Dr. Robert F. Hodson


Associate Professor Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA 23606

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Information Science
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

M.S.E in Computer Engineering
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida

B.S.E in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Courses taught

Intoduction to Computer Science
Assembly Language
Digital Logic Design
Digital Systems Design
Computer Organization
Computer Architecture
Computer Engineering Design
Microprocessor-based Design
Parallel Processing
JAVA
Fortran

Research Projects

CNU/NASA FPGA Collaboration
CNU/NASA Mixed Signal ASIC Collaboration
CNU/JLAB/NASA Memory ASIC Collaboration
CNU/DoD Power Analysis for CMOS VLSI Circuit Design
JAVA-based OnLine Educational Tools Development
CNU/NASA Spacecraft Optical Disk Recorder ASIC
Real-time Expert Systems

Previous Work Experience

I have over five years technical experience at General Electric Co. I started as a Software Systems Analyst, later became a Digital Logic Designer and ended up as a Systems Engineer. I worked on real-time software for the F-16 flight simulator and I designed the database management hardware the F-16 Digital Landmass RADAR simulator along with several other projects.

Current Academic Involvement

Director of Computer Engineering
Member of Undergraduate Graduate Research Council

Some Personal Stuff

Husband & Father of 3 Children
Born January 8, 1959 in Bridgeport Connecticut
Member of St Vincent dePaul Church
Black Belt in Judo (although I haven't practiced in a while)
Enjoy volleyball
Enjoy woodworking

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