Growing up in Rapid City, I naturally enrolled at South Dakota Mines,
initially choosing to major in mechanical engineering. I was drawn to
the areas of dynamics and control systems, and this led me to add
electrical engineering as a second major. For graduate work, I chose
aerospace engineering, continuing to focus on dynamics and control.
After completing my degree work, I returned to Rapid City and joined in
running a family business, which included some elements of structural
engineering and a lot of business management. After 20 years, we sold
that business and I was happy to have an opportunity to return to South
Dakota Mines to teach.
In addition to my role as Lecturer, I also serve as the EE department's
Corporate Engagement Liaison.
My teaching areas focus on dynamical systems and control, plus
introducing our freshmen to electrical engineering: EE 110 (Explore
Electrical and Electronics Engineering), EE 250 (Sensors and Actuators),
EE 453/553 (Feedback Control Systems), EE 456/556 (Digital Control
Systems), and EE 451 (Fundamentals of Systems Engineering). I've also
taught a number of other courses: CENG 244 (Introduction to Digital
Systems), CENG 420 (Design of Digital Signal Processing Systems), CENG
448/548 (Real-Time Operating Systems), CENG/EE 464 (Senior Design I),
CENG/EE 465 (Senior Design II), and EE 314 (Control Systems).