Dr. David A. Woodburn, Distance Learning Director and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

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Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of philosophy in electromagnetics with nearly four years of experience in teaching gradu- ate students navigation topics and fifteen years of experience in controls, modeling, and simulation with a focus on electromechanical systems and power generation. Dr. Woodburn’s research interests include inertial navigation precision, state estimation, noise quantification, and algorithmic imple- mentation efficiency and accuracy as well as space-weather noise in magnetic anomaly detection.

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering (Magna Cum Laude), John Brown University; 2004

Ph.D. and M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida; 2007-2013

Publications

• Woodburn, D. (2025). R3f: Rotation of 3-dimensional reference frames. Journal of Open Source Software, 10 (106), 7534. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07534
• Woodburn, D. (2024). Itrm: Interactive terminal utilities. Journal of Open Source Software, 9 (103), 7417. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07417
• Woodburn, D. (2023). Tutorial on inverse mechanization. Proceedings of the 36th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2023). https://doi.org/10.33012/2023.19180
• Hussey, T., Leishman, R. C., & Woodburn, D. (2021). Towards more robust vision-based map matching through machine learning & improved feature matching. Proceedings of the 34th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2021). https://doi.org/10.33012/2021.17911
• Woodburn, D., Wu, T., Chow, L., & Leland, Q. (2013). Novel nonlinear inductance modeling of permanent magnet motor. 2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition. https: //doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2013.6647389
• Rolinski, N. E., Leland, Q., Gregory, E., Jordan, B., Woodburn, D., & Wu, T. (2010). Dynamic testing of electromechanical actuators using time-history data. SAE Technical Paper Series, (2010-01-1748). https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-01-1748
• Woodburn, D., Wu, T., Chow, L., Leland, Q., Bindl, J., Hu, Y., Zhou, L., Lin, Y.-R., Rolinski, N., Brokaw, W., Tran, B., Jordan, B., Gregory, E., Lin, S., & Iden, S. (2010). Integrated nonlinear dynamic modeling and field oriented control of permanent magnet (PM) motor for high performance EMA. SAE Technical Paper Series, (2010-01-1742). https://doi.org/10. 4271/2010-01-1742
• Woodburn, D., Wu, T., Chow, L., Leland, Q., Brokaw, W., Bindl, J., Jordan, B., Ren Lin, Y., Zhou, L., & Rolinski, N. (2010). Dynamic heat generation modeling of high performance elec- tromechanical actuator. 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2010-290
• Zhou, L., Leland, Q., Gregory, E., Brokaw, W., Chow, L., Lin, Y.-R., Bindl, J., Hu, Y., Wu, T., Tran, B., Woodburn, D., Jordan, B., & Rolinski, N. (2010). Lumped node thermal modeling of EMA with FEA validation. SAE Technical Paper Series, (2010-01-1749). https://doi.org/ 10.4271/2010-01-1749
• Woodburn, D., Wu, T. X., Leland, Q., Rolinski, N., Chow, L., & Jordan, B. (2009). Parabolic approximation to EMA motion profiles. Proceedings of the IEEE 2009 National Aerospace & Electronics Conference (NAECON). https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2009.5426646
• Zhang, K., Wu, T. X., Kutkut, N., Shen, J., Woodburn, D., Chow, L., Wu, W., Mustain, H., & Batarseh, I. (2009). Modeling and design optimization of planar power transformer for aerospace application. Proceedings of the IEEE 2009 National Aerospace & Electronics Con- ference (NAECON). https://doi.org/10.1109/NAECON.2009.5426641