Faculty Profiles
Bruce Harmon, Ph.D.
Doctoral Chair of Computer Science
Campus Dean of Engineering and Computer Science
Education:
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado
- M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, Purdue University
- B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy
Profile:
Dr. Harmon has thirty-five years experience as educator/administrator, scientist, engineer, manager, director, and executive at the US Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett Packard, Synopsys, General Electric, KLA-Tencor, Colorado Tech, and elsewhere. At the USAF Academy and Colorado Tech he taught aircraft design and performance, thermodynamics, simulation and modeling, systems engineering, differential equations, control systems, digital signal processing, computer networking, and several courses in electronics communications, most of these at the masters level. His seventeen years with HP included an executive role in managing the worldwide electronic design automation business. His research interests include integrated circuit design, software development, animation, Kalman Filter, and systems engineering.
Jing Guo, Doctor of Engineering.
Professor of Engineering
Education:
- Doctor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Lamar University
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Beijing Control and Electronic Technology Research Institute, China
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Beijing Polytechnic University, China
Profile:
Dr. Jing Guo worked as a research and design engineer in Beijing, China. After she earned her doctoral degree from Lamar University, Texas, she worked as a post-doctor researcher at Northern Arizona University in the spring of 2004. She did research in digital signal and image processing area. Then she joined the faculty in Electrical Engineering at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, LA. She directed and taught a variety of courses in Electrical Engineering area at undergraduate and graduate level. She joined the faculty of Colorado Technical University as a professor of Engineering since October 2006. She has taught circuits, electronics, digital design, signal and systems, communication systems, physics and mathematics.
John M. Santiago, Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering and Systems Engineering
IEEE Faculty Mentor
Education:
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico
- M.S. in National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology
- B.S., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Profile:
Being retired military with over 26 years in the United States Air Force, Dr. Santiago has been involved in university level education since 1984 as a faculty member and Director of Personnel at the US Air Force Academy (1984-1989). Professor Santiago is an electrical engineer, manager, and executive with more than 30 years of leadership and aerospace experience in technical program management, acquisition development and operations research support. He has published over 40 published papers and/or technical presentations and has spearheaded over 40 international scientific and engineering conferences/workshops as a steering committee member while assigned in Europe. Dr Santiago has solid experience in many engineering disciplines and missions, including: control and modeling of large flexible space structures, communications system, electro-optics, high-energy lasers, missile seekers/sensors for precision guided munitions, image processing/recognition, information technologies, space, air and missile warning, missile defense, and homeland defense. He has taught a total of over 30 different classes in his career, including: numerous graduate courses in electrical and systems engineering as well as teaching undergraduate courses in electrical engineering, physics, and mathematics. Professor Santiago is married to the former Emerenciana Manaois Figuerres. He is also an entrepreneur, and his latest projects focus on implementing technology for web-based and distance engineering education.