Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty


Department Chair


TOUGAW, Douglas P.


Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; The Frederick W. Jenny Jr. Professor of Emerging Technology; PhD, University of Notre Dame, 1995; Registered Professional Engineer -- Indiana.

Microcomputers, computer networks, computer architecture, robotics, and nanoelectronic device simulation.

Doug.Tougaw@valpo.edu


Faculty


BUDNIK, Mark

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ph.D

Mark.Budnik@valpo.edu

FREEMAN, Richard W.


Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, MBA, Southern Methodist University, 1993.

Microcontrollers, computer security and assessment.

Richard.Freeman@valpo.edu


HART, Daniel W.


Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; PhD, Purdue University, 1985; Registered Professional Engineer -- Indiana.

Power systems analysis, power electronics, electronics, computer simulation.


Dan.Hart@valpo.edu


JOHNSON, Eric W.


Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; PhD, University of Notre Dame, 1997.

Digital system design, electronic CAD tools, design process analysis.


eric.johnson@valpo.edu


KRAFT, Alan L.


Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; PhD, Purdue University, 1984; Registered Professional Engineer -- Indiana.

Power systems analysis, digital systems, UNIX operating system.


AKRAFT@penny.gem.valpo.edu


WILL, Jeffrey D.


Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001.

Field robotics, sensor fusion, object-oriented software design.


Jeff.Will@valpo.edu


Adjunct (Part-Time) Faculty:


KEMPF, Dale F.


Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; MSEE, Stanford University, 1964; MBA, University of Rochester, 1975; Registered Professional Engineer -- Indiana.

X-rays, microcomputer programming and interfacing, lasers and communications.


Dale.Kempf@valpo.edu





 

 

Green design explored in talk

April 25, 2008

Two experts in the design of environmentally-friendly buildings and business activities will discuss the benefits of “green” engineering during an April 30 talk at Valparaiso University.  Valparaiso alumnus John Abrecht, senior architect and director of sustainable design at Knight Engineering & Architecture, and Tim Carey, a chemical engineer at Quaker Oats, will present “Sustainable Design Engineering.”

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April 23, 2008

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Student wins national defense fellowship

April 17, 2008

Valparaiso University engineering student Josh Wood of Reynolds, Ill., has won a highly competitive graduate fellowship from the Department of Defense to pursue research that could have important implications for national defense.


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Professor honored for work in engineering education

April 11, 2008

A Valparaiso University engineering professor who has won national recognition for his scholarship on ethics and emerging technology was honored by the American Society of Engineering Education's Illinois/Indiana Section earlier this month.

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