Edward G. Rodgers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
University of West Florida, 32514
Phone 850 474-2581  email: erodgers@uwf.edu

FALL 2009 COURSES

CEN 4400 Introduction to Operations Research—In Class and partially online through eLearning          

CIS 4595C Capstone Project—online through eLearning

 

COT 5930 CS and SE Seminar—online through eLearning

 

COT 6931 Computer Science Project—online through eLearning

 

For resume and list of courses previously taught, click on the following links:
Link to Complete Resume      Link to Courses Previously Taught  

Education:

Ph.D., (Business Administration: Management, Information Systems, Marketing Research), Georgia State University 
M.S., (Industrial and Systems Engineering, Operations Research), Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S., (Computer Information Systems), TSU-Europe /University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
M.S., (International Relations), TSU-Europe / University of Saarlands, Germany
B.S., (Industrial and Systems Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology

Areas of Interest:

Database Systems, Software Engineering
Operations Research, Computer Simulation and Modeling
Computer Graphics, International Education

Academic Experience:

Tenured Associate Professor
Computer Science Department, University of West Florida
Previous Appointments with Georgia State University, the University of Toledo,
and overseas teaching assignments in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East

Professional:

Previous appointments as a systems engineer and operations research manager
for the IBM Corporation, Armour Corporation, and the Milliken Corporation
Member of The Institute of Management Sciences, Operations Research Society of America,
American Institute for Decision Sciences, Association of Computing Machinery

CDP, CSP Professional Certifications      

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT:

Dr. Rodgers is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of West Florida.  He earned the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech and the Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management Science) at Georgia State University.  Post-Doctoral work in international business and economics/international relations led to the award of the M.S. degree in international relations through a cooperative program between the University of the Saarlands, Germany and TSU/European Division.  He was the first graduate of an innovative software engineering graduate program offered by TSU in cooperation with the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, in which he earned the M.S. degree in computer information systems.  He has served as a professor at Georgia State University, the University of Toledo and Troy State University/European Division.  He served as a professor for Boston University/Europe, the University of Southern California/Europe, and presented lectures at the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou, China, the Human Resources Center in Shenzhen, China, the School of Management of Xi'an University in Xi'an, China, the Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences in Mikkeli, Finland, the Amiens School of Management in Amiens, France, and taught the Summer in Japan Program in Fukuoka, Osaka, and Tokyo, Japan.

Dr. Rodgers has published articles and made presentations at a variety of professional meetings in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and Asia in the fields of management, operations research and computer science.   His practical experience includes positions in operations research and systems engineering with the IBM, Armor and Milliken corporations.  He has also served as a consultant and an expert witness in the fields of systems and operations research.  He has been active in professional organizations such as ACM, TIMS, ORSA and DSI.  He is a member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha Iota Delta honor societies and earned the CDP and CSP professional certifications from the Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals.

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