moo Harding began its compute r en– ;ineering program last year w ith the tiring of Dr. Zane Gastineau. Gastineau came toHarding hold– ng three degrees in engineering : a achelor's degree in electrical engi– eering, a master's degree in sys– ms engineering and a doctoral de– ree in mechanical engineering. Gastineau brought with him 15 ears of experience designing ad– anced electronic controls for jet en– ines at Wright-Patterson Air Force ~ase in Dayton, Ohio. Although working at the military ase proved exciting, Gastineau was nterested in teaching. "I have always wanted tostart an ~ngineering program and teach the ourses," Gastineau said. The computer engineering pro- • • Computer engineering expands an In • gram was the study of computer sci– encecoupled with electrical engineer– ing. As the engineering program gained popularity, Gastineau set lofty goals for the program a nd for hi mself. and how that can affect decision mak– ing on the circuits themselves." Beasley said. Gastineau said with 60 students enrolled in com– puterengineering, hewouldn'tbeable to hold down the fort for long. "This depart– ment is going to have to hire an– other professor to help teach the co ur ses, Gastineau said. "Right now 1teach all the classes and "I havealwayswanted to start an engineer– ing programand teach the courses." -Zane Gastineau, associate professor of computer engineering "I would like to build a whole engineeringde– partment, but right now I am ju st trying to s tabilize th is program ," Gastineau said. Senior Sean Beasley said the program taught him to program computers, write code and The addition of the new major gave students interested in computer engineering the opportunity to study at Harding. Senior Jesse White attended Har– cling in 1995, but transferred to the University of Illinois to pursue his interest in computer engineering . When Harding added the program, Whi te returned. the labs, but we need more help next year in order for this program to grow." b uild computers from scratch. "We've learned basic circuits, logic "I decided to finish my computer engineering degree at Harding be– cause I appreciated how much the professors here would take special interest in their students and would try to help them along in their lea rn– ing," White said. -Jaime Fahs Freshman Emily Burton and sophomores Jennifer Holt and Amanda Lowe measure the path of a toy car as part of a math for the elementary school class project Oct. 15. Through this project, students learned how to teach concepts, such as ratios and velocity, to elementary students. (Photo by Rachel Miller) Dr. Tim Baird, chairman of the computer science department, presents an award to 2002 graduate Gregor Tamindxija during the annual computer science dinner in April 2002. The dinner honored seniors who completed the capstone software development class. (Photo courtesy of Scott Ragsdale) math & computer science 179 011 .
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