Catherine Matos

Professor

Office: James M. Baker University Center U432
Mathematics
College of Information and Mathematical Sciences
catherinematos@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4435

Biography

Dr. Matos received her Ph.D. from Georgia Tech and started teaching part-time at Clayton State her final semester of graduate school in 2001. She also taught classes briefly at Chattahoochee Tech and the Art Institute of Atlanta. She moved to a full-time position at Clayton State in 2002, and a tenure-track position in 2004. She received tenure in 2010 and was named as a Clayton State University Professorship in 2019. She served as Interim Department Chair from August 2019 through June 2022.

Dr. Matos teaches elementary statistics, college algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, differential equations, and numerical methods. She uses Inquiry-Based Learning in her Differential Equations classes. She teaches statistics primarily in hybrid and fully-online formats.

Education

BS, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994

MS, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995

Ph D, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001

Awards and Honors

MAA-SE Outstanding Service Award, MAA-SE, Award, 2022

University Professorship, Clayton State University, Award, 2019

2013 CIMS Faculty Award for Excellence in Contributions to Instruction, CIMS, Award, 2013

Intellectual Contributions

Catherine A Matos, Kelli L. Nipper, Hannah R Rigdon, ASEE Students’ Preferred Technology in an Ordinary Differenial Equations Course March 2022

Catherine A Matos, Tamara Pearson, Improving Student Understanding and Efficiency through Technology Use in the Differential Equations Classroom, 2013 ASEE Annual Conference Program & Proceedings – June 24 2013

Tamara Pearson, Kelli L. Nipper, Catherine A Matos, Developing Conceptual Understanding Of Linear Equations Through Student Interviews, Georgia Association of Mathematics Teacher Educator's – March 1 2018

P.K. Yeung, Catherine A Matos, Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: Implementations and Results Using Parallel Computers, A Message-passing, Distributed Memory Parallel Algorithm for Direct Numerical Simpulation of Turbulence with Particle Tracking, Elsevier Science – 1995

Mary R Hudachek-Buswell, Catherine A Matos, Michael Stewart, Deblurring with Rank-structured Inverse Approximations, ACM SIGGRAPH – August 3 2009

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Catherine A Matos, Brianna Vick, Louisa Catalano, Tensor Program for Women and Mathematics: Clayton State University's Laker STEM Sisters, Mathematics Association of America, Private, 6000, Funded – April 28 2023 to May 31 2024

Catherine A Matos, Michael Dancs, Development of Enhanced Introductory Statistics Exercises in WeBWorK, Affordable Learning Georgia, 4000, Funded – May 2019 to July 2020

Catherine A Matos, Problem-Based Learning, Clayton State University, 2500, Funded – 2005 to 2005

Service to the Profession

Officer, Secretary, MAA-SE, Regional – March 2014 to March 2020

Teaching Interest

Dr. Matos enjoys teaching at all levels of Mathematics, from facilitating mathematical learning in non-STEM majors through courses for mathematics and engineering students. Her regular course rotations include Ordinary Differential Equations, Elementary Statistics, Pre-Calculus, and College Algebra. She also enjoys teaching Calculus and Numerical Methods. She uses Inquiry-Based Learning in her Differential Equations classes, and incorporates active learning in all of her classes.

Research Interest

Dr. Matos’s recent research interests lie in the area of pedagogy and student learning. She has focused on student learning in the Differential Equations and Statistics classrooms and in the online classroom, seeking to ways to best encourage students to reach their full mathematical potential regardless of course format.