ABET Accreditation & Program Assessment, Cybersecurity Workforce Development, User Interface Design, C Programming, Systems Programming, Cybersecurity Education, Computer Systems
Dean's Teaching Excellence Award (2025) Recognized by the VCU College of Engineering for sustained excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Affiliations
CAE-CD Point of Contact (2024–present) — Serves as VCU's liaison to the NSA/DHS National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense program.
Co-Founder, VCU Global STEMConverge (2025) — Co-developed and co-led VCU's multidisciplinary study-abroad program with the Universidad de Córdoba, Spain, pairing student teams with industry partners on real projects. Recognized by VCU's Global Education Office.
Board Member, Virginia Cyber Range (2025–present) — Serves on the executive committee of the Commonwealth of Virginia initiative supporting cybersecurity education across the state's colleges and universities.
Courses
INFO 491 / EGRE 491 — Global STEM Industry Project Management & Practicum Scrum-based project work with industry partners in Richmond and Córdoba, Spain.
CMSC 427 — Design and Implementation of User Interfaces User research through implementation of a working web front-end, via semester-long team projects.
CMSC 413 — Introduction to Cybersecurity Hands-on introduction using Seed Labs, XP Cyber, and the Virginia Cyber Range.
CMSC 357 — Computer Systems Systems-level programming in C, processes, memory, and the Unix/Linux environment.
Education
University of Houston M.S. Electrical Engineering 2008
