Robert M. Laurie
Mailing Address:
Robert Laurie
P.O. Box 505911
Saipan, MP 96950
Web Site: http://www.islandman.org
Email:
Telephone: +1-670-484-1993
Academic Employment Experience:
Northern Marianas College
P.O. Box 501250, Saipan, MP 96950, CNMI
Instructor, August 2005 through Present
Teach courses with the following content:
- Introduction to Computers
- Web Site Design
- Introduction to Programming
- Java Programming
- C++ Programming
University of Guam
Computer Science Department, Mathematical Sciences
Division,
UOG Station, Mangilao, GUAM 96923
Instructor, August 2003 through May 2005
Taught courses with the following content:
- Web Programming
- Java Programming
- Database Management Systems
- Developmental Mathematics: Arithmetic through Algebra
University of Maryland - Overseas Division
3501 University Boulevard, Adelphi, Maryland 20783
Associate Professor, Iwakuni and Sasebo Japan, August 2001
through June 2003
Lecturer, Guam Micronesia, January 1998 through June
1999
Letters of Recommendation
Taught courses with the following course content:
- Introduction to Computer Based System
- Introduction to Programming and Algorithm Design
- C++ Programming (Visual C++)
- Web Site Design (HTML and Web Graphics)
- Dynamic HTML (JavaScript and Cascaded Style Sheets)
- Management Information Systems
- Computer Hardware & Software Concepts
- Database Management and Design
- Telecommunications & Computer Networking
- Intermediate Algebra
Michigan Technological University
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Houghton,
Michigan 49931
Instructor, January 2000 through 2001
Instructor, 1988 to 1990
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1983 to 1986,
Letters of Recommendation
Taught courses and laboratories with the following course
titles:
- Introduction to Computer Engineering
- Digital and Analog Electronics
- Computer Networking
- Circuits and Instrumentation
- Linear Control Systems
- Introduction to Web Site Design
- Intermediate Web Site Design (Korea University of Technology & Education; Human Resource Development Institute; Chonan, South Korea)
- ESL Program - Web Site Design (Kyung Pook National University; Taegu, South Korea)
Industry Employment Experience:
Magic Edge Incorporated / LSSI
1245 Space Park Way, Mountain View, California 94043
Software Engineer, 1994 through 1997
Virtual reality company that produces flight simulation
equipment
- Design and write specifications for both software and hardware
- Control software programming using C and Visual Basic
- Control design using PC I/O cards for motion and safety systems
- CAD wiring schematic layout
- Project management and vendor procurement
John Deere Incorporated
18600 S. John Deere Road, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Electrical Engineer, 1991 through 1993
Construction equipment division, experimental test center
- Durability test design for construction equipment components
- Servo loop control design
- Programmable logic controller programming
- GUI design using Allen Bradley Control View MMI
- Lab View PC Software used for data acquisition and control
- Courses Taken: ISO 9000 TQM Training, SLC500 PLC Programming
- Course Taught: PLC Programming for United Auto Workers Technicians
AT&T Bell Laboratories
1600 Osgood Street, North Andover, Massachusetts
01825
Member of Technical Staff, 1986 through 1988
Digital transmission system division
- Digital circuit design at systems and board level
- Manufacturing test automation of in-circuit test area
- Designed In-Circuit test fixture system (Patent applied for)
- Courses Taken: Total Quality Management, Robotics, UNIX, C
Rosemount Incorporated
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Manufacturing Test Engineer, 1980 through 1982
Aerospace division, both military and civilian products
- Manufacturing test automation for avionics sensor products
- Flow tunnel automation project
Licensed Professional Engineer:
Michigan License No. 34024 (Since 1988)
Authored Professional Publications:
- Fundamentals of Digital Systems, McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing, New York, NY,June 2000, ISBN: 0-07-245681-7
- Sequential Control Synthesis Using State Tables, IEEE IECON'87, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 1987
- State Machine Architecture Optimized For Control IEEE IECON'87, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 1987
- Slim Line Test Fixtures For In-Circuit Testing, AT&T - Test Conference, Princeton, NJ, October 1987
Education:
M.S. Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering Emphasis)
GPA=3.83 (A=4.0), Thesis, Diploma, Transcript
Michigan
Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931
B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Computer Modeling Emphasis)
GPA=3.30 (A=4.0), Diploma, Transcript
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931
Non-degree Courses Taken:
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931
- Database Management
- Foundations of Education
- Computers in Education
- Measurement and Evaluation in Education & Psychology
- Drawing and Painting Classes
- Spanish Intensive Language Course
- Bio-Itza Eco-Cultural Escuela, San José, Petén, Guatemala, Certificate, 1999
- Macrobiotic Cooking Teachers Course
- Vega Institute, Oroville, California, 1997
- Yoga Teachers Training Course
- White Lotus Foundation, Santa Barbara, California,Certificate, 1991
- German Intensive Language Course
- Grundstuffe II (2 Months), Certificate, Goethe Institute, Munich, German