Earl Rodd

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Education:

B.A. and M.ChE., Rice University

Experience

30 Years industry experience including:

    - Advanced course development
    - Instruction
    - Development of online delivery methods (1970's)
    - Network Systems Engineer working with very large banking networks
    - Lead technical architect for advanced electronic funds transfer switching
    - Technical lead for web based retail system

Recent Scholarly Work

Publication of Textbooks:
    - Operating Systems - Function and Theory
    - Principles of Computer Science II Using Java
    - Software Engineering - Topics for Computer Scientists

Teaching Assignments

Other interests:
- Philosophy and practice of Christian home education
- Creation science
- Personality Assessment

Things I do for fun:
- Play tennis
- Write letters to the editor
- Read (mostly science, history, and the Wall St. Journal)
- Cook
- Watch Malone basketball games
- Vacation