mathematical Society

Sigma Xi

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)